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HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL

Thismanualis organizedintoninechapters.Tolearnhowto makethebest
useof yourprinter youareurgedtoreadthroughchapters1through3.The
remainingchapters may be treatedas a referenceguideforprogramming
operations,etc. It assumesa degree of knowledgeof the operationof
computers(forinstance,itassumesyouknowabouthexadecimalnumbers).
Thechaptersare as follows:

Chapter 1— Settingup theprinter
Thischapterexplainshowto gettheprinterunpackedandsetup. Readthis

chapterbeforeyoudo anythingelse.

Chapter 2— Controlpaneloperations
There are a numberof controls on the frontpanelwhichperformvarious

functionsrelated to paperhandling,print modesand fontselection.
Aftergettingsetup,readthischapterandtry outthevariousproceduresin

it to find outhowtheprinterworks.

Chapter 3 — Defaultsettings

ThischapterexplainshowtousetheElectronicDIPSwitch(EDS)modeto
makesystemsettingson the printer.

Chapter 4— Pnntcr controlcommands
Thischapterexplainsthedifferentemulationsprovidedbyyourprinter,and

the softwarecommandsusedto driveit.Thissectionis of use if you are
writingor modifyingprogramsto takeadvantageoftheprinter’sfeatures.

Chapter 5 — Downloadcharacters
Thischapterexplainstheproceduresto createyourowncharacters.

Chapter 6— MS-DOSandyourprinter

Sincethe PC or PC-AT familyof computersnmningunderMS-DOSis
currentlythe most popularconfigurationof microcomputer,we have in­cludedafewhintsandtipsto helpyouuseyourprinterwithsuchsystems.
SincevirtuallyallPCsaresoldwithaMicrosoftBASICinteqxeter,wehave
also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to

demonstratethe capabilitiesof the printer.

Chapter 7— Troubleshootingandmaintenance
Thissectiongivesachecklistofpointstocheckifyourpnnterisnotworking

in the expectedway.It also includesdetailsof someroutinemaintenance
operationsyoucancarryoutyourself.Itisnot,however,acompleteservice
manual.Callaqualifiedserviceengineerif youareunsureofyourabilityto
carryout any maintenanceor servicingoperations.

Chapter 8 — Specifications
This sectiongivesthe specificationsof yourprinter.

Chapter 9— Charactersets

Thesechartsshowthe differentcharacter sets available.

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FEATURESOF THE PRINTER

Thisprinterhas a fullcomplementof features,makingitanexcellentpartner

for a pemcmalcomputer.It supportsthe IBM/Epsonprintercommandsand
charactersets,enablingit to pMt just aboutanythingyourcomputercan
generate,bothtextandgraphics.Someof itsmainfeatms ruethefollowing:

● Versatilepaperhandling

Singlesheets,fanfold forms, and multi-pm forms (up to 5-ply)rue all

accepted,and youcan useeitherpush@l tmctoror frictionfeed.(Youcan
load fanfoldforms fium the rear with push tractor,or fanfoldforms and
multi-pan forms fmm the bottom with pull tractor.)A special feature
enablesyou to keep fanfoldformsparkedin readinesswhileprintingon
other paper.

● Six brightcolors

MageM cyan,violet,yellow,orange,and~n add a colordimensionto
yourprintedoutputby the colorversionprinter.

● Largevarietyof fontsand sizes

Theprinterhasonedraftfon~oneHigh+eed DraftfontandfiveLQ fonts

(Romm SanSerif,Courier,Pmtige and Script),italicsfor all styles,plus
condensedprint, bold print, double-sizedpnn~ and quadruple-sizedprint.

● Extensivesoftwaresuppofl

Sinceit is compatiblewiththe EpsonandIBMprintm, it workswithany
softwruethat supportsthoseprintem.That includesmost woti-pmcesdng

and graphicsprograms,spread-sheets,and integratedsoftwarepackages.

. Easy operation

Indicatordisplaysand beep tonesprovideimmediate,easy to understand
feedbackwhenyoup~s thebuttonsonthecontrolpanel.The fivebuttons
can operatein combinationsto performa suqxisingvarietyof functions,
including micm-alignment.

● Easy care and maintenance

The ribboncartridgecan be replacedin secondsthe print head in a few
minutes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 SETTING UP THE PRINTER

LocatingthePrinter
UnpackingandInspection

Checkingthecartoncontents
Identifyingprinterparts

SettingUp

Mountingtheplatenknob
Installingtheribboncartridgeandtherollerunit
Installingtheoptionalcartridge
Connectingtheprintertoyourcomputer

LoadingSingleSheets

Automaticloading
Manualloading

LoadingandParkingFanfoldForms

Loadingthepaperfromtherearoftheprinter
Loadingthepaperfromthebottomoftheprinter
Paperparking

Paperunparking
LoadingMulti-PartForms
AdjustingthePrinting.Gap

Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

ButtonsandIndicators

ONLINEbutton

PAPERFEEDbutton

SET/EJECT/PARKbutton

PITCHbutton

FONTbutton
Power-UpFunctions

Shorttestmode

Longtestmode

Printareatestmode

Stayinpanelpitch

Stayinpanelfont
Stayinpanelpitchandfont
Hexadecimaldump

SwitchCombinationFunctions

Formfeed
Topofform

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Forwardmicro-feed
Reversemicro-feed
Changingtheautoloadingvalue

Clearingthebuffer/Allreset
Selectingtheprintcolor
Storemacrodefinition

Chapter 3 DEFAULT SETTINGS

HowtosettheEDSmode
FunctionsoftheEDSsettings
Bidirectionaltest/Adjustmentmode

Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

FontControlCommands
CharacterSetCommands
CharacterSizeandPitchCommands
VerticalPositionCommands

HorizontalPositionCommands
GraphicsCommands
DownloadCharacterCommands
ColorSelectionCommandes
OtherPrinterControlCommands

Chapter 5 DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

DefiningYourOwnCharacterswithStandardMode

Assigningthecharacterdata
Assigninga valueofcharacterspace
Sampleprogram

DefiningYourOwnCharacterswithIBMMode

Assigningthedownloadcharacterset
Assigningthecharacterdotpattern
AssigningtheIndexTabledata

Sampleprogram

Chapter 6 MS-DOSANDYOUR PRINTER

InstallingApplicationSoftwarewithYourPrinter
EmbeddingPrinterCommands
ProgrammingthePrinterwith DOSCommands
ProgrammingwithBASIC

Howtheprogramworks

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Chapter 7 TROUBLESHOOTING ANDMAINTENANCE

Troubleshooting

Powersupply
Printing

Paperfeeding
Maintenance
ReplacingthePrintHead

Chapter 8 SPECIFICATIONS
Chapter 9 CHARACTER SETS

StandardCharacterSet#1
StandardCharacterSet#2
IntemationaJCharacterSets
IBMCharacterSet#2

Codepage#437(U.S.A.)

Codepage#850(Multi-1ingual)

Codepage#860(Portuguese)

Codepage#861(Icelandic)

Codepage#863(CanadianFrench)

Codepage#865(Nordic)
IBMCharacterSet#1
IBMSpecialCharacterSet
ProportionalSpacingTable

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INDEX

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COMMANDSUMMARY

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chapter 1

SETTING UP THE PRINTER

Subjects covered in Chapter 1 include—

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Locatingthe printer
Unpackingandinspection(partnames)
Settingup andconnecting
Loadingsinglesheets
Loadingand parking fanfoldforms
Adjustingtheprinting gap

LOCATING THE PRINTER

Beforeyou startunpackingandsettingup yourprinter,makesurethatyou
haveasuitableplaceon whichto locateit. By“a suitableplace”,wemean:

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A firm,levelsurface whichis fairlyvibration-free
Awayfrom excessiveheat(suchasdirectsunlight,heaters,e(c)
Awayfromexcessivehumidity
Awayfromexcessivedust
Supplyitwith“clean”electricity.Donotconnectittothesamecircuitas

a large,noise-producingappliancesuchas a refrigerator.

Make sure the line voltage is the voltage specified on the printer’s
identificationplalc.

To disconnectthe printertheplughasto be disconnectedfromthewall
socket,whichhastobe locatedcloseto theprinter,andeasyto access.

Installthe printerwherethereis sufficientroom for the paper and any
paperbeingfedinorprintedout.

Ifyouareconnectingyourprinter withaparallelcable,makesure thatthe
cableis within2m (6ft)of the printer.An RS-232connectionusingthe
optionalSPC-8Kinterfacecan bemadeoverlongerdistances.

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UNPACKINGAND INSPECTION

Checking the carton contents

Nowunpackthecontentsoftheshippingcarton,andcheckeachitem inthe
boxagainstFigure1-1to makesumthatyouhaveeverything(thereshould
be six items).

If anyof theseitemsammissing, contactyoursupplier.

F@ms l-1. Checktomakesureyou haveallsixitems: 1)Printer,2) Paperguide,3) Roller unit,4) Platen knob,

5) Ribbon cartridge, and 6) Manual set (User’s manual, User’s guide and Sticker).

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Theoptionalaccessorieswhichyoumayhaveorderedwithyourprinterare:

● Fontcartridges(FC-lZ, FC-2Z,FC-3Z,FC-4Z)

● RAMcartridge(RC-32Z)

● Serial-Parallelconverter (SPC-8K)

● Automaticsheetfeeder(SF-1ODQ)

. Rollpaperholder(RH-1OZ)

Identifying printer parts

Make an external inspection of the printer. Note the locations of the
followingparts in Figure 1-2.

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Figure 1-2.The printer’s external psrts

Roller unit:

holdsthe paperagainstthe platen.

Releaselever:

releasestheplaten.Thislevermustbebackfor
singlesheets,and forwardfor fanfoldforms.

Top cover:

protectstheprintheadandotherinternalparts.

Rear cover:

protectsthetractorfeedmechanism.

Entry slot:

for insertingsinglesheetsof paper.

Control panel:

controlsvariousprinterIimctions.

Power switch:

turnspoweron andoff.

Interface connector: for connectingthecomputerto the printer.

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SEITING UP

Placethe printerin thedesiredlocation,andremoveall packingmaterial
from insidethe top cover. This packingmaterialis intendedto prevent
damageto theprinterwhileintransit.Youwillwanttokeepallthepacking
material,alongwiththeprintercarton,incaseyouhavetomovetheprinter
to anewlocation.

Mounting the platen knob

Theplatenknobispackedintoa recessofthepackingmaterialwhichheld
your printer inside the carton. Be sure to remove the knob from the
packaging.

Mountthe knobon the platenshaft,whichis on theright-handsideofthe
printer.Rotatethe knob on the shaft beforepushingthe knob fully into
position.

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F/gun?1-3. Mounting the platen knob

Installing the ribbon cartridge and the roller unit

Removethetopcoverbyliftingup thefront(usingthetwogripsoneither

side),and pullingthecovertowardsyou (seeFigure 1-4).Nowinstallthe
ribbon.(Ifyouwantthecolorprintertoprintinblackonly,installtheoptional
monochromeribboncartridge,Z24orLZ24.)

NOTE: Turnoffthepowerswitchwhenyoureplacetheribboncartridge.
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Flgum 74. Removing the top cover

1. Turnthetensionknobclockwiseon the ribboncartridgeto tightenthe
ribbonif it is slack.

2. Guidethenbbonbetweenthepnnthead andthesilverprint headshield,
making certain that the spindleson the cartridgeholderfit into the
socketson the cartridgeitself.

Figure 1-5. Installing the ribbon cartridge

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3. Theribbonshouldpassbetweentheprint headandtheprintheadshield
(seeFigure 1-6).

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Figure 1-6. Passthe ribbon between the print head and print head shield

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Afteryouhaveinstalledtheribboncartridge,install the rollerunit.
Openthe r;ar coverusingthetwopitsoneitherside.
Grippingthelockleversonbothsidesoftherollerunit,fitthemounting
bracketsontothe shaftinside of theprintermechanism.Youwillneed
to tilttherollerunitslightlybackward.

Securethe roller unit firmly by loweringinto position,as shown in
Figure1-7.
Closethe rear cover.

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Roller

Figure i-7. Install the roller unit onto the printer

To replacethe top cover,insertthe tabs intotheslotson theprintercase.

Swingthe frontedgedownto closethecover.
Leavethe top coverclosedduringnormaloperation.Thecoverkeepsout

dustanddirtandreducestheprinter’soperatingsounds.Openthecoveronly
to changethe ribbonor makean adjustment.

Installing the optional cartridge

Thispr@terhasfivebuilt-inLQfonts,anda 7 K-byte(30K-byteforcolor
printer)printingbuffer.

Youcanaddmorefontsorexpandtheprintingbufferbyinstallingoptional
cartridges(Fontcatndgeor RAMcartridge).

To installor changea cartidge,followtheprocedurebelow.

1. Turnoffthepowerswitchatthefrontoftheprinter,andremovethetop
cover.

2. Removethe connectorcoverattherightsideof theprinter.

3. Pushoutthecapfromtheconnectorcover.
NOTE : Keepthiscapin a safetyplace.

Optional cartl-i(igc

Figurs 1-8. Slide the csrtridge imo the slot with the power switch off.

4. Installthe connectorcoverintotheprinter.

5. Inscrtthecartridgeintotheslotofthecmnnectorcover,andslideit allthe
wayin.

NOTE:Remount the cap on the comcctor cover if you do not use the

optionalcartridge.

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Connecting the printer to your computer

Connectthe printerto your computerusing a standardparallelinterface
cable.OnaPCorPC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthatyouusethe25-pin
D-typeconnectorat thecomputerend,andtheAmphenol-type36-pincon­nector at the printer end. The configurationof the printer’sconnectoris
given in Chapter8 should you need a cable for connectionto another
computer.

If youneedto comect to a serialport,usetheoptionalSerial-Parallelcon­verter,SPC-8K.

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Figure 1-9.Connecting the interface cable

Plugtheprinterintoasuitableoutlet.However,DONOTturnonthepower
switchatthefrontof theprinteryet.

NOTE: To disconnecttheprintertheplughasto bedisconnectedfromthe

wallsocket, whichhastobelocatedclosetotheprinter,andeasyto
access.

LOADING SINGLE SHEETS

Thissectionwilltakeyouthrough theproceduresforloadingsinglesheets
of paper.

Ifyouareusingtheoptionalautomaticsheetfeeder(SF-10DQ),referto the
ASFinstructionbooklet.

Automatic loading

Singlesheetscanbeloadedmanuallywiththepoweroff,or automatically

withthepwer on. Wewillstartthe easywaywith automaticloading.

1. Placethe paperguidein positionby insertingthe tabs, locatedon the
bottomof the assembly,intothe slotson the rearcoverof theprinter.

lever

Figure 1-10. Mounting the paper guide for single sheets

2. Adjustthepaperguidestomatchthesizeofthepaperyouwillbeusing.
Rememberthatprintingwillstart somedistancefromtheleft-handedge
of the carriage.

3. Tumonthe powerusingtheswitchlocatedatthefrontofthe printer.The
printerwillbeep,indicatingthatthereisnopaperinpositionforprinting.
Theorange

POWER indicatorwillalsoflashto confirmthis.

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Makesurethatthereleaseleveris back.
Iffanfoldpaperisalreadymountedintheprinter,pressthe(

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buttontoparkthepaperintheoff-linestate,thenmovethereleaselever
backwards.
Placea singlesheetbetweenthe guides,placing the sideon whichyou
wanttoprinttowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown
in theguidesuntilyoufeelit stop.

Nowpress the(

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)button.The paperwillbefedintotheprinter
andadjustedpasttheprintheadto a positionreadyfor printing.
Ifyouwanttoset thepaperto adifferentposition,setthepnnteroff-line
by pressingthe( ON

LINE ) button,~en set the paper by using the

micro-feedfunction. (Fordetails,referto Chapter 2.)

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Figure 1-17.Loading a single sheet

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Manual loading

Itisalso,possibletoloadpapermanuallywhiletheprinter’spowerisoff.The

procedureis:

1. Placethe paperguidein position by insertingthe tabs,locatedon the
bottomof theassembly,intothe slotson the rearcoverof the printer.

2. Checkthatprinterpoweris off andthereleaselever isback.

3. Adjustthe paperguidesto matchthe size of paperyouwillbeusing.
Rememberthatprintingwillstartsomedistancefromtheleft-handedge
of thecarnage.

4. Placea singlesheetbetweentheguides,placingthe sideon whichyou
wanttoprinttowardsthebackoftheprinter.Gentlypushthepaperdown

in theguidesuntilyoufeelitstop.

5. Turntheplatenknobclockwiseuntilthefrontedgeof the papercomes
outfromunderthe top cover.

6. If the paper is not straight, move the release lever forward, then
straightenthepaperby hand andmovethereleaseleverback.

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LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS

Fanfold forms have holes alongthe sides and perforationsbetween the
sheets.They are alsocalledsprocketforms,punchedforms,orjust plain
“computerpaper”. This printeracceptsformsupto 10”wide.This section
willtakeyou throughthe proceduresfor loading,parkingand unparking
fanfoldforms.

NOTE:To get good line-feeding,put l-inch space (non-printing area)

arounda perforation.

Loading the paper from the rear of theprinter

Youcanloadthefanfoldpapereitherfromtherearorfromthebottomofthe
printer.If youaregoingtoloadthepaperfromthebottom,refertothenext
section.

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5.

Placeastackoffanfoldpaperbehindandatleastonepage-lengthbelow
theprinter.
Turnthe printer’spowerOFF.
Pushthereleaseleverforward.Thishastheeffectofreleasingthepaper

fromtheplatenroller,and engagingthetractorfeed.
Removethepaperguideand putit asideforthemoment.
Removetherearcover usingthetwopitsoneitherside,andpushback­wardsas in Figure1-12.

Figure 1-12. Removing the rear cover

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6. Move thetractorunitsdownwardsbygrippingthepositioningleverson

bothsideofthetractorunitas shownin Figure 1-13.

Figure 1-13. Movethe tractor units dawnwards for loading the paper from the rear

7. Withthetractorcoversopen,mountthepaperbyaligningholes withthe
pinson the tractorunit.

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Adjustthespacingofthetractorunitsbyslidingthemalongthebar,using

the clamp lever at the back of each unit to releaseand lock them in
position.Whentheclampleverisup,theunitisreleased,andwhenitis
down,the unitis locked.
Nowclosethetractorcovers,againmakingsurethatthepaperholesare
alignedwiththepinsonthetractorunits.Iftheyarenotal;fied properly,
youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingintearing
andjammingof thepaper.

10.Turnonthepowerusingtheswitchlocatedat thefrontoftheprinter.The
printerwillbeep,indicatingthatthepaperis not yetfullyloaded.The
orange

POWER indicatorwill alsoflashto confirmthis.

11.Nowpressthe c

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>button.Thepaperwillbe fedandadjusted

pastthe printheadto apositionreadyfor printing.

12.If youwanttosetthepaperto adifferentposition,settheprinteroff-line
by pressingthe<

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button,then set the paper by usingthe

micro-feedfunction.(Fordetails,referto Chapter2.)

13.Replacethe rear cover, and mountthe paper guidein the horizontal
positionshownin Figure1-15,so thatit willseparatetheprintedfrom
the unprintedpaper.

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Figure 1-15. Mounting the papar guide for fanfold forms

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Loading the paper from the bottom of the printer

You caq load the fanfoldpaperfrom the bottomof the printerwith the
followingprocedure.

1. Removethetopcover and theroller unit.

2. Opentherearcoverusingthetwopits atthe side,andpushbackwards.

3. Gripthepositioningleversonbothsideof thetractorunit,andpullthe
uni;upwards as showninFigure 1-16.

Figure 1-16. Pull up the tractor unit for bottom feeding

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6.

Placea stackoffanfoldpaperbelowtheprinter.
Withthe tractorcoversopen,mountthepaperfromthe bottomof the
printer,by aligningholeswiththepinson thetractor unit.
Adjustthespacingofthetractorunitsbyslidingthemalongthebar,using
the clamp lever at the back of each unit to releaseand lock them in
position.Whentheleverisup,theunitis released,andwhenit isdown,
theunitislocked.

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Figure 7-17. Install the roller unit after mounted the fanfold paper from the bottom of the printer.

7. Nowclosethetractorcovers,againmakingsurethatthepaperholesare
alignedwiththepinsonthetractorunits.Iftheyarenotalignedproperly,
youwillhaveproblemswithpaperfeeding,possiblyresultingintearing
andjammingof thepaper.

8. Remountthe rollerunitandreplacetherearcoverandthetop cover.

Paper parking

Afterloadingfanfoldpaperfromtherearoftheprinter,youdonothaveto

unloadit whenyouwantto printon a singlesheet.Theprinterwill“park”

it for youifyoufollowtheprocedurebelow.

1. To beginpaperparking,startwithpowerON, fanfoldpaperloadedin
printingposition,andthereleaseleverforward.

2. Pressthe(

ON

LINE )buttonon thecontrolpaneltosettheprinteroff-

line.ON

LINE indicatorwillturn off.

3. Tearoff theprintedformatthelastperforation,leavingnot morethan
abouthalf a page showingabovethe top cover.If necessary,pressthe

(PAPER FEED> buttontofeedpaperforwarduntil aperforationislocated

just abovethetopcover,andtearthere.

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4. Pressthe(

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Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthefanfoldformbackwarduntilthe
paperis completelyfree of theplaten.

5. Movethereleaseleverto theback.

6. Mountthe paperguidein theuprightposition.

Now you can load single sheets either automaticallyor manually, as
explainedpreviously.The fanfoldpaperremainsparkedattheback of the
printer.

NOTE: You cannotparkthefanfoldpaperif you haveloadedit fromthe

bottomof the printer.

Paper unparking

Whenyouwanttoresumeusingfanfoldpaper,theprocedureisasfollows.

1. Removeallsinglesheetsfromtheprinter.

2. Mountthepaperguidein thehorizontalposition.

3. Movethereleaselevertothefront.

4. Pressthe (

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button.Theprinterwillautomaticallyfeedthe

parkedfanfoldpaperbackintopositionforprinting.

NOTE: Theprinterbeepsintermittentlyifyoumovethereleaseleverwhile

thepaperis loaded.

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LOADING MULTI-PARTFORMS

Youcan printoncontinuousmulti-partformswiththebuilt-intractor unit.
Youcanusemulti-partformsthathaveuptofivepartsincludingtheoriginal
whenthe Multi-partmodeis selectedwith theEDS setting.(Fordetails,
pleasereferto Chapter3.)

Itisrecommendedtouseformsjointedbydottedorpastingunderthenormal
officecondition.

Multi-partformsshould bepressuresensitive,andshouldnotbeusedinthe
frictionfeed. (Bottomfeedwiththepull-tractoris recommended.)

NOTE: Whenprintingcontinuousmulti-partforms,careshouldbe taken,

asthe edgesof thepapermightbe damaged.
The tolerance between the dotted or pasted position and other
positionsmustbe lessthan0.05mm.

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ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP

The dis~nce between the print head and the platen can be adjustedto
accommodatedifferentpaperthicknesses.Tomakethisadjustment,remove
thetopcover.The adjustmentleveris locatedattheleftsideof theprinter
mechanism.Pushing the adjustmentlever backwardsnarrows the gap;
pullingit forwardswidensthegap.

Therearesixpositions,andyoucanfeelthe Ieverclickingintoeachposition.

Thesecondpositionfromtherearistheonemostcommonlyusedforsingle

sheetsofpaper.Trydifferentpositionsuntilyougetthebestprintingresults.
(Donot settheleverout ofthemarkedpositions.)

Adjustment lever

Figure 1-18. Location of the adjustment lever

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The followingtable providesthe recommendedlever positionsfor each
papertypes asa reference.

Paper

Type

Single

2-ply
3-ply

4-ply

5-ply

Weight (g/mz)

Thickness(mm)

Recommended

(Each paper) (Total)

Lever position

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0.12-0.16 3rd

0.18-0.20

40-58

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0.21-0.25 4th

0.24-0.26

40-58

4th

0.27-0.30 5th

0.30-0.33 5th

40-58

0.34-0.35 6th

NOTE: Pressuresensitivepaperis recommendedforthemulti-partpaper.

Multi-partmodeis recommendedwhenusingthe 4-plyand 5-ply
paper.(Referto Chapter3,)

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CONTROL PANEL OPERATIONS

Thecontrolpanelbuttonscanbepressedindividuallytoperformtheopera­tionsindicatedbytheirnames.Otherfunctionscanbeachievedbyholding
thesebuttonsdownwhenyouturntheprinter’spoweron,orbypressingthe
controlpanelbuttonsin combination.

Thischapterexplainsallthebuttonand indicatorfunctions.

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Pauseprinting
Feedpaper(fast andslow,forwardand reverse)
Parkfanfold forms
Setthetop-of-formposition
Selecttheprintpitch
Selecta font
Printtestpatterns
Preventsoftwarefromchangingthepanelpitchandfontselections
Printa hexadecimaldump
Clearthe printer’sbuffer
Changetheprintcolor(color printeronly)
Storemacrodefinition

BUTTONSAND INDICATORS

The

printeris equippedwithfivebuttonsonthecontrolpanel.Fromleftto

rightthey are,(T6NT) and (FiTCR) (smallerbuttons),and ( “W4=”T),

(PAPER FEED), andC

ON

LINE )(larger buttons).

The followingis a briefguideto the buttonsand indicatomonthecontrol

panel.

Figure Z-l. Control panel

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ONLINE button

The

c.

ON LINE

>button setstheprinteron-lineandoff-line. The status

changeseachtimeyoupressthebutton.
Whentheprinter ison-line,itcanreceiveandprintdatafromthecomputer.

Whentheprinter isoff-line,itstopsprintingandsendsthecomputerasignal
indicatingthatit cannotacceptdata.

Theprinterpowersupintheon-linestatusifpaperisloaded.Ifpaperisnot
loaded,the printerpowersup off-linewiththe

POWER indicator flashing.

Whenyou loadpaper,the

POWER indicatorstopsflashing,andtheprinter

goeson-line.
Youwillwantto pressthe (

ON

LINE

)

button:

● Beforeand afterany otherpaneloperation

The other panel buttons operate only in the off-line state. Press the
(

ON

LINE ) button to go off-line.

After performing the panel

operation(s),pressthe C

ON

LINE

)

buttonagainto go backon-line.

● To pauseduringprinting

If you press the( ON

LINE

)

buttonduringprinting,the printer stops
printingand goesoff-line,allowingyoutochecktheprintoutor change
acontrolpanelsetting.Printingresumeswhenyoupressthe(

ON

LINE

>

buttonagainto go backon-line.

● To cutfanfoldformsattheendof printing

Whenusingfanfoldforms,youcanhold the (

ON

LINE

)

buttondown
for one second.In additionto goingoff-line,the printeralso feedsthe
paperforwardapproximatelytwoinches.Thisallowsyoutocutitoffjust
belowthe lastlineprinted.
Whenyou pressthe (

ON

LINE

)

buttonagainto gobackon-line,the

paperfeedsbackwardstoppingwhereyouleft off.
NOTE:Thisfunctionisvalidonlywhenthe bufferis empty.

PAPER FEED button

If you pressthisbuttonwhileoff-line,the paperwillfeedforward.If you

holdthebutton down,theprinterwillperformconsecutivelinefeeds.

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I

If youalsopressthe

(

ON

LINE

]

buttonwhileyouareline-feeding,the

paperwill feedautomaticallyto thetopofthenextpage.Thisis explained

later.

If youpressthisbutton whileon-line,this willalternatelyflashthe

QUIET

indicatoronandoff.Whenin QuietmodewiththeQUIET indicatorlit,the
printerwillprintslightlyslower,but at a reducednoiselevel.

SET/EJECT/PARK button

NOTE: Thisbuttonhasnoeffectif thebottomfeedmode is selected.

Pressingthisbuttoncausestheprintertobeginpaperloadingifthepaperhas
notloadedwhilein theoff-linestate.

If the paperhas beenloaded,this buttonresultsin differentfi.mctionsde­pendingon the positionof thereleaselever.

If the mlcaseleveris forwardforfanfoldforms,pressingthisbuttonparks
theforms.

If the releaseleverisbackfor singlesheets,pressingthisbuttonejectsthe
paper.

PITCH button

Thisbuttonallowsyoutoselecttheprintingpitch.Rememberthattheprinter
mustbeoff-linefor youto do this.Successivepressesof this buttonwill
illuminate(and select) the followingoptions in order (Note that semi­condescdpitchis not availablein theIBMmode):

Pitch Indicator(s)

Pica(10CPI) 10

CPI

Elite(12CPI) 12CPI
Semi-condensed(15,CPI)

15

CPI

Condensedpica(17CPI)

10CPI,COND

Condensedelite(20CPI)

12

CPI,COND

Proportional PROP
Condensedproportional

PROP,COND

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FONT button

Thisbuttonselectsthefontto beprinted.Draftfontis selectedatpower-up
unlessthedefaultsettingsarechanged.To changetoHSDraft(High-Speed
Draft)or oneof theLQ (LetterQuality)fonts,settheprinter off-line,then

press the(-) buttonrepeatedlyuntiltheindicatorsbesidethe desired

selectionilluminate.The selectionscyclein the followingorder:

Font

Indicator(s)

Draft

HS-DRAFT,ROMAN

Roman

ROMAN

Sansenf

ROMAN,COURIER

Courier

COURIER

Prestige

COURIER,SCRIPT

script

SCRIPT

option

OPTION

High-SpeedDraft

HS-DRAFT

TheOptionFontselectionwillbeskippedunlessafontcartridgeisinstalled.

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POWER-UP FUNCTIONS

In

additionto their normal functions,all the controlpanel buttonshave

specialfimctionsthatoperateifyouholdthemdownwhileswitchingpower

on.

colorprinter,eachlineprintsin a differentcolor.)

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at,<d,i

gh , , k 1m,,,,

! “#$%& I 1* +.-. i II i ?11s I,7hCI: ; <=) ?@ABCDEFGHI JKLMNLIPQRSTUVWXYZ[ \

1“ abI’~~rFt]i ik1mIIOP

‘ #$%& ( )

●+ .-. /11I 214 5(, 7h<~ : :

<=> ?@ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[ \ ] abrd< 1Fh I Jk Inlfl,vq

F$%d [ ) * + ,-

?

?4.s(,7hv : : <=> ?,oABcDEf~GHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ 1‘— abcdet’~1] I .ik 1mlIOPLII-

$z& I I *+ .-. , II I ? 7d~(,

7h: : <=> ?~,ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\ I “- abcde f: hi i k Irnn.p,l rs

,., ,<(,?h,, ; <.) ?WAB(~DEFGHI JKLMNIJI>QRSTIIVWXYZ [\ ] ‘. abrd,, f’$t) 1

.1k lmllf.,PQr ~ t

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.> ?w,ABCDEFGRIJKLMNOPQRSTLiVWXYZ[ \ ] --- abcdt I F11! , h I mru,k),l rs t (1

Figure2-3. Short self-test

Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefullwidthofthecarriage,itisrecommended
thattheprinteris loadedwiththewidestpaperpossibletoavoiddamageto
theprintheadand/orplaten.

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Long test mode

If the printeris turnedon whilethe

(PAPER FEED) buttonis pressed,the

printerwillenterthe longself-testmode.Theprinterwillprinttheversion
numberoftheprinter’sROMandthecurrentEDSsettings,followedbythe
wholecharactersetprintedin eachfontandpitchavail;ble.

‘hetestcyclesendlessly,so you mustturnthe poweroff to stopit.

c 5 old “S*]

.

...––..... +.––––––. –––.––-..-––.–----––-–––. .–––.–––.

D

0 , ($4”,

2s-)

–. . .

..––. .– . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.. . ..

-.<,,..<,

. .

Fkwre 2-4. Lena self-test

Sincetheself-testoccupiesthefullwidlhofthecarriage,itisrecommended
thattheprinteris loadedwiththewidestpaperpossibleto avoiddamageto
theprintheadand/orplaten.In addition,thetotalnumberoflinesprintedis
considerable,morethancan be accommodatedon a singlesheet,so fanfold
paperis recommendedfor thistest.

Print area test mode

Byholdingthe(

,,FJA,&lc.,

) buttondownduringpower-up,theprinterwill
entertheprintareatestmode.Thisway,youcanfindouthowmanylineson
yourpaper are availablefor printing.The printerwillprintthe first line

message,thenprintthelastlinemessageafterfeedingto thebottomof the
page.

Ifyouhaveloadedthefanfoldpaper,onlythefirstlinemessageis printed.

Stay in Panel Pitch

By holdingthe (PiTCil)buttondownduringpower-up,the print pitchcan
onlybeselectedfromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference,
Youwillhear an acknowledgingbeepas powercomeson.

Afterthebeeptone,youcansettheprinteroff-line,selectaprintpitch,then

returnto on-lineandstartprinting.Thepitchyouselectedwillnotbereset

or otherwisechanged by anycommandsyoursoftwaremay issue.

Stay in Panel Font

Byholdingthe (-) buttonduringpower-up,fontscanonlybeselected
fromthecontrolpanel.Thispreventssoftwareinterference.Therewillbean
acknowledgingbeepaspowercomeson, afterwhichyoucansettheprinter
off-line,selectafont,thenrctumtotheon-linestateandbeginprinting.The
sclectcdfontwillnotbechangedbyanycommandsyour softwaremayissue.

Stay in Panel Pitch and Font

Ifyouwanttoprotectboththepitchandfontsettingsfromsoftwarechanges,
pressboththe(~) and(~) buttonsduringpower-up.Therewillbe

two acknowledgingbeeptones.
Pressingtlmscbuttonsduringpower-updocs notpreventyoufrommaking

anynumberof changeslaterfromthecontrolpanel.

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Hexadecimal dump

This feature is useful for programmerswho are debuggingprintingpro­grams and want to see the actual codes the printer is receiving.(Some
computemchangethe codestheprogrammerintended.)

Inthismode,alldatareceivedwillbeprintedinahexadecimaldumpformat,
ratherthanthecontrolcodesbeingactedon as commandcodes.

Thismodeis accessed withthefollowingprocedure:

1. Whileholdingboth

the(PAPER FEED)and(

SEJAE~~CT

)buttons down,

turnpowerON.Abeeptonewillbeheard.

2. Beginprinting.In placeof theusualprintoutyouwillgeta formatted
dumpshowingexactlywhatdatatheprinterreceives.Eachlinepresents
sixteencharacters,theirhexadecimalcodestotheleftandprintablechar­actersprintedon the right.

3. At the end of the hexadecimaldump,set the printeroff-linewith the

(

ON

LINE

)

button.Thisisnecessarytoprintthelastline.

ThefollowingBASICprogramisasimpletestyoucanruninhexadecimal
mode:

10 LPRINT WIDTH “LPT1 : “ .255

20 FOR 1=0 TO 255

30 LPRINT CHR$(I) ;

40 NEXT I

50 LPRINT

60 END

If your systempasses the codes directlyto the printer withoutchanging
them,youwill geta printoutlikeFigure2-5.

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

08 09 OA 06 OC OD OE OF

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 1A 16 IC ID 1E 1F

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 2A 2B 2C 2D 2E 2F

! “#$%&: i ) ~+ ; -. /

30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

38 39 3A 3B 3C 3D 3E 3F

0123456789 : ; <=>?

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

48 49 4A 46, 4C 4D 4E 4F

@ABCDE FGH I JKLMNO

50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57

58 59 5A 56 5C 50 5E SF

PQRSTUVWXYZ [\] ‘-

60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67

68 69 6A 66 6C 6D 6E 6F

‘ abcdefghi jkl mno

70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77

78 79 7A 7B 7C 70 7E 7F

pqrstuvwxyz ( ! ) -.

60 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

88 89 8A 8B 8C 8D 8E 8F

. .

90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97

98 99 9A 9B 9C 90 9E 9F . . . . . . . . . .

AO Al AZ A3 A4 A5 A6 A7

A8 A9 AA AB AC AO AE AF

.

BO 81 R2 63 64 B5 B6 B7

B8 B9 6A t3B BC BD 8E BF . . . . . . . . . . . .

CO Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7

C8 C9 CA CB CC CO CE CF . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DO D1 D2 03 04 05 D6 D7

D8 D9 DA OB DC DD DE DF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EO El E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7

E8 E9 EA EB EC EO EE EF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FO F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7

F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF . . . . . . .

OD OA

Figure 2-5. Sample hexadecimal dump

MostBASICS,however,arenot quitethatstraightforward.Forexample,the
IBM-PCwillgiveyoua printoutsimilarto Figure2-6.

1

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07
OF 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
20 21 .?2 23 24 25 26 27
30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37

40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47

50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67
70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77
80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97
AO Al AZ A3 A4 A5 A6 A7
E70 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 87
CO Cl C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7
DO D1 02 03 D4 05 D6 07
EO El E2 E3 E4 ES E6 E7
FO F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7
OD OA

08 09 OA 06 OC 00 OA OE

17 18 19 IB IC ID IE IF
28 29 2A 26 ZC 2D 2E 2F
38 39 3A 3B 3C 30 3E 3F
48 49 4A 46 4C 40 4E 4F
58 59 5A 56 5C 5D 5E 5F
68 69 6A 66 6C 6D 6E 6F
78 79 7A 7F3 7C 70 7E 7F
88 89 8A BB 8C 8D 8E 8F
98 99 9A 96 9C 90 9E 9F
A8 A9 AA AB AC AD AE AF
68 69 8A BB BC BD BE BF
C8 C9 CA CB CC CD CE CF
D8 D9 DA DB DC DD OE DF
E8 E9 EA EB EC ED EE EF
F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF

. .....

.. ... .

!“#$%&’ ()*+.-./

0123456789:;<=>?

@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXYZ[\]”-

‘abcdefghijklmno

pqrstuvwxyz{j)-.

. . . . .

.. ... ........

..... . . ... ..

... .. ...... .

... ........ . .

. . . ... ..

.. ... ..... ......

.. ... ..... ....

..

Flgure2-& Samplehexadecimal dumpwithlBM-PC

Whenthe IBM-PCBASICinterpretersendshex codeOD(carriagereturn)

it addsan extrahex OA(line feed). Hex code 1A (end-of-file)also gets

specialtreatment:the interpreterdoes not send it at all. This can cause
problemswitigrapticsordowtioadcharacterdata.HoweveLyoucans0lve
thisproblembychangingline 30 intheprecedingprogramandaddingthe
codingshownbdow.

Codingfor IBM-PCwithmonochromedisplay:

30 GOSUB 100

100 X=INP(&H3BD)

:IF X<128 THEN 100

110 OUT &H3BC,I :OUT &H3BE,5 :OUT &H3BE,4
120 RETURN

Codingfor IBM-PCwithcoloradapter:

30 GOSUB 100

100 x=INP(&H379)

:IF X<128 THEN 100

110 OUT &H378,1 :OUT &H37A,S :OUT &H37A,4
l~o RETURN

SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS
Several

additionalfimctionscanbeachievedbypressingthecontrolpanel

buttonsin combinations.

I

Reverse Micro Feed I

u

Form Feed

P

c

m

Buffer clear/All reset

Fjgum 2-7. Switch combination functions of control panel

Form feed

If youarcusingsinglesheets,thisoperationejectsthecurrentpage.If you

areusingfanfoldforms,itfeedsto the topof thenextpage.

1.

2.

3.

Pressthe(

ON LINE

)

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

Pressthe

(PAPER FEED> buttonandholditdown.Theprinterwillstart

performingsuccessivelinefeeds.
Whileholding the

(PAPER FEED) buttondown,pressthe(

ON

LINE

)

button,then releaseboth buttonsat the same time. The printer will

smoothlyejectthecurrentpage.

Top of form

Whenyoupowerontheprinter,thetop-of-formpositionisautomaticallyset
tothecurrentposition.Ifthisisnotwhereyouwantthetopofthepagetobe,
youcan changethetop-of-formpositionas follows:

1. Pressthe (

ON

LINE

)

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.

2. Move the paper to the desired top-of-formpositionby pressing the

(PAPER FEED) button,orby performingaforwardorreversemicro-feed.

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3.

4.

Pressandhold the (

ON

LINE

)

button.

Whileholdingthe(

ON

LINE

)button down,presstheCPiTC17)button,
then releaseboth buttonsat the same time. The printer will beep to
indicatethatthetop-of-formposition has beenset.

Forward micro-feed

Fortinealignment,youcanfeedthepaperforwardinverysmallincrements
as

1.

2.

3.

follows:

Pressthe(

ON

LINE ) button to setthe pnntcroff-line.

Pressthe (

ON LINE

)

buttonagainandholdit down.

Whileholdingthe (

ON LINE

]

buttondown,pressthe (PAPERFEED>
button.Thepaperwillstartadvancingin a scnes of smallsteps.When
youwantto stop,releasebothbuttons.

Reverse micro-feed

Youcan also feedthepaperin smallincrementsin reverse,to rctum to a

higherpositionon the samepage.

NOTE: Withfanfoldforms,donottryto rctumto apreviouspage.Theper-

forationmay catchinsidethe printerandcauseajam.

1. Pressthe(

ON LINE

)

buttonto setthe printeroff-line.

2. Press’the(

ON LINE ) buttonagainandholdit down.

3. Whileholdingthe (

ON LINE

)

buttondown,pressthe(

s,~.~~~C.T

1

button.Thepaperwillstartmovingbackwardsina scncsofsmallsteps.
Whenyouwanttostop,releasebothbuttons.

Changing the auto loading value

Normally,the printerautomaticallyloadsthe paperoneline fromthetop
edge.
If youwantto changethisvalue,followthisprocedure:

1. Loadthepaperusingthe (

‘;’$A’vikc’) button.

2. Changetheprintpositionusingthe microfeedfunction.
Thelineonlhccardholderhelpsyouto alignthebaselineofcharacters
to be printed.

3. Afteryougctthe desiredposition,pressthe[ ONLINE

)button tosave

thevalue.

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Thisvaluewillremainunlessyoupoweroffthe printer.Ifyouwanttoretain
this value even after you turn off the power, store it using the Macro

Definitionfunction,whichisdescribedbelow.
Notethatyoucanonlychangethis valueimmediatelyafterloadingpaper.If

youfeedpaper,youcannotchangetheautoloadingvalue.

Clearing the buffer/All reset

Theprinterstoresreceiveddatain a large memorybuffer.Thiscreatesa
problemwhenyou wanttoabandonaprintingjob andrestart:theprintermay
be holdingmore data in its buffer than it has actuallyprinted,and this
unprinteddatamustlx clearedoutbeforerestarting.Turningpoweroffisone
wayto clearthe buffer,butthereis anotherway:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Halttheprintingprogramonthecomputer.Ifprintingstopsimmediately,
thebufferisclearandtherestofthisprocedureisunnecessary.Ifprinting
doesnotstop,continueasfollows:
Pressthe(

ON LINE ) buttonto set the printeroff-line.Printingwill

nowstop,buttheremaybe dataremaininginthebuffer.
Pressandholdthe(

ON

LINE

)

button.

While pressing the (

ON LINE

)

button down, press and hold the

_ button.Continueholdingthesetwobuttonsdown.InoneSeCOnd

youwillhearabeeptonesignalingthatthebufferhasbeencleared.
If you holdthesebuttons moretwo seconds,you willhearthree beep

tones signalingthat the printerhas been initializedto the power-on

defaultsettings.
Releas~thesebuttons,makeanynecessarycontrolpanelsettings,thenset

theprinterbackon-line.

Itisessentialtohalttheprintingprogramonthecomputerbeforeyougooff­line.Otherwise,whenyougo backon-linethecomputerwillstartsending
dataagainandthe printerwillcontinueprinting,withmissingdatawherethe
bufferwascleared.

NOTE:If you are usingthe SPC-8K,Serial-ParallelConverter,resetthe

converterbypressingtheredClear buttononitbefore youresetthe
printer.

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Selecting the print color

Normally,the color printerprintswith black even if the color ribbonis

installed.
Withouttheaid of software,youcan changetheprintingcoloras follows:

1.

2.

3.

4.

PresstheC

ON LINE

)

buttonto setthe printeroff-line.
PresstheCFGN71buttonandholditdown.
Whileholdingthe(-) button,pressthe(

S’:m+$c‘

) button.

Eachtimeyoupressthe ( =wdkr’

) button,oneof the indicatorsof

FONT or PITCH willblinkto showthecurrentcoloras shownbelow.

Color

Indicator Color

Indicator

Black

HS-DRAFT

Yellow

10CPI

Magenta

ROMAN Orange

12CPI

cyan

COURIER

Green

15CPI

Violet

SCRIPT

Releasebothbuttonsafteryou setthedesiredprintingcolor.
If youwantto savethe selectedcolorforlateruse, store it usingthe
MacroDefinition.

NOTE:This functions validonlywhenthecolorribbonisinstalledintothe

colorprinter.

Store Macro Definition

You camstore the current settingsto the printer for later use with the
followingprocedure:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Pressthe(

ON

LINE

)

buttonto settheprinteroff-line.
Pressthe(~) buttonandholdit down.

Whileholdingthe(~>button down,press the (TiTCll>buttonand
holdthemdownuntilyouheartwo beeptones.
Releasebothbuttons at thesametimeafterthe twobeeptonesto stem
thecurrentsetting.

If youreleasethesebuttonsafterthreebeeptones,themacrois cleared.

NOTE: Youcanstorethefollowingsettingswiththisprocedure.

● CurrentFont andPitch

● Currentauto-loadingamountfor cutsheet

● Currentauto-loadingamountforcontinuouspaper

“Currentauto-loadingamountin ASFmode

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● Currentprintcolor(colorprinteronly)

DatatobestoredarecontrolledinStandardmodeandIBMmodeseparately.
For example,thedata storedin theStandardmodeare noteffectiveinthe
IBMmode,andviceversa.

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chapter 3

DEFAULT SETTINGS

Mostprintersuseabankof DIP(DualIn-linePackage)switchesinsidethe
printerto achievevariousfunctions.However,this printercanchange the
power-updefaultsettingsbyusing theElectronicDIPSwitch(EDS)mode.

Thischapterexplainshowto usetheEDSmode.

HOW TO SET THE EDS MODE

The

EDSmode has25kindsoffunctionsyoucansetasthepower-ondefault.

ToentertheEDSmode,turnthe printeronwhilesimultaneouslyholdingthe

(

s* TF+CT

),

(PAPER FEED) and (

ON LINE

)

buttons.

In EDSmode,the indicatorsandthe buttonson thecontrolpanelareused
as shownbelowin Figure3-1.

.

●

✎

✎

●

Usethe[~)button to selecttheBankNumber.OneoftheFONTindi­catorswillilluminateto showthe selected BankNumber. ~

Usethe(~) buttonto selecttheSwitchNumber.Oneofthe

PITCHin-

dicatov willilluminateto showthe selectedSwitchNumber.
The

QUIET indicatorshowsthe currentsetting.

If you wantto setit ON,pressthe<

s(-~~~~<:r

>button.

Pressthe

(PAPER FEED>button to printoutthecurrent settings.

Pressthe(

ON

LINE

)buttontosavethenewsettingsandtoexittheEDS

mode.

1

I

Figurs 3-7. Button and indicator functions in the EDS mode

FUNCTIONS OF THE EDS SEITINGS

Theprinteris factory-setwithallEDS switchesintheONposition.These
are the standardsettings.By changingthe settings,you can altervarious
printerfunctionsto matchyourrequirements.Thefollowingquestionswill
helpyouchoosethepropersettings.

Number Function

ON OFF

A-1 Emulation STANDARD

IBM

A-2 RAMUsage

InputBuffer DownloadBuffer

A-3 AutoLFwithCR

Disabled

Enabled

A-4 AutoSheetFeeder

Notfitted Fitted

I A-5 I GranhicsDirection

I Bi-directional! Uni-directional !

i

I Enabled

--i

.r

B-1

Multi-part

Disabled

B-2 Paper-out

Enabled

Disabled

B-3 Tear-off

Disabled Enabled

B-4

(Reserved)

LeaveON

B-5 PrintableArea

TypeA TypeB

c-l

PrintMode

(Seebelow)

c-2
c-3

PageLenglh

(Seebelow)

c-4
c-5

, (NotUsed)

D-1

CharacterTable

(Standardmode)

Graphics

Italics

(IBMmode)

IBM#2

IBM#l

D-2 IBMCodepageor
D-3 Intemationat

(Seebelow)

D-4

CharacterSet
D-5 (NotUsed)
E-1

E-2

LQFontSelection

(Seebelow)

E-3
E-4

E-5 (NotUsed)

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Switch A-1: Do you want to usethe printer in Standardmode or IBM

mode?

Selectthemodecompatiblewithyourcomputerandsoflware.In Standard
modethe printeroperatesliketheEpson LQ-860.In IBMmodeitoperates
liketheIBMProprintcrX24E.TheONpositionselectsStandardmode.The

OFFpositionselectsIBMmode.
Switch A-2: Doesyoursoftwaredownloadcharactersto theprinter?

Inordertodownloadcharactersthis switchmustbeintheOFFposition.The

printer then uses its RAM memory for storing character patterns and

providesonlyaone-lineprintbuffer.IfyouleavethisswitchON,theprinter
usesitsRAMmemoryasaninputbuffer,allowingthe computertosenddata
fasterthanthe printerprints.

NOTE:Whcn you want to downloadcharacterswith IBM modeby the

monochromeversionprinter,you must installthe optionalRAM
cartridge(RC-32Z).Otherwise,youcannot downloadevenif this
switchis set OFF.

Switch A-3: Do you wantan automaticlinefeed?

If you leave this switchin the ON position,a separateline-feedcode is
requiredfrom yourcomputertoobtaina line feed.

If you movethisswitchto the OFFposition,theprinterperformsboth a
carriagereturnand linefeed eachtimeit receivesa carriage-returncode.

Mostcomputersystemssendalinefeedcode,orbotha carriagereturnand
linefeed,atthecndofeachline,so thisswitchshouldbeleftON.

If you get doublelinespacingwhenyouexpectsinglespacing,or if lines
overprinteachother,try changingthesettingof thisswitch.

Switch A-4: Are yougoingto usctheautomaticsheetfeeder(ASF)?
InordertousctheautomaticsheetfeederSF-1ODQ,movethisswitchtothe

OFFposition.Otherwiseleaveit ON.
Switch A-5: Arc yougoingto printdotgraphicsuni-directionally?

Whenprintingindotgraphicsmode,theprintermayeithcrprintbidirection­ally(inalternatedirections)forspccdorinonedirectiononly(unidirectional

forincreasedaccuracy).Forpracticallyallpurposes,however,bidirectional
printingissufficientlyaccurate.Inorder10printuni-directionally,movethis
switchto theOFFposition.

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I

SwitchB-1:Areyougoingto printon multi-partpaper?
Youcanuseupto 3-plypaperwhenthisswitchis ON.If youwantto print

on4-plyor 5-plypaper,setthisswitchto theOFFposition.
Switch B-2: Doyouwantthcprintcrtosloppnntingatthecndofthc paper,

or to keepprinting?

WhenthisswitchisOFFtic printerignoresthe paper-outdetectorandprints
downto (andbeyond)thebottomedge.Otherwiseleaveit ON.

Switch B-3: Do you want to advancepaper automaticallyat the cnd of

printing?
Youcan selecttheTearOfffunctionwiththisswitchOFF.
Whenusingfanfoldpaper,theTearOff functionallowsyoutotearoffonc

sheetof paperwithoutfullyadvancingthe followingsheet.
Switch B-4: This switch is used for technicalpurposeonly.Leavethis

switchON.
Switch B-5: Whichiype of printingarea do you wantto use for single

sheets?

Thisprintercanusetwo typesof printingareaformatfor singlesheets.

ByputtingtheswitchON(“TypeA“),thetopofthefirstlineofprintingwill
start1/6inch f~omthetopofthepaper,andtheprinicdareawillend 1/6inch

fromtic bottomof the paper.

.

ByputtingtheswitchOFF(“TypeB“),thefirstlineofprinting willstartat
oneinchfromthetopofthepaper,andthepnntcdareawillcnd6mmfrom
thebottomof the printer.

SwitchesC-1 and C-2: Whichprintmodedo youwantto set?
Theseswitchesselectthedefaultprintpitchandthefontsasshownbelow.

Print Mode c-1 c-2

10CPIDRAFT

ON ON

10CPIHSDRAFT

ON

OFF

17CPIDRAFT

OFF

10CPILQ OFF RF

NOTE:If youchangetheseswitchesaflcryouhavestoredthemacro,these

settingswilloverridethemacrosetting.

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I

SwitchesC-3 and C-4: Whatis thepage lenglhof yourpaper?

LeavetheseswitchesONifyouwillbcusing1l-inchforms,Youwillneed
tochangetheswitchesifyouwillbeusingadifferentpagelengthasshown
below:

m

Switch D-1: The actionof this switchdependson the modechosenwith

switchA-1.

If you selected Standard mode, do you want italic or graphic
characters?

MovethisswitchOFF to printitalicsin theStandardcharacterset.If you
leavethis switch in the ON position,in place of italicsyou will get the
graphiccharacters, internationalcharacters,andmathematicalsymbolsof
IBMcharacterset#2.SeeChapter9, charactercodes 128to 254.

IfyouselectedIBMmode,doyouwantIBM characterset#1or#2?

ONselectscharacterset#2, whichisforcomputerswithan 8-bitinterface
(themostcommonkind).OFFselectscharacterset#1,forcomputerswith
a 7-bitinterface.

SwitchesD-2 to D-4:Do you want an internationalcharacterset or IBM

codepage?

Internationalcharactersetsdifferintheirassignmentof 14charactercodes
intheStandardItaliccharacterset.Seethecharactertablesatthebackofthis
manual.With theseswitchesyoucan selectone of eightcharacter sets as
follows:

Country

D-2 D-3 D-4

Country

D-2 D-3 D-4

U.S.A. ON ON ON

DenmarkI

ON ON OFF

France OFF ON ON Sweden OFF ON OFF

Germany ON OFF ON

haly

ON OFF OFF

England

OFF OFF ON

SpainI OFF OFF OFF

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ExceptintheStandardItaliccharacterset,theseswitchesselectthedefault

charactercodepageas shownbelow:

IBMCode

Page D-2 D-3 D-4 IBMCode Page

D-2 D-3 D-4

#863

#437U.S.A.

ON ON ON c~adian French

ON ON OFF

#850Multi-lingual

OFF ON ON #865Nordic

OFF ON OFF

#860 Portuguese

ON OFF ON (Reserved)

ON OFF OFF

#861

Icelandic

OFFOFF ON (Reserved)

OFF OFF OFF

SwitchesE-1 to E-4:Whichfontdo youwanttoprintasthedefaultLetter

Quality?

Theseswitchesallowsyouto choosethe defaultfont selectedwhen LQ
modeis selected,as shownbelow.

I Font Name IE-1 IE-2 IE-3 IE-4 I Font Name IE-1 I E-2 I E-31 E-4 I

/ Roman

ION ION ION ION I Orator2* ION \ ONI ONIOI@
Sanserif OFF ON ON ON T’W-Light* OFF ON ON OFF
Courier ON OFF ON ON Letter-Gothic*ON OFF ON OFF

Prestige

OFF OFF ON ON Blippo*

OFF OFF ON OFF

script ON ON OFF ON H-Gothic*

ON ON OFFOFF

I OCR-B*

IOFFION IOFFIONIOrane*

10FFION10FFIOF’11

OCR-A*

ON OFF OFF ON Cinema* ON OFF OFFOFF

Orator*

OFF OFF OFF ON Code39* OFF OFF OFFOFF

Optionalfonts(markedwithanasterisk)canbeselectedonlywhenthecor-

respondingfontcartridgeis installedin theprinter.
Ifthecorrespondingfontcartridgeisnotinstalled,thenRomanisselected.

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BIDIRECTIONAL TEST/ADJUSTMENT

Thismodeis usedto adjustthe alignmentof theprintheadon successive
bidirectionalpasses.Afteraperiodofsomemonths,yourprintermaywork

itselfoutof alignmentonleftandright printingpasses.Thiswillbe most

evidentin graphicsprinting.Thismodewillprobablybeusedveryrarely.

1. Turnthe printeroff andthenturn it on againwhileholdingdownthe
(

‘=l%wr”

) and (

ON LINE

) buttons. The

printer will then print

somethinglike thefollowing:

*tJ DoT

ADJUSTMENT SETTING 89 *

LQ

o:

///// ///////////////////////////////////

2. The printer will feed the paper forwardsand backwardsduringthis
operation,allowingyoutoviewthepaperforoptimumalignment.

3. Toadjusttheprinting,usethe(

=wkc’ )and

CPAPER FEED> buttons.

The(

SZ~AC~~CT

)button will move the second pass to the left. The

(PAPER FEED) buttonwillmovethesecondpassto the right.

*** DoT

ADJUSTMENT SETTING * * *

LQ o:

///// ///////////////////////////////////

(

“LAVE”

‘LQ -1 :

////////////////////// / ///////)/,,,,,,, ,

/11!! 1111/ /111111 !!!)/!1

IIlltffll!llll II

(PAPER FEED

-Q

o:

///// ///////////////////////////////////

4. Whenthetwopassesarealignedwitheachothertoformonecontinuous
line,thebidirectionalalignmenttestiscompleted.

5. Tochangethemodeforwhichthebidirectionaladjustmentisperfonned,
press the (

ON

LINE

)

button. This will cycle between “LQ”,

“DRAFT” and “DRAFT COND”.

Repeatthe process for all printmodes.

*X*,DOT

ADJUSTMENT SETTING I SS

LQ

o:

///// ///////////////////////////////////

(

s.JAE~ficT

-Q

-1 :

(/,,,/,,,,//,,,,,,,/// /,, ,,, ,,, /,,,,,,,,

!lllllll, ,(! //1111, ,!!l[ll/, /, {/1/1 1,,1,

~

LQ

o:

///// ///////////////////////////////////

(

ON LINE

%RAFT

o:

///// ///////////////////////////////////

(PAPER FEED

biRAFT

+1 :

\\}/\J/////J//}\/ff\f\ ~}}~j~}}}}}}}}jjj}

(

“JA’MC’

o:

///// ///////////////////////////////////

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6. Tosavethecorrectedvaluesandtoexitfromthismode,pmssthe­button.

88$ NT ADJUSTMENTsETTING***

LQ

o:

///// /////////////////1111111///1///////

(

s.$!~~cT

MQ

-1 :

,, /////)///111111111//

1,1!! 111111 !!111!1

11111 !!lll {/1 IIIIIIIIIIII{JIJIIIIIII )!)!

(PApER FEEDfiQ

o:

Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllljljjjljil

(

ONLINE

HfRAFT

o:

///////////////////1/1/1////////////////

(PApEFi FEED

+1 :

JJ/}/\/\JJ////JJ//JJ//}//f~/;l//lJJJJfJf

(

sEJ!~p

HiRAFT

o:

/////////////l/n///////////////////////

(

ONLINE

-RAFT COND o z llllllllllllllllllililllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll

m +, END *,*

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chapter 4

PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS

Theprinterhastwoemulationmodes:StandardmodeandIBMmode.
In standardmode, theprinteremulatesthefunctionsoftheEpsonLQ-860.
In IBMmode,theprinteremulates the IBMPropnnter X24E.Additional
commandcodesareincludedasa supersetof theseemulations.

The emulation is changedby means of EDS switchA-1. When ON, the
printerwillbein standardmode, andwhenOFF,theprinterwillbein IBM
mode(see Chapter3). It is not possibleto changethe emulationmodeby
meansof softwarecontrol.

Thischapterdescribesthe printer’scontrolcommands.Somecommandsare
commontoboththestandardandIBMmodes.Inthedescriptionsofthecom-

mands,all commandswillbe categorizedby function.Thename of each
commandis followedby atableliketheonebelow:

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “X” “1”

27120 49 IB 78 31

<ESC> “X” <1>

27120 1 IB 78 01

Mode:

ASCII:

Decimal:
Hexadecimal:

Indicatesthemodeinwhichthecommandisrecog-

nized.

Std. Standardmode(EDSswitchA-1 on)
IBM IBMmode(EDS switchA-1 off)
Both BothstandardandIBMmodes

Indicates the ASCII coding of the command.
Controlcharactersareenclosedin pointedbrack­ets:For example,<1>meanscharactercode 1.

Givesthe commandin decimalcharactercodes.
Gives the command in hexadecimal character

codes.

Parametersforwhichvaluesmustbe suppliedareindicatedbyitalicletters

suchas n.

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FONT CONTROL COMMANDS

Select draft quality characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both “ “ “ “ “F” “)” “)” “9” 4040 7041 41 57 28 2846 29 29 39

((

<ESC> “X”

“O”

Std.

27120 48

IB 78 30

<ESC> “X” <O>

27120 0

IB 78 00

Changesfromletterqualityto draftquality.Ignoredifthe(FGiTf_)

buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select draft pica characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “I” <O>

27 73 0 IB 49 00

Changestodraftqualitycharacterswithpica pitch(10cpi).Ignored
if the(R5RT)or(FiT5@buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select draft elite characters

~ModeI ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

1

IIBM I cESC> “I” <8> 1 27 73 8

I IB 49 08 I

Changestodraftqualitycharacterswithelitepitch(12cpi).Ignored

if the (M>or @iRXi)buttonwas pressedduringpower-up.

Select draft condensed characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “I” <DLE>

27 73 16

IB 49 10

Changesto draftqualitycharacterswithcondensedpitch(17cpi).
Ignored if the CTGNT)or (FiTCFl)button was pressed during
power-up.

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Select LQ characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC>

“X” “l”

std.

27120 49

IB 78 31

<ESC> “X”

<1>

27120 1

IB 78 01

Changesfromdraftqualityto letterquality.TheinitialLQ fontis
Romanunlessadifferentfonthasbeenselectedbya precedingcom­mand.Ignored if the(-> buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select LQpica characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “I”

<2>

27 73 2

16 49 02

Changestoletterqualitycharacterswithpicapitch(10cpi).Ignored

if the- or- buttonwas pressedduringpower-up.

Select LQ elite characters

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC>

“I” <LF>

27 73 10 IB 49 OA

Changesto letterqualitycharacterswithelitepitch(12cpi).Ignored

if the(T5NT)or(~~button waspressedduringpower-up.

Select LQ condensed characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “I” <DC2>

27 73 18 16 49 12

Changesto letterqualitycharacterswithcondensedpitch(17cpi).

Ignoredifthe(TGNTjor @i7CR)buttonwaspressedduringpower­Up.

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I

Select LQ proportional characters

Mode

ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “I” d>

27 73 3 IB 49 03

Changestoletterqualitycharacterswithproportionalpitch.Ignored

if the(R5ilT)orCFi7Cil)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select LQ font

Mode

ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC>“k” n

27107 n IB 6B n

std.

<FS>

“C” n

28 67 n IC 43 n

Selectsan LQfontaccordingto thevalueof n. In draftmode, this
command remains dormant and takes effect later when LQ is
selected.Ignoredif thec-~ buttonwaspressedduringpower­up or thecorrespondingfontisnotinstalled.

n Font

O Roman

1 Sanserif
2 Courier
3 Prestige
4 script
5 OCR-B

(Option)

6 OCR-A

(Option)

,7 Orator

(Option)

n Font
8 Orator2 (Option)

9 TW-Light

(Option)
10 LetterGothic (Option)
11 Blippo (Option)
12 H-Gothic

(Option)
13 Orane

(Option)
14 Cinema

(Option)

15 Code39

(Option)

Select font

Mode ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

““ “ “ “F’ ““ “ “

n

((

))

40 40 70 41 41 n 28 28 46 29 29 n

Changesa fontaccordingto thevalueof n. Ignored if the-

buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

n Font

n Font

O Roman

3 Prestige

1 Sanserif

4 script

2 Courier

9 Draft

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Select italic characters

Mo’de

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC>

“4”

27 52

16 34

Causessubsequentcharactemto be printedin italics.

Select upright characters

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “5”

27 53

16 35

Stopsitalicprintingandcausessubsequentcharacterstobeprinted
upright.

Emphasized printing

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “E”

27 69

16 45

Causessubsequentcharactersto be emphasizedby addingextra
thicknesstovertical strokes.

Cancel emphasized printing

Mode Ascli

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “F”

27 70

16 46

Cancelsemphasizedprinting.

Double-strike printing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “G”

27 71

16 47

Causessubsequentcharactersto be printedin double-strikemode
withaslightverticalpapermotioninbetween,causingathickening
of horizontalstrokes.
Forboldprint,use of double-strikeis recommendedin LQ mode,
and combined use of emphasizedand double-strikeis recom­mendedin draftmode.

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Cancel double-strike printing

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “H”

27 72

IB 48

Cancelsdouble-strikeprinting.

Start underlining

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “-” “l”

27 45 49

IB 2D 31

<ESC> “-” <1>

27 45 1

IB 2D 01

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeunderlined.IBMblockgraphics
characters and spaces skippedby horizontaltabulationare not
underlined.

Stop underlining

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “-” “O” 27 45 48 IB 2D 30

<ESC> “-” <O>

27 45 0 IB 2D 00

Stopsunderlining.

Start ovedining

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<p.c> “ – .. “l!!

27 95 49 IB 5F 31

<ESC> “ – “ <1>

27 95 1 IB 5F 01

Causessubsequentcharactersto be overlined.Spacesskippedby
horizontaltabulationarenotoverlined.

overlining

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

<Esc> “ – . . ,40,.

27 95 48 IB 5F 30

<ESC> “ – “ <O>

27 95 0 IB 5F 00

Stopsoverlining.

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Select score

Ivlbde

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

(

<ESC> “ “ “-”

<3>

27 40 45 3

IB 28 2D 03

<O>

<1> nl n2

o 1 nl n2

00 01 nl n2

Start scoreaccordingto the valuesof nl andn2, as shownbelow.

n] Function

n2 Function

1

Underlining

o

Cancelscore

2

Strike-through

1

Singlecontinuousline

3 Overlining

2

Doublecontinuousline
5 Singlebrokenline
6

Doublebrokenline

Select ornament character

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “q” n

27113 n

IB 71 n

Selects an ornarnent character

accordingtothevalueof n,asshown

below.

n Character

O Normal

1 Outline
2 Shadow
3 Shadowandoutline

Superscript

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “S” “O”

27 83 48

IB 53 30

<ESC> “S” <O>

27 83 0

IB 53 00

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedassuperscripts.Doesnot

changethe characterpitch.

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Subscript

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “S” “l”

27 83 49

IB 53 31

<ESC>

“s” <1>

27 83 1

IB 53 01

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeprintedas subscripts.Doesnot

changethe characterpitch.

Cancel superscript or subscript

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “T”

27 64

IB 54

Stops printing superscriptsor subscriptsand returns to normal

printing.

CHARACTER SET COMMANDS

Select standard character set

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “t” “O”

27116 48

IB 74 30

<ESC>

“t” <o>

27116 0

IB 74 00

Std.

<FS>4“I” “O”

28 73 48

IC 49 30

<FS>

“I” <O> 28 73 0

Ic 49 00

Selectsthe standardcharacterset.This is the power-updefaultin
Standardmodeif EDS switchD-1 is OFF.

Select IBM character set

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

BottI

<ESC>“t” “l”

2711649

IB 74 31

<ESC>

“t” <1> 27116 1

IB 74 01

Std.

<FS> “I” “l”

28 73 49

Ic 49 31

<FS>

“I” <1> 28 73 1

IC 49 01

Selectsan IBMcharacterset.Thisisthepower-updefaultin IBM

mode.

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Select character set #1

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “7”

27 55 IB 37

Selects character set Ml.

Select character set #2

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “6”

27 .54 IB 36

Selectscharacterset#2.

Select international character set

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “R” n

27 82 n IB 52 n

Selects an international character

setin the Standardcharacterset

accordingto the valueof n.

n Characterset n Characterset
O U.S.A

1 France

2 Germany
3 England
4 DenmarkI
5 Sweden

6 Italy

7 SpainI

8
9

10
11
12
13
14

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Japan
Norway
DenmarkII
SpainII
LatinAmerica
Korea
Irish
Legal

Thefirst eightof thesecharactersets(fromU.S.A.to SpainI) can
be selectedaspower-updefaultsbyEDSswitchesD-2toD-4.

Select IBM code page

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

[

<ESC> “ “ “T” <4> <O> 27 91 84 4 0

IB 5B 54 04 00

<0> <0> nl n2

o

0 nl d

00 00 nl d

Changesthe codepageofthecurrentIBMcharacterset according
to thevaluesof nl andn2.

nl n2 Codepage

1

181

#437U.S.A.

3 82

#850Multi-lingual

3 92

#860Portuguese

3 93

#861Icelandic

3 95

#863CanadianFrench

3

97

#865Nordic

These codepages can be selectedas power-updefaultsby EDS

switchesD-2to D-4.

Enable printing of all character codes

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> ‘Y”

d d 27 92 d d IB 5C nl n2

EnablesprintingofallcharactersintheIBMcharacterset,including
thoseassignedto character codeswhich are normallyconsidered

controlcodes.Thiscommandremainsineffectforthenextrd +n2
x256 characters,wherenl andn2are numbersbetweenOand255.
Duringthisintervalnocontrolfunctionsareexecuted.If acodewith

no assigned characteris received,theprinterprintsaspace.

Enable printing of all character codes on next
character

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “ “ “

27 94

IB 5E

This command operateslike <ESC>‘1”exceptthat it remainsin

effectfor onlyonecharacter.

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Select slash zero

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “ - “

“l”

27126 49

IB 7E 31

<ESC> “ - “

<1>

27126 1

IB 7E 01

Causessubsequentzerocharactersto be overprintedwith a slash
(0).

Select normal zero

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

std.

<ESC>“- “ “O”

27126 48

IB 7E 30

<ESC> “ - “

<O>

27126 0

IB 7E 00

Causes subsequentzero charactersto be printed normally (0),

withouta slash.

CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS

Pica pitch

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “P”

27 80

IB 50

IBM

2DC2>

18

12

In Standardmode,changesfromeithereliteor semi-condensedto

picapitch (10 cpi)or fromcondensedeliteto condensedpica(17

cpi).In IBMmode,changesfromeither eliteor condensedto pica
(10

Cpi).Ignored iftheCPiTCR)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Elite pitch

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “M”

27 77

IB 4D

IBM <ESC> “:”

27 58

IB 3A

Changesfromeitherpicaor semi-condensedto elitepitch(12cpi)
or fromcondensedpicato condensedelite(20cpi).Ignoredif the

_ buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

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Semi-condensed pitch

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “g”

27103 IB 67

Changesfromeitherpicaorelitetosemi-condensedpitch(15cpi).
Ignoredif the(FTiTiTlbuttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Condensed printing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<Sb

15

OF

<ESC> <Sb

27 15 IB OF

Changesfrom pica to condensedpica (17 cpi) or from elite to
condensedelite(20cpi).Ignored if the(FiT5R)buttonwaspressed
duringpower-up.

Cancel condensed printing

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<DC2>

18 12

In Standardmode,changesfromcondensedpicatonormalpicaor
fromcondensedelitetonormalelite.InIBMmode,alwayschanges
to normalpica. Ignoredif the(FRCi7)buttonwaspressedduring
power-up.

Expanded printing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “W” “l”

27 87 49

IB 57 31

<ESC> “W” <1>

27 87 1

IB 57 01

Causessubsequentcharactersto be expandedto doublewidth.

Cancel expanded printing

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “W” “O”

27 87 48

IB 57 30

<ESC> “W” <O>

27 87 0

IB 57 00

Stopsexpandedprintingandreturnsto normalwidth.

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Expanded printing for one line

hhde ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

-

<so> 14 OE

<ESC> <SO>

27 14

IB OE

Causessubsequentcharactersinthecurrentlineto beexpandedto
doublewidth.Charactersreturntonormalwidthafterthenextline
feed(<LF>).The<DC4>, <VT>,<FF>,and<ESC> “W”Ocom­mandsalsocancelexpandedprinting.

Cancel one-line expanded printing

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<DC4>

20 14

Stopsone-lineexpandedprintingsetwith<S0> or<ESC><S0>.
Doesnot cancel<ESC>“W” 1.

Select character width

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <FS> “E” n

28 69 n

IC 45 n

Selectacharacterwidthaccordingtothevalueofnasshownbelow.

n

o

1

2

Characterwidth

Normal-wide
Double-wide

Triple-wide

Select proportional spacing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “p” “l”

27112 49

IB 70 31

<ESC> “p” <1>

27112 1

IB 70 01

IBM

<ESC> “P” <1>

27 80 1

IB 50 01

Causessubsequentcharacterstobeproportionallyspaced.Ignored
if the(~’ buttonwas pressedduringpower-up,

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Select fixed spacing

Mode ‘ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

<ESC> “p” “O”

27112 48

Std.

IB 70 30

<ESC>

“p” <o>

27112 0

IB 70 00

IBM <ESC>

“P” <o>

27 80 0 IB 50 00

Causessubsequentcharactersto be printed with fixed character
spacing.Ignoredif the(PiTCillbuttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Select master print mode

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “!” n

27 33

n IB 21 n

Selectsa combinedprint mode accordingto the valueof n. The
valueofnisthesumofthevaluesgivenbelowforthedesiredchar­acteristics.

Examples:n = 1giveselite;n =9(1 + 8)gives emphasizedelite;n
= 137(1 + 8 + 128)givesunderlinedemphasizedelite.

Function nvalue

Underline

128

Italic 64

Expanded

32

Doublestrike

16

Emphasized

8

Condensed[*] 4

Proportional[*] 2

Elite [*]

1

[*IIgnoredif the(~) buttonwaspressedduringpower-up.

Increase character spacing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> <SP>

n

27 32 n

IB 20 n

Increasesthe space betweencharactersby n dots, where n is a
numberfromOto 127.Usedin microjustification.

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Select double or quadruple size

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “h” n 27104 n IB 68 n

Selectsthe size of subsequentcharactemas shownbelow.Extra­highcharactersalign alongthecap-lineofnormalcharacters,with
thebaselinetemporarilymovingdown.Linespacingistemporarily
doubledwhenn= 1andquadrupledwhenn =2.

n Effect

O Normalsize

1 Double-high,double-wide

2 Quadruple-high,quadruple-wide

Select character size

Mode

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

“ “ “ “ “S” “ “ “ “ n

((

))

40 40 83 41 41 n

28 28 53 29 29 n

Selectsacombinationofcharacterheightandwidthaccordingtothe
valueof n, as below.Doesnotmovethe baseline.

n Characterwidth

Characterheight

O Singlewidth

1 Doublewidth
2 Singlewidth
3 Doublewidth

Singleheight
Singleheight
Doubleheight
Doubleheight

Print double-height characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

<ESC>

“W” “l”

27119 49 IB 77 31

Std.

<ESC>

“W” <1>

27119 1 IB 77 01

<FS>

“v” “l” 28 86 49 IC 56 31

<FS>

“v” <1> 28 86 1 IC 56 01

Printssubsequentcharactersat doubleheightwithoutmovingthe
baseline,andwithoutchangingthelinespacing.

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Return to normal height

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC>

“W” “O”

27119 48

IB 77 30

Std.

<ESC>

“W” <O>

27119 0

IB 77 00

<FS>

“v” “0”

28 86 48 IC 56 30

<FS> “v” <o>

28 86 0 IC 56 00

Terminatesdouble-heightprintingandprintssubsequentcharacters
atnormalheight.

Select character height, width, and line spacing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “[” “@” <4> <o>

27 91 64 4 0

IB 5B 40 (!4 00

<0> <0> n m

OOnm 00 00 n m

Selectsa combinationof characterheight,width,andlinespacing
accordingtothe valueofnandm,asbelow.Docsnotmovethebase
line,

n

Linespacing Characterheight

o Unchanged

Unchanged

1

Unchanged

Singleheight

2 Unchanged

Doubleheight

16 ‘Single

Unchanged

17 “Single

Singleheight

18 Single

Doubleheight

32 Double

Unchanged

33 Double

Singleheight

34” Double

Doubleheight

m

Characterwidth

1 Singlewidth(sameas <ESC>“W”O)

2

Doublewidth(sameas <ESC>“W” 1)

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VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set line spacing to 1/8 inch

IModeI

ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

1 I

1

Both <ESC> “O”

27 48

IB 30

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline
feedsto 1/8inch.

Set line spacing to 7/60 or 7/72 inch

Mode

ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “l” 27 49

IB 31

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reversesin subsequentline
feedsto 7/60inch(standardmode)or7/72inch(IBMmode).

Set line spacing to 1/6 inch

[ModeI ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

,

Std.

<ESC> “2” 27 50

IB 32

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesorreversesinsubsequentline
feedsto 1/6inch.

Set line spacing to n/360 inch

Mode ASCII

! Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

cESC> “+” n 27 43 n

IB 2B n

<FS> “3” n 28 51

n

IC

33 n

Setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reverses in subsequentline
feedsto n/360

inch, where n is between Oand255.

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Set base unit for line spacing

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

[

<ESC> “ “ ‘1”

<4>

<o> 27 91 92 4 0 IB 5B 5C 04 00

<O> <O> <O>

n

o

OOn 00 00 00 n

Setsthebaseunitforthelinespacingcommands,<ESC>“3” and
cESC>“J”.Ifthevalueof nis 180,thebaseunitis setto 1/180”.If

the value of n is 216, the base unit is set to 1/216”.If otherwise

specified,thiscommandisignored.Thiscommandbecomeseffec­tiveonly after<ESC> “3” or <ESC>“J” is received,The default
baseunitis set to 1/216”.

Set line spacing to nl180 inch or n/216 inch

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC>

“3” n

27 51 n

IB

33 n

Sets the distance the paper advances or reverses in subsequent line
feeds torz/180

inchor n/216inch,wherenisbetweenOand255.If

n=0,inStandardmodetheline-feeddistanceissettoO,butinIBM
modethis commandis ignored.

Set line spacing to n/60 inch or n/72 inch

Mode

ASC114 Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “A” n

27 65 n

IB 41 n

In Standardmode,setsthedistancethepaperadvancesor reverses
insubsequentlinefeedsto n/60inch,wherenisbetweenO and255.
If n =0,thelinespacing is setto O.
In IBM mode, this commanddefinesthe distancethe paper ad­vancesor reversesinsubsequentlinefeeds to n/72inch,wheren is
between1and85.Thenewlinespacingdoesnottakeeffectuntilthe
next<ESb “2”command.

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Execute <ESC> “A”

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC>

“2”

27 50

IB 32

Sets the line spacingto the value definedby the last preceding

<ESC>“A” command.Setsthelinespacingto 1/6inchifthereis

no preceding<ESC> “A” command.

Line

feed

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both <LF>

10

OA

Prints the current line

andfeedsthepaperto thenextline.Seethe

precedingcommandsforthelinespacing.

Reverse line feed

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> cLF>

27 10

IB OA

IBM

1

<ESC>“ “

27 93

IB 5D

Printsthecurrentlineandfeeds thepaperinthereversedirectionto
the preceding line. See the preceding commands for the line
spacing.Ignoredwhenfrictionfeed is used.

Select forward feed mode

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <FS>

“F’

28 70

IC 46

Cancelsthereversefeedmodeandselectsforwardfeedmode.This
is thedefaultsettingatpower-on.

Select reverse feed mode

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <FS>

“R”

28 82

IC 52

Selectsreversefeed mode. Reversesthe directionof all vertical
movements.Ignoredwhen frictionfeedorbottomfeedisused.

Perform one n/180-inch orn/216-inch line feed

IMode\

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBoth I <ESC> “J” n

I

27 74 n I IB 4A n I

Feedsthe paperonceby rz/180inchesor n/216inches,wheren is
between1and255.Doesnotmovetheprintpositionrightor leftin
thestandardmode.Doesnot changetheline-spacingsetting.

Perform one n/180-inch reverse line feed

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “j” n

27 106 n IB 6A n

Feedsthepaper oncebyn/180inchesinthereversedirection,where
nisbetween1and255.Doesnotmovetheprintpositionrightorleft.
Doesnot changethe line-spacingsetting.

Feed paper n lines

IModel ASCII I Decimal

I Hexadecimal I

Std.

<ESC> “f’ “1” n

27102 49 n IB 66 31 n .

<ESC>

“f’ <1> n 27102 1 n IB 66 01 n

Feedsthepapern linesfromthecurrentline,wheren is betweenO
and 127.

Set top of page at current position

Model ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal

IBM I <ESC> “4”

I 27 52 I IB 34

Setsthecurrentpositionasthetop-of-pageposition.Notethatthis
canalsobe donefromthecontrolpanel.

Set page length ton lines

ModeI ASCII I Decimal I Hexadecimal I

Both I <ESC> “C” n I

27 67 n / IB 43 n I

Setsthepagelengthto nlinesin thecurrentlinespacing,wheren
isbetween1and127inStandardmodeorbetween1and64 inIBM
mode.Changingthe line spacing later doesnotalterthe physical
pagelength.Thecurrentlinebecomesthetopof thepage.

64

Set page length to ~ inches

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “C” <0> n

27 67 0 n

IB 43 00 n

Setsthepagelengthto n inches,where n is between 1 and 32 in
Standardmodeorbetween1and64in IBMmode.Thecurrent line

becomesthetopofthepage.

Set bottom margin

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “N” n—

27 78 n

IB 4E n

Setsthebottommarginton lines,wheren isbetween1and127in
Standardmode or between1 and255in IBMmode.The bottom
marginis resetwhenyouchangethe pagelength.

Cancel bottom margin

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “O”

27 79

IB 4F

Cancelsthebottommargin.

Form feed

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<FF>

12 Oc

Feeds the paper to the top of the next page according to the current
page length, and moves the print position to the left margin. When
the automatic sheet feeder (ASF) is selected (EDS switch A-4 is
OFF), this command ejects the current page.

65

Return to top of current page

IModeI

ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

I Std. I <ESC> <FF>

I 27 12 I

IB OC

I

Feedsthe paperbackwardto thetop of the currentpage.Ignored
whenfrictionfeedis used.

Disable paper-out detector

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “8”

27 56 IB 38

Causesthe printerto disregardthe signalsent by the paper-out
detector,enablingprintingtothebottomofthepaper.Overridesthe
settingof EDS switchB-2.

Enable paper-out detector

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

Both <ESC> “9”

27 57

IB 39

Causesthe printerto stop printingbefore the end of the paper.
Overridesthesettingof EDS switchB-2.

Set vertical tab stops

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “B” nl n2 <O>

2766 nl n2 .. 0

IB 42

nl n2 ... 00

Cancelsallcurrentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewverticaltab stops

atlinesnl, n2,etc., wheren], n2,etc. arenumbersbetween1and

255.Amaximumof 16verticaltab stopscanbe set.The tab stops
mustbe specifiedin ascendingorder;anyviolationof ascending
orderterminatesthetabstoplist,”StandardterminationisbythecO>
controlcode.Theverticaltabstopsaresetintermsofthecurrentline

spacinganddonotmoveif theline spacingis changedlater.

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Set vertical tab stops every n lines

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “e” “l” n

27101 49 n

IB 65 31 n

<ESC>

“e”

<1> n

27101 1 n

IB 65 01 n

Cancelsallcurrentverticaltabstopsandsetsnewtabstopseveryn
lines,wheren is between2 and 127.

Set vertical tab stops in channel

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “b”

nO d

27 98 nO nl

16 62 no n]

d ...

<o> n2 ... 0

d ...

00

Cancelsall currentverticaltab stops in channelnO,(whereM is
betweenOand7) andsetsnewverticaltabstopsinthischannel.(A
charnel is a set of verticaltab stops selectedby the cESC> “~’
command.)See<ESC> “B” forparametersnl, n2,...<0>.

Select vertical tab channel

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC>

“r’ nO

27 47 nO IB 2F no

Selectsa setof verticaltab stopsdesignatedbya channel number
(nO)fromOto7.Thetabstopsineachchannelaresetby<ESC>’’b”.

Vertical tab

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both <VT>

11

OB

Feedsthepaperto thenextverticaltab stop and movesthe print
positiontotheleftmargin.Performsalinefeedifnoverticaltabsare

set,asatpower-up.Feedstothetopofthenextpageifverticaltabs
are setbutthe currentlineis at orbelowthe lastverticaltab stop.

HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS

Set left margin

Mode ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “l” n

27 108 n IB 6C n

Setstheleftmarginatcolumnn (wheren isbetweenOand255)in
the current characterpitch (pica pitch if proportionalspacingis

selected).The left margindoesnotmoveif the characterpitchis
changedlater.Theleftmarginmustbe at leasttwo columnsto the
leftoftherightmarginandwithinthelimitsbelow:

Pica
Elite
Semi-condensed
Condensed pica
Condensed elite
Expanded pica
Expanded elite
Expanded semi-condensed
Expanded condensed pica
Expanded condensed elite

Set right margin

Mode ASCII ‘ Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC>

“0” n

27 81 n IB 51 n

Setstherightmarginatcolumn ninthecurrentcharacterpitch(pica

pitch if proportionalspacing is currently selected). Column n
becomesthelastcharacterpositioninthelinc.Thenghtmargindoes
notmove if the characterpitchischangedlater.The rightmargin
mustbe withinthe limitsbelow:

Pica

4 s n s so

Elite

5 s ~ ~ 9(j

Semi-condensed

G s n g 12,()

Condensed pica

7 ~ n <137

Condensed elite

s s n ~ l(jo

Expanded pica

2< ~ <40

Expanded elite

3 s n s 48

Expanded semi-condensed

3 s n s GO

Expanded condensed pica

4< n ~ (jS

Expanded condensed elite 4<

n S 80

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Set left and right margins

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC>

“X”

nI n2 27 88 nl n2

IB 58 nl n2

Sets theleftmarginatcolumnnZandtherightmarginatcolumnn2.

See the precedingcommandsfor margin restrictionsand other
notes.

Carriage return

IModel ASCII

I Decimal

I Hexadecimal I

IBoth I <CR>

I 13 I OD

I

Printsthecurrentlineandreturnsthenextprintposition to theleft
margin.If EDS switchA-3 is OFF,alsoperformsa linefeed.

Set automatic line feed

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

LBM

<ESC>“5” <1>

27 53 1 IB 35 01

Causesthe printerto performboth a carriagereturn andline feed
eachtimeit receivesa <CR>code.This commandtakes priority
overEDS switchA-3.

Cancel automatic line feed

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “5” <O>

27 53 0 IB 35 00

Causestheprintertoperformonlyacarnagereturnwhenitreceives
a <CR>code.ThiscommandtakespriorityoverEDS switchA-3.

Backspace

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both as>

8 08

Movestheprint position one column to the left. Ignored if the print

position is at the left margin. This command can be used to
overstrike or combine characters.

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Leftjustify

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “a” “O”

27 97 48 IB 61 30

<ESC>

“a” <O> 27 97 0

IB 61 00

Alignssubsequenttextwiththeleftmargin,leavingtherightmargin
ragged.

Center text

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “a” “l”

27 97

49 IB 61 31

<ESC> “a”

<1>

27 97 1 IB 61 01

Centerssubsequenttextbetweentheleft andrightmargins.

Rightjustify

Mode I ASCII

I Decimal

I Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “a”

“2”

27 97 50

IB 61 32

<ESC>

“a” <2> 27 97 2

IB 61 02

Alignssubsequenttextwiththerightmargin,leavingtheleftmargin
ragged.

Fulljustify

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “a” “3”

27 97 51

IB 61 33

<ESC> “a” <3>

27 97 3 IB 61 03

Alignssubsequenttextbetweentheleftandrightmargins.

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Set horizontal tab stops

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “D”

nl

d ...

<0> 27 68 nl n2 ... 0

IB 44 nl n2 ... 00

Cancelsall currenthorizontaltab stops and setsnew tab stopsat
columnsnl, n2,etc.inthecurrentcharacterpitch(picapitchif pro­portional spacing is currentlyselected),where nl, n2, etc. are
numbersbetween1 and255.Themaximumnumberof horizontal
tabstopsallowedis32in Standardmodeand64inIBMmode.The
tab stops must be specifiedin ascendingordec any violationof
ascendingorderterminatesthetabstoplist.Standardterminationis
bythecO>controlcode.To clearalltab stops,specify<ESC>“D”
<o>.

Set horizontal tab stops every n columns

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “e” “O”

n

27

101 48 n

IB 65 30

n

<ESC> “e” <O> n

27101 0 n

IB 65 00 n

Cancelsallcurrenthorizontaltabstopsandsetsnewtabstopsevery
n columns,wheren isbetween1and 127.

Reset,all tab stops

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “R”

27 82

IB 52

Resetsthehorizontaltab stops to theirpower-upvaluesin whicha
tab stopis setevery8column startingat column9. Also clearsall
verticaltab stops.

Horizontal tab

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both <HT>

9

09

Movestheprintpositionto thenexthorizontaltab stop.Ignoredif
thereisnonexthorizontaltabstopinthecurrentline.Notethatwhen
underliningis selected,spaces skippedbyhorizontaltabulationare
notunderlined.

Relative horizontal tab

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> ‘Y” nl &!

27 92 nl n2

1B 5C nl n2

Movestheprintpositionrightorleftaspecifieddistance(maximum

8inches).Ignorediftheresultingpositionisbeyondtherightorleft

margin.Theformulasforthedistanceanddirection areasfollows:
If n2isbetweenOand63,theprintheadmovesrightby(nl + n2x

256)dots.

Ifyouwanttomovetheprintheadtotheleft,nl andn2areobtained
by subtractingthevaluefrom65536,anddividingthe resultinto
highandlow bytes.

Relative horizontal tab in inches

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC>

“d” nl n2

27100

td n2

IB 64 nl n2

Setsthe nextprintpositionto (nl +n2x 256)/120inchesfromthe

currentposition.
Ignoredif thispositionis beyondthe rightmargin.Themaximum
positionis 8 inches.

Absolute ,horizontaltab in inches

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std. <ESC> “$” nl n2

27 36 nl n2 IB 24 d n2

Setsthenextprintpositionto (nl +n2x256)/60inchesfromthelefi

marginon the currentline. Ignoredif this positionis beyondthe
rightmargin.The maximumpositionis 8 inches.

Absolute horizontal tab in columns

/Mode I ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

I

Std.

<ESC> “f’ “O”

n

27 102 48 n

IB 66 30 n

<ESC>

“f’ <O> n

27 102 0 n

IB 66 00 n

Movesthe next print positionto columnn fromthe left margin,
wheren isbetweenOand 127.

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I

GRAPHICS COMMANDS

Print normal-density 8-bit graphics

[Mode/ ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “K” nl n2

27 75 nI d

IB 4B

nl n2

ml d ...

ml m2 ... ml d ...

Prints bit-imagegraphicsat 60 dots per inch horizontally.The
graphicimageis8dots highandnl +n2x 256dotswide.Maximum
widthis 8 inches(480dots).ml, m2, ... arethe dotdata,eacha 1-

bytevaluefromOto255representing8verticaldots,withthemost

significantbit atthetop andtheleastsignificantbit at thebottom.

Thenumber of databytesmustbe nl +n2x 256.Dotsbeyondthe

rightmarginare ignored.Attheendofbit-imageprintingtheprinter
returnsautomaticallyto charactermode.

Print double-density 8-bit graphics

Mode ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “L”

nl d 27 76 nl d IB 4C nl n2

ml m2 ... ml d ...

ml m2 ...

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsperinchhorizontally(maxi­mum960dotswide).See<ESC>“K” forotherinformation.

Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “Y” nl n2

27 89 nl d

IB 59 nl n2

ml m2 ...

ml m2 .. ml m2

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 120dotsper inchhorizontally(maxi­mum960dots wide),skippingeveryseconddotin the horizontal
direction.See<ESC>“K” forotherinformation.

Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “Z” nl n2

27 90 nl d IB 5A nl n2

ml d ...

ml d ...

ml m2 ...

Printsbit-imagegraphicsat 240 dotsper inchhorizontally(maxi­mum 1920dotswide),skippingeveryseconddotin thehorizontal
direction.See<ESC> “K” for otherinformation.

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Print hex-density 24-bit graphics

Mode ‘ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<FS>

“Z”

nl d

28 90 nl nl

1C 5A n] n2

ml d m3 ..

ml d d ...

ml ml m3 ...

Prints 24-bitdot graphicsat 360 dots per inch horizontally.The
graphics image is 24 dots high and n] + n2 x 256 dots wide.
Maximumwidthis8inches(2880dots).Inthedataml, m2,m3 ...
eachthreebytesrepresent24verticaldots.In theleftmostposition,
themostsignificantbitofml isthetopdot;theleastsignificantbit
ofm1is theeighthdotfromthetop;themostsignificantbitofm2
is the ninthdot;theleast significantbit of m2is the sixteenthdot
fromthetop;themostsignificantbit of m3isthe seventeenthdot
fromthetop; theleastsignificantbitofm3isthebottomdot.Therest
ofdatais similar.Thenumberofdatabytesmustbe 3 x (nl +n2x

256).Dotsbeyondthe rightmarginareignored.At theendof dot
graphicsprinting, the printer returns automaticallyto character

mode.

Select graphics mode

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “*” nO nl

27 42 nO nl IB 2A nO nl

&

ml ml . ..

n2 ml d ...

n2 ml d ...

Selectsoneof elevengraphicsmodesdependingonthevalueof nO
andprintsbit-imagegraphicsinthismode.See<ESC>“K”(for8-

bitgraphics)or<FS>“Z” (for24-bitgraphics)forinformationon

n], n2,ml, m2,...

nO Graphicsmode

O 8-bitNormal-density

1

8-bitDouble-density
2 8-bitDouble-density,double-speed
3 8-bitQuadruple-density
4 8-bitCRTgraphics,modeI
6 8-bitCRTgraphics,modeII

32 24-bitNormal-density
33 24-bitDouble-density
38 24-bitCRTgraphics
39 24-bitTriple-density
40 24-bitHex-density

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(60 dotsper inch)
(120dotsper inch)
(120dotsper inch)
(240dotsper inch)
(80 dotsper inch)
(90 dotsperinch)
(60 dotsper inch)
(120dotsper inch)
(90 dotsper inch)
(180dotsper inch)
(360dotsper inch)

I

Select graphics mode

/Mode/

ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

[

<ESC> “ “ “g” nl n2

27 91 103 nl n2

IB 5B 67 nl n2

mO

ml d ...

mO ml m2 ... mO ml m2 ...

Selectsoneof eightgraphicsmodesdependingonthevalueof rnO
andprintsdotgraphicsinthismode.Thegraphicsimageis(nl +n2

x 256)– Idotswide.See <ESC>“K”(for8-bitgraphics)or<FS>

“Z”(for24-bitgraphics)forinformationonml, m2,...

mO Graphics mode

o

1

2

3
8

9

11
12

8-bitNormal-density (60 dotsper inch)
8-bitDouble-density

(120dotsper inch)
8-bitDouble-density,double-speed(120dotsper inch)
8-bitQuadruple-density

(240dotsper inch)
24-bitNormal-density (60 dotsper inch)
24-bitDouble-density (120dotsper inch)
24-bitTriple-density

(180dotsper inch)
24-bitHex-density

(360dotsper inch)

Convert graphics density

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

4ESC> “?” n m

27 63 n m

IB 3F n m

Convertsgraphicsdefinedbysubsequent<ESC>“K”,<ESC>“L”,
<ESC>“Y”or<ESC>“Z”commandstoadensitymodedefinedby
<ESC>“*”. n is “K”,“L”,“Y“ or “Z”,indicatingthe modeto be
converted.misacodefrom<0>to<4>or<6>indicatingoneofthe

modesof <ESC>“*”.

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I

DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS

Define download characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

<ESC> “&” <O>

nl

27 38 0 n]

IB 26 00 nl

Std.

n2 mO ml m2

n2 mO ml m2

n2 mo ml m2

dl d2 .. &

dl d2 ... (ix

dl d2 . . dx

Definesone or morenewcharactersand storesthemin RAMfor

lateruse.EDSswitchA-2mustbe OFF;otherwiseRAMisusedas

aninputbuffer,notdownloadingcharacters,andthiscommandis

ignored.

nl is the charactercodeof thefirstcharacterdefinedand n2isthe
charactercodeof thelastcharacterdefined.nl mustbeequalto or
lessthan n2.
Thedataforeachcharacterstartwiththreebytesspecifyingpropor­tionalspacingattributes:thefirstbyte,mO,specifiestheleftof the
character;the secondbyte, ml, specifiesthe characterwidth;the
third byte, m2, specifiesthe rightof the character.These values
mustnot exceedthefollowingmaximumlimits:

Charactermode

ml mO+ml +m2

Draft 9

12

,LQpica

31

36

LQ elite

27

30

L~ semi-condensed

19 24

3

LQ proportional 37

42

Draftsuper/subscript 7

12

LQ sup;r/subscript-

19

36

LQ prop.super/subscriptI 37

42

Nextcomesthe dotdata.Normalcharacterheightis24dots,sothere
mustbe3x ml bytesofdotdata.Iftheprinterisinsuper/subscript
mode,however,the characterheightis 16dots,sotheremustbe

2

x

ml bytesof dotdata.
Eachdatabyteindicateseightverticaldots,withthemostsignifi­cantbit beingthe top dot, and the least significantbit being the
bottomdot.

For furtherdetails,pleasereferto chapter5.

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Define download characters

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “=” nl n2

“#”

27 61 nl n2 35 IB 3D nl nl 23

IBM

n3 n4 <O> n5

&

n4 O ti

n3 n4 00 n.5

ml m2 m9

ml m2 ... m9

ml m2 . . m9

dl d2 ““ ... (ix

dl d2 ... C-LX dl d2 . dx

DefinesnewcharactersandstorestheminRAMforlateruse.EDS

switchA-2mustbeOFFandtheoptionalRAMcartridge,RC-32Z,
mustbe installed;otherwiseRAM is used as an inputbuffer,not
downloadingcharacters,andthiscommandisignored.

DownloadingcharactersinIBMmoderequiresDotPatterndataand

CharacterIndexTabledata.DotPatterndatacontrolswhichpins

fire when printing a character.Index Table data is placed in a

“lookuptable”thatprovidesinformationonwhereDotPatterndata

is storedin memoryanddefinescertainattributesofthecharacter.

(d + n2x 256)givethenumberof bytesto be downloaded.

n3andn4indicatetheloworderandhighorderaddressesinwhich

datais to be stored.n3 shouldbe 15andn4 shouldbe 128forthis

printer.

ti determinesthe charactermode to be downloaded, as shown
below:

rL5 Charactermode Characterwidth

o Draft 9

1 LQpica 35

2 LQproportional

17-41

3

LQelite 29

ml throughm9indicateIndexTabledata.
ml andm2indicatetheadresswhereDot Patternisstored.ml isthe
high-orderbyte.m3indicatesthenumberofcolumnsinthecharac­ter memory, and m4 indicates the number of columns in the
character.
ti through m9 are compressionmask bits. Data compression
allowsthe efficientuseofmemoryin storing downloadedcharac­ters providing spaceformorecharactersthan would be available
withoutcompression.Theprinterrepeatsthepreviousdotcolumn
inthecurrent columnwhenthecurrentcolumncompressionmask
bitis setto 1.
ItisnecessarytodefineallofIndexTabledatabeforetheDotPattern
datato downloadmanycharacters.

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dl, d2, ... d-xis theDotPatterndatabeingdownloaded.
Eachdatabyteindicateseightverticaldots,withthemostsignifi­cant bit beingthe top dot, and the least significantbit beingthe

‘bottomdot.

Copy character set from ROM into RAM

Mode ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

std.

<ESC>“:” <O> n

<o> 27 56 0 n O IB 3A 00 n 00

Copiesthe selectedcharacterset with n, as shownbelow,to the
correspondingdownloadcharacterRAM area, overwritingany
downloaddata already present.IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA-2 is

ON.

n Font n Font
O Roman

1 Sanserif
2 Courier
3 Prestige

4 script

5 OCR-B

(Option)

6 OCR-A

(Option)

7 Orator

(Option)

8 Orator2

9 TW-Light
10 LetterGothic
11 Blippo
12 H-Gothic
13 Orane
14 Cinema
15 Code39

Select download character set

(Option)
(Option)
(Option)
(Option)
(Option)
(Option)
(Option)
(Option)

Mode ASCII’

Decimal Hexadecimal

●

std.

<ESC>%“ “l”

27 37 49

IB 25 31

<Esc> “~o” <1>

27 37 1 IB 25 01

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset.IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA-2

is ON.

Shift download character area

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> “t” “2”

27116 50

IB 74 32

std.

<ESC>“t” <2>

27116 2

IB 74 02

<FS> “I” “2”

28 73 50

IC 49 32

<FS>

“I” <2>

28 73 2

IC 49 02

ShiftsthedownloadcharacterareadefinedbetweenOto 127to the
areabetween128to 255.

Select draft pica download character set

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM

<ESC> “I”

<4>

27 73 4

IB 49 04

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset, draft quality,and pica pitch
(locpi). Ignoredifthe (Ti5iT)buttonwaspressedduringpower-up

or if EDS switchA-2 is ON.

Select draft elite download character set

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC>

“I”<FF> 27 73 12

IB 49 OC

Selectsthedownloadcharacterset,draftquality,andelitepitch(12
cpi).Ignoredifthe(-) buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor
if EDSswitchA-2 is ON.

Select draft condensed download characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “I” <DC4>

27 73 20 IB 49 14

Selectsthe downloadcharacterset, draft quality,and condensed
pitch (17 cpi). Ignored if the@GNT)buttonwas pressed during
power-upor ifEDSswitchA-2is ON.

Select LQ pica download characters

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “I” <6>

27 73 6 IB 49 06

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with pica pitch (10 cpi).

Ignoredif fie (T6NT]buttonwas pressed duringpower-upor if
EDS switchA-2 is ON.

Select LQ elite download characters

IMode] ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

1

,

,

IBMI <ESC> “I” <SO>

27 73 14 I IB 49 OE

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with elite pitch (12 cpi).
Ignoredifthe(TGNT)buttonwaspressedduringpower-uporifEDS
switchA-2is ON.

Select LG)condensed download characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “I” <SYN>

27 73 22 IB 49 16

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with condensedpitch (17
cpi).Ignoredif the _ buttonwaspressedduringpower-upor
if EDSswitchA-2 is ON.

Select LQ proportional download characters

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

IBM <ESC> “I” <7>

27 73 7 IB 49 07

Selectsthe LQ downloadcharacterset with proportionalpitch.
Ignoredifthe(TGNT)buttonwaspressedduringpower-uporifEDS
switch.A-2 is ON.

Select ROM character set

Mode ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC>

“~0” “O”

27 37 48 IB 25 30

<ESC> ‘?Lo” <O> 27 37 0

IB 25 00

Stopsusing the downloadcharactersetandreturnsto the built-in
ROMcharacter set.IgnoredwhenEDS switchA-2 is ON.

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COLOR SELECTION COMMANDS

The

commandsin thissectionarevalidonlywith thecolorprinter.

Select

print color

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

,, ,, ,, ,,

Both

((

“c” ““ “)” n

)

40 40 67 41 41 n

28 28 43 29 29 n

cESC> “r” n

27114 n

IB 72 n

Selectsthe printingcolor accordingto the value of n as shown

below.Ignoredif thecolorribbonis notinstalled.

n Color

n Color

O Black

4 Yellow

1 Magenta 5 Orange

2 cyan

6 Green

3 Violet

OTHER PRINTER

Set MSB to 1

CONTROL COMMANDS

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

std.

<ESC>“>”

27 62

IB 3E

Setsthemostsignificantbitofeachsubsequentbytereceivedto 1,
allowingusers witha7-bitinterfacetoaccesscharacterswithASCII
codesgreater than 127.

Set MSB to O

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

std. <ESC>“=”

27 61

IB 3D

Setsthe mostsignificantbitofeachsubsequentbytereceivedtoO.

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Accept MSB as is

Mode I ASCII

I Decimal

I Hexadecimal I

Std. I <ESC> “#” I 27 35

I IB 23 I

Cancelsthe precedingcommandsand acceptsthemostsignificant
bit as it is sentto theprinter.

Delete last character sent

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <DEL>

127

7F

Deletesthe last characterreceived. Ignored if the last character
receivedhas already beenprinted,or if thelast characterreceived
was allor partof a command.

Cancel last line

Mode\ ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Deletesthe lastlinecurrentlypresentin theprintbuffer.

Set printer off-line

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Std. <DC3>

19 13

IBM <ESC>

“Q” “$”

27 81 36 16 51 24

Sets the printer off-line. The printer disregardsall subsequent
charactersandcommandsexcept<DC1>,whichreturnsittotheon­linestate.The printer’sON

LINEindicatordoesnot gooff.

Set printer on-line

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Both

<DC1>

17

11

Returns the printer to the on-line state, allowing it to receive and
process all subsequent characters and commands. This command is

ignored if the printer was set off-line by pressing the (

ON

LINE

)

button

onthecontrolpanel..

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Stop printing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

IBM

I

<ESC> “i” 27

106

IB 6A

Printstheentirecontentsof theinputbuffer,thensetsthepnnteroff-

line,The (

ON

LINE

)

indicatoron thecontrolpanelgoesoff.

Bell

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

-+IEL>

7 07

Soundsa briefbeeptonefromtheprinter’sbeeper.

Bidirectional printing

IMode ]

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Both

<ESC> “U” “O”

27 85 48

IB 55 30

<ESC> “U” <O>

27 85 0

IB 55 00

Causessubsequentprintingto be donein the normalbidirectional

mode,whichis fasterthanunidirectionalprinting.

Unidirectional printing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Bo~

<ESC> “U” “l”

27 85 49

IB 55 31

<ESC>

“u” <1>

27 85 1 IB 55 01

Causessubsequentprintingto be doneunidirectionally,ensuring

maximumverticalalignmentprecision.IgnoredwhenEDSswitch

A-5is set ON.

One-1ineunidirectional printing

Mode

ASCII

Decimal Hexadecimal

Std.

<ESC> “<”

27 60

IB 3C

Immediatelyreturnstheprinthead to the leftmargin,thenprintsthe

remainder of the line from left to right. Normal bidirectional

printingresumesonthenextline.IgnoredwhenEDSswitchA-5is

ON.

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Manual feed

Mode ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal

<ESC> <EM> <O>

Both ,’(,, ,,(,,

27 25 0

IB 19 00

“o” ““ ““

))

]

40 40 48 41 41 I 28 28 30 29 29

Selectsmanual sheet feedingeven when the optionalautomatic
sheetfeederis mounted.Ignoredif EDS switchA-4is ON (ASF
inactive).

Auto feed

Mode ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

<ESC> <EM> <4>

Both ,’(,, ,’(,,

27 25 4

IB 19 04

“4” “ “ “ “))40 40 52 41 41

28 28 34 29 29

Selectstheautomaticsheetfeeder.IgnoredifEDSswitchA-4isON
(ASFinactive).

Eject paper from ASF

~ModeI ASCII Decimal

Hexadecimal

t

<ESC> <EM> “R”

Both ,’(,, ,,(,,

27 25 82

IB 19 52

“R” “ “ “ “))40 40 82 41 41 28 28 52 29 29

Ejectsthecurrentpage.IgnoredifEDSswitchA-4isON(ASFin­active).

Set print start position on ASF

Mode

A5CII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

<ESC> <EM> “T”

n

Both ,’(,, ,,(,,

27 25 84 n

IB 19 54 n

“T” “ “ “ “ n

))

40 40 84 41 41 n

28 28 54 29 29 n

Skipsn/6inchesatthetopofthepage,wherenisequaltoorgreater
than 1.Ignoredif EDSswitchA-4is ON (ASFinactive).

Reset printer

Mode ASCII

Decimal

Hexadecimal

Borh <ESC> “@”

27 84

IB 40

Std. <FS>

“@”

28 64

IC 40

Reinitializestheprinter.Clears theprintbufferandreturnssettings
totheirpower-upvalues.Doesnotcleartheinputbufferor change
ASFselections.

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chapter 5

DOWNLOAD CHARACTERS

Withthisprinteryou cancreatenewcharactersand symbols,downloadtheir
dotdata,andhavethemprintedinplaceofselectedcharactersintheregular
characterset.Charactersthatcanbegeneratedinthiswayrangefromsimple
but useful symbols like the check mark through complex Chinese or
Japanesecharacters.

Regular characters are permanentlystored in the printer’s ROM, but
charactersyoudesignaredownloadedandstoredin RAMfor use.

Beforeyoustartto defineyourowncharacters,youmustsettheEDSswitch
A-2 to the OFF position.Otherwise,the RAM is used to store the input
buffer,andthedownloadcommandsareignored.If youwantto download
characterswithIBMmode,you musthavetheoptionalRAM cartridge(RC­32Z)installedin themonochromeprinter.

DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH

STANDARD MODE

Designingand printingyour own charactershas two requirements:first,

designingtheshapeofthecharacter,calculatingthedatanecessarytomake
the shape,andsendingthat datato theprinter,and secondly,sendingthe
commandtoprintthedownloadedcharactersinsteadoftheregularcharac­ters.Thereareanumberof designconstraintsfordownloadcharacters:

● Thematrixorgridon whichyoudesignthecharactersdependsuponthe

printmodeas shown below:

Charactermode
Draftcharacters
LQ picacharacters
LQ elitecharacters
LQ semi-condesed
LQ proportional
Draftsuper/subscript
LQ super/subscript
LQprop.super/subscript

Horizontal

9
31
27

19

37

7

19

37

Vertical

24
24
24
24
24

16
16
16

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● Theminimumwidthof a characteris fivedots.

● Dotscannotoverlap.

● Youmaydefineanypositionin theASCIItable.

PhotocopythegridinFigure5-1tohelpdesignyournewcharacters.Wewill
usea tinyrepresentationof a telephonesymbol for our example.

Figure 5-1. Usethis grid (orone similar to il) to define your own characters

Assigning the character data

Now,wecalculatetheverticalnumericalvaluesofthecolumnsofdots,and
enterthemunderneaththe grid.Eachverticalcolumn(whichhas a maxi­mumof 24dots)isfirstdividedintothreegroups(ortwogroupsfor super/

subscripts)ofeightdots.Eachgroupofeightdotsisrepresentedbyone byte,

whichconsistsof eightbits.
Thisiswherethenumbersdowntheleftsideofthegridcomein.Noticethat

thereis a numberfor each row of dotsandthateachnumberis twicethe
numberbelowit.Bymakingthesenumberspowersoftwowecantakeany
combinationofdotsin a verticalcolumnandassignthcm a uniquevalue.

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ASCIICock 6(>
Leftspace

J

Charamerw,dtl, 31

Rght space

‘>

Figure 5-2. Telephone symbol with normal LQ pica

Assigning a value of character space

Besidesbeingableto specifythe actualwidthofthecharacter,thisprinter
allowsyou to specifythepositionin the standardgridwherethecharacter
willprint.Youmustspecifythedotcolumnin whichtheprintedcharacter
startsandthe dotcolumnin whichthecharacterends.Why,youmayask,
wouldyouwanttodefineacharacterthiswayinsteadofmerelydefiningthe
overallwidthofthecharacter?Becausethisprinter’sproportionalcharacter
definitionscan also be used to print normal width characters, and by
centeringeven the narrow charactersin the completegrid they will look
goodeven if you arenotprinting~em proportionately.

Thethreebytesareusedto specifythewidthofthecharacterandthespace

tobeallowedoneithersideofit.Theleftspace(indotcolumns)isspecified
bymOandtherightspaceisspecifiedbym2.Thesecondbyte(ml) specifies
thewidthofthecharacterindots.Byvaryingthewidthofthecharacteritself
and the spaces around it, you can actually create proportionalwidth
characters.

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Whendefiningcharacters,thenumberofprintedcolumns(ml), andthesum
of sidespaces and the characterwidth(MI + ml + rTz2)cannotexceedthe

valueshownbelow.

Charactermode ml mO+ ml+ m2
Draftcharacters

9 12

LQ picacharacters

31

36

LQ elitecharacters 27

30

LQ semi-condesed

19 24

LQ proportional

37 42

Draftsuper/subscript

7 12

LQ super/subscript

19

36

LQ prop.super/subscript 37

42

L

Sample program

To demonstratehow to use the downloadcharacters,let’s use the “tele­phone”characterandtheotheruser-definedcharacterstoprintasmallgraph.
Thisprogramwilldojust that:

1000
1010

1020
1030

1040
1050
1060
1070
1080
1090
1100
1110
1120
1130
1140
1150

1160
1170
1180
1190
1200
1210

1220

1230
1240
1250
1260

1270

1280
1290
1300

1310
1320
1330

LPRINTWIDTH“LPTI: “,255
LPRINTCHR$(27) ;

“X1“ ;

LPRINTCHR$(27) ; “&”;CHR$
LPRINTCHR$(60)

;CHR$(61)
FORN=60TO 61
READLS :LPRINTCHR$[LS)
READcw :LPRINTCHR$

icwj

READRS :~LPRINTCHR.$(RS)
FORM=lTO CW*3
READ

MM

o);

LPRINTCHR$(MM);
NEXT,M
NEXTN

LPRINTCHR$(27);“D”;CHR$(11);CHR$(0)
LPRINTCHR$(27);“k”;CHR$(4);
LPRINTCHR$(27);“h”;CHR$(1);
LPRINT“

DIFFUSIONRANGESOF”

LPRINT“

CARS& TELEPHONES”

LPRINTCHR$(27);

“h” ;CHR$(0)

LPRINTCHR$(27);“k”:CHR$(0);
LPRINTCHR$(27);’’%’’;CHR$(1);
LPRINT“USA”:CHR$(9);
FOR1=0TO 681STEP25

:LPRINTCHR$(60);:NEXTI
LPRINT
LPRINTCHR$(9);
FOR1=0TO 781STEP25

:LPRINTCHR$(61);:NEXTI
LPRINT
LPRINT“GERMANY”;CHR$(9);
FOR1=0TO 412 STEP25

:LPRINTCHR$(60);

:NEXTI
LPRINT
LPRINTCHR$(9);
FOR1=0TO 488 STEP25

:LPRINTCHR$(61);:NEXTI
LPRINT
LPRINT“JAPAN”;CHR$(9);

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1340
1350
1360
1370
1380
1390
1400

1410
1420
1430
1440
1450
1460
1470
1480
1490
1500
1510
1520
1530
2000

2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
2060
2070
2080
2090
2100

2110
2120
2130
2140
2150
2160
2170
2180

USA

FOR1=0TO 347
LPRINT
LPRINTCHR$(9)
FOR1=0TO 493
LPRINT
LPRINTCHR$(9)
SCALE$=’’+-+-”
FOR1=2TO 8
LPRINT“+-+”
LPRINTCHR$(9);
FOR1=1TO 8
LPRINT“ “;1;
NEXTI
LPRINTCHR$(27)
LPRINTCHRS(27)

STEP25 :LPRINTCHR$(60):

:NEXTI

STEP25 :LPRINTCHR$(61);

:NEXTI

“+-”;

:LPRINTSCALE$;

:NEXTI

o

“;

“%’’;CHR$(O)

.~ll:

LPRINTCHR$~27j
LPRINTCHR$(9);
LPRINTCHR$(27);1 ;
LPRINTCHR$(27);”@”
END

“S’’iCHR$(O);

(100UNITS/1000PERSONS)”

.,,T,,.

2
0, 7, 0, 0, 8,

92,40, 16, 0, 80,

0, 80,175,192,47,

92,33,64,

0, 80,

0, 80,175,192,32,

‘ DATA
‘

Telephone Symbol

DATA

3, 31,
DATA O, 0,
DATA 19, 15,
DATA 47, 80,
DATA 80,163,
DATA 47, 80,
DATA 19, 15,
DATA O, 0,

‘ Car Symbol

DATA

3, 31,

DATA O, 0,

DATA 0,252,128, 0: 3;

DATA 10, 3, 0, 20,124,

DATA 64,126,

0, 63,128,
DATA 32, 3, 0, 64,124,
DATA. 76,124,128, 51, 3,
DATA O, 0, 0

92,40, 0,

0
2

0. 0. 30.

0,
47,
80,
63,
80,

0, 23, 0,

0, 23, 0,

92,32,80,

0, 80,163,

92,47,

0, 80,
0, 8,

0, 0, 0, 0,

64, 1,252,128,

0, 40, 0, 0,

0, 64,126,0,

28,32,

3, 64,

0, 12,252,0,

0,
2,

;;;
64,

3,

80,
47,

0,

60,

3,
26,
28,
24,.

0,

0, 40, 0, 0

0, 80,175,192

92,33,64, 0

0, 80,175,192

92,40, 16, 0

0, 7, 0, 0

0, 0, 3, 0

64,

S,124,128
O, 32, 0, 0
0, 64,124,0

28,48,

3, 64

0, 0,254,0

DIFFUSION RANGES OF

CARS & TELEPHONES

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I

DEFINING YOUR OWN CHARACTERS WITH IBM
MODE

Downloadingfonts in IBM mode requires downloadingcharacter Dot
PatterndataandcharacterIndexTabledata.Dotpatterndatacontrolswhich
pinsfirewhenprintingacharacter.IndexTabledatais placedina“lookup
table”that providesinformationon where Dot Pattern data is storedin
memoryand definescertainattributesofthecharacter.

Assigning the download character set

Youcandefineoneor moredownloadcharactersets for lateruse in IBM
mode.Beforeyou start to designyour characters,you must definewhat
characterset(s)youwantto download.

Thecharacterwidthon whichyou designthe charactersdependsuponthe
charactersetas shownbelow:

Characterset

Characterwidth CharacterID

Draftcharacters

9

0

LQpicacharacters

35 1

LQ elitecharacters

29

2

LQproportional

17-41

3

After you have decidedyour downloadcharacterset, you must tell the
printerwhere‘thedownloadcharacterdata to be stored,and how many
downloadcharactersetsyouwilldefine.

Thefirstdownloadfontareastartsfrom<800F>h,andyoumustenterOfor
the Formatbyte. This Formatbyteindicatesto the printerthat the RAM
cartridgehasstoredthe downloadcharacterset.

Followingtheformatbyte,youmustentertheCharacterIDdata.Ifyouwant
to definemorecharacterset,add 128to theCharacterIDdata.

The secondareastartsfrom<891l>h, thethirdareastartsfrom<9212>h,
andthe last areastartsfromc9B13>h.ButyouneednotentertheFormat
bytefor thesearea.

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Assigning the character dot pattern

Wewilluseatiny representationof a telephonesymbolfor ourexample.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9101112131415161718192021 22232425262728293031 32333435

128

64
32
16

8
4
2
1

128

64
32
16

8

4

2

1

128

64
32

16

8
4
2

1

Compression
ma, k btt

Figure 5-3. Telephone symbol with LQ pica

Afteryouhavedesignedthecharacterpattern,youwillneedtocompressthe

DotPattern.Datacompressionallows youto storemoredownloadcharac­tersthan’withoutcompression.It is a more efficientuse of memory.The
printer will repeat the previousdot column when the current column

compressionmaskbit is setto“l”.
Filluptheadjacentdoteventheydonotprint,thencomparetheeachventcal
lineto the left line.If the lineis the sameastheleft one,write“l” in the
columnof the“compressionmaskbit”.If it is different,write“O”.

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