Xerox DocuPrint 205, DocuPrint 240A, DocuPrint 255, DocuPrint 305, DocuPrint 340A Setting Guide

DocuPrint 205/255/305

DocuPrint 240A/340A

ESC/P Emulation Settings

Guide

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Preface

Thank you for choosing this printer.

This manual explains how to set up the printer to perform ESC/P emulation.

Be sure to read this manual first to ensure proper use of this product.

Note that this manual is written for users who have basic knowledge of the operating environment and operation method as well as the method of using this printer.

Keep this manual handy for a quick reference to ensure full and efficient use of this product.

Preface 3

Preface.............................................................................................................. 3

Contents............................................................................................................ 4

Using This Guide .............................................................................................. 5

1 Using Emulation ......................................................................................... 6

1.1 About Emulation ...................................................................................................... 6

1.2 About Fonts ............................................................................................................. 8

1.3 Eject Function.......................................................................................................... 9

1.4 Other Print Features .............................................................................................. 11

Emulation Mode .......................................................................................................6

Host Interface and Emulation .................................................................................. 6

Switching Between Print Languages .......................................................................7

ESC/P Mode Menu Screen .....................................................................................7

Usable Fonts ........................................................................................................... 8

User-defined Fonts (Specially Registered Fonts) .................................................... 8

Font Cache ..............................................................................................................8

To Forcibly Eject Remaining Data ........................................................................... 9

To Eject All Jobs in the Printer .............................................................................. 10

Multiple Up ............................................................................................................. 11

Barcode ................................................................................................................. 11

2 ESC/P Mode Settings............................................................................... 12

2.1 About the Mode Menu ........................................................................................... 12

This Printer’s Menus .............................................................................................. 12

About the Mode Menu ........................................................................................... 13

2.2 ESC/P Mode Menu Settings.................................................................................. 14

List of ESC/P Setting Items ................................................................................... 14

Setting the ESC/P Mode Menu .............................................................................. 21

2.3 About the ESC/P Mode List................................................................................... 22

ESC/P Mode List ................................................................................................... 22

Print Method .......................................................................................................... 22

3 Materials Related to ESC/P Mode............................................................ 23

3.1 List of Scaling Values ............................................................................................ 23

3.2 Paper Size and Number of Printed Digits.............................................................. 29

Index ............................................................................................................... 31

List of Mode Menu (ESC/P)

4 Contents

Using This Guide

Prerequisite Knowledge

Read this guide in detail before using this printer. If you are not familiar with the machine to which the printer is to be connected or the basic operations or concepts of the software, read the relevant manuals first.

Machines and software to which the printer is to be connected refer to personal computers, workstations, networks, and the respective operating systems and applications on which these machines run.

Organization

The following is a summary of each chapter.

1. Using Emulation

This chapter explains the available interfaces and fonts, emulated printers.

2. ESC/P Mode Settings

This chapter explains the printer settings needed to use ESC/P emulation.

3. Materials Related to ESC/P Mode

This chapter explains scaling values and number of printable lines for variuos paper sizes.

Conventions

1. In this guide, “computer” refers to both the personal computer and workstation.

2. The following icons are used in this guide:

3. The following conventions are used in this guide:

Important Indicates important information which you should read.

Note Indicates additional information on operations or features.

Refer to Indicates reference sources.

Refer to “xxx” : The cross-reference is within this guide.

Refer to xxx : The cross-reference is not within this guide.

[ ] : Indicates items displayed on the computer and the pinter control

panel. Also indicates the title of printed reports/lists from the printer.

< > : Indicates items such as hard buttons and indicators on the keyboard

and printer.

Using This Guide 5

1 Using Emulation

1.1 About Emulation

This chapter explains ESC/P emulation of print languages available on this printer.

Print data conforms to certain rules (grammar). These rules (grammar) are called print language.

This printer supports a page description language used to create images on a page basis and an emulation feature used to obtain the print result similar to that obtained by another printer. The ability to obtain the print result similar to that obtained by another printers is called emulation.

Note

• The ESC/P emulation mode can be used when the SC/TC Font ROM (optional) is installed.

Emulation Mode

When printing data written in a language other than the page description language supported by this printer, place this printer in the emulation mode. This printer has more than one emulation mode. The following table summarizes the relationship between the ESC/P emulation mode and the printer type to be emulated.

Emulation mode Emulated printer

ESC/P emulation mode (ESC/P mode) VP-1000

Host Interface and Emulation

Different host interfaces support different print languages. Host interfaces that support print languages are as follows:

• Parallel port

• Serial port

•LPD port

• NetWare port

• SMB port

• IPP port

• USB port

• Port9100 port

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Switching Between Print Languages

This printer supports multi-emulation, allowing you to switch between print languages.

There are three methods of switching between print languages.

Switching by Commands

Commands for switching between supported print languages are provided. Upon receipt of a command, this printer selects the relevant print language.

Automatic Switching

This printer analyzes the data received by the host interface to identify the print language to be used. It then switches to the identified print language automatically.

Interface-dependent

Set a print language for each host interface using the control panel. Switch to the print language corresponding to the host interface that received data.

ESC/P Mode Menu Screen

This screen is for setting items specific to the ESC/P emulation mode. Press the <Menu> button, and select [ESCP] for [Print Language].

Refer to

• ESC/P mode menu item: “2 ESC/P Mode Settings” (P. 12)

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1.2 About Fonts

This section explains the fonts that can be used in the ESC/P emulation mode.

Usable Fonts

The following fonts can be used in ESC/P emulation.

Outline Fonts

Chinese fonts

• ShuSongTi

• FangSongTi

•KaiTi

•HeiTi

European fonts

• Roman

• Sans Serif

•OCR-B

User-defined Fonts (Specially Registered Fonts)

User-defined fonts (specially registered fronts) can be used on this printer. User-defined fonts can be stored only in memory. This means that they are erased from memory when this printer is switched off. Note, however, that when an optional hard disk is installed, user-defined fonts are stored on hard disk, and are held even if this printer is switched off. The amount of user-defined fonts that can be saved registered on hard disk is the same as when they are stored to memory.

User-defined fonts are registered as bitmap fonts. User-defined fonts are not shared between print languages

Font Cache

To ensure high-speed printing, outline fonts are cached if they are not too large.

Outline fonts are converted to bit map data temporarily and then printed. To minimize this processing time, the processed bit map data is saved in the memory.

This process is called font cashing.

The saved bit map data is erased at power-off or system reset.

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1.3 Eject Function

This section explains the eject function. There are two types of eject functions as shown here.

• The remaining data is forcibly ejected.

• All jobs in the printer are eliminated.

To Forcibly Eject Remaining Data

For ESC/P emulation mode, data is not ejected until a full page of data has accumulated. When using a parallel interface, if operations stop while the data for the last page is being transferred, this machine waits for the next data until the time set [Auto Eject Time] has passed, and the “Waiting for data” appears in the display.

In this kind of situation, forced eject does not wait for automatic eject and just forces all of the data in the printer to print out.

The operation procedure is shown below.

Note

• When “Waiting for data” appears in the display, the next job sent to the printer may not be printed

correctly. Send the next job after forced eject or after the automatic eject time has been exceeded.

Refer to

• Auto Eject Time: User Guide 4.2 Description of Menu Items

1. Press the <Eject/Set> button when the

display shown to the right appears.

Printing will start.

When printing ends, the display changes to “Ready to print”.

Important

• When the common menu item [Print Mode] is set to

[Auto], “Waiting for data” does not appear, so forced eject does not occur.

<Eject/Set> button

1.3 Eject Function 9

To Eject All Jobs in the Printer

Print all jobs that the printer has received.

Through this procedure, you can interrupt the receiving of data and empty the buffer. The procedure is explained below.

1. Press the <Online> button when the display

shown to the right appears.

Note

• Pressing the <Online> button to make the printer

automatically stop receiving data.

<Online> button

2. Press the <Eject/Set> button. This starts

printing.

When all jobs are executed and printed, the display changes to “Off-line”.

Note

• When a parallel interface or USB interface is being

used, depending on when the <Online> button is pressed in step 1, data reception may occur in the middle of a job. In this case, after the <Eject/Set> button is pressed, and processed like a new job after releasing offline in step 3.

3. Press the <Online> button.The display

changes to “Ready to print”.

Note

• After “Ready to print” appears, the data that is being

processed as a new job may not be printed correctly if [Print Mode] is set to [Auto] in the common menu.

<Eject/Set> button

<Online> button

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1.4 Other Print Features

This section explains the other print features that are available in the ESC/P emulation mode menu.

Multiple Up

This feature prints multiple pages reduced on a single piece of paper.

This feature is available in the ESC/P emulation mode. 2 Up is available in the ESC/P mode menu.

Barcode

Barcodes are available in the ESC/P mode. The following barcode standards are available:

•JAN code

•CODE39

• CODABAR

• Industrial 2 of 5

• Matrix 2 of 5

• Interleaved 2 of 5

•CODE128

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