User Manual

LQ540DX

   

CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 Setting up the printer Paper Handling Using the printer Software Utilities Technical Specifications Command Summary Language Selection Service Information 3 4 10 17 23 24 31 36 38

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INTRODUCTION
Dear Customer, Thank you for choosing the WeP LQ540DX, a 24 pin 80 columns, 300 cps printer for your printing needs. This product has been manufactured to stringent quality standards, to provide you many hours of trouble free printing. Important: Your printer is covered under 1-year parts warranty. The warranty service can be obtained from our vast and strategically placed WeP Printer Service Centres. New features in this printer Plug and Play for Windows 9X, 2000 Plug and Play for Windows NT, ME, XP Windows & DOS printer drivers 5 selectable LQ fonts Auto load & Microfeed HSD & unlimited page length settings Buffer Clear from front panel Top of form setting & saving. Online Microfeed Variable Page length settings

Wishing you many hours of trouble free printing. On behalf of

WeP Peripherals Ltd.

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CHAPTER 1
SETTING UP THE PRINTER
Unpacking the printer Finding a suitable location Assembling the printer Testing the printer Connecting the printer to your computer

UNPACKING THE PRINTER

Checking the parts As you unpack the printer, check that you have all the parts shown below and that none have been damaged during transportation 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Printer Ribbon cartridge Printer cover Paper rack (guide) Driver software and User manual CD PC-Printer Interface cable

After removing the parts, save the packing materials in case you need to transport your printer. Removing the protective materials The printer is protected during shipping by locking the paper sprockets and the printer cover are prevented from vibration by using paper tape. These protective items must be removed before you turn the printer on.

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FINDING A SUITABLE LOCATION

When selecting a place to set up your printer, keep the following in mind. Place the printer on a flat surface. Place the printer close enough to the computer for the printer cable to reach * Leave adequate room around the printer or easy operation, maintenance and proper Ventilation. Avoid locations that are subject to direct sunlight, excessive heat, moisture and dust. Use a grounded outlet. Do not use an adapter plug. Place the printer where you can easily unplug the power cord. Avoid outlets on the same circuit with large AC motors or other appliances that might cause fluctuations in line voltage. Keep the entire computer system away from potential causes of electromagnetic interference such as loudspeakers or the base units of cordless telephones. Place the printer where the dust level is minimum. (Humidity in temperature is maintained within the specified norms). If you plan to use a printer stand, follow these guidelines: Use a stand that supports at least twice the weight of the printer Never use a stand that tilts the printer at an angle of more than 15 degrees from horizontal. If you install a cut-sheet feeder, keep your printer absolutely horizontal. Make sure you provide enough clearance below the stand and between its legs so that continuous paper feeds smoothly. Position your printer's power cord and interface cable so that they do not interfere with feeding. If possible, secure the cables to the printer stand Align the stack of paper so that the paper has a straight path into the printer

Selection of Power conditioning equipment:

Depending on the power supply condition at your site, you may choose an appropriate voltage stabilizer, to ensure that the input supply to your printer will not cross the specified limits even during adverse power supply conditions. a. b. c. Voltage range : Frequency : Earth to Neutral voltage : 150 to 270 V ac. 48 to 52 Hz Less than 3 Vac.

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In case of your site condition not meeting the above limits, you must go for a voltage stabilizing equipment, which will ensure regulated supply of voltage to your printer. You may install i. ii. iii. Servo voltage stabilizer with high/low trip unit. CVT (Constant Voltage Transformer)/Line conditioner. UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply).

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ASSEMBLING THE PRINTER Installing the ribbon cartridge

1. Make sure the printer is turned off. 2. Turn the ribbon feed knob in the direction of the arrow to remove excess slack in the ribbon.

3. Insert the ribbon between the ribbon mask and the print head and position the cassette so that the ribbon feed shaft is inserted into the hole under the ribbon feed knob.

4. Press on both sides of the cassette.

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5. Turn the ribbon feed knob of the cassette to tighten the ribbon. Manually move the printhead back and forth across the carriage bar to make sure that the ribbon is properly positioned in front of the printhead.

Attaching the paper guide

When you use single sheets, the paper guide functions to feed the paper smoothly and efficiently into the printer. Attach the paper guide using the following procedure. 1. Place the paper guide on the printer. 2. Raise the paper guide and push the projections on the lower part of the guide into the holes on the right and left side frames. See using single Sheets NOTE: You can load continuous paper comfortably even with the paper guide in place. Attach and close the printer cover unit.

TESTING THE PRINTER

Performing the self test 1. Ensure that the paper release lever is pushed to the TRACTOR position. Load continuous paper by pressing Load/Eject switch on front panel. Turn off the printer. 2. While holding down the LF/FF button, turn on the printer. The printer starts printing the ASCII characters. The self-test continues until the paper runs out or till you turn off the printer.

CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO THE COMPUTER

Connecting the printer to your computer. Your LQ540 printer has a Centronics compatible parallel interface. To connect the printer to the parallel port, use the parallel cable sent along with the printer. The parallel interface is the printer's default setting. Connect the parallel interface cable as follows:

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1. Turn off both your printer and computer. Then plug the connector of the cable securely into the printer. 2. Squeeze the wire clips together until they lock in place on both sides of the connector. 3. Plug the other end of the cable to a 25 pin parallel port in your PC.



CHAPTER 2
PAPER HANDLING
* * * * Using single sheets (Friction mode) Using continuous sheets (Tractor mode) Switching between continuous and single sheets Printing on special paper

USING SINGLE SHEETS (Cut sheet i.e., Friction mode)

Loading a sheet 1. Turn on the Printer 2. Hold the paper rack upright and insert the rack into the slant grooves on both sides of the printer so the hook-shaped tabs face upward. Then place it in the slant position.

3. Move the friction lever to the cut sheet position (toward the back of the printer). 4. Slide the left and right paper guides to their extremes. 5. Position the cut sheet paper such that it leans against the paper rack.

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6. Slide and position the left and right paper guides to match the paper width. 7. The paper automatically advances to the TOF (Top of Form) position when the paper is dropped along the paper rack (auto load function).

USING CONTINUOUS PAPER (Tractor mode)

Positioning your continuous paper supply Note: Its important to keep your paper supply aligned with the tractor so that the paper feeds smoothly into the printer.

Loading continuous paper

1. Remove the printer cover. Place the paper rack in its horizontal position. Slide the rack toward the front of the printer to lock the printer cover and allow for easy tear off of forms. Slide the paper rack toward the back of the printer to open the cover

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2. Open the tractor cover. 3. Align the holes in the paper with the tractor paper feed pins.

4. If necessary, pull the tractor lock lever to release the tractor and adjust the tractor positions for the width of the paper being used. 5. Close the tractor covers and adjust the position of the paper. Gently push the two tractors outward to remove any slack in the paper.

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6. Move the friction lever to the tractor feed position (toward the front of the printer). 7. Make sure the power is turned on. 8. Make sure the power is turned ON. 9. The paper advances to the TOF position automatically whenever the print command is executed. This operation is valid when the paper us present in the paper track.

10. If loading fails you have to load the paper through LOAD/EJECT button. You can move the paper forward/backward in minute steps called Micro Adjustment by using LF/FF and FONT button.

WARNING:
Never advance the paper using the platen knob except in the case of a paper jam or other paper feed problem. Using the platen knob while the printer is ON may damage the paper feeding mechanism and effect the loading position.

NOTE:
1. If the paper is not loaded or skewed after loading, completely remove the paper and reinsert it more firmly. 2. Now hold the online switch for more than 3 seconds, now ONLINE light blinks indicating that the Top of Form adjustment is enabled. You may press the LF/FF button to move the paper forward and FONT to move the paper backward in minute steps. Press Online switch to confirm the settings. Once you adjust this, the value (TOF) is stored till the next change. 3. To eject the paper, press the ON LINE button to make the printer off line and then press LOAD/EJECT switch. 4. The left edge of a cut sheet paper should be always less than 5.5 cms from the printer starting position to avoid the paper out indication.



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SWITCHING BETWEEN CONTINUOUS AND SINGLE SHEETS

Switching to single sheets 1. Remove the printed document. 2. Press the ON LINE button to set the printer offline and press the LOAD/EJECT button to advance the continuous paper backward automatically to a standby position. The paper is still attached to the tractor, but no longer in the paper path. The PAPER OUT light comes on when the paper is completely out of the paper path. 3. Push the paper release lever back to the FRICTION (single sheet) position. See the section on Using Single Sheets for loading single sheets. Switching back to continuous paper It is easy to switch back to printing with continuous paper. Before switching back to continuous paper, ensure that the single sheet has been ejected and the printer is offline. 1. Pull the paper release lever forward to the TRACTOR (continuous paper) position. 2. Print command automatically loads the paper to the TOF, else use LOAD/EJECT button.

PRINTING ON SPECIAL PAPER

The different varieties of papers are: multipart forms, labels and envelops. Before printing on these papers, the print head gap needs to be adjusted through bail lever. To accommodate the various thickness of paper, the printer is equipped with print head gap lever that can be set to one of the 7 positions. For normal use, it should be set to position 3. The following table gives you general guidelines for selecting the right paper thickness lever position for the paper you are using:



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Paper Type
Thin paper Paper (single sheets or continuous) Paper with standard ribbon installed 24 lb. paper (single sheets)

Lever Position
1 or 2 3 3

Paper Type
Multi-part forms 2-sheets 3-sheets

Lever Position
4 5

Labels
Envelopes Airmail Plain Bond (20 lb.) Bond (24 lb.)

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4 or 5 6 6 7

To get the proper printing, make sure that the print head gap (through bail lever) position should be selected as shown above. Always return the bail lever to position 3 when you go back to printing on ordinary paper. Continuous printing with lever set at a position higher than 3 can shorten the life of the printhead.

WARNING: Printing past the edges of envelopes, multi-part forms, and

labels or thicker than normal paper can damage the print head.



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Multi-part forms
With the built-in tractor unit, your printer can print continuous multi-part forms (four parts including the original). You can load the multi-part paper in the same way as you load continuous paper. The only difference is that the paper thickness lever is to be adjusted before loading.

NOTE: Multi-part forms should not be used without adjust the print head gap
position.

Labels
If you need to print labels, choose the type of label that is mounted on a continuous backing sheet with sprocket holes for use with the tractor. Do not use single sheet labels on a shiny backing sheet because they almost always slip a little if fed by friction alone. Load the labels the same way as you load continuous paper; just adjust the paper thickness lever before loading.

WARNING:
Never feed labels backward through the printer. Labels can easily come off the backing and jam the printer. Also, never use the sheet load lever to eject labels or to feed labels backward to the standby position. Since labels are especially sensitive to temperature and humidity, always use them under normal operating conditions.

Envelopes
You can feed envelopes individually using the single sheet-loading feature. Adjust the paper thickness lever before loading.

CAUTION:
Always keep the longer side of the envelope horizontal. Envelope printing is only available at normal operating conditions. If you use No.6 envelopes, make sure that the left edge guide is aligned with the arrow on the paper guide.



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CHAPTER 3
USING THE PRINTER
Operating the control panel Printer setting through the front panel Adjusting the TOF position Online micro-feed Buffer clear / Panel Reset Selecting type styles Data dump mode BI_D Vertical line adjustment

OPERATING THE CONTROL PANEL LEDs POWER ON (green)

ON - when the power switch is on and power is supplied to the printer.

PAPER OUT (red)

ON - when the paper is not present or when continuous paper is in the standby position.

ONLINE / TOF (green)

ON - when the printer is on line and ready to receive data. Flashes when the micro adjustment feature is enabled as soon as paper is loaded to set top of form.

PITCH (Tricolour)
The LED colour shows the present pitch (Character Per Inch) selected of the printing. Press the PITCH button to change the LED colour. The following table shows the LED colour Vs PITCH setting.

LED Colour

PITCH (CPI)
10 12 15 17 20
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RED GREEN ORANGE No Colour (One Beep) No Colour (Two Beep)



FONT (Tricolour)
The LED colour shows the present font (Character Per Inch) selected of the printing. Press the FONT button to change the LED colour. The following table shows the LED colour Vs FONT setting.

LED Colour
RED GREEN ORANGE No Colour (One Beep) No Colour (Two Beep) No Colour (Three Beep)

FONT
DRAFT ROMAN SCRIPT PRESTIGE COURIER SANSERIEF

BUTTONS ONLINE
This button controls the printer status. When the printer is on line mode, the printer can receive data and prints. When the printer is off line mode, the printer goes to stand alone mode.

FONT
Press this button to select a character font. 5 LQ fonts - Roman, Sanserif, Courier, Script, Prestige and 1 Draft font are available. The status of the Font LED shows which font has been selected (As explained LED's operation).

PITCH
Press this button to select character spacing. 5 types of Character per inch (Cpi) 10,12,15,17 and 20 are available. The status of the Pitch LED shows the selected pitch (As explained LEDs operation).



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PRINTER SETTING THROUGH THE FRONT PANEL

Keep ONLINE pressed, switch ON the power. Present Settings are printed as follows. Sl.No. Setting 1. High speed draft 2. Input buffer 3. Print direction 4. Character table Disabled Enabled 64KB 40KB BI-D UNI-D Graphics Italics Optional Language 5. Skip-over-perf 1 inch OFF Short 6. Tear off type Auto 7. Tear off Enabled Disabled 8. DD forms printing Quality Speed 9. ROLL paper OFF ON 10. Auto tear off time 3 sec 1 sec Depends on I/F Enabled 11. Auto Line Feed 12. Page Length Available Page Lengths 3, 3.67, 4, 5.5, 6, 7, 8, 8.5, 11, 11.66, 12, 14, 17

Note: Bold indicates printer default setting.

Printer Setting Format

FONT LED RED GREEN ORANGE RED RED RED GREEN GREEN GREEN PITCH LED RED GREEN ORANGE RED GREEN ORANGE RED GREEN ORANGE SETTINGS Print Direction Character Table Skip Over Perf Tear Off type Tear Off Time Auto Line Feed Page Length High speed draft Input buffer DD forms printing Tear off ROLL PAPER

Press FONT to go to next setting Press LF_FF to go to previous setting Press ONLINE to change setting Press PITCH to save and proceeding to next setting



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 For page length setting, select FONT LED (RED) & PITCH LED (RED). Press LF_FF to change the current setting. To execute the change press ONLINE. Printer prints out the changed setting. To skip remaining printer settings at any time through the process, just power off the printer. You may also use Setup Utility for the above Printer Settings.

ADJUSTING THE TOF POSITION

The loading position is the position of the paper when the printer has automatically loaded it. The loading position is important because it determines where the printer begins to print on each page. If the printing is too high or too low on the page, change the loading position using the micro-adjustment feature. The micro-adjustment feature moves the paper 1/72 inch at a time to make fine adjustments to the loading position. Once you have used micro-adjustment to change the loading position of single sheet or continuous paper, the printer saves this position till the next change.

Using micro-adjustment
The following steps show how to adjust the loading position: 1. Turn on the printer and the paper gets loaded. 2. Press the ONLINE button to set the printer on line. The ONLINE LED stars flashing. 3. Press the LF/FF button to feed the paper forward and the FONT button to feed the paper backward.

Note: When the paper reaches the factory-set loading position, the printer
beeps and micro-adjustment feed pauses for a moment before continuing. You can use this factory setting as a reference point when adjusting the printer's loading position.

When the paper reaches either minimum or maximum top margin, the printer beeps and the paper stops moving.
4. Once you have adjusted the loading position for the paper, the printer

remembers this new loading position, and loads paper at this new position, till the next change
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BUFFER CLEAR / PANAL RESET

Hold down the LF/FF, FONT & PITCH buttons together till printer gives BEEP sound. The printer buffer gets cleared and the default printer settings are loaded.

SELECTING TYPE STYLES

The printer can produce several type styles by using different fonts, character spacing and other print enhancement features. You can select typestyles in 2 different ways: by using software commands or by using the control panel. This section describes how to select a typestyle using the FONT, PITCH buttons on the control panel.

Character Fonts FONT

The LED colour shows the present font (Character Per Inch) selected of the printing. Press the FONT button to change the LED colour. The following table shows the LED colour Vs FONT setting.

LED Colour
RED GREEN ORANGE No Colour (One Beep) No Colour (Two Beep) No Colour (Three Beep)

FONT
DRAFT ROMAN SCRIPT PRESTIGE COURIER SANSERIEF

Character Spacing PITCH

The LED colour shows the present pitch (Character Per Inch) selected of the printing. Press the PITCH button to change the LED colour. The following table shows the LED colour Vs PITCH setting.

LED Colour


PITCH (CPI)
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RED GREEN ORANGE No Colour (One Beep) No Colour (Two Beep)

10 12 15 17 20

DATA DUMP MODE

Press FONT and POWER on, to enter data dump mode. This mode prints printable test in ASCII format, which can be used for debugging. This mode will stay till you switch OFF the printer.

BI_D VERTICAL LINE ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURE

This BI_D adjustment is useful to make the vertical line alignment. The following steps show you how to do the BI_D adjustment. 1. Press PITCH and Power on, to enter into BI_D adjustment mode. 2. Press LF/FF to decrement the bidi count & FONT to increment the bi_di count. 3. Press ONLINE to execute the changes. 4. Press PITCH to select different SPEEDS. a. SPEED 0 for DRAFT. b. SPEED 3 for LQ (fonts). 5. Switch off the printer to save the changes.



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CHAPTER 4
SOFTWARE UTILITIES:
Your LQ540 Printer comes with the following utilities. The CD contains the relevant files and install programmes. 1. 2. User Manual Printer Drivers for Windows 3.11 Windows 9X Windows 2K, XP, ME Windows NT 4.0 Various DOS Applications

For application programmes, which do not have drivers, you may select the following printer drivers, which may be available in your application software. They are in the order of preference. EPSON LQ 1050+ LQ Series printer drivers 24 Pin Printer Driver

SOFTWARE UTILITIES
Features: Easy user-friendly interfaces with keyboard and mouse support. WINDOWS 3.11 Driver You can install the driver through the Control Panel . Please see the Readme.txt for more information. Other Drivers: Depending on requirements you can selectively install any of the above drivers by executing install.



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CHAPTER 5
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Printer specifications Interface specifications Initialisation

PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS
Printing method: 24-pin impact dot matrix.

Printing speed:
Quality Characters / inch (CPI) Draft 10 12 15 High speed draft 10 Letter Quality 10 12 15 Characters / second (CPS) 200 240 300 300 66 80 100

Printing direction: Bi-directional logic-seeking for text and graphics Line spacing: 1/6 & 1/8 inch or programmable in increments of 1/360 inch Printable columns: Character size
10 Cpi 10 Cpi condensed 12 CPI 96 12 Cpi condensed
64 k bytes

Maximum characters / line

80 136 160 40k byte

Buffer:



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Character fonts: Font

Draft Roman Script Other FONTS Prestige Courier Sans serif

Available sizes (CPI)

10,12,15,17,20 10,12,15,17,20 10,12,15,17,20 10,12,15,17,20 10,12,15,17,20 10,12,15,17,20

Characters: 96 standard ASCII character set (including italic characters) 14 International character set 1 Legal character set EPSON Extended graphics character set

Paper
Paper feed methods: Friction (top) and built -in push feed (rear) tractor with paper tension unit.

Paper width and length:

Single sheet A4, B5, Letter, Legal Continuous paper width 114 mm to 254 mm (4.5 to 10.0 inches) Envelops No.6 166 x 92 mm (6.54 X 3.62 inches) No.10 240 x 104 mm (9.45 X 4.09 inches) Labels 63.5 (min) X 23.8 (min)



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Print Margins: Paper type

Cut sheets Fanfold

Top Margin
25.4 mm 8.0 mm

Bottom Margin
19 mm 8 mm

L/R Margin
13 mm

Paperweight:
Single sheet Continuous Multi-part forms 14 to 24 lb 14 to 22 lb 12 to 24 lb. X N

Paper thickness:
Single sheet Continuous Envelop Labels 0.065 to 0.22mm 0.065 to 0.22 mm 0.16 to 0.22 mm 0.19 mm max (incl. base paper)

Number of copies:
One original plus upto 3 copies (with self carbon) One original plus upto 2 copies (with carbon) Total thickness must not exceed 0.22 mm The use of 24 lb paper is only available at normal temperature. - The temperature range is between 0 to 50 degree centigrade - The relative humidity is between 10 to 90%

MECHANICAL Ribbon: Black ribbon cartridge (High Density fabric. MCBF MTBF
: : Life expectancy 2 million characters in LQ mode. For all components excluding print head: 5 million lines 6000 power-on hours (at 25% duty cycle)

Print head life: 200 million dots (at 25% duty cycle)
     
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Printer physical details:

Height Width Depth Weight 112 mm 400 mm 280 mm approx.3.5 kg (Net)

ELECTRICAL:
Operating voltage: 150 to 270 VACS Power consumption:

Mode

Self test (10 CPI) Idle mode Frequency: 48 to 52 Hz

50 W 15 W

Max. Wattage

EMI : CISPR 22 CLASS B Noise : < 64 Decibels Dielectric strength : 1.50 k V rms. Applied for ten seconds. (Between AC line and chassis)

ENVIRONMENTAL:
Temperature: Operation Storage : : 0 to 50 deg centigrade -40 to 65 deg centigrade

Humidity (without condensation): Operation: 10% to 90% Storage : 5% to 90% Operation angle : Less than 15 Deg

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INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS: Parallel Interface: Connector pin assignments and a description of their
respective interface signals are shown below: Pin 1 Signal STROBE Direction IN Description STROBE pulse to read data. Pulse width must be more than 0.5 S at the receiving terminal. These signals represent information of the 1st and 8th bits of parallel data, resptly. Each signal is at HIGH level when data is logical 1 and LOW when it is logical 0.

DATA 0

IN

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 ACKNLG

IN IN IN IN IN IN IN OUT

11

BUSY

OUT

About an 11-microsec. pulse LOW indicates that data has been received and that the printer is ready to accept more data. HIGH A signal indicates that the printer cannot receive Data. The signal goes high in the following cases: 1. 2. 3. 4. During data entry During printing When off line During printer-error state

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OUT

A HIGH signal indicates that the paper is not present.

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OUT IN

Pulled up to 5 Volts through 1.3 K ohm resistance. When this signal is LOW FEEDLOW, the paper is XT printing. automatically fed 1 line after

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NC GND CHASSIS --

Not used Logic ground level

Printers chassis ground, GND which is isolated from the logic ground. NC GND Not used Twisted-pair return signal ground level

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INIT IN When this level becomes LOW, the printer controller is reset to its power-up state and the print buffer is cleared. This level is normal HIGH; its pulse width must be more than 50 S at the receiving terminal level. ERROR OUT This level becomes LOW when the printer is: 1. in paper out state 2. off line 3. in error state

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GND NC OUT SLCT IN OUT

Same as for Pins 19-30 Not used Pulled up to 5 volts through 3.3 K ohm resistance. The DC1/DC3 code is valid Only when this signal is HIGH.

The column heading "Direction" refers to the direction of signal flow as viewed from the printer.
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 Return denotes the twisted-pair return, to be connected at signal ground level. For the interface wiring, be sure to use a twisted-pair cable for each signal and to complete the connection in the return side. These cables should be shielded and connected to the chassis of the host computer and the printer. All interface conditions are based on TTL level. Both the rise and the fall times of each signal must be less than 0.2 S. Observing the ACKNLG or BUSY signal must carry out data transfer. Data transfer to this printer can be carried out only after receipt of the ACKNLG signal or when the level of the BUSY signal is LOW.

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CHAPTER 6 COMMAND SUMMARY

The Command Summary is available in "COMSUM.TXT". Type "edit comsum.txt" at the prompt to view it. To take a printout, type "copy comsum.txt > prn" at the prompt. The command summary contains all the commands used by the printer. If a command has no parameters, it is merely listed. If it has parameters, they are explained.

ASCII

Dec. Hex.

Description

Printer Operation
ESC @ DC1 DC3 DEL ESC < ESC U 1/0 ESC = ESC > ESC # BEL CR CAN 64 17 19 127 60 85 61 62 35 7 13 24 40 11 13 7F 3C 55 3D 3E 23 07 0D 18 Initialize the printer Select printer Deselect printer Delete character Unidirectional mode (1-line) Select unidirectional mode Set MSB to 0 Set MSB to 1 Cancel MSB control Beeper Carriage return Cancel line

Vertical motion/Horizontal motion

FF ESC C n ESC C NUL n ESC N n ESC O LF ESC 0 ESC 2 ESC 3 n ESC A n
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12 67 67 78 79 10 48 50 51 65

0C 43 43 4E 4F 0A 30 32 33 41

From feed Set page length in lines Set page length in inches Set skip over perforation Cancel skip over perforation Line feed Select 1/8 inch line spacing Select 1/6 inch line spacing Select n/180 inch line spacing Select n/60 inch line spacing
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43 74 11 66 98 47

2B 4A 0B 42 62 2F

Select n/360 inch line spacing Perform n/180 inch line feed Tab vertically Set vertical tabs max 16 tabs, n=0-255, last n=0 Set vertical tabs in channels. Select vertical tab channel (n=0-7) Set left margin Set right margin Back space Set Absolute Print position (n1 + (n2*256)) Set Relative Print position ((n2 * 256) + n1) Tab horizontally Set horizontal tabs. Max : 32, n=1 to 255, last n=0. (Tabs to be entered in Ascending order)

Horizontal motion
ESC 1 n ESC Q n BS ESC $ n1 n2 ESC \ HT ESC D nn 108 81 8 36 92 9 68 6C 51 08 24 5C 09 44

Overall printing style/Print size

ESC x 1/0 ESC k n 120 107 78 6B Select LQ or draft Select typestyle family n = 0 Roman n = 1 SansSerif n = 2 Courier n= 3 Prestige n = 4 Script Master select (n details below) Dec 0 Hex 0 - 10CPI, Dec 1 Hex 1 - 12CPI Dec 2 Hex 2 - Proportional Dec 4 Hex 4 - Condensed Dec 8 Hex 8 - Emphasized Dec 16 Hex 10 - Double Strike Dec 32 Hex 20 - Double Width Dec 64 Hex 40 - Italics
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Dec 128 Hex 80- Underline ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p 1/0 SI ESC SI DC2 SO ESC SO DC4 ESC W 1/0 ESC w 1/0 80 77 103 112 15 15 18 14 14 20 87 119 50 4D 67 70 0F 0F 12 0E 0E 14 57 77 Select 10 CPI Select 12 CPI Select 15 CPI Proportional mode on/off Select condensed mode Select condensed mode Cancel condensed mode Select double -width (1ine) Select double -width (1 line) Cancel double -width (1 line) Turn double -width on/off Turn double -height on/off

Print enhancement/ Word processing

ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC S0 ESC S1 ESC T ESC - 1/0 ESC ( ESC q n 69 70 71 72 83 83 84 45 40 113 45 46 47 48 53 53 54 2D 28 71 Select emphasized mode (Bold) Cancel emphasized mode Select double-strike mode Cancel double-strike mode Select superscript mode Select subscript mode Cancel superscript/subscript Turn underlining on/off Select Line Select character style n = 0 Normal Style n = 1 Outline n = 2 Shadow n = 3 Outline & Shadow Select justification n = 0 Left n = 1 Centre n = 2 Right n = 3 Full Set intercharacter space unit 1/120" in draft -1/180" in LQ, n = 0 to 127

ESC a n

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ESC (space)

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Character sets
ESC t n 116 74 Select character table n = 0 Italics character table n = 1 EPSON extended n = 2 Remaps down loaded characters 0 - 127 to 128 255 Select 1italic mode Cancel italic mode International character set (n=0 to 13)

ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC R n

52 53 82

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User-defined characters/ Graphics

ESC & 0 nn ESC : 0 n 0/1 ESC % 0/1 ESC 6 ESC 7 ESC K ESC L 38 58 37 54 55 75 76 26 3A 25 36 37 4B 4C Define user-defined Characters Copy ROM to RAM (Roman/Sans Serif) Select User-defined Set/Normal Set Enable printable characters (128-159->characters) Enable upper control code (128-159->control codes) Select Single-density Graphics mode Select Double-density Graphic mode

 

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ESC Y ESC Z

89 90

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Select High-speed DoubleDensity graphic mode Select Quadruple-density Graphics mode Select Graphics mode [ See Below] Reassign graphics mode S=K1L1r1Z m = 0-6 as below

ESC * m n1, n2 ESC ?S m

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2A 3F

Option
Single-density Double-density High-speed double density* Quadruple-density CRT I CRT II Single-density Double-density CRT III Triple-density Hex-density*

Pins
8 8 8 8 8 8 24 24 24 24 24

m
0 1 2 3 4 6 32 33 38 39 40

Horiz.density (dots/in)
60 120 120 240 80 90 60 120 90 180 360

* Adjacent dots cannot be printed in this mode.

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CHAPTER 7 LANGUAGE SELECTION ENABLING / DISABLING LANGUAGE Escape Command for Language selection.
The escape command recommended for selecting language, is as given below. To select language one needs to send Esc t 3 where 3 is the parameter defining Bilingual character set in which one can print English & optional language. For selecting Character set 1) Character Set Selection ESC t (Parameter) 0- ITALICS 1-GRAPHICS 2-USER CG 3-Bilingual (Optional Language) ESC t 3 enables the optional language and will be under enabled condition till the user switches off the printer or changes to any other ESC t options. If the user wishes to keep Optional language enabled even after Power Off, in such case Optional should be selected through printer settings where in there is no need to give ESC command to enable Optional. Selecting Bilingual (ENG & Optional Language) character set through printer settings 1. Default character set will be Graphics in which we can use the printer to print English & graphics. 2. For printing Italics or Bilingual (Optional) the settings can be altered by going into character set change option in printer setting mode. In this mode any of the three character sets Italics, Graphics or Bilingual (Optional) can be selected which will be stored into EEPROM.

** In Optional language only 10 CPI pitch is supported **

Note: The language selection can be made through FRONT PANEL.

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Escape Commands for Indian Language Printing & character set selection.
The escape commands recommended for selecting any one optional language, are as given below. Eg. To select optional (Tamil) language one need to send Esc n l 3, where 3 is the parameter defining the Tamil language. Format ASCII

Select Indian Language

Esc n l (Parameter) 1- Hindi 3 - Tamil 4 - Telugu 7 - Kannada

For selecting language standard Language standard

Esc n I (Parameter) 0 - ISCII 1 - PC-ISCII 2 - EAISCII 3 - TAM -Tamil99Monolingual 4 - TAB - Tamil99Bilingual

For selecting Character set Character set selection

Esc t (Parameter) 0- ITALIX 1-GRAPHIX 2-USER CG 3-MULTILINGUAL
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CHAPTER 8 Service Information

For any kind of service, please feel free to approach the following WeP Offices & authorised service centre across the country OR call toll free service call centre.

Bangalore Corporate Office

40/1A, Basappa Complex 2nd floor, Lavelle Road Bangalore. 560 001 Ph. +91 80 22270359/60

Bangalore RO/WePCare
40/1A, Basappa Complex 1st floor, Lavelle Road Bangalore. 560 001 Ph. +91 80 22270359/60

Ahmedabad

Aavkar Complex, 2 floor OPP.Gurukul tower, Drive in Road Memnagar, AHMEDABAD -380 052 PH : 91 79 7475001/7475006/7418765 FAX: 91 79 7475006 CALCUTTA 7, CAMAC Street 1st Floor, Azimganj House CALCUTTA - 700071 PH : 91 33 22820352/3/4 FAX : 91 33 22820355 CHENNAI 145, First floor Eldams Road, Teynampet CHENNAI - 600 018 PH : 91 44 24314112 /24314113, 24363448/24363486 FAX : 91 44 24320312 COIMBATORE 176 , DB Road, First Floor, R S Puram COIMBATORE 0641 002 PH : 91 422 2474277 /2479247 FAX : 91 422 24796

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Baroda

108, 1st floor, OPAL Square, E7, 635 ARERA Colony Near New Champion School BHOPAL - 462 016 PH 91 755 2420310/2420314 FAX : 91 755 5294462 CHANDIGARH SCO 39, SECTOR 20 -C 1st Floor CHANDUGARH -160 020 PH : 91 172 707089/383426 FAX : 91 172 707088 COCHIN G-164 PANAMPILLY NAGAR COCHIN - 682 036 PH : 91 484 2311338 / 2316908 FAX : 91 484 2310707

DEHRA DUN Mandakani Hotel, Room No.102 1, Hardwar Road DEHRADUN -248 001 PH : 91 135 2623456 / 2724848 / 2627860
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DELHI 310-311, International Trade tower Nehru Place, New Delhi. 110 019 Ph: 91 11 26280364 / 26472399 Fax: 91 11 2648336 Factory 2, EDM SECUNDERABAD S.No. 104, Mallareddy estate Jayanagar, RTC colony, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad 500 015 Ph. +91 40 2272318/0282 Fax +91 40 27792326 / 1570 JAIPUR D58A, Madho Singh Road Bani Park Jaipur - 302 016 Ph. +91 141 2204184/2203391 Fax +91 141 2204184/2203391

Factory 1, MYSORE 312, Hebbal Industrial area Mysore - 570 016 Ph. +91 821 2402025/26/252 Fax +91 821 2402024/16 HUBLI MIG 2, Flat # 303 Aksyaya Park Apartments, Gokul Road, HUBLI 580 030 Ph. +91 836 2335745 LUCKNOW 3rd floor, Raj chambers 29/9 Rana Pratap Marg Hazratganj, Near Times of India Opp. Dainik Jagran, LUCKNOW 226 001 Ph. +910522 22208945/46 Fax +91 522 22208946 PUNE 3rd floor, Bhosale Heights PUNE 411 005 Ph. +91 20 25535711/12 Fax +91 20 25535712 SECUNDERABAD S.No. 104, Mallareddy estate Jayanagar, RTC colony, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad 500 015 Ph. +91 40 2272318/0282 Fax +91 40 27792326 / 1570

MUMBAI Unit 1 & 2, B57, Blue Moon New Link Road, Andheri (W) Mumbai 400 053 Ph. +91 22 26397418/396 Fax +91 22 26397393 RAIPUR Rishab chambers, # 115, 15/465 Jawahar Nagar ward RAIPUR 492 001 CHATTISGARH Ph. +91 771 26035470

 

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