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Selecting a bank
❏While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’s BANK button to select a bank. When the BANK indicator flashes it indicates the current bank selected.
Lit Indicator | Selected Bank |
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A (SANSERIF) | A |
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B (COURIER) | B |
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C (PRESTAGE) | C |
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D (ROMAN) | D |
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E (LQ) | E |
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F (DRAFT) | F |
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Selecting a switch
❏While in the EDS Mode, use the control panel’s SWITCH button to select a bank switch. When the SW indicator flashes it indicates the current switch selected.
Lit Indicator | Selected Switch |
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1 (10CPI) | 1 |
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2 (12CPI) | 2 |
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3 (15CPI) | 3 |
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4 (COND) | 4 |
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5 (PROP) | 5 |
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6 (QUIET) | 6 |
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Changing a switch setting
❏After selecting a bank and switch, press the control panel’s ON/OFF button to turn the switch on and off. The current setting of the switch is indicated by the ON LINE indicator: the indicator is lit when the switch is on, and is not lit when the switch is off.
Contents
XB24-2502
Trademark acknowledgments
Chapter
About this manual
Control Panel Operations
Printer Setup
Paper Handling
Using the EDS Mode
Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Optional Accessories
Page
Choosing a place for the printer
Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
General guide
Opening the front cover
Installing the platen knob
Removing the front cover
Installing the ribbon cartridge
Printer Setup
Removing the ribbon cartridge
Installing the paper guide
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Adjusting the paper guide position
Loading fanfold paper
Printer Setup
Loading fanfold paper
Printing on fanfold paper
Parking fanfold paper
Using the tear-off function
Unparking fanfold paper
Connecting to your computer
Connecting to your computer
Control Panel Operations
Switching between on-line and off-line
Lit Indicator Font
Entering the Font Lock Mode
Selecting a font
Entering the Pitch Lock Mode
Setting the character pitch
Lit Indicators Meaning
Micro feed
Line feed
Paper eject cut-sheet paper
Form feed fanfold paper
Selecting the Quiet Print Mode
Setting the top of form position
Tear-off function fanfold paper
Changing the auto load position
Changing the auto load position
Clearing the printer’s buffer
Saving a macro
Initializing the printer
Entering the Multi-part Mode
About EDS Mode settings
Using the EDS Mode
Entering the EDS Mode
Lit Indicator Selected Switch
Selecting a switch
Changing a switch setting
Lit Indicator Selected Bank
Checking the settings of switches in a bank
Printing the current switch settings
Exiting the EDS Mode
EDS Mode Settings
Switch 3 Line Spacing
Switch 6 Multi-Part Mode
Switch 1 Graphics Direction
Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Long
Print Mode
Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
Switch 6 Quiet
Length
Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
Switch 5 CR Centering Position
Switch 6 Not used
SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 SW6
Code
STD 988 TIS
IBM PC
Name Country Remarks
Greece For Unix
Character Set
International
Bank F
Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 LQ Font Selection
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder
Paper Handling
Selecting paper types
Cut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed
Adjusting for paper thickness
Adjusting for paper thickness
Manual sheet feeding
Automatic fanfold feeding
Thickness
Clearing paper jams
Clearing paper jams
Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-15DM
Optional Accessories
Preparing the printer
Serial Interface Cartridge IS-8XL
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15XM
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Buffered Parallel Interface Cartridge IP-128XL
Specifications
Testing the printer
Appendix a Troubleshooting
Self test
Hexadecimal dump
Adjusting the dot alignment
DOT Adjustment Setting
Problem Possible Cause
Troubleshooting guide
Printer case is hot Printer’s air vents are
Left margin moves to Paper is not loaded
Mode LPT1=COM1 or Mode LPT1=COM2
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Appendix B Specifications
Fanfold with push tractor feeder
Environment
Paper Cut-sheet manual feeding
Cut-sheet with optional automatic sheet feeder
Ribbon Life
Dimensions and weight
Power Supply
Power Consumption
Pin Name Function
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Parallel Interface
Optional Serial Interface
Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set
Appendix D Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1
Code Page #861 Icelandic
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #860 Portuguese
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #3840 IBM-Russian
Code Page #863 Canadian French
Code Page #866 Russian
Code Page #865 Nordic
Code Page #3845 Hungarian
Code Page #3841 Gost-Russian
Code Page #3844
Code Page #3843 Polish
Code Page #852 Latin-2
Code Page #3846 Turkish
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT
Code Page #851 Greek
Code Page #1001 Arabic Code Page #737 Greek
Code Page #772 Lithuanian
Code Page #869 Greek
Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL
Code Page #928 Greek
Code Page #3011 Latvian1
Code Page #774 Lithuanian
Code Page #3002 Estonian2
Code Page #3001 Estonian1
Code Page #3041 Maltese
Code Page #3012 Latvian2
Code Page #3031 Hebrew
Code Page #3021 Bulgarian
Code Page #3863
Code Page #3850 Standard KU
Code Page #3861 Microwiz KU
Code Page #3860 Rajvitee KU
Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS
Code Page #3864 Popular TIS
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Ascii Code Function
Printer Control Codes
Enable printing of upper control codes Character Set #2
Denmark
OCR-B
Set left margin
Standard Mode
IBM Mode
Select print pitch and download
Ascii Code Function
Form Feed Line Feed On Line
Appendix F Control Panel Operation Guide
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