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2 FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENTFOR AMERICAN USERS Copyright © 1986 by Seiko Epson Corporation Nagano, Japan 3 ContentsIntroduction Setting Up Your FX Printer DIP Choosing and Loading Paper Using the FX with Application Programs Contents 4 FX Printer FeaturesGraphics and User-definedCharacters Character Tables Problem Solving and Maintenance 5 Defaults and DIP SwitchesChoosing and Setting Up Optional Interfaces Technical Specifications Index 6 IntroductionN L Q S a n s S e r i f i s c r i s p a n d d i s t i n c t i v e Introduction 7 About this Manual8 Setting Up Your FX Printer1 Unpacking Your PrinterSetting Up Your FX Printer 9 2 Selecting the Right Location10 3 Installing the Ribbon13 4 Loading Continuous-feedPaper19 5 Turning On the Printer6 Operating the Control Panel20 The buttonsOFF LINE/ ON LINE FORM FEED/ ROMAN LINE FEED/ SANS SERIF The indicator lights ON LINE POWER READY 21 NLQ Sans Serif isand 22 If SelecType Does Not WorkUse DRAFT 23 8 Running the Self TestCharacter mode Normal 1-1OFF 0 (Unslashed) 1-2OFF CG Table Italic6 1-3OFF Protocol ESC/P 1-4OFF Quality Draft 1-5OFF Country U.S.A 1-6ON 1-7 ON 1-8ON Page Length 11 inch CSF Mode Invalid Skip Perforation None Auto Depend on I/F 24 9 Connecting the Printer to Your ComputerThe parallel interface The 25 10 Choosing the Operating Mode with DIP SwitchesDIP switch location DIP mode Normal (Unslashed) Italics ESC/P Draft Country U.S.A ON 1-7 ON 1-8 ON Page inch CSF Node Invalid Skip None Auto #$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\] 26 The operating mode27 The Epson character graphics setMaking the choice Other DIP switch settings 28 Choosing and Loading PaperChoosing Paper 35 The Paper Thickness Lever37 Using the FX with Application ProgramsPrinter Selection MenusMenu selections FX-86e F X - 2 8 6 e Using the FX with Application Programs 38 NoteA quick test Computer - Printer Communication Naming and using commands 39 Word Processors42 Graphics ProgramsProgramming Languages 44 NLQ Sans Serif is crisp and distinctive45 canPica: ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz Elite: ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz Pica: ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz Proportional: ABCDEFGHIJKLMnopqrstuvwxyz Condensed pica gives more characters on a line Condensed elite gives you even more 46 Special Effects and Emphasis47 This is emphasized NLQ printingaverage = (a1 + a2 + . . . . . + an) n emphasis to words They are an attractive alternative style 48 Page Layout and Other Commands49 Graphics and User-definedCharactersGraphics and User-definedCharacters 50 The Print Head51 Pin Labels52 Graphics Commands54 100 LPRINT CHR$(27);"K";CHR$(40);CHR$(0);200 FOR X=1 TO 40: LPRINT CHR$(74);: NEXT 55 WIDTH"LPTl: = 1 TO 130LPRINT CHR$(27);"K";CHR$(100);CHR$(0); 140FOR X = 1 to 150LPRINT CHR$(170);CHR$(85); 160NEXT X: LPRINT 170NEXT R 180LPRINT CHR$(27);"@ 56 LPRINT CHR$(27);"*";CHR$(0);CHR$(40);CHR$(0);57 LPRINT CHR$(27);"?K";CHR$(4);58 Designing Your Own Graphics60 100 WIDTH "LPTl:110 LPRINT CHR$(27);"A";CHR$(7); 120 FOR ROW = 1 TO 130 LPRINT CHR$(27);"Y";CHR$(41);CHR$(0); 140FOR COLUMN = 1 TO 150READ N 160LPRINT CHR$(N); 170NEXT COLUMN 180LPRINT 190NEXT ROW 200END 210DATA 64,32,80,8,68,2,64,0,64,0 280DATA 116,8,16,32,64,128,0 61 User-definedCharactersDesign grids 62 Sending the character definition63 100 LPRINT CHR$(27);"x0";110LPRINT CHR$(27);"&";CHR$(0); 120LPRINT "@@"; 130LPRINT CHR$(l36); 140FOR I = 1 to 150READ A: LPRINT CHR$(A); 160NEXT 170LPRINT "@ @ @ @ @ 180LPRINT CHR$(27);"%l";CHR$(1); 190LPRINT "@ @ @ @ @ 200LPRINT CHR$(27);"%";CHR$(0); 210LPRINT "@ @ @ @ @ 220END 230DATA 32,80,168,84,42,84,168,80,32,0,0 64 Copying ROM to RAM65 Specifying the width and heightMixing print styles 66 Other considerationsinterested Appendix A 67 Command Summary70 Commands in Numerical Order73 Epson (ESC/P) CommandsPrinter Operation Initialization Initialize PrinterFormat: Comments: Selection DC1 Select Printer DC1 ON LINE 74 DC3Deselect Printer Speed ESCs Turn Half-speedMode On/Off Printing direction ESC Select Unidirectional Mode (one line) A 75 ESC UTurn Unidirectional Mode On/Off Disable Paper-outSensor Enable Paper-outSensor 76 ESC EMTurn Automatic Sheet Feed Mode On/Off MSB control Note: ESC = (equal) 77 ESCESC # Cancel MSB Control Beeper BEL BEL 78 Data Control87 Overall Printing StyleSelect NLQ or Draft ESC k Select NLQ Font 88 ESCMaster Select Mode Dec Select Pica Pitch 89 ESC MSelect Elite Pitch Format: ESC p Turn Proportional Mode On/Off Select Condensed Mode 0 F 90 ESC SICancel Condensed Mode DC2 Select Double-wideMode (one line) s o 0 E ESC SO S O A.24 91 DC4Cancel Double-wideMode (one line) ESC W Turn Double-wideMode On/Off ESC w Turn Double-highMode On/Off 92 Print EnhancementESC E Select Emphasized Mode ESC F Cancel Emphasized Mode ESC G Select Double-strikeMode 93 ESC HCancel Double-strikeMode ESC S0 Select Superscript Mode ESC S1 Select Subscript Mode SOH ESC T Cancel Superscript/Subscript ESC Turn Underlining Mode On/Off 2 D characters 94 Word ProcessingESC a NLQ Justification ESC SP (space) Set Intercharacter Space 95 Character Sets99 GraphicsESC K Select Single-densityGraphics Mode ESC L Select Double-densityGraphics Mode ESC Y Select High-speed Double-densityGraphics Mode A . 3 100 ESC ZSelect Quadruple-densityGraphics Mode ESC Select Graphics Mode A.34 101 ESCReassign Graphics Mode ESC ^ Select 9-PinGraphics Mode 102 IBM Printer Emulation Mode CommandsCommands that Duplicate Epson Commands Printer Operation DC1, ESC U, ESC 8, ESC 9, BEL Data Buffer Control CR, CAN Paper Feed Control FF, ESC C, ESC C0, ESC N, ESC O, LF, ESC 0, ESC 1, ESC 3, VT, ESC B Print Head Control BS, HT Print Size/Character Width ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, ESC Z A.36 Summary 103 Commands that Are Different from Epson CommandsESC Q3 Deselect Printer (FX-86e) ETX ESC Q22 Deselect Printer (FX-286e) SYN Set n/72-inchLine Spacing 104 Select Programmable Line SpacingESC J Perform n/216-inch Line Feed ESC Set Top of Form 105 Turn Automatic Line Feed On/OffSet Left and Right Margins 58 n1 106 Restore Default Tab SettingsOverall Printing Style Select Font A - 4 107 Print Size/Width/EnhancementsE s c : Turn Proportional Mode On/Off (FX-286e) Cancel Condensed/Elite/Proportional 108 ESC [@Select Double-highPrinting (FX-286e) @ n1 Char height Line feed 109 ESCTurn Overscore On/Off Character Sets Select International Character Set Select Standard Character Set Format: 110 E s cPrint Characters from Symbol Set d a t a Print One Character from Symbol Set 111 User-DefinedCharactersESC Appendix B 112 Character TablesEpson Mode 120 Epson International Character Sets122 LPRINT CHR$(27);"^";CHR$(20);Symbol (CG Table 1) (CG Table 2) set 123 ENQ130 General TroubleshootingProblem Recommendation Problem Solving and Maintenance 132 Troubleshooting Graphics ProblemsData Dump Mode 133 IBM PC BASIC Solutions135 Replacing the print head136 Transporting the Printer144 Defaults and DIP SwitchesDefault and Initialization SettingsDefaults and DIP Switches D-1 145 DIP Switch SettingsN o t e D-2 Switch Action number when ON when OFF 146 International Character Sets148 Choosing and Setting Up Optional InterfacesCompatible Interfaces 153 Inserting the Interface Board154 Serial Interface SettingsChoosing and Setting Up Optional Interfaces 155 InterfaceBaud rate Switch Switch Switch Switch E-.8 156 Number ofParity Even/odd data bits check parity E-9 Appendix F 157 Technical SpecificationsPrinting PaperF X 4 6 e FX-286e Technical Specifications 158 MechanicalElectrical 159 EnvironmentTemperature Operation: 40°F to 95°F (5 C” to 35 Co) Storage: -25°Fto 150°F (-30C” to 65 Co) Humidity Operation: 10% to 80% without condensation Storage: 5% to 85% without condensation Shock Operation: Up to 1 G within 1ms Storage: Up to 2 G within 1ms Vibration Operation: Up to 0.25 G at up to 55Hz Storage: Up to 0.5 G at up, to 55Hz Parallel Interface 161 SequenceInterface timing Printing enabled/disabled signals and control conditions F-5 signals and control conditions 162 On-LineDC1/DC3 Printing SLCT IN ERROR BUSY ACKNLG(Indicator on) (Data on/off contr.) (Disabled/enabled) 163 Index172 10 Steps to Printing with the FXA86e/286e173 EPSON AMERICA
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