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BX-900 owner manual
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Contents
Main
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OWNER'S MANUAL
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Contents
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3. Control panel and operations
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Caution for use
Power source
Foreign matter and water
Installation environment
Operating condition
Unpacking the printer
Check the cartons for the following items:
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Quick startup
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To set up the printer
To make a test print
To connect your computer
1. Introduction
Options and expendables
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Printer description
Precaution for extra-thick paper usage
1. Introduction
7
Friction Roller
Tractor
Physical dimension(Model A)
Weight: 44.1 lbs. (20 kg)
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Physical dimension(Model B)
Weight: 44.1 lbs. (20 kg)
2. Setting up
Installing the paper rack
Installing the sound seal cover
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Installing the ribbon cassette
Cassette Holders
Ribbon Guide Ribbon Mask
Cassette Holder
Remove any slack from ribbon
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Loading the paper Fanfold continuous paper
Be careful not to catch your finger when closing the tractor covers.
13
Single sheet paper
14
Paper alignment
Adjusting the print head position
15
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3. Control panel and operations
Control panel and indicators
Indicators
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P.OUT FANFOLD
Function Keys
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+
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Note
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Control Levers
Paper parking
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Demonstration print-out
Tearing off a form
22
Power-on operation summary
23
4. Basic setup options
About basic setup options
To set this option
24
Selection procedure example
Setup Memory
SIZE: LETTERp SIZE: LETTERp*
1 MULTIPART 3 PAGE SINGLE
25
Printing multipart paper
Selecting page length for fanfold paper
26
Selecting single sheet paper size
27
Note
A3 landscape can not be used with CSF.
Number of Lines / Page
Selecting font style
28
Selecting character spacing
29
Letter Quality
Enlarging/compressing print
400%
1600%
Setting top of form position
Loading user & factory setup options
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5. Extended setup options
About extended setup options
To set this option
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5. Extended setup options
Extended s e t u p o p t i o n s summary
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Print enhancement
Emulation
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Character table (HP mode)
10 EMULATION EML: EPSON EML: IBM EML: HP
Character table (Epson mode)
Character table (IBM mode)
37
National font style
Code page
38
IBM Alternate graphic mode (AGM) (Valid in IBM mode)
Carriage return (CR)
Line feed (LF)
39
Line feed spacing
Slashed zero
Set default tab stops
Lock-in the page length
40
Print quality
Lock-in the font
Lock-in the character spacing
Lock-in the print quality
41
Bar code print enhancement
Enable Bar code print and Enlarged character
Bar code type
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Bar code specifications
43
Bar code size
Enlarged character size
44
Graphic Print Speed
Accent character
Setting of the FF (Form Feed) code at TOF
45
HP mode enhancement PCL Mode (HP mode)
Secondary character table (HP mode)
46
Paper handling enhancement Set the top margin
Set the bottom margin
47
Set the left margin
Set the right margin
Fanfold paper width
48
Autoscroll delay
Override bottom margin
49
46 OVERRIDE BM OVERRIDE: NO OVERRIDE: YES
Label mode
Setting of "Paper out" detection
Cut sheet feeder type
Setting of the auto-scrolling position
50
Communication enhancement
Interface type
SELECT IN signal (parallel interface)
Parity bit (serial interface)
51
Data length (serial interface)
Stop bit (serial interface)
Communication protocol (serial interface)
Communication speed (serial interface)
52
Serial error check (serial interface)
CTS signal (serial interface)
CD signal (serial interface)
DSR signal (serial interface)
53
Communication buffer size
Busy/ACK timing (parallel interface)
54
Data latch timing (parallel interface)
Setting of whether ERROR/PE signals are output or not
Miscellaneous
Print direction
LCD display language
Invert LCD display
55
Software controlled setup
Lock the RESET key
Setting ENERGY STAR
Saving user setup options
Printing list of setup options
6. Setting the application software
About printer driver
Printer driver selection
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Saving Your Setup
59
7. Troubleshooting
60
Error Messages
Troubleshooting guide
61
Input hexadecimal dump mode
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8. Maintenance
63
Cleaning
Lubrication
Printer cover removal
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Vertical alignment mode
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A-MODE 1: NO. 6
EXAMPLE (To change the pattern No. 6 to 7 in A-MODE 4.)
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Bad aligned is chosen
Best aligned is chosen Best aligned
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9. Bar code and enlarged character
Bar code function
Outline of bar code function
Makeup of bar code
Specified items on Bar Code
Bar Code command
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Data processing in the bar code data sequence
75
Printing bar codes
HRI
76
Error processing
Code 128 subset transition rule
1.
2.
1. 2.
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UPC-E conversion rule
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2.
3.
Calculating the check character
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Other
Element printing
Element printing example
9. Bar code and enlarged character
81
Enlarged character function
Outline of enlarged character function
Enlarged character command list
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9. Bar code and enlarged character
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Enlarged character print samples
Appendix A. Specifications
Printing specifications
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Print mode specifications
Note: (+n) indicates the number of space added.
Print mode
Graphic Print Specifications
Note: (+n) indicates the number of space added.
Print mode
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Parallel interface specifications
Initialization
Input connector (36-pin parallel)
Bidirectional (IEEE1284 Nibble mode) is available. Data input timing chart and input condition
Serial interface specifications
101
Output signal
Data frame
Input signal
Other specifications
102
Appendix B. Control code summary
IBM mode
103
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EPSON mode
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PCL mode
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ITEM SYMBOL Hexadecimal Decimal FUNCTION [48] ESC ( s # W
1B,28,73,#,57] H Download character descriptor and data. [data] [data]
1 byte 1 byte 1 byte
36 dots
1/180 dpi
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Setup options control codes
Setup command sequence
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Appendix C. Character sets
Epson, Italic character set
Epson, Graphic character set, extended
127
International character set (EPSON)
IBM character set 1
128
IBM character set 2
IBM all character set
129
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HP Mode
ROMAN-8 Character sets (PCL)
PC-8 (Danish / Norwegian) Character sets (PCL)
ECMA-94 Latin 1 (ISO 8859-1) Character sets (PCL) LEGAL character sets (PCL)
131
MATH 7 character sets (PCL)
The character of (A0)H-(FF)H are, respectively, the same as those of (20)H-(7F)H.
LINE DRAW character sets (PCL)
132
International character set [ISO] (PCL)
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Installation
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Appendix D. Reverse control panel sheet