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Contents
Controlling Your
Printer
Chapter
Paper Handling
Choosing Paper
Selecting a paper size
Loading Paper
Loading single sheets
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Technical Specifications
Appendix B HP Emulation Mode
Appendix C LQ and FX Emulation Modes
Getting Started
Safety Information
Laser Safety
2 Getting Started
CDRH Regulations
Internal Laser Regulation
Ozone Emission
4 Getting Started
Laser Printer Precautions
CAUTION: HOT SURFACE
High voltages are present inside the printer when the power is turned on
Important Safety Instructions
1.Read all of these instructions
2.Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer
4.Do not use this printer near water
9.Donotputyourprinterwherethecordwillbewalkedon
Except as specifically explained
Reference Guide
A.When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed
B.Ifliquidhasbeenspilledintoit
C.Ifithasbeenexposedtorainorwater
Controlling Your Printer
The Control Panel
Display (LCD)
PRINTING
1-2Controlling Your Printer
Indicator lights
Buttons
Controlling Your Printer
1-4Controlling Your Printer
Tip: Other common uses for these buttons are as follows:
LI ON LINE
0 RESET Presstostopprintingortoclearremainingdata
Other control panel features
Using the Printer with Software
Note:
The descriptions below assume that you have already installed your software
1-6Controlling Your Printer
Lotus® 1-2-9Release
Microsoft® Word
Windows™ 3.0 or
1-8Controlling Your Printer
9.Select the port you are using (most commonly LPT1: if you
areusingtheparallelportorCOM1:ifyouareusingthe serial port)
10.Select Setup
11.Match the memory on the screen to the memory in your printer
12.Select the graphics resolution you want to use
7.Press
8 Press Enter
WordStar®
Selecting fonts
Lotus 1-2-3Release
Microsoff Word
WordPerfect
1.Press Ctrl+F8
Entering printer commands
1.In the non-Wysiwygmenu, select Print
2.Select Printer from the next menu
1-12 Controlling Your Printer
3.Select Options
4.Select Setup
For example, to specify landscape orientation, you type the following:
\027\038\108\049\079
ESC*c10A ESC*c1200B ESC*c0P
1.Press Shift+F8
Type the command. (Use
Forexample,todrawaverticalrule10dotswideand1200 dots long, type:
7.Press Enter four times
1-14 Controlling Your Printer
Printing foreign of other characters
Microsoft Word
1.Press^Pandthenpress0
3.Type the number corresponding to the character you want, and press Enter
4.PressEsctoexitthemenu
To print other characters:
Enhancing Print Quality
Adjusting print density
If your test prints are too light or too dark, adjust print density as follows:
1.Press the LEVEL 2 button
2.Press V until the following appears:
0 DENSITY L”“” D b
The RITech setting
Checking the RITech setting
RITech RITech
1-20Controlling Your Printer
Changing the RITech setting
You can select LIGHT, MEDIUM (the factory setting), HEAVY, orOFF
To change your RITech setting, follow these steps:
1.Enter SelecType Level 2 by pressing theLEVEL 2 button
2.Press V until RITech appears on the display
Sharing Your Printer
AUTOSENSE setting
1-22Controlling Your Printer
Using Printer Emulations
c1 HP IIP LaserJet (ActionLaser 1000)
CI HP III LaserJet (ActionLaser 1500)
c3 Epson LQ
P Epson FX
Switching printer emulations
SelecType
Intelligent Emulation Switch
Emulation control languages
Emulation control languages are intended for experienced users and programmers
Epson Job Language (EJL)
Printer Job Language (PJL)
Emulation Switch (ES)
Epson Job Language command summary
Overview of the EJL commands
Command summary for using EJL
@EJL COMMENT <comment strings> <LF> Comment
<comment
Hexadecimal: 40
<comment> [0D] 0A
@EJL INQUIRE NAME <LF> Inquire printer name
Paper Handling
Choosing Paper
Selecting a paper size
2-2 Paper Handling
Loading Paper
see your Setup and Maintenance
Loading single sheets
Paper Handling
To feedpaperonesheetatatime,followthesesteps:
2.Make sure the printer is on line
3.Open the paper cover and remove the stack of paper from the paper bin
of the
If you leave the paper feed selector in the
Loading envelopes, /labels, transparencies, and heavy paper
Adjust the print density using SelecType Level 2 if printing is too light
2-6Paper Handling
Troubleshooting
General Problems
3-2Troubleshooting
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Be sure that you do not load too much paper in the bin
3-4Troubleshooting
The ON LINE light is on but nothing prints
Setup and Maintenance
Make surethatyoursoftwareisproperlysetupforyour printer
The imagingcartridgemaybeempty.Replaceitasdescribedat the end of this chapter
Printer doesn’t print and the ON LINE light is off
3-6Troubleshooting
Ifyouareusingaserialinterface,makesurethatyousetan
8-bitdata word and not a 7-bitword in your interface settings in SelecType
SelecType does not function as expected
Never save settings to the same macro number in different interface channels
Print Quality Problems
Dark or dirty background
Change the DENSITY option in SelecType Level 2 for light print
Clean the paper path inside the printer using a clean, soft, dry cloth
3-8Troubleshooting
Vertical black or white bands or lines
Horizontal black or white bands or black page
Install a new imaging cartridge as described at the end of this chapter
Uneven darkness
Toner smudges
Missing areas on printed image
3-10 Troubleshooting
Completely blank pages
Check to be sure the imaging cartridge is installed as described
in theSetup and Maintenance guide
in the
guide
fuser
Memory Problems
ADD MEMORY FOR CH
INSUFF MEMORY
PAGE BUFFER FULL
SET FULL PRINT
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Option Problems
A font cannot be selected or the message CARD ERROR appears
Remove and carefully reinsert the cartridge
Paper does not feed from the optional lower paper cassette
Be sure you have made the proper choice with your application software
FEED JAM with optional lower paper cassette
1.Remove the lower paper cassette as shown below
5.Press CONTINUE. The jammed page is automatically reprinted
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M e s s a g e s
COPY END X/X [S]
COVER OPEN [E]
DATA [S]
FEED
EJL [S]
FEED JAM [E]
ILLEGAL CARD #X [E]
INITIALIZE [S]
The printer is being reset to the default settings
INSUFF MEMORY [E]
NEW CARTRIDGE? [S]
PAGE BUFFER FULL [E]
PAPER FEEDING [S]
The printer is feeding paper
PAPER JAM [E]
PAPER OUT (paper source) (paper size) [E]
PAPER SIZE ERROR [E]
PJL [S]
The printer is in PJL mode. See “Emulation control languages” in Chapter
PRINTING [S]
PS& xxx [S]
RAM CHECK X.X MB [S]
The printer is checking RAM (X.X = capacity)
RAM Error [E]
READY [S]
REINSERT CARD [E]
REMOVE CARD [E]
off line
RESELECT TRAY [E]
RESET [S]
ROM Check [S]
The printer is checking ROM
SAVE MEMORY OVERFLOW [E]
SERVICE REQ. CXXXX [E]
SERVICE REQ. E00XX [E]
STANDBY XXX [S]
STARTUP ERROR [E]
TRAY SET (paper source) (paper size) [E]
WAIT [S]
The printer is being reset after a STARTUP ERROR
Data Dump Mode
1.Make sure that the printer is loaded with paper and turned off
Hold down the
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R e p l a c i n g t h e I m a g i n g
C a r t r i d g e
Q Do not touch the fuser, which is marked with a CAUTION HOT SURFACE label
1.Turn on the printer
3.Dispose of the imaging cartridge with nonburnable items
CAUTION:
Do not turn the imaging cartridge upside down
Do not expose the imaging cartridge to light any longer than necessary
3-30Troubleshooting
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8.NextyouresettheTONERsetting.Threemessagesflashin rotation on the display:
NEW CARTRIDGE
YES, PRESS RESET
NO, PRESS CONTINUE
9.Press RESET to change the TONER setting to NEW (full)
SelecType
SelecType Overview
Quick Reference
4-2SelecType
Using SelecType
The control panel
The display
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SelecType tutorial
In the INPUT submenu, you can display any of the options listed below
AUTO
STD
OPT
+INPUT STDb
Options
See
Quick
Reference Guide
AUTO CONT
4 AUTO CONT. OFF b ON or OFF
CH TIMEOUT
:CH TIMEOUT 60 b 10 to 600 (in increments of 10)
COPIES
DENSITY
EMULATION
CH P
b SET LJ-2P (ActionLaser 1000 only)
3/P/Si (ActionLaser 1500 only) Epson GL
4-10SelecType
FEATURE PRINT
$ FEATURE PRINT b b PRINT
Press ) to print out the feature page
FONT
FONT SAMPLE
FULL PRINT
4 FULL PRINT
0 b 0 to
4-12 SelecType
INPUT
: INPUT
AUTO LT b AUTO
ST D (Standard)
OPT (Optional)
INTERFACE
4 INTERFACE
b P (Parallel)
The PARALLEL option has these three submenus:
4 CH P CONFIG
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: DTR
ON ) ON or OFF
0 XON/XOFF ON b ON or OFF
4 ENQ/ACK OFF b ON or OFF
0 DSR
LANG
MACRO
Press 4 to exit this submenu without saving a macro
e CAUTION:
START UP ERROR
SelecType
DELETE MACRO +l b EXE 1 to
MEMORY LEFT
OFFSET
PAGE COUNTER
PAGE SIZE
RITech
RX-BUFFERSIZE
telling you to add memory
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STANDBY
4STANDBY DISABLE b E N A B L E DISABLE
STATUS SHEET
: STATUS SHEET b b PRINT
SUB CONFIG
SYSTEM CONFlG
TONER
USER
Using AUTOSENSE
USER +AUTOSENSE b SET AUTOSENSE
INDIVIDUAL
Assigning memory in /ND/V/DUAL mode
4-28SelecType
After choosing INDIVIDUAL, press ) to move to the following display:
0.5M +S:O P:1 O:0 b SET P:
S: 0-9(ActionLaser 1500 only)
C A N 4 I N I T I A L I Z E b E X E
4 (cancel)or)(execute)
VERSION
Options
What’s Available
Epson PostScript card (C82605*)
Epson GL Identity card (C82602”)
Face-upoutput tray (C81231*)
5-2 Options
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Memory chips sets
ldentity Cards
Epson PostCript card
Follow these guidelines when using the optional Epson PostScript identity card
Options
Cl If you set EMULATION to one of the Intelligent Emulation
Epson GL identity card
Follow these guidelines when using the optional Epson GL identity card
5 - 6 Options
1500 users only):
1.The power-ondefault channel becomes Channel S
Caring for cards
When you use the cards. follow these precautions:
Avoid touching the small gold connectors (contacts) along the card’s edge
Options
QAlways turn the printer off before you insert or remove a card
Inserting a card
You can insert an identity card into slot A only
Ifyouuseanidentitycard,turnofftheprinter.Ifyouusea fontcard,settheprinter
off
2.Holdthecardsothatthearrowisontopandpointstoward the slot
Removing a card
eNever remove an identity card when the printer’s power is on
2.Graspthecardatthecenterandgentlypullitstraightoutof the slot
Recovering from an error
REINSERT CARD
Font Cartridges
font
only in HP
change the printer emulation, use the SelecType Level 2 EMULATION option
in Chapter
Bitmap font
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cartridges (continued)
Scalable font cartridges
CAUTION:
Do not use any other HP font cartridges with your printer, or you my damage it
Inserting a font cartridge
1.MakesuretheprinterisofforofflinewiththeFEED light off
2.Holdthecartridgesoitslabelfacesup
Insert the cartridge into the slot and press firmly until it snaps into place
4.Turnontheprinterorsetitonline
Removing a font cartridge
The Face-up Output Tray
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The Lower Paper Cassette Unit
Installing the lower paper cassette unit
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Using the lower paper cassette
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Optional Interface Boards
Installing an inferface board
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5-24Options
Inserttheinterfacecable(s)intotheU-shapedpartofone
Installing the PCL5/RITech upgrade board
Removing the controller board
1.Turnofftheprinterandunplugthepowercablefromthe electrical outlet
Remove the optional card, cartridge, or lower paper cassette unit,ifinstalled
3.Turntheprintersothatitsleftsideisfacingyou
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Inserting the upgrade board
Reinstalling the controller board
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Checking the installation
The Memory Chip Sets
0.5MB RAM Chip Set
Each set contains four 256 Kbit x 480 ns DRAM 20-pinDIP chips
2.0MBRAMChipSet
Each set contains four 1 Mbit x 480 ns DRAM 20-pinDIP chips
When to increase your printer’s memory
These messages are described in more detail in Chapter
PUsing an optional identity card requires at least 1.5MB RAM
Selecting a memory chip set combination
Installing memory chip sets
5-36Options
of the
5-38Options
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Installing chip sets on the controller board
B A
Sector
IC number
A (for ActionLaser 1000 only)
31,32,33,34
B10,11,12,13
C14,15,16,17
CAUTION:
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Checking the printer’s memory
1.Turn on the printer power and watch the display for the following:
RAM
5-46Options
Technical Specifications
Printer Specifications
Printing
Printing method:
Laser beam scanning and dry
electrophotographic process
Paper and paper delivery
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Consumable products
Mechanical
Electrical
Controller
hardware
CPU:
Environmental
Temperature:
Humidity:
Altitude:
Printer location:
sources of interference
Interface Specifications
The printer has the following resident interfaces: 0 Parallel
0 RS-232Cserial (ActionLaser 1500 only)
Parallel interface
Your printer is equipped with an 8-bitparallel interface
A-10Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications A-11
Interface timing
Serial interface
Handshaking
Error handling
An*characterisprintedifaparityerror,framingerror,or overrun error is detected
Serial interface pin assignments
Technical Specifications A-13
A-14Technical Specifications
Initialize
Reset
Default settings
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HP Emulation Mode
Introduction
ActionLaser to HP LaserJet print feature comparison
B-2HP Emulation Mode
ThesizeoftheprintableareafortheHPLaserJetseriesIIPand
HP Emulation Mode B-3
Character dipping
Paper handling
HP Emulation Mode B-5
SelecType Options
H E I G H T : X X P T
b SET 4.00 to 999.75 (instepsof0.25)
(instepsof0.25)
or
PITCH 4 XXCPI b SET 0.44 to 99.99 (in steps of 0.01) or
SUB CONFIG
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Available Fonts and Symbol Sets
This section describes the fonts and symbol sets available in HP emulation
B-10HP Emulation Mode
Resident bitmap fonts
Q 26 symbol sets are available for all fonts
HP Emulation Mode B-11
Resident scalable fonts
B-12HP Emulation Mode
bold
12point
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyrz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUWWYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuwvxyz
HP Emulation Mode B-15
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Symbol sets
B-16HP Emulation Mode
The following table lists the resident symbol sets in HP emulation
HP Emulation Mode B-17
B-17
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ISO ANSI ASCII (OU)
0 @ P ’ p
1! 1 A Q a q
Roman-8(8U)
tireif%
ECMA-94 Latin-1(ON)
/ ? O _ o #
IBM-US(10U)
b 0 @ P. p c fi a ifi L y a
@4
IBM-DN(11U)
b 0 @ P‘ p C E a iif L JL a
hbfif-t+‘JJ
c h
q T(8HXhxeYiy
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Default Settings
B-30HP Emulation Mode
HP Emulation Mode B-31
HP Emulation Command Summary
B-32HP Emulation Mode
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Printer commands arranged by topic
Note:
B-34HP Emulation Mode
HP Emulation Mode B-35
B-35
B-36HP Emulation Mode
HP Emulation Mode B-37
B-37
B-38 HP Emulation Mode
B-38
point
HP Emulation Mode B-39
B-40HP Emulation Mode
HP Emulation Mode B-41
B-41
GL/2 mode
B-42 HP Emulation Mode
HP Emulation Mode B-43
B-44HP Emulation Mode
Epson GL/2 Mode
Introduction
HP Emulation Mode B-45
Two modes of Epson GL/2
SelecType options
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0 OFF
b OFF”
A0, A1, A2, A3 or A4 (to XXX)
LT (toXXX)
ORIGIN : CORNER b C O R N E R
END-Determinesthe type of line-ending
: BUTT
b B U T T
SQUARE
JOIN-Definesthe join shape
AUTOEJECT : OFF
b O F F
10 to
HP Emulation Mode B-51
Epson GL/2 mode commands summary
LJ3=GL/2 mode
B-52HP Emulation Mode
HP Emulation Mode B-53
B-53
GL -Likemode
LQ and FX Emulation Modes
Operating as an LQ or FX printer
C-2LQ and FX Emulation Modes
4ORIENT. PORT b P O R T ( P o r t r a i t ) LAND (Landscape)
The FONT options selects a font by typeface
4 FONT
C O U R I E R b C o u r i e r
Prestige
SUB CONFIG
: SUB CONFIG
p P I T C H
CGTABLE
CONDENSED
0 R-MARGIN 80 ) 1 to available
al c
LQ and FX Emulation Modes C-5
: T-MARGIN0.50 b 0 . 50 - 150 (inch)
(inch)
4 TEXT
66LINES F 1 to available
C-6LQ and FX Emulation Modes
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: ZERO CHAR 0 b BorO
b BorO
C W I D E P A G E O N
b ON or OFF
4 B-IMAGEDARK b D A R K LIGHT BCODE
Tables
ABCDEFGHIabcdefg012345
Character tables
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Factory setting
LQ and FX Emulation Modes C-13
Command Summary
The following commands are available in FX emulation but not in LQ emulation:
The following commands are available in LQ emulation but not in FX emulation:
ESCG/ESCE
SI/ESC SI
ESC
ESC w
ESC &, ESC K, ESC L, ESC Y, ESC Z, ESC*, and ESC ^
ESC C, ESC C0
C-16LQ and FX Emulation Modes
DEL
ESC EM
Your printer supports 1,2, and R for n
The following section lists and describes all FX and LQ commands by topic
Printer operation:
Vertical
motion:
(continued)
ESCJ
Horizontal motion:
Font enhancement:
Word processing:
Character handling:
Graphics:
LQ and FX Emulation Modes C-29
Glossary
buffer
cache
character set
character spacing
characters per inch (cpi)
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feature print
fixed pitch
font
hex dump mode
identify (IC) cards
initialization
Returns the printer to its defaults (fixed set of conditions)
input buffer
interface
A typestyle in which the characters slant. This sentence is italicized
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pitch
point size
portrait
printer driver
See driver
proportional spacing
RAM
reset
RITech
ROM
SelecType
serial interface
status sheet
symbol set
toner
Index
DSR function, 4-15
DTR function, 4-15
also
Enhancing print quality, 1-17 -21Entering printer commands, l-12
Epson
GLidentitycard,5-2,5-6-7Graphics, problems, 3-6
Handshaking, A-13
Heavy paper
Help,wheretoget,1 Hexadecimal Dump Mode, 1-5, 3-27
HP emulation mode, 1-23 -30 B-1
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Paper choosing, 2-2 choosing size, 2-3 envelopes,2-5-6
feed problems, 3-24, 3-16
handling, 2-1 -6heavy paper, 2-5 -6 jamproblems,3-24,3-16
labels, 2-5
PAPER SIZE ERROR message
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Symbol sets
HP, B-9, B-16
LQ/FX, C-10
SYSTEM CONFIG function
USER function
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SelecType Level
SelecType Level 1 LJ-2Pand 3/P/Si modes
SelecType Level 1 in Epson GL/2 mode
SelecType Level 1 in LQ and FX modes