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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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              You
have to attach the interface                
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