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FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN USERS
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IlWORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
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Contents
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Chapter 9 Command Summary
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Commands in Numerical Order
IBM Emulation Mode Commands Arranged by Topic
AppendixA - l
About This Manual
CAUTIONS must be followed to ensure that your printer operates correctly
provides product
and Customer Care Centers
1-800-922-8911 for the following:
•The location of the nearest Epson dealer
Introduction
Compatibility with the
FX-850/1050and DFX-5000 ,printers
following
with your
DFX-8000
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Setting Up the Printer
Unpacking the Printer
Setting Up
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Choosing a Place for the Printer
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Assembling the Printer
Installing the ribbon cartridge
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Testing the Printer
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Running the self test
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While
d o w n the L I N E FEED
FORM FEED
POWERandPAPER OUT
on
LINE FEED/LOAD
FRONT/REAR
LINE
Note:
16.Turn off the printer
off. can damage the printer
Here are parts of typical self test printouts:
High-speeddraft mode
Normal draft mode
pitch
Normal
Solving any self test problems
LINE FEED
ProblemSolution
ABCD
Connecting the Printer to Your Computer
has
parallel interface
built-inserial
interface
each
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The serial interface
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Setting Up Your Application Software
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Paper Handling
Using the Two-Tractor System
Positioning the paper supply
Make sure that your stack of printed
Loading paper onto the front tractor
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POWER
PAPER OUT
the PAPER SELECT
and then
the FRONT/REAR
Loading paper onto the rear tractor
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14.Check the PAPER SELECT indicator to see which tractor is s e l e cCt eU
11’ the rear tractor arrow is lit up, press the
button to load the paper
If the front tractor arrow is lit up, make sure
printer is off line and then press the
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Switching between Front and Rear Tractors
with the FRONT/REAR
FORM. FEED
arrow
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Changing the Paper
the FORM FEED
2-24 Paper Handling
have a
Always
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Printing on Special Paper
When you print on
multi-part
top
the section on
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use the TEAR OFF, FRONT/REAR
MICRO FEED
Although
the TEAR OFF
press the FORM FEED
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Using the Printer
Operating the Control Panel
READY
PAPER OUT (red)
ON LINE (green)
TEAR OFF (green)
TOP OF FORM (green)
PAPER SELECT (red/green)
When the
TEAR OFF
finishes
use the TEAR OFF
two MICRO FEED
TOP OF FORM
Other control panel f@ures
gives
Setting the DIP Switches
are done
Changing a DIP switch setting
Using the Printer
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The DIP switch tables
DIP Switch
International character set
3-12Using the Printer
Interface/Parity selection
Baud rate selection
DIP switch functions in IBM emulation mode
IBM emulation mode character tables
section describes the different
you can control with the printer’s
Slashed zero
Note:
High-speed
draft mode is available only for
cpi printing. Also, underlining and
double-wide
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Page Length
Skip Over Perforation
printed
page
command. See the Command Summary in Chapter
•0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTU
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Using the Paper Memory Feature
TEAR OFF, FRONT/REAR
Saving paper format
Note: Be sure to remember or write down the memory area you use for
Use DIP switch
Turn on DIP
and turn off DIP
the printer you want to save information for
Hold down both
printer beeps and goes off line
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TOP
FORM
the MICRO FEED
the TOP OF FORM
when
that
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from memory
on the
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Adjusting the Top of Form Position
not
TOP OF FORM light goes
TOP OF
MICRO RED
shows you where the
the printer
TOP OF FORM light
TOP OF FORM light is
Adjusting the Printing Position
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Using Short Tear-Off
You can
top
TEAR OFF light is
tear-off
edge
at the same time.)
than one
Selecting Typestyles
Character fonts
off
!"#6%&'0$+,-./0123456789:~~~~~?~~EC~EFGHIJ
just
3-44Using the Printer
Character spacing
printer’s
fit on a line, which is useful for
T h i s i s 10 cpi p r i n t i n g
T h i s
This is condensed 10 cpi printin&
This is 12 cpi printing
Selecting an International Character Set
0 U.S.A. ~$oc\In‘cI
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Choosing a Character Table
o*+, - - /U12345678~:;cr=~?~BCDE~HIJKLMNO
PQRSTUVWXl?ZT\J*, 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw
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Data Dump Mode
.e.R..t..e..P
To turn off data dump mode, press the
3-52Using the Printer
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Software and Graphics
Enhancing Your Printing
ina$
so that you can
3.)
Character spacing
This is 10 cpi printing
This is proportional printing
Character size
special efkcta and emphasis
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Selecting typestyles with Master Select
many
4-8 Software andGraphics
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Graphics
The print head
ewh
the eight pins
section, you usethe ,*Geriri&‘b#km shiM W&y
,only. the top qnd.bott?m
and I, and send
The graphics commands
graphics
Optian
4-14 Software and Graphics
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Printing taller pattm
110)
4-16Software and Graphics
Desigming your owe graphics
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Individual graphics commands
indiv@ual
as the ESC * co&arid, %ut
They irie’shown below:
The reassignment command
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Userdefined Characters
user-defined
graphics pattern. In this mode, you treat the printer as if it had
single column of nine
heavy
line
Once the
-character
planned on the grid, you simply add
pin values for each column together, just as you do for
last
The following character definition program should help make this clear:
Sped&ngthewid&andheight
2. If the character uses the top eight pins, add
•start with al
•subtract 2 for two blank columns on the left, giving al
•add 32 for two blank columns on the left, giving al
•add 128 to print with the top eight pins, so that al
If you
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Using the Printer Options
Pull Tractor
Installing the pull tractor
5-2Using the Printer Options
Using
cover
Holding the
notches
with
when you
using the pull
pull
Us@ the pull tractor with the front tractor
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described
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shaft so that
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the top cover and
cross-head
screwdriver
came with the pull tractor
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Paper Cutter
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Then dose the
OFF
the host
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Removing the paper cutter
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Interface Boards
Choosing an interface
Compatible interfaces
Installing an intirface board
the DIP switches in Chapter
5-34 Using the Printer Options
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#8143 New Serial interface board
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Maintenance
Cleaning the Printer
Keep
Replacing the Ribbon
CAUTION:
over
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8. Close the top cover
6-8 Maintenance
Transporting the Printer
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Troubleshooting
Problems and Solutions
Power supply
Paper handling
7-2 Troubleshooting
Power Supply
Zight
again
The power switch is off. Turn on the switch
Printing
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of characters
characters set
Serif
italic
Iine
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perforation is
center of
Vertical
set
programs. In data
Paper Handling
Problem
Solution
LINE FEED/LOAD
then try to
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The printer does not feed continuous paper properly (continued)
The top of form position shifts slightly when you print several pages
See pages 3-17, 9-13and
7-16 Troubleshooting
FRONT/REAR
FRONT/REAR
load
tractor
feed
Options
The printout contains Skip over perforation may be set. Turn off
regular gaps.DIP switch 3-3. See page
fall in the center of
Problemsolution
FEED or LINE
ITED
FDRM FEED
LINE FEED button to feed the paper, be sure Wprinter is off line (the ON LINE
The paper cutter is
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Technical Specifications
Printing
8-2 Technical Specifications
Input bufkr:
fonts:
Characters:
Paper
Paper type:
uuu w
Paper width and length:
Paper weight:
Paper thickness:
Printable area:
Overlapping multi-partforms:
t-i
of copies:
Mechanical
Paper feed methods:
Ribbon:
MCBF:
Electrical
Voltage:
Rated current:
Power consumption:
Frequency:
Interface Specifications
8-12Technical Specifications
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Serial interface
Data Jomat:
Data word length :
Baud rate:
Signal level:
8-16 Technical Specifications
Initition
Default settings
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Command Summary
Using the Command Summary
l-4
manual also
sumy
Control key chart
9-4 Command Summary
Commands in Numerical Order
numbers are the same, the command is the same in
only in the Epson ESUP mode section
Hex
Delcrbtion
9-6Command Summary
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9-8 Command Summary
Epson ESC/P Commands Arranged by Topic
Printer operation
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Data control
Vertical motion
Summary
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Command Summary
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must
ESCl
ESC Q
ESC $
Set Absolute Print Position
ASCII code: ESC $ nl n2
Decimal:27 36 nl n2
Hexadecimal: 1B 24 n7 n2
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Overall printing style
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Print size and character width
SI!%hctCon&dMode
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Print enhmcmt
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ESCa
9"7
performed
or FF
Character tables
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characters
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IBM Emulation Mode Commands Arranged by Topic
in IBM emulation and Epson ESCJP
Commands that duplicate Epson ESUP commands
Printer operation:
BEL, DCl, DC3, ESC U
amdablt
Commands that differ from Epson ,ESC/P commands
Rinttr ojrwation:
Vertical motion:
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This command allows setting of up to 28 horizontal tabs, which are entered as
eight
The tab positions change if the
does not affect the tab positions
Restore Default Tab Settings
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Print One Character from Symbol Set
ESC
If C is the total number of characters to be defined
nl = BMOD256 n2= INT(B/256)
n3 = 20 in all cases
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Proportional Width Table
Appendix A-3
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Appendix A-5
Character Tables
A-6Appendix
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In IBM
mode swdd set
binary
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mode
patterns
A method of printing in which each letter ox symbol is formed by a
Printing in which each character is twice as tall as normal
Printing in which each character is twice its normal width
One of three print
less dots per
In pxintex terminology, a form normally refers to a page
FRONT/REAR button
A control panel button that lets you switch tractors automatically
See memory
serial interface transmits data one bit at a time
linefeed
A control code that advances the paper one line space
LINE FEED/LOAD button
near letter quality (NLQ)
Three number systems are commonly used with printers:
’be expressed by a two-digithex number
button controls the printer’s on line/off line
paper bail
the PAPER OUT
parallel interface
platen
Your printer
proportional printing
Glossary GL-9
TEAR OFF button
tear-off position
Glossary GL-11
Index
Computer, connecting to, l-26-35
Computer, connecting to
setting with software command, 9-26 Connecting to computer
panel
4-27-28 Copy mode, 2-29 Country. See International
switches
serial
LINE FEED/LOAD button, 3-4, 3-5 Line spacing, 9-15-17
ON LINE, button, 3-4 light
l-27-30
a-11-14
Parity, 3-13
Parity
Parts, printer, see the inside of the back cover of this ‘manual
TEAR OFF, button, 3-4, 3-5 light, 3-2
TOP OF FORM, button, 3-4, 3-5 light, 3-2
Index
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Commands Arranged by Topic
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DIP Switch Settings