General guide | Epson LC-7211 instruction

General guide 3

General guide

The following illustrations show the major components of your printer.

Front cover

Adjustment lever

Paper guide

Power switch

Control panel

Platen knob

Interface connector

Tractor unit

Release lever

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Epson LC-7211 user manual General guide

Contents

LC-7211 EC Council Directive 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC of 22 July Trademark acknowledgments Chapter About this manual Contents Using the Printer with Windows 3.1 Using the EDS ModeUser Setup Utility Paper Handling Using the printer with Windows 95Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Using the Printer with MS-DOSPage Choosing a place for the printer Printer Setup Unpacking the printer Printer Setup General guide General guide Removing the protective materials Installing the platen knob Opening the front cover Installing the ribbon cassetteOpening the front cover Printer Setup Removing the ribbon cassette Removing the ribbon cassette OFF O Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off Loading fanfold paper Loading fanfold paper Fanfold Cut-sheet Release lever Sheet guide Printer Setup Printing on fanfold paper Printing on fanfold paper Unparking fanfold paper Using the tear-off functionParking fanfold paper Connecting to your computer Connecting to your computer Printer Setup Control Panel Operations Switching between on-line and off-line Form feed fanfold paper Paper loadingLine feed Paper eject cut-sheet paper Tear-off function fanfold paper Setting the top of form positionSetting the print mode Micro feed Changing the auto load position Selecting the Quiet Print ModeSelecting a font Saving a macro Saving a macro Initializing the printer Clearing the printer’s buffer Entering the EDS Mode Using the EDS ModeAbout EDS Mode settings Selecting a bank Selecting a switchChanging a switch setting Using the EDS Mode EDS Mode Settings Printing the current switch settingsExiting the EDS Mode Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Switch 4 Not used Switch 5 Paper Out DetectorSwitch 6 Not used Switch 1 Graphics Direction Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch Switch 5 Zero StyleSwitch 6 Reserved Switches 1, 2 Print Mode Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Code Page/International Character Set Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length SW1 SW2 SW3 SW4 SW5 Name Country Remarks Country Remarks International Bank F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NLQ Font Selection Installing the User Setup Utility User Setup Utility Starting the User Setup Utility Starting the User Setup Utility To select a window Changing the General, Font, Paper and Adjust SettingsUser Setup Utility To change a setting Adjusting the dot alignmentAdjusting the dot alignment To select a setting box Changing the printer port Saving setup data in a conﬁguration ﬁle Using the Help menu Importing setup data from a conﬁguration ﬁleReturning to default settings Exiting the User Setup Utility Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows Using the Printer with Windows Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1 Getting ready to print Using the Printer with Windows Printing a document Printing a document Installing TrueType fonts Selecting fonts in Windows applications Selecting fonts in Windows applications Setting up the printer in Windows Setting up the printer in Windows 95 Using the printer with Windows Preparing to print Preparing to print Printing a document Printing a document Installing TrueType fonts Setting up for printing with OS/2 Warp Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp Setting up for printing with MS-DOS Using the Printer with MS-DOS Fanfold Paper Paper HandlingSelecting paper types Cut-Sheet Paper Envelope Adjusting for paper thicknessAdjusting for paper thickness Paper Handling Automatic fanfold feeding Manual sheet feeding Manual sheet feeding Adjust the paper guide to the position you want Clearing paper jams Clearing paper jams Connecting the Interface Converter Optional Accessory Function Setting the converter’s DIP switchesSetting the converter’s DIP switches Protocol Data Length SwitchDOS/Windows Setting Parity Long test Appendix a TroubleshootingShort test Hexadecimal dump Troubleshooting DOT Adjustment Setting Problem Possible Cause Troubleshooting guide Interface cable is Printed on Return is enabled Printer case is hot Printer’s air vents are Left margin moves to Paper is not loaded Print head Dealer for repair To check the Driver Setup Checking system software settings in WindowsTo check the default printer selection To check the port Checking system software settings in MS-DOSTo check the application printer selection Printing Speed Pitch Draft cps/dpi NLQ cps/dpi Appendix B Speciﬁcations Envelope Optional Serial Interface Appendix C Interface Pin OutsParallel Interface Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set Appendix D Character Sets IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1 Character Sets Code Page #861 Icelandic IBM Special Character SetCode Page #860 Portuguese Code Page #850 Multi-lingual Code Page #3840 IBM-Russian Code Page #863 Canadian FrenchCode Page #866 Russian Code Page #865 Nordic Code Page #3845 Hungarian Code Page #3841 Gost-RussianCode Page #3844 Code Page #3843 Polish Code Page #852 Latin-2 Code Page #3846 TurkishCode Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT Code Page #851 Greek Code Page #1001 ArabicCode Page #737 Greek Code Page #772 Lithuanian Code Page #869 GreekCode Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Code Page #928 Greek Code Page #3011 Latvian1 Code Page #774 LithuanianCode Page #3002 Estonian2 Code Page #3001 Estonian1 Code Page #3041 Maltese Code Page #3012 Latvian2Code Page #3031 Hebrew Code Page #3021 Bulgarian Appendix E Printer Control Codes Font and Character Set Control Commands Printer Control Codes Print Pitch Control CommandsTop/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands Form Feed and Related Commands Special Print Mode CommandsBit Image Graphic Commands Horizontal Print Position Control Commands Line Spacing CommandsDownload Character Commands Other Commands Appendix F Glossary ON-LINE Appendix G Control Panel Operation GuidePage MS-DOS Page Customer service information