Wire dot matrix printers
User’s Manual
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Declaration of Conformity
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Trademark Acknowledgment
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Contents
Changing Head Gap Adjustment Options
10-1
11-1
12-1
IN-1
Introduction
Image and graphics reproduction
Contents
Package
Parts
Functions
Inside
Lists the printer parts and functions
Or continuous forms width
Recommended
Removing Stopper Cushion
Setting Up the Printer
Check that the jam removal lever is locked
Installing the Paper Guide
Installing the Platen Knob
Insert the platen knob and align it with the gear teeth
Connecting the Power Cord
Plug the power cord into an outlet
Connecting the Interface Cable
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Installing the Ribbon Cassette
Choosing a Cassette
Preparing the Ribbon Cassette
Installing the Ribbon Cassette
Close the top cover of the printer
Removing the Ribbon Cassette
Replacing the Subcassette
Lift the reverse guide and remove the old ribbon
Paper tape
Knob Lock tabs B
Loading Paper
Turn on the printer power switch
Loading Continuous Forms Front
Loading Continuous Forms Front
Tractor pins Paper holders Tractors Continuous forms
Lower the cut-sheet tray
Close the front cover of the printer
Indicator
Forms Rear Cutting
Loading
Forms
Raise the paper guide. See Installing the Paper Guide on
Turn on printer power
Loading Cut Sheets
Open the front tray
Align the cut-sheet guide with the reference point
Cut-sheet guide Cut sheet
Printing on Cut Sheets
Cut sheet Continuous forms
Returning to Continuous Forms
Using
Operating the Printer
Control Panel
Online
Friction
Front Tractor
Rear Tractor
Locked
LF/FF
Load
Font
Menu
Tear OFF
Paper Path
Online + Tear OFF
Power
Alarm
Online *2
Friction *2
Online *1
Next Display
Turning Printer Power On Off Test Printing
Test Printing
Test printing sample
Demonstration Pattern Printing
Demonstration pattern
Sensor Detection
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Clearing Paper Jams
Continuous Forms Front
Top cover Print head Paper thickness lever
Cut Sheets
Cut Sheets
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Paper Specifications
Size
Continuous Forms
Become misaligned easily
Parts do not separate or
Misaligned
Single-sided zigzag spot gluing Combination of the other two
Types of binding
30 mm
Inhibited area Cross-point cut 28 mm
Area Size in mm Remarks
Type Number Ream weight in g/cm Front
Paste here FrontSide
Labels
Or more
Ambient temperature 40C
25.4
Formats
Recommended label formats
Label arrangement
Precautions
Preprinting
Leave an interval of 8 mm 0.3 in or greater
Unit mm
Miscellaneous
Setup Mode
Overview
Chapter Organization Activating Setup Mode
Initial setup mode printout
Using Setup
Mode
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Setup mode summary
Exit setup mode, saving the new font and spacing
Printing a List of Options
Default settings at shipment
Setting Required Options
MENU1 Emulate
Changing MENU1 MENU2 Options
XL24E
DPL24C+
ESC/P2
Quality
Letter
Report
Draft
CHAR-W
Normal
Times
CHAR-H
Attrib
None
Italics
Condnsd
TOP-MRG
Languge
USA
German
Swedish
ELOT928
PG-DHN
LATIN-P
ISO-LTN
CHR-SET
SET
Italic
Graphic
Enable
Disable
CR-CODE CR only
CR & LF
Rghtend Wrap
End-of-line wrap. Causes a carriage return plus a line
Feed
OVR-PRT
Select MENU1 or MENU2
Change other MENU1 or MENU2 options as required
Default does not reset options handled by Hardware
ADJUST, or Config
Changing
Hardware
WORD-LG
BIT
Buffer
2KBYTE2
SPACE1
XON/XOF
DTR
REV-CHL
Printer ignores CD
Printer detects CD
Changing Print Adjustment Options
CNT-ORG
Cntfine
CUT-ORG
Cutfine
Rcntadj
Fcntadj
CUT-ADJ
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Changing Configuration Options
Tearoff Manual
Auto
Tearpos Visible
TEAR-EN SEC
Cutload Auto
Button
Loadtim
Setup
Lock
ALL
CONT-PE
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Changing Head Gap Adjustment Options
Amount
PLY
PLY POS.A POS.B POS.C POS.D Manual
Resetting Default Values
Select SAVE&END
Using Diagnostic Functions
Test printing SELF-TST
Hex dump printing HEX-DUMP
Sample hex dump
Checking vertical print alignment V-ALMNT
Bars offset to the left
You can also exit setup mode to exit V-ALMNT
Correct vertical printing alignment
Setup Mode
Flowchart in -6 shows the setup mode for the Fujitsu
Reference
Listed for IBM Proprinter XL24E and Epson ESC/P2 emulations
Setup Mode Reference
AGM
LF code
Performing Online Setup
Print head
Ribbon cassette
Correct continuous forms loading
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Troubleshooting
To troubleshoot printer problems, follow the flowchart
Troubleshooting
Maintenance
Daily Inspection and Maintenance
Inspection
11-2
Specifications
Printer Specifications Printer specifications
Parallel two pins
Dimensions
Consumables and Options
Aptc
D86B-1138-C353 for DL6600 Pro
D86B-1138-C359 for DL6600 Pro
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Command Sets
Fujitsu DPL24C
Condensed characters off
DC2
ESC T
Select underline type
Space Backspace Carriage return Elite 12 cpi
ESC M
Pica 10 cpi
ESC P
ESC LF
Horizontal tab execution
ESC O
Can
DC1
DC3
ESC =
ESC % m n
Select font m with source and style set by n
Bits 0 and 1 Font device selection
Resident font
≤ n1 ≤ 255 0 ≤ n2 ≤ = n1 ⋅ 256 + n2 Ex. n =
Select character spacingn/360 inch, font attributes
≤ n1 ≤ 255 0 ≤ n2 ≤
Fixed 10 cpi 12 pt
Bits 4 and 5 Specifies the quality of characters to be reg
ESC NUL m n
Istered
Bit-Image Graphics
Codabar nw-7 EAN
EAN
Enable paper-out sensor
Sound bell
BEL
Ignore the paper-out sensor
Cour 10, Prstg 12, Comprsd
BOLDFCE, Pica 10, Corresp
Downld 0, Downld ESC %
LETTER, REPORT, Draft
NONE, ITALICS, Condnsd
SHADOW, Bold
ESC E ESC F
ESC G ESC H
DC1/DC3 ENABLE, Disable
NO-SLSH, Slash
CR-ONLY, CR & LF
LF-ONLY, LF & CR
Unchanged Normal Double Single M4 controls character width
DC4
Unchanged Normal Double
Set line spacing to 7/72 inch
Space Backspace Carriage return Elite characters on
≤ t 1 ≤ 255, 0 ≤ t 2 ≤ 255, t 3 = 0, t 4 = 180 or
ESC D NUL
ESC B NUL
Ignore command 181 Code Clear input buffer
C 1 c
ESC Q #
Downloading
ESC EM E
ESC EM
ESC EM R
Underline on or off ESC n On n = 1, off n =
Select line
ESC n 1 n
Set pica
Space Backspace Carriage return Set elite
Set line spacing to n/360 inch 0 ≤ n ≤ ESC + n
Horizontal tab execution Set horizontal tabs
ESC D
⋅ 256/360 inch *1
= 2, n 2 = ≤ d 1 ≤ 255 0 ≤ d 2 ≤
⋅ 256/360 inch *1 ESC C n = 2, n 2 = ≤ d 1 ≤ 255 0 ≤ d 2 ≤
Character codes
≤ n 1 + n 2 ⋅ 256 ≤
DEL
Delete character
ESC % n
ESC X m n 1 n
ESC * m n 1 n 2 data
Graphics type m graphics
Print raster image graphics
Enter online setup mode ESC e Online data
ESC @
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Interface Information
Parallel Interface
Dstb
ACK
Slct
Inprm
This signal is set low when the printer is
This signal is used to indicate that data is
Ready to send data to the host. During
Data transfer, it is used as data bit
Data Transmission Timing
Figure C-1 Data transmission timing
Figure C-2 Data transmission timing
RTS
Serial Interface
CTS
When the printer is turned on
Serial Options
Ready
ETX/ACK selectable
Cable Wiring
TD RD
Figure C-1 Cable wiring DSR-enabled control
ON/XOFF
Serial Protocols
ETX/ACK
Character Sets
Those of set 2 also vary with the national character set
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LITHUA1 Lithuanian LITHUA2 Lithuanian
MIK
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Ecma ECMA94
LATN2-T
LITHUA2 MIK
Macedon ABG ABY
PG-MAC ELOT927
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Using the LCD/LED Type Control Panel
Control panel components
Indicator lights
LCD screen
Buttons
Unload
Menus and functions
Points to remember about basic menus
Executes form feed
Executes line feed
Changes the font, print quality, and pitch
Executing a form feed or line feed
Executing a micro line feed
To execute a form feed or line feed
To execute a micro line feed 1/180 inch per step
Resetting the printer
To reset the printer
Tearing off continuous forms
To tear off continuous forms
Changing print font, quality, and pitch temporarily
Letter Report Draft
Selecting MENU1 or MENU2
Entering setup mode
Enabling or disabling lock mode
Setup mode initial menu appears
Exiting setup mode
Using the Setup Menus
Selecting options
Starting functions
Selections are not in effect until they are saved
Save Exit from Setup SELF-TEST Alignment
Example of operations
Selecting options in MENU1 and MENU2
Saving changed options
Using the Save function
Exit from Setup
Printing the self-test
Press F1 until SELF-TEST appears under Func
Correcting vertical character displacement
Power-on Special Functions
Messages
Stop
USE Save
Exit
Where line 001 is the top-of-form
Where xxxx is -128 to +127
Internal test Printer is performing its
Appears for 2 seconds immediately
Exit Stop GO
MICRO↑ Exit Save
Speed Incr Decr
Messages indicating user-correctable problems
Operational error messages
Cover open Cover is open Shut the cover Error
LCD model
Table E-5 Warning errors list
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Buffer overflow
Table E-6 lists nonfatal error messages alphabetically
Space for download data, or check the format
Download data
Or check the interface cable
Messages indicating fatal errors
Cour
Prestg
Compress
Fatal
Index
Index
Platen Platen knob
IN-4
IN-5
IN-6
Fujitsu Offices
C147-E041-03EN
