Paper Specifications, Size | Fujitsu DL6400 guide

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CHAPTER

7

Continuous Forms

Paper Specifications

This chapter describes paper that the printer can use. Any other paper should be tested carefully before use.

1.Size

Figure 7-1 shows the size range for continuous forms.

PAPER

SPECIFICATIONS

T

Y

Measurement	Dimensions in mm (in)


Paper width Y	101.6 to 419 (4 to 16.5)

Length between folds T	101.6 (4) or more

Figure 7–1 Size range for continuous forms

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Fujitsu DL6400 manual Paper Specifications, Size

Contents

Wire dot matrix printers User’s Manual DL6400/6600 Book Page 2 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Declaration of Conformity DL6400/6600 Book Page 4 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Trademark Acknowledgment DL6400/6600 Book Page 6 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM 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 PrinterCheck 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 DL6400/6600 Book Page 6 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM 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 switchLoading 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 LoadingForms Raise the paper guide. See Installing the Paper Guide on Turn on printer powerLoading 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 PrinterControl Panel Online Friction Front TractorRear Tractor Locked LF/FF Load Font Menu Tear OFFPaper Path Online + Tear OFF Power AlarmOnline *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 DL6400/6600 Book Page 14 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Clearing Paper Jams Continuous Forms Front Top cover Print head Paper thickness lever Cut Sheets Cut Sheets DL6400/6600 Book Page 6 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Paper Specifications Size Continuous Forms Become misaligned easily Parts do not separate orMisaligned 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 40C25.4 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 DL6400/6600 Book Page 5 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM 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 LetterReport Draft CHAR-W NormalTimes CHAR-H Attrib NoneItalics Condnsd TOP-MRG Languge USAGerman Swedish ELOT928 PG-DHNLATIN-P ISO-LTN CHR-SET SETItalic Graphic Enable DisableCR-CODE CR only CR & LF Rghtend Wrap End-of-line wrap. Causes a carriage return plus a lineFeed 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 BITBuffer 2KBYTE2 SPACE1 XON/XOFDTR REV-CHL Printer ignores CD Printer detects CD Changing Print Adjustment Options CNT-ORG CntfineCUT-ORG Cutfine Rcntadj FcntadjCUT-ADJ DL6400/6600 Book Page 31 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Changing Conﬁguration Options Tearoff ManualAuto Tearpos Visible TEAR-EN SEC Cutload AutoButton Loadtim Setup LockALL CONT-PE DL6400/6600 Book Page 35 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Changing Head Gap Adjustment Options AmountPLY 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 FujitsuReference 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 DL6400/6600 Book Page 4 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Troubleshooting To troubleshoot printer problems, follow the flowchart Troubleshooting Maintenance Daily Inspection and MaintenanceInspection 11-2 Specifications Printer Specifications Printer specifications Parallel two pins Dimensions Consumables and Options AptcD86B-1138-C353 for DL6600 Pro D86B-1138-C359 for DL6600 Pro DL6400/6600 Book Page 2 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Command Sets Fujitsu DPL24C Condensed characters off DC2ESC T Select underline type Space Backspace Carriage return Elite 12 cpi ESC MPica 10 cpi ESC P ESC LF Horizontal tab execution ESC O Can DC1DC3 ESC = ESC % m n Select font m with source and style set by nBits 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 nIstered Bit-Image Graphics Codabar nw-7 EAN EAN Enable paper-out sensor Sound bellBEL Ignore the paper-out sensor Cour 10, Prstg 12, Comprsd BOLDFCE, Pica 10, CorrespDownld 0, Downld ESC % LETTER, REPORT, Draft NONE, ITALICS, Condnsd SHADOW, BoldESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H DC1/DC3 ENABLE, Disable NO-SLSH, SlashCR-ONLY, CR & LF LF-ONLY, LF & CR Unchanged Normal Double Single M4 controls character width DC4Unchanged 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 cESC Q # Downloading ESC EM E ESC EMESC 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 eliteSet 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 characterESC % n ESC X m n 1 n ESC * m n 1 n 2 dataGraphics type m graphics Print raster image graphics Enter online setup mode ESC e Online data ESC @ DL6400/6600 Book Page 32 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM 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 isReady 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 InterfaceCTS When the printer is turned on Serial OptionsReady ETX/ACK selectable Cable Wiring TD RD Figure C-1 Cable wiring DSR-enabled control ON/XOFF Serial ProtocolsETX/ACK Character Sets Those of set 2 also vary with the national character set DL6400/6600 Book Page 2 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 3 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 4 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 5 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 6 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 7 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM LITHUA1 Lithuanian LITHUA2 Lithuanian MIK DL6400/6600 Book Page 10 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 11 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 12 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 13 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 14 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM DL6400/6600 Book Page 15 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Ecma ECMA94 LATN2-T LITHUA2 MIKMacedon ABG ABY PG-MAC ELOT927 DL6400/6600 Book Page 18 Friday, July 31, 1998 1142 AM Using the LCD/LED Type Control Panel Control panel components Indicator lights LCD screen Buttons Unload Menus and functions Points to remember about basic menusExecutes form feed Executes line feed Changes the font, print quality, and pitch Executing a form feed or line feed Executing a micro line feedTo execute a form feed or line feed To execute a micro line feed 1/180 inch per step Resetting the printer To reset the printerTearing 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 modeSetup 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 StopUSE Save Exit Where line 001 is the top-of-form Where xxxx is -128 to +127Internal 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 #EAppendixE Page 30 Wednesday, September 2, 1998 1005 AM Buffer overflow Table E-6 lists nonfatal error messages alphabetically Space for download data, or check the formatDownload data Or check the interface cable Messages indicating fatal errors CourPrestg Compress Fatal Index Index Platen Platen knob IN-4 IN-5 IN-6 Fujitsu Offices C147-E041-03EN