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Contents
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Notices
Electronic Emissions
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement
xiv
Trademarks and Service Marks
Safety Information
xvi
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Preface
4247 Printer Model A00 Users Guide
How to Use this Guide
Related Publications
xx
Chapter 1. Printer Setup
Information Necessary for Printer Setup
4247 Printer Automatic Sheet Feeder Guide
Unpacking Your Printer
4247 Printer Safety Notices,
2
4247 Printer Model A00 Quick Reference Guide,
4247 Printer Model A00 Users Guide,
Setting Up Your Printer
Removing Packing Materials
Installing Operator Panel Overlay
4
Installing Wire Forms Guide
Locating Operator Accessible Areas and Controls
Page
Operator Panel Display
Audible Alarm
Status Indicators
Table1. Operator Panel Status Indicators
8
not ready
Figure 3. Status Indicators
Function Keys
keys
10
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Table2. Operator Panel Function Keys (continued)
12
ready
Default Forms Path
Setting Up Front Push Forms Path (Default)
Setting Front Push Tractor
14
Installing Front Push Tractor
16
Installing Ribbon Cartridge
Connecting Electrical Power
18
Changing Display Language
Stacking Forms for Front Push Forms Path
Loading Forms into Front Push Forms Path
20
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Creating Print Test Sample (Self Test Printout-with Firmware Level)
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Choosing Tear-Off Option
Checking and Adjusting Tear-Off Position
Checking Tear-off Position
Adjusting Tear-off Position
26
Checking Conguration
Printing Power On Conguration Setup
Printing Program Conguration Setup
28
Parking Continuous Forms
Setting Up Manual Sheet Feed Path
30
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Optional Printer Stand
Summary
32
Chapter 2. Considering Other Forms Paths
Choosing Other Forms Paths
Choosing a Forms Path for Your Needs
34
Choosing a Forms Path for Special Forms
Other Considerations for Forms
Description of Each Forms Path
Front Push Forms Path
36
Rear Push Forms Path
Dual Push Forms Paths
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Chapter 3. Setting Up Another Forms Path
Summarizing Forms Path Set Up
Table5. Review of Forms Paths Settings (continued)
40
Table6 summarizes the conguration settings for all the forms paths.
Table6. Review of Conguration Settings
Changing to a Different Forms Path
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Removing Rear Forms Tractor
Preparing Printer for Selected Forms Path
Setting Forms Guide Deector
44
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Setting Push-Pull Selector
46
Removing or Installing Paper Bail
Removing Paper Bail
Installing Paper Bail
48
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Setting Forms Tractors
50
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Setting Up and Conguring Front Push Forms Path
52
Setting Up Rear Push Forms Path
Installing Rear Push Tractor
Conguring Forms Path for Rear Push
54
Loading Forms For Rear Push
56
Setting Up Dual Push Forms Paths
Preparing Dual Push Forms Paths
58
same
different
Conguring Printer for Linking Dual Push
Parking One Continuous Form and Loading Another (Dual Push)
Parking Continuous Forms
Switching the Forms Path
Setting Up Rear Pull Forms Path
60
not
Installing Rear Pull Tractor
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Conguring Forms Path for Rear Pull
Loading Forms For Rear Pull
64
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Setting Up Push Pull Forms Path
4247 Printer Automatic Sheet Feeder Guide
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not
Installing Push Pull Tractors
Conguring Forms Path for Push Pull
Loading Forms For Push Pull
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Chapter 4. Conguring Your Printer
Operator Panel Function Keys Used for Conguration
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wait
Entering Printer Conguration
Exiting Printer Conguration
Power On Conguration
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Power On Conguration Menu Tree
Chapter4. Conguring Your Printer 83
* Manufacturing Default
Submenus Main Menu
Figure 45. Power On Conguration Menu Tree
Pull
Jam Sensors
84
Parallel Interface
Interface Type
Select-In Signal
Data Bits
Buffer Size
86
Emulation
Character Set
Print Language
88
Automatic Carriage Return on Line Feed
Automatic Line Feed on Carriage Return
20 CPI
NLQ
90
Serial Interface
Interface Type
Baud Rate
Data Bits
92
Parity
Pacing Protocol
Connection Type
Buffer Size
Emulation
94
Character Set
Print Language
96
Automatic Carriage Return on Line Feed
Automatic Line Feed on Carriage Return
20 CPI
NLQ
98
Functions
Front Tear Mode
Rear Tear Mode
Paper Overlay
100
Sequence
Alarm
Automatic Load
102
Display Language
Sensor Tune
Bidirectional Adjustment
Restore Manufacturing Defaults
104
Printing Power On Conguration Setup
Program Conguration
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Program Conguration Menu Tree
Figure 46 provides a view of the path you can take through the Program Conguration menus.
Chapter4. Conguring Your Printer 107
* Manufacturing Default (except Manual Sheet Feed)
Submenus
Tear Position Adjustment
Front Path
108
Rear Path
1 Form Per Path
Path
Impact Strength
soft
110
Perforation Safety
Adjustments
Automatic Forms Thickness (AFTA)
Horizontal
Vertical
112
Form Setting
Line Spacing
Line Spacing Lock
Page Length
114
Top of Form
Perforation Skipping
Font
Pitch
Pitch Lock
116
Left Margin
Right Margin
Slashed Zero
Restore Manufacturing Defaults
118
Another Path
Additional Entry Point to Power On Conguration Menu
Hexadecimal Printing
Store Mode
120
Printing Program Conguration Setup
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Chapter 5. Attaching Your Printer
Attaching to Your Computer
Attaching Parallel Cable
Attaching Serial Cable
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Installing Printer Drivers
AIX Operating Systems Installation
Printer Driver Diskette
126
Printer Driver Diskette
OS/400 Operating Systems Installation
OS/400 Printer Object Installation
OS/2 or Windows Printer Driver Installation
Printer Driver Installation
Attaching Network Print Server
Ethernet 10BaseT or 10Base2
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Network Print Server for Ethernet Networks Administrators Guide,
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Token-Ring UTP or STP
Network Print Server for Token-RingNetworks Administrators Guide
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Chapter 6. Operator Tasks
About This Chapter
Changing Ribbon Cartridge
Removing Ribbon Cartridge
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Installing Ribbon Cartridge
136
Cleaning Printer
Cleaning Inside of Printer
Cleaning Covers
Clearing Forms Jams and Restarting a Print Job
138
Chapter 7. Resolving Printer Problems
About This Chapter
Status Codes and Messages
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4247 Printer Automatic Sheet Feeder Guide
Various Problems
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Printed Output Problems
Table12. Printed Output Problems
Table12. Printed Output Problems (continued)
Other Problems
Table14. Conguration Problems
Table15. Miscellaneous Problems
Push-Pull selector
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Yes
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Print Quality and Ribbon Problems
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Conguration Problems
Miscellaneous Problems
150
Chapter 8. Supplies, Forms, and Cables
Ordering Ribbon Cartridges
4247 Printer Automatic Sheet Feeder Guide
Forms Specications
152
length
Ordering Signal Cable
Guide to Operations
Serial Attachment
RS-232C Connector Pin Assignments
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RS-422A Connector Pin Assignments
Attachment Cables for PCs and Compatible Serial Ports
Attachment Cables for AS/400 Workstation Controllers
Attachment Cable for RISC System/6000
Cable Congurations
RS-232C
Local Simplex DTR Pacing
Local Duplex DTR or XON/XOFF Pacing
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Note: This conguration is compatible with IBM cable part number 8509386.
Computer Printer
Computer Printer
RS-422A
IBM Parallel Attachment
Table16. IBM Parallel Connector Pin Assignments
Computer Printer
Computer Printer
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Appendix A. Specications
Site Location
Environmental Requirements
Operating Environment
160
Nonoperating Environment
Shipping Environment
Storage Environment
Physical Requirements Dimensions
Clearance
Weight
Electrical Requirements
162
Electrical Safety
Plugs and Receptacles by Country
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Plug and Receptacle Depictions
164
All power plugs except are nonlocking.
Power Cord
Branch Circuits and Grounding
Power Consumption
Heat Output
Airow
Declaration of IBM Product Noise Emission Values
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Operator and Service Clearance
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Appendix B. Optional Features
4247 Printer Automatic Sheet Feeder Guide
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Appendix C. Native 4247 Commands
Native Commands
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Bar Code Commands
SELECT Command Format
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PRINT Command Format
Bar Code Examples
Example 1: Printing a single EAN-8 bar code
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with
Example 2: Printing two 3 of 9 bar codes on a single line
Valid Bar Code Data
1 inch margin
* ABC+0123 * *1234 *
Reinitialize Printer Command
Set Vertical Spacing (Inches)
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Set Vertical Spacing (Metric)
Character (Horizontal) Spacing
Forms Path Control
Select Resident Font
Select Emulation
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Select AFTA in Column
Select/Deselect ASF Bin
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Appendix D. Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS)
About This Appendix
Print Job Processing
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before
after
Page Printing Concept
Page Presentation
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Graphic and Control Character Sequences
PPDS Compatibility
One-Byte Controls
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Null (NUL)
Bell (BEL)
Backspace (BS)
Line Feed (LF)
Vertical Tab (VT)
Form Feed (FF)
Carriage Return (CR)
Shift Out (SO) / Double-Wide Print
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Shift In (SI) / Condensed Print
Device Control 1 (DC1) / Select or XON
Device Control 3 (DC3) / Deselect or XOFF
Device Control 4 (DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print
Cancel (CAN)
Escape (ESC)
Space (SP)
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Note: This command is only available in Native 4247 or 2381 emulation mode.
Null (ESC NUL)
The printer ignores the NUL control by itself.
Bell (ESC BEL)
Backspace (ESC BS)
Horizontal Tab (ESC HT)
Line Feed (ESC LF)
Vertical Tab (ESC VT)
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Form Feed (ESC FF)
Carriage Return (ESC CR)
Shift In (ESC SI) / Condensed Print
Device Control 1 (ESC DC1) / Select or XON
Device Control 2 (ESC DC2) / Select 10 CPI
Device Control 3 (ESC DC3) / Deselect or XOFF
Device Control 4 (ESC DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print
Cancel (ESC CAN)
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Turn Auto Sheet Feeder On or Off (ESC EM)
Auto Underscore (ESC -)
Set 7/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 1)
Invoke Text Line Spacing (ESC 2)
Set Graphics Line Spacing (ESC 3)
Set Top of Form (ESC 4)
Set Auto Line Feed (ESC 5)
Select PC Character Set 2 (ESC 6)
Select PC Character Set 1 (ESC 7)
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Set 12 CPI (ESC :)
Unidirectional Printing (ESC <)
Width
Example:
Select n/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC A)
Set Vertical Tabs (ESC B)
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Set Page Length (ESC C)
Set Horizontal Tabs (ESC D)
Begin Emphasized Print (ESC E)
End Emphasized Print (ESC F)
Begin Double-Strike Print (ESC G)
End Double-Strike Print (ESC H)
Relative Move Baseline (ESC J)
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Normal Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC K)
Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 1 (ESC L)
Begin Skip Perforation (ESC N)
End Skip Perforation (ESC O)
Proportional Space Mode (ESC P)
Deselect on Positive Query Reply (ESC Q)
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Set Default Tabs (ESC R)
Begin Subscript / Superscript Mode (ESC S)
End Subscript/Superscript Mode (ESC T)
Set Print Direction (ESC U)
Double-Wide Continuous Mode (ESC W)
Set Horizontal Margins (ESC X)
Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 2 (ESC Y)
High Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC Z)
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Print All Characters (ESC \)
Reverse Line Feed (ESC ])
Print Single Character (ESC |)
Continuous Overscore (ESC _)
Relative Move Right (ESC d)
Relative Move Left (ESC e)
Select Line Scoring (ESC [ -)
Set Presentation Highlight (SPH) (ESC [ @)
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Set Font Global (SFG) (ESC [ I)
Set Initial Conditions (SIC) (ESC [ K)
Power On Conguration Menu:
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Program Conguration Menu:
Select Code Page (SCP) (ESC [ T)
Set Print Quality (SPQ) (ESC [ d)
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Buffer Terminating Conditions
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Appendix E. Epson FX-1050 Data Stream
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About This Appendix
Print Job Processing
after
before
Page Printing Concept
Page Presentation
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One-Byte Controls
Null (NUL)
Bell (BEL)
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Backspace (BS)
Line Feed (LF)
Vertical Tab (VT)
Form Feed (FF)
Carriage Return (CR)
Shift Out (SO) / Double-Wide Print
Shift In (SI) / Condensed Print
Device Control 1 (DC1) / Select or XON
Device Control 2 (DC2) / Cancel Condensed Print
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Device Control 3 (DC3) / Deselect or XOFF
Device Control 4 (DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print
Delete Character (DEL)
This control removes the last text character on the print line and does not affect control codes.
Escape Sequence Controls
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Escape (ESC)
Null (ESC NUL)
Bell (ESC BEL)
Backspace (ESC BS)
Line Feed (ESC LF)
Vertical Tab (ESC VT)
Form Feed (ESC FF)
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Carriage Return (ESC CR)
Shift Out (ESC SO) / Double-Wide Print
Device Control 1 (ESC DC1) / Select or XON
Device Control 2 (ESC DC2) / Cancel Condensed Print
Device Control 3 (ESC DC3) / Deselect or XOFF
Device Control 4 (ESC DC4) / Cancel Double-Wide Print
Cancel (ESC CAN)
Set Intercharacter Spacing (ESC SP)
Master Select (ESC !)
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Cancel MSB Control (ESC #)
Set Absolute Print Position (ESC $)
Select User-Dened Set (ESC %)
Dene User-Dened Characters (ESC &)
Select Graphics Mode (ESC *)
Auto Underscore (ESC )
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Select Vertical Tab Channel (ESC /)
Set 1/8 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 0)
Set 7/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 1)
Set 1/6 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 2)
Set n/216 Inch Line Spacing (ESC 3)
Select Italic Mode (ESC 4)
Cancel Italic Mode (ESC 5)
Cancel Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC 7)
Copy ROM into Ram (ESC : NUL)
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Select Unidirectional Mode (one line only) (ESC <)
Set MSB to 0 (ESC =)
Initialize Printer (ESC @)
Select n/72 Inch Line Spacing (ESC A)
Set Vertical Tabs (ESC B)
Set Page Length (ESC C)
Set Horizontal Tabs (ESC D)
Begin Emphasized Print (ESC E)
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End Emphasized Print (ESC F)
Begin Double-Strike Print (ESC G)
Printable Code Area Expansion (ESC I)
Perform n/216 Inch Line Feed (ESC J)
Select Single Density Graphics Mode (ESC K)
Select Double Density Graphics Mode (ESC L)
Select 12 CPI (ESC M)
Begin Skip Perforation (ESC N)
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End Skip Perforation (ESC O)
Select 10 CPI (ESC P)
Begin Subscript/Superscript Mode (ESC S)
End Subscript/Superscript Mode (ESC T)
Set Print Direction (ESC U)
Double-Wide Continuous Mode (ESC W)
Dual Density Bit Image Graphics Type 2 (ESC Y)
High Density Bit Image Graphics (ESC Z)
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Set Relative Position (ESC \)
Set Letter Quality Justication (ESC a)
Select Vertical Tabs in Channels (ESC b)
Move Right n/120 (ESC d)
Move Left n/120 (ESC e)
Set 15 CPI (ESC g)
Feed Paper n/216 Reverse (ESC j)
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Select NLQ Font (ESC k)
Set Left Margin (ESC l)
Select Character Table (ESC t)
Double High Printing (ESC w)
Select NLQ or DP Print Quality (ESC x)
Buffer Terminating Conditions
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Unsupported Command Processing
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Appendix F. Code Pages
ASCII Code Pages
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Epson FX-series Code Pages
Extended Graphics Character Table
Italic Character Table
Epson Extended Character Variables
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Glossary
adhesive label
Manual Sheet Feed
system programmer
carrier
D
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E
disable
software
forms
uniformly-spaced font
I
customer engineer (CE)
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stack lean
J
M
factory default
forms path
MSF
overlay
R
S
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unshielded twisted pair
hardware
T
U
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Index A
B
C
D
E
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F
G
H
I
K
L
M
N
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O
P
R
S
T
U
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V
W