Symptom: Cannot get justified right margin with a proportionally spaced font.

Problem: Right justification with proportional fonts is a software feature.

Solution: Check your software manual to see if this feature is supported.

Symptom: Control codes not operating correctly.

Problem: Incorrectly entered control codes.

Solution: Check for confusion of letter l with number 1, letter O with number 0; make sure you are using upper/lower case correctly; make sure font is specified correctly and is available.

Symptom: Data is sent to printer, but nothing happens. ON-LINE message appears.

Problem: Wrong interface cable.

Solution: Use correct cable. If optional Serial I/F is installed, make sure RS232C Serial is selected in the Level 1 menu and RS232C Serial settings in Level 2 menu are correct.

Symptom: Last page of document not printed.

Problem: No form feed provided at end of document.

Solution: Press the ON-LINE button to take the printer off-line, then press the FORM FEED button to eject the final page or send the form feed code (decimal character 12).

Symptom: First line on page won’t print.

Problem: Tops of letters extend into unprintable area, so none of them print.

Solution: Set your software to print within the printable area.

Symptom: Parts of control codes are printed at the beginning of documents.

Problem: Command sent is not a true printer command, generally because the ESC character was not sent.

Solution: Before sending control codes through an application, make sure the ESC character can be entered, and is entered properly.

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