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Year 2000 Compliance
Cautions
Conventions Used in this User’s Guide
Important Information
1 Front Panel
Contents
2 Maintenance
3 Troubleshooting
A Specifications
4 Service Information
B Interfacing
D Hex Dump Mode
C Command Summary
E Character Sets
FCC / IC / CE
Warranty
Index
Print Mode Indicator Lights
1 Front Panel
Press and hold to engage alternate lower button functions
Print Mode Control Panel Buttons
With SHIFT, hold to reset printer
With SHIFT and printer off-line, press to initialize printer
With SHIFT, press to page backwards through available groups
Menu Mode Control Panel Buttons
Press to exit Menu mode
With SHIFT, press to page backwards through available setting values
Saving Configurations
Menu Mode Configuring Your Printer
Entering/Exiting the Menu Mode
Changing the Menu Settings
CFG1 Settings as default
Switching Back and Forth between Configurations
Resetting the Menu
Factory Settings
Note Factory settings are indicated by bold italics
Summary of Menu Settings
Group
Settings
Group
Settings
Group
Settings
The items in the table below are arranged in alphabetical order
Explanation of Menu Settings
Emulations
Description
Groups
Emulations
Description
Groups
directly on the platen this can
Caution! If the page width is set
narrower than the continuous forms
being used, the printhead will print
Emulations
Description
Groups
Caution! The printhead may be extremely HOT
2 Maintenance
Replacing the Ribbon
Remove the Old Ribbon
Prepare the New Ribbon
Caution! Be careful not to twist the ribbon this can cause jams
Install the New Ribbon
Front Feed Jams
Clearing Paper Jams
If the paper continues to jam
Rear Feed Jams
If the paper continues to jam
Replacing the Power Fuse
Cleaning the Interior
Cleaning the Housing
Cleaning the Exterior
Problem
3 Troubleshooting
Problem
Solutions
Solution
Problem
Solution
Problem
Solution
Problem
Solution
Problem
Problem
Error Messages
Solution
What to Do
Error Message
What to Do
Error Message
What to Do
Error Message
Okidata Information System Automated Attendant 1-800-OKI-DATA
4 Service Information
Getting Service & Support
Your Dealer
Okidata Customer Support Professionals 1-800-OKI-DATA
In Latin America
Okidata Service Locations
Service Location Listings
In the U.S. and Canada
Ways to Purchase
Purchasing Replacement Parts & Accessories
Printhead Access Cover
Accessories
Replacement Parts
Power Cords
Order #
Tear Bar Cover
Print Speed
A Specifications
General Specifications
Graphics Resolution Maximum
Model
Font Specifications
Characters per Line
Interface
Reliability
Paper Specifications
Front Feed
Temperature
Physical Specifications
Environmental Specifications
Dimensions
Power Consumption
Electrical Specifications
Memory
Parallel Interface
B Interfacing
Parallel Interface Pin Assignments
Chassis Ground
Fault
Unused
No Return
Stop Bit Length 1 bit or more Message Buffer Length 8,192 bytes
Serial Interface
Serial Interface Pin Assignments
IBM 25-Pin Cable Configuration
Commonly Used Serial Cable Configurations
IBM 9-Pin Cable Configuration
Serial Interface Test
Ethernet 10/100 BaseT Interface Pin Assignments
Ethernet 10/100 BaseT Interface
Source
Signal
Print Server Parallel Output Pin Assignments
Pin No
Epson FX Command Summary
C Command Summary
Printer Operation/Data Control
Form Length
Printer Operation/Data Control continued
Vertical Control
Form Feed, Execute
Decimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Pitch
Horizontal Control
Pitch
Range for n
1B 10 40 n A1 A2 P1 P2 P3 P4
Horizontal Control continued
Print Style/Print Size Control
ESC DLE @ n A1 A2 P1 P2 P3 P4
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
Character Control
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
Character Set
Character Control continued
Decimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Decimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Decimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Hexadecimal
Epson Command
Select 9 pin mode
ASCII
ASCII
Epson Command
enter graphics mode
Bar Code Commands see the end of this Appendix
Printer Operation / Data Control
IBM Proprinter III Command Summary
Vertical Control
Printer Operation/Data Control continued
Vertical Control continued
0000 £n1n2n3n4 £
Horizontal Control
Pitch
Dots
Decimal
IBM Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
m3* Function
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
m4* Function
of n LSB
Print Mode
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
MSB value
Point Size
Print Style/Print Size Control continued
Character Control
Np = Lp + Hp x 256 x
Code Page
Character Control continued
Character Sets
IBM Character Set II, Select
Hexadecimal
IBM Command
Custom Font Command
ASCII
Printer Operation/Data Control
Okidata Microline Standard Command Summary
Graphics Control
Bar Code see the end of this Appendix
Printer Operation / Data Control continued
Range n1, n2
Printer Operation/Data Control continued
Vertical Control
ASCII
ASCII
Vertical Control continued
Pitch Argument
Horizontal Control
Pitch
Argument
LM + 300 £RM £1632
Horizontal Control continued
0000£ £n1n2n3n4
Decimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Decimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Character Control
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
Decimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Decimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Hexadecimal
Graphics Control
DLL Character Sets continued
Bar Code see the end of this Appendix
Select Bar Code Type and Size Command
Bar Code Commands
Epson FX, IBM Proprinter III, Okidata Microline Standard
Ratio between wide and narrow elements
1B 10 42 p1 n data
Print Bar Code Data Command
Postnet Bar Code Command
ESC DLE B p1 pm data
Epson FX Custom Font Command
Custom Font Commands Epson & IBM
b7 = 1 ascender, dot rows 1 to b7 = 0 descender, dot rows 2 to
Dot Columns
IBM Proprinter III Custom Fonts Command
Makes b 7 valid
Bit b7
Bits b6, b5, b4, b3, b2
Bits b1 and b0
Parameter Pb
Select Menu Item 1 Command
Parameter Pno
Parameter Pa
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Pa and Pb Values for Setting Menu Items
Group
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Parameter Pb
Select Menu Item 2 Command
Parameter Pno
Parameter Pa
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Pb b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pa b7...b0
Running a Hexadecimal Dump
D Hex Dump Mode
Engaging the Hex Dump Mode
Exiting Hex Dump Mode
Lower ASCII Character Sets
E Character Sets
Lower ASCII Character Sets continued
Lower ASCII Character Sets continued
Lower ASCII Character Sets continued
Upper ASCII Character Sets
Upper ASCII Character Sets continued
Upper ASCII Character Sets continued
Upper ASCII Character Sets continued
IBM International Character Substitutions
Epson International Character Substitutions
Microline Standard International Character Substitutions
Code Page Character Sets
Code Page Character Sets continued
Code Page Character Sets continued
Code Page Character Sets continued
IBM Multilingual Code Page Sets
IBM Multilingual Code Page Sets continued
The characters in the lower ASCII range are the same as IBM Set
Multilingual 858 Code Page Character Set
ISO 8859-15 Code Page Character Set
Epson BRASCII Character Set Epson Abicomp Character Set
OKI Block Graphics Character Set
UPC A UPC E EAN EAN Code Code Interleaved 2 of Postnet
Bar Codes
FCC Declaration of Conformity
FCC / IC / CE
Model Name Dot Matrix Printer PM4410 Model Number D21001A
Industry Canada Radio Interference Statement
Limited Warranty
Warranty
On-Site Repair
Mexico
United States
Canada
Brazil
Symbols
Index
Fuse
jams, troubleshooting
Frequency specifications
Emulations
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Upper ASCII character sets