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