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Year 2000 Compliance
Cautions
Conventions Used in this User’s Guide
Important Information
3 Troubleshooting
Contents
2 Maintenance
1 Front Panel
A Specifications
4 Service Information
B Interfacing
D Hex Dump Mode
C Command Summary
E Character Sets
FCC / IC / CE
Warranty
Index
1 Front Panel
Print Mode Indicator Lights
With SHIFT and printer off-line, press to initialize printer
Print Mode Control Panel Buttons
With SHIFT, hold to reset printer
Press and hold to engage alternate lower button functions
With SHIFT, press to page backwards through available setting values
Menu Mode Control Panel Buttons
Press to exit Menu mode
With SHIFT, press to page backwards through available groups
Changing the Menu Settings
Menu Mode Configuring Your Printer
Entering/Exiting the Menu Mode
Saving Configurations
Factory Settings
Switching Back and Forth between Configurations
Resetting the Menu
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
Emulations
Description
Groups
Emulations
Description
Groups
being used, the printhead will print
Caution! If the page width is set
narrower than the continuous forms
directly on the platen this can
Emulations
Description
Groups
Remove the Old Ribbon
2 Maintenance
Replacing the 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
Solutions
3 Troubleshooting
Problem
Problem
Problem
Problem
Solution
Solution
Problem
Problem
Solution
Solution
Problem
Error Messages
Solution
Error Message
What to Do
Error Message
What to Do
Error Message
What to Do
Your Dealer
4 Service Information
Getting Service & Support
Okidata Information System Automated Attendant 1-800-OKI-DATA
Okidata Customer Support Professionals 1-800-OKI-DATA
In the U.S. and Canada
Okidata Service Locations
Service Location Listings
In Latin America
Purchasing Replacement Parts & Accessories
Ways to Purchase
Power Cords
Accessories
Replacement Parts
Printhead Access Cover
Tear Bar Cover
Order #
Graphics Resolution Maximum
A Specifications
General Specifications
Print Speed
Interface
Font Specifications
Characters per Line
Model
Reliability
Paper Specifications
Front Feed
Dimensions
Physical Specifications
Environmental Specifications
Temperature
Power Consumption
Electrical Specifications
Memory
Parallel Interface
B Interfacing
Parallel Interface Pin Assignments
No Return
Fault
Unused
Chassis Ground
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
Ethernet 10/100 BaseT Interface Pin Assignments
Pin No
Signal
Print Server Parallel Output Pin Assignments
Source
Epson FX Command Summary
C Command Summary
Printer Operation/Data Control
Form Feed, Execute
Printer Operation/Data Control continued
Vertical Control
Form Length
Hexadecimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Decimal
Range for n
Horizontal Control
Pitch
Pitch
ESC DLE @ n A1 A2 P1 P2 P3 P4
Horizontal Control continued
Print Style/Print Size Control
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
Hexadecimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Epson Command
ASCII
Decimal
ASCII
Epson Command
Select 9 pin mode
Hexadecimal
Bar Code Commands see the end of this Appendix
Epson Command
enter graphics mode
ASCII
IBM Proprinter III Command Summary
Printer Operation / Data Control
Printer Operation/Data Control continued
Vertical Control
Vertical Control continued
Dots
Horizontal Control
Pitch
0000 £n1n2n3n4 £
Hexadecimal
IBM Command
ASCII
Decimal
m3* Function
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
m4* Function
MSB value
Print Mode
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
of n LSB
Np = Lp + Hp x 256 x
Print Style/Print Size Control continued
Character Control
Point Size
IBM Character Set II, Select
Character Control continued
Character Sets
Code Page
ASCII
IBM Command
Custom Font Command
Hexadecimal
Bar Code see the end of this Appendix
Okidata Microline Standard Command Summary
Graphics Control
Printer Operation/Data Control
Printer Operation / Data Control continued
ASCII
Printer Operation/Data Control continued
Vertical Control
Range n1, n2
Vertical Control continued
ASCII
Argument
Horizontal Control
Pitch
Pitch Argument
LM + 300 £RM £1632
Horizontal Control continued
0000£ £n1n2n3n4
Hexadecimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Decimal
Print Style / Print Size Control continued
Character Control
Hexadecimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Decimal
Hexadecimal
Oki Data Command
ASCII
Decimal
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
ESC DLE B p1 pm data
Print Bar Code Data Command
Postnet Bar Code Command
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
Bits b1 and b0
Bit b7
Bits b6, b5, b4, b3, b2
Makes b 7 valid
Parameter Pa
Select Menu Item 1 Command
Parameter Pno
Parameter Pb
Group
Setting
Pa and Pb Values for Setting Menu Items
Pa b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Parameter Pa
Select Menu Item 2 Command
Parameter Pno
Parameter Pb
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Pa b7...b0
Setting
Group
Pb b7...b0
Exiting Hex Dump Mode
D Hex Dump Mode
Engaging the 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
Epson BRASCII Character Set Epson Abicomp Character Set
Multilingual 858 Code Page Character Set
ISO 8859-15 Code Page 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 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
Brazil
United States
Canada
Mexico
Index
Symbols
Emulations
jams, troubleshooting
Frequency specifications
Fuse
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Upper ASCII character sets