Trouble Shooting and Diagnostics, Bold, Stop | Output Solutions 650

Preface

9.Trouble Shooting and Diagnostics

Suggests how to identify and correct simple problems.

Appendix

A. Character Set Table

All printer supported character sets are listed in this chapter.

B. IBM ProPrinter Emulation Commands

Quick reference for IBM ProPrinter X24 and IBM ProPrinter II

C. EPSON LQ Emulation Commands

Quick reference for EPSOM LQ Emulation.

Conventions Used in this Guide

The following conventions are used:

Bold	Headlines and important information.
Note:	Contains special advice to facilitate handling.
Caution:	Contains important information to prevent damage of the
	equipment.
[STOP ]	Key functions are always depicted in brackets.

Abbreviations and Acronyms


DRAFT	Draft Quality
HSD	High Speed Draft
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LED	Light Emitting Diode
LQ	Letter Quality
MACRO	User defined group (1 up to 3) of stored parameter
NLQ	Near Letter Quality
PH	Print Head

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Contents

Plus Acknowledgements Electrical Power Supply General Installation PrecautionsEnvironmental Conditions Work Environment Locating the MachinePrinter Operating Condition Table of Contents Print Test Page Command Index Command Description Technical Data Configuring the PrinterMaintenance Firmware Update Epson LQ Emulation Commands Trouble Shooting and DiagnosticsIBM ProPrinter Emulation Commands Appendix Character Set Table Delivery Contents Printer C-650 Plus Unpacking Preconditions for Installation Power Requirements First Look at the Printer Front View Rear View Remove Transport Lock Re-packing Information Installing Ribbon InstallationDetails of the Ribbon Cassette Getting Started Mains Connection and Power On Display shows the message CX LQ Compress DisplayStation Selftest Printing Contents Printing Test Users Guide Connection to the System Serial/Parallel Interface Installing the Printer DriversDSR RS1 Printer Operation Operator Panel FEED/EJECT Accept Compress Station Liquid Crystal Display LCD OFF-LINE Mode Menu SetupOFF-LINE Load Print Medium Menu ModeAdjustment Debug Test C-650 Plus Emulations To Confirm a Macro Selection and Save the SettingsEpson LQ1600K Emulation IBM ProPrinter X24 Emulation Main Functions and Entry Points into the Menu Menu SetupAdjustment Menu Printing DSR What is Configuration?Line Display Standard Configuration Configure Explanation of the Printout on the Previous Pages Menu Structure Emulations of C-650 Plus How to use the Key in the Menu ModeMenu Setup Description IBM Configure Select User to SetupSelect Current Macro Modify RS1 Config Special Forms Error IBM Configure High Speed Printing YES IBM Character SET IBM Configure Zero Slash LQ Configure Auto Compression LQ Configure CPI of West Font Zero Slash Line Length Reset When Eject PNS Selection Save Parameters SAVING, Please Wait and then SAVED, Restart C-650 Plus Character Attributes Printing TestUsers Guide 4 Dr. Grauert Photosensor Value AdjustmentTwo line display Select Adjustment Left Margin TOP Margin RUN in Test Bidirectional Alignment Adjustment Compress together Print Photo Values Inquire Photo Values Compress or FEED/EJECT Resume Hardware Parameters Debug / Test Data Backup Mode Printing Saved Data Printing Last Data Printing Flash Data Directly Dump FW Version HW ConfigurationInfo Inquiring Printer ID Cleaning Surrounding Areas Preferred Material Remove the Ribbon Remove the Alignment Unit Install the Alignment Cleaning ProcedureInstall the Ribbon Cassette Working with single communication port Optional DevicesAdd the second interface port Working with dual-port HSD CPINLQ Ribbon Cassette Quality CharacteristicsDiagnose Machine Character Printing Media Character Document Single and multi-copy Sheet Document Technical Character This protocol uses the following signal linesSerial Interface Communication Cable Parallel Interface TTL Program Update Release Stop KEY Update O.K Update BusyProgramming 13BB0 Power-related Problems How to Use This SectionUncompleted Power On Carriage does not move smoothly Ribbon or Carriage-related Problems Ribbon ProblemsPaper-related Problems Printer does not accept the sheet Paper tears or jams Part of printed text is missing loss of data Print-related Problems Print faint or of poor qualityCharacters do not print evenly or are not uniform in pitch Dot Missing No Printout Self-test printout does not start Printing does not start Appendix a Code Pages Code page of C-650 Plus PC Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages ISO Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages OCR-A Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages OCR-B Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages Conventions ESC Command Index Mnemonic Hex Code Function ESC D Backspace Command Description by functionSpecial features Carriage Return Line Feed Forward Form FeedHorizontal Tabulation Vertical Tabulation ESC ESC O Reset Bottom of FormESC N n Bottom of Form ESC X n1 n2 Left and Right Margins Line Feed 7/72 ESC \ c1 c2 t1 t2 n1 n2 Line feed Value ModificationLine Feed 1/8 Line Feed = 1/6 or Activate ESC a n Line Feed n/72 or n/60 Line Feed n/216ESC a Line Feed n/72 One Line Feed of n/216 Hexadecimal code 1B 4A n ESC JOne Line Feed of n/216 or n/180 Line Feed Backward DC2 N1n2 = 00 Adjust characters spaceFS S 16.6 / 17.1 cpi Condensed ESC F DC4ESC E ESC G Print Mode Select Print Mode Hexadecimal code 1B 49 nESC H ESC T Cancel Superscript/SubscriptESC S n Superscript/Subscript ESC U n Uni/Bidirectional Printing ESC n Underline M3 Line feed and height of characters Double Height/WidthM4 Width of characters ESC a n1 n2 m1 m2 m3 m4 Triple Height/Width ESC B n1..n254 k1..k64 NUL Vertical Tabulation Program Clear All Tabulation Stops ESC d n1 n2 Relative Forward Horizontal MovementESC R Set by ESC B BIM resolution Normal Double Quadruple Space occupied by characters inside BIM data ESC L n1 n2 Double Resolution and Half Speed BIM IBM graphic commands are ESC K n1 n2 Normal resolution BIMDouble resolution BIM Calculation of the parameters for the BIM data ESC Y n1 n2 Double Resolution BIM Line Feed n/180 Alternate Graphic Mode AGMESC a n Line Feed n/60 ESC * m n1 n2 AGM One line feed of n/180 for graphicsCRT Downloading Customized Characters DLL ESC = n1 n2 ID m Customized Characters DLL in Draft Print Mode DLL in NLQ Print Mode Example of How to Create a DLL Character Parameters a and b Parameters n1 and n2Parameter m BIT Bit Value Function Parameters p1 .. p11 DLL in NLQ DC1 CanDC3 ESC \ n1 n2 Print Characters from Table Print a Character from Table ESC Q ETX Hex Decimal Conversion Table Appendix C Epson LQ-Emulation Commands Command Index By Code Command HEX Value Function ESC @ ESC G ESC EESC F ESC H DEL BEL BSBackspace CRCarriage Return FFForm Feed Eject ESC C NUL n Set Page Length as n Inch ESC l nESC C n Set Page Length as n lines ESC Q nSet Right Margin as n Characters ESC U nL nH m Set 6 LPI Line Feed ESCSet 8 LPI ESC 3 n Set Line spacing as n/180 inch ESC + n ESC J n Advance n / 180 inch verticallyESC j n LFLine feed ESC V nL nH mL mH ESC $ n1 n2 ESC \ n1 n2 ESC P ESC MESC SI ESC g Set Character to 15 CPI Set character condensed printing DC4 Reset double width printing one line ESC I n ESC SOSet double width one line Reset subscript / superscript characterESC S n Set subscript/superscript character ESC SP n Set CPI ESC p n ESC U nESC W n ESC t n ESC x n Set Character Quality ESC n Set / Reset the underlined characterCharacter Definition must be set to LQ ESC ! n Bit of n ESC 0x03 0x00 0x01 0x01 d2 ESC 0x03 0x00 0x01 d1 ESC D n1 ... nk NUL ESC B n1 ... nk NULSet Tab Stop of Vertical Tab SetESC / n ESC b n m1 … mk NULSet Vertical Tab in Tab Set n ESC L n1 n2 ..data ESC Y n1 n2 ..data ESC Z n1 n2 ..data ESC * m n1 n2 ...data ESC @ Can DLE BESC R n DLE BSoft initialization ESC @ ESC ESC a On lineOff line ESC c ESC k ESC c n1 n2 ESC q n Set/reset shadow fontESC a n Set justification ESC k n Set font ESC c nL nH ESC % n Hex 1B 36H Decimal 54D Octal 66O Hex Decimal Conversion Table