Bidirectional Alignment Adjustment | Output Solutions 650 guide

Configuring the Printer

3.6.5 BIDIRECTIONAL ALIGNMENT ADJUSTMENT

After selecting the Bidirectional Alignment it is possible to align the printing of vertical lines.

Key or action

Two line display

Select Adjustment	ADJUSTMENT
	PHOTOSENSOR VALUE

[COMPRESS –]	ADJUSTMENT
until the LCD shows:	BIDIRECTION ALIGN
[STOP #] to select	BIDIRECTION ALIGN
The yellow Ready and green Station 2 lamp lights up.	RESULT OF ALL SPEED
Press the [STOP #] key	BIDIRECTION ALIGN
BIDIRECTION ALIGN	INSERT A4 SHEET

The printer starts printing vertical lines after inserting a paper.

BIDIRECTION ALIGN FINISH; PRESS STAT2

	[STATION 2]	BIDIRECTION ALIGN
		RESULT OF ALL SPEED

	Now press [FEED/EJECT •] or [COMPRESS –]until you can select the	BIDIRECTION ALIGN
	font and CPI which you want to align (e.g. DRAFT 12 CPI).	DRAFT	12CPI
	Press the [STOP #] key to accept the selection.	BIDIRECTION ALIGN 000
		• = LEFT	– = RIGHT
	Use the [FEED/EJECT •] or [COMPRESS –]key for alignment (e.g. left	BIDIRECTION ALIGN 005
	5 times). If you are going to the right the numeric value will be indicated by	• = LEFT	– = RIGHT
	an minus sign (e.g. -005).
	Insert an A4 sheet and the printer starts a control print of your selection.	BIDIRECTION ALIGN 005
		• = LEFT	– = RIGHT
		• = LEFT	– = RIGHT

	Press the [STOP #] key to accept and save your selection.	DRAFT 12CPI
	Press the [STOP #] key to accept and save your selection.	SAVE PARAMETERS
		SAVE PARAMETERS

	Now you can select an other font for alignment or leave the function.	BIDIRECTION ALIGN
		DRAFT	12CPI
	If you want to leave the off-line mode press [STATION 2] and	SAVE PARAMETERS
	[COMPRESS –] together.	# ACCEPT ST2 = IGNORE

	Because the parameters are saved, press [STATION 2] to ignore.	CX LQ1600K
		ON-LINE
		ON-LINE

*) The displayed line is depending on the selected emulation.

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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 Maintenance Configuring the PrinterTechnical Data Firmware Update IBM ProPrinter Emulation Commands Trouble Shooting and DiagnosticsEpson LQ Emulation Commands Appendix Character Set Table Unpacking Delivery Contents Printer C-650 Plus Power Requirements Preconditions for Installation Rear View First Look at the Printer Front View Re-packing Information Remove Transport Lock Installing Ribbon InstallationDetails of the Ribbon Cassette Getting Started Mains Connection and Power On CX LQ Display shows the message Compress DisplayStation Selftest Printing Contents Users Guide Printing Test Connection to the System Serial/Parallel Interface Installing the Printer DriversDSR RS1 Operator Panel Printer Operation Accept FEED/EJECT Compress Station Liquid Crystal Display LCD OFF-LINE Mode Menu SetupOFF-LINE Adjustment Menu ModeLoad Print Medium Debug Test C-650 Plus Emulations To Confirm a Macro Selection and Save the SettingsEpson LQ1600K Emulation IBM ProPrinter X24 Emulation Adjustment Menu SetupMain Functions and Entry Points into the Menu Menu Printing DSR What is Configuration?Line Display Configure Standard Configuration Menu Structure Explanation of the Printout on the Previous Pages Menu Setup Description How to use the Key in the Menu ModeEmulations of C-650 Plus IBM Configure Select User to SetupSelect Current Macro Modify RS1 Config Special Forms Error High Speed Printing YES IBM Configure IBM Character SET IBM Configure Zero Slash Auto Compression LQ Configure LQ Configure CPI of West Font Zero Slash Line Length Reset When Eject PNS Selection SAVING, Please Wait and then SAVED, Restart C-650 Plus Save Parameters Users Guide Printing TestCharacter Attributes 4 Dr. Grauert Photosensor Value AdjustmentTwo line display Left Margin Select Adjustment RUN in Test TOP Margin Compress together Bidirectional Alignment Adjustment Print Photo Values Compress or FEED/EJECT Inquire Photo Values Debug / Test Resume Hardware Parameters Printing Saved Data Data Backup Mode Printing Flash Data Printing Last Data Directly Dump Info Inquiring HW ConfigurationFW Version Printer ID Preferred Material Cleaning Surrounding Areas Remove the Ribbon Remove the Alignment Unit Install the Alignment Cleaning ProcedureInstall the Ribbon Cassette Add the second interface port Optional DevicesWorking with single communication port Working with dual-port HSD CPINLQ Diagnose Quality CharacteristicsRibbon Cassette Machine Character Printing Media Character Document Document Single and multi-copy Sheet Serial Interface This protocol uses the following signal linesTechnical Character Communication Cable TTL Parallel Interface Release Stop KEY Program Update Update O.K Update BusyProgramming 13BB0 Power-related Problems How to Use This SectionUncompleted Power On Paper-related Problems Printer does not accept the sheet Ribbon or Carriage-related Problems Ribbon ProblemsCarriage does not move smoothly Paper tears or jams Characters do not print evenly or are not uniform in pitch Print-related Problems Print faint or of poor qualityPart of printed text is missing loss of data Dot Missing Printing does not start No Printout Self-test printout does not start Code page of C-650 Plus Appendix a Code Pages 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 ESC Conventions Mnemonic Hex Code Function Command Index ESC D Special features Command Description by functionBackspace Carriage Return Horizontal Tabulation Form FeedLine Feed Forward Vertical Tabulation ESC ESC N n Bottom of Form Reset Bottom of FormESC O ESC X n1 n2 Left and Right Margins Line Feed 1/8 ESC \ c1 c2 t1 t2 n1 n2 Line feed Value ModificationLine Feed 7/72 Line Feed = 1/6 or Activate ESC a n ESC a Line Feed n/216Line Feed n/72 or n/60 Line Feed n/72 One Line Feed of n/216 or n/180 ESC JOne Line Feed of n/216 Hexadecimal code 1B 4A n Line Feed Backward DC2 FS S Adjust characters spaceN1n2 = 00 16.6 / 17.1 cpi Condensed ESC E DC4ESC F ESC G Print Mode Select Print Mode Hexadecimal code 1B 49 nESC H ESC S n Superscript/Subscript Cancel Superscript/SubscriptESC T ESC U n Uni/Bidirectional Printing ESC n Underline M3 Line feed and height of characters Double Height/WidthM4 Width of characters Triple Height/Width ESC a n1 n2 m1 m2 m3 m4 Vertical Tabulation Program ESC B n1..n254 k1..k64 NUL ESC R ESC d n1 n2 Relative Forward Horizontal MovementClear All Tabulation Stops Set by ESC B Space occupied by characters inside BIM data BIM resolution Normal Double Quadruple Double resolution BIM IBM graphic commands are ESC K n1 n2 Normal resolution BIMESC L n1 n2 Double Resolution and Half Speed BIM Calculation of the parameters for the BIM data ESC Y n1 n2 Double Resolution BIM ESC a n Alternate Graphic Mode AGMLine Feed n/180 Line Feed n/60 ESC * m n1 n2 AGM One line feed of n/180 for graphicsCRT ESC = n1 n2 ID m Customized Characters Downloading Customized Characters DLL Example of How to Create a DLL Character DLL in Draft Print Mode DLL in NLQ Print Mode Parameter m Parameters n1 and n2Parameters a and b BIT Parameters p1 .. p11 Bit Value Function DLL in NLQ DC1 CanDC3 Print a Character from Table ESC \ n1 n2 Print Characters from Table ESC Q ETX Hex Decimal Conversion Table Appendix C Epson LQ-Emulation Commands Command HEX Value Function Command Index By Code ESC @ ESC F ESC EESC G ESC H DEL BSBackspace BEL FFForm Feed Eject CRCarriage Return ESC C NUL n Set Page Length as n Inch ESC l nESC C n Set Page Length as n lines ESC U nL nH m ESC Q nSet Right Margin as n Characters Set 8 LPI Line Feed ESCSet 6 LPI ESC 3 n Set Line spacing as n/180 inch ESC j n ESC J n Advance n / 180 inch verticallyESC + n LFLine feed ESC $ n1 n2 ESC V nL nH mL mH ESC \ n1 n2 ESC P ESC MESC SI Set character condensed printing ESC g Set Character to 15 CPI DC4 Reset double width printing one line ESC I n ESC S n Set subscript/superscript character Reset subscript / superscript characterESC SOSet double width one line ESC SP n Set CPI ESC W n ESC U nESC p n ESC t n ESC x n Set Character Quality ESC n Set / Reset the underlined characterCharacter Definition must be set to LQ Bit of n ESC ! n ESC 0x03 0x00 0x01 d1 ESC 0x03 0x00 0x01 0x01 d2 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 Y n1 n2 ..data ESC L n1 n2 ..data ESC * m n1 n2 ...data ESC Z n1 n2 ..data ESC R n DLE BESC @ Can DLE BSoft initialization ESC @ Off line On lineESC ESC a ESC c ESC k ESC a n Set justification ESC q n Set/reset shadow fontESC c n1 n2 ESC k n Set font ESC % n ESC c nL nH Hex 1B 36H Decimal 54D Octal 66O Hex Decimal Conversion Table