Contents
PrintMaster 850 Series Operator’s Manual
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Page
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Table of Contents
Interface Menu
Introduction To Setup
Forms Menu
Test Menu
Ascii Character Tables Specifications Glossary of Terms
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Introduction
Manual Contents
Lists
Installation
Getting Started
Parallel I/O Serial I/O
Parallel Interface
Interface Set Up
RS-232C Serial Interface
Ethernet 10/100BaseT
Installing The Ribbon Cartridge
Why Use Only Printek Brand Ribbons
T T I N G S T a R T E D
Installing a New Ribbon Cartridge
T T I N G S T a R T E D
Loading Paper
PrintMaster 850/850si Single Tractor Model
Informing the Printer That the New Form is Loaded
PrintMaster 852si Dual Tractor Model
Selecting Which Form to Print
Printer Self-Test
Close the front lid and press the Online button
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Daily Operation
Introduction
Control Panel Features
LCD Display and Online Status Indicator LED
Display the following information
Exposed Buttons Most commonly used functions
LOAD/FEED
Hidden Under LID Buttons Setup
Unload
Selecting and Loading Forms
Selecting a Form Already Loaded in the Tractors
Loading a New or Different Form In the Tractors
Ejecting and Tearing Off a Form
Tearing off a Form
Left/Right ←0.00→
Aligning Print
Aligning Print On Invoices
Down/Up
Left/Right ⎯0.30→
Check Paper
Common Error Conditions
Down/Up 0.08 ↓
Selected Form is not Loaded
No Paper to Load
Too Much Paper to Unload
Other Errors
Ribbon Lid Open
Setup Buttons
Printer Configuration
Introduction To Setup
Using the Menu Button
Entering Setup
Entering Setup Menus
Form
Exiting Setup
Using the Submenu Button
Using the ALIGN/ITEM and UP/DOWN Arrow Buttons
Exiting Menus Saving Changes No Changes
Form Name
Forms Menu
Forms Menu Items
Form
Tractor Path Rear
Top Margin 0 Lines
Lines/Inch
Form Length 66 Lines
Bottom Margin 0 Lines
Right Margin
Characters/Inc h
Left Margin Column
Font Epson FX FD
Draft Speed Normal
Impact Force Normal
Language
Zero Normal
Unidirectional No
Serial
Interface Menu
Entering the Interface Menu
Auto CR On
RS-232C Serial Interface Items
Interface Menu Serial Emulation Epson
Auto LF Off
Minimum Buffer No
Host FF at TOF No
Characters Control
Stop Bits
Baud Rate
Data Bits
Parity None
XON/XOFF Off
DTR Power On/Off
Busy Polarity Low
Parallel/LAN
ETX/ACK Off
Parallel/LAN Interface Items
IP Address Auto
LAN Setup Off
Emulation Epson
IP Gateway
IP Address
Subnet Mask
Auto LF Off
Options Menu
Max Form Allowed
Tear-Off 0.00 Inches
Auto-Scroll 1 Second Delay
Paper Out Fault Finish
Cannot Reprint Page Too Large will be displayed,
Char. To Ignore 255
Top of Barcode Off
Size 8192 Characters
Top Oversized Off
User Language English
Truncate Lines No
Bottom Slew Fast
Test Mode Off
Print Menus
Form Construction and Layout Tips
Form Construction
Form Layout Considerations
E C I F Y I N G F O R M S
Maintenance Troubleshooting
Error Messages
Preventive Maintenance
Obtaining Service
I N T E N a N C E a N D Troubleshooting
ALIGN/ITEM Edit Allowed
Advanced Setup Features
Security Menu
Options Menu Edit Allowed
Forms Menu Edit Allowed
Interface Menu Edit Allowed
Using Remote Setup
V a N C E D S E T U P F E a T U R E S
Remote Setup Line Definitions
V a N C E D S E T U P F E a T U R E S
Remote Setup Example File
V a N C E D S E T U P F E a T U R E S
Using the Optional Setup Module
Initializing Setup Module
New Setup Module Detected
Copying Setup to Printer
Copying Setup To Module
I N G T H E O P T I O N a L S E T U P M O D U L E
Printer Reset Conditions
Control Code Escape Sequence Summaries
Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation
Ansi X3.64 Emulation
Epson FX Emulation
ESC * m n1 n2 data
ESC K n1 n2 data
IBM Proprinter Emulation
LA-120/210 Emulation
Simple TTY Emulation
Printek Emulation
Xoff
Ascii Character Tables
PC Font Character Set Ebcdic Font Character Set
C I I C H a R a C T E R T a B L E S
OCR-B Font Character Set ML Euro
C I I C H a R a C T E R T a B L E S
Specifications
60 to 240 dpi horizontally x 72 dpi vertically
6.7, 7.5, 8.4, 8.6, 10, 12, 13.3, 15, 16.7, 17.1, and 20 cpi
15,000,000 character, mobius loop cartridge
Operator CONTROLS/INDICATORS
Use of only Printek brand ribbons
Specification S
Glossary of Terms
Ascii
LCD
Online Refers to the state of the printer when