Taking Care Of Your Printer
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Taking Care Of Y our Printer
Your printer will produce high quality print jobs if it i s well taken care of.
Periodic cleaning, handling the printer properly, and using the correct printer
supplies, such as paper and ribbons, will ensure op timum performance.
Chapter 16 explains how to clean the printer, and prin ter supplies are listed in
Appendix A.
Whenever it is necessary to service the printer, rememb er these important
maintenance concepts:
•Use only the ribbons specified in Appendix A. Use of incor rect ribbons
can cause ink migration problems, degraded print qu ality, and expensive
damage to the printer.
•Incorrect closure of the forms thickness lever can cause s mearing,
degraded print quality, paper jams, and damage to the platen and shuttle
assembly. Never close the forms thickness lever too tightly.
•Excessive printing outside of the boundaries of the paper will degrade
print quality and cause hammer bank damage. Never print outs ide of the
paper width.
Standard Features
All of the printers offer a wide range of horizontal and verti cal dot densities,
operate quietly, and can load an emulation very easily . Other features are
specified in the following sections.

Host Computer Interfaces

The following host computer interface choices are availa ble:
•Bi-Tronics®
•RS-232 serial interface
•RS-422 serial interface
•Centronics®
•Ethernet™ (optional on 500P and 500Q only)

Printer Emulations

The following printer emulations (or protocols) are sele ctable at the control
panel:
•HP® PCL-II (the default)
•LP Plus, which consists of:
Printronix P-Series
Epson FX-1050
IBM® Proprinter III XL
•QMS (optional)
•PGL (optional)
Each emulation provides a different set of configur ation menus, control codes,
and character sets.