Printronix P5000LJ Taking Care Of Your Printer, Standard Features, Host Computer Interfaces

Taking Care Of Your Printer

Taking Care Of Your Printer

Your printer will produce high quality print jobs if it is well taken care of. Periodic cleaning, handling the printer properly, and using the correct printer supplies, such as paper and ribbons, will ensure optimum performance. Chapter 16 explains how to clean the printer, and printer supplies are listed in Appendix A.

Whenever it is necessary to service the printer, remember these important maintenance concepts:

•Use only the ribbons specified in Appendix A. Use of incorrect ribbons can cause ink migration problems, degraded print quality, and expensive damage to the printer.

•Incorrect closure of the forms thickness lever can cause smearing, 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 outside of the paper width.

Standard Features

All of the printers offer a wide range of horizontal and vertical 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 available:

•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 selectable 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 configuration menus, control codes, and character sets.

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