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Business Printer
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BX-900
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Troubleshooting
Specs
Install
Error messages
CTS signal serial interface
Factory Default Setting
Autoscroll delay
Control panel and indicators
Connecting the computer
Dimension
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Contents
Business Printer
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Seiko Precision Inc
Pin wide-carriage Dot matrix printer
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Contents
Troubleshooting
Setting the application software
Maintenance
Bar code and enlarged character
Appendices
Other specifications Control code summary
Installation environment
Power sourc e
Foreign matter and water
Operating condition
Check the cartons for the following items
Unpacking the printer
Quick startup
To set up the printer
To make a test print
To connect your computer
Introduction
Features
Options and expendables
Paper dimensions
Power cord
Printer description
Tractor
Precaution for extra-thick paper usage
Physical dimensionModel a
Physical dimensionModel B
Installing the paper rack
Setting up
Installing the sound seal cover
P r e s s i n g t h e L a n g l e h i n g e
Ribbon Feed Knob
Installing the ribbon cassette
Connecting the power cord
Connecting the computer
Parallel Interface 36-pin plug
Serial Interface 25-pin plug
Fanfold continuous paper
Loading the paper
Left Paper Guide
Single sheet paper
Paper alignment
Adjusting the print head position
Indicators
Control panel and indicators
Control panel and operations
OUT Fanfold Cover Open
Function Keys
Indicator lamps Lamp Off Blinking
Park
TOF SET
Control Levers
Friction Lever OUT Lamp Function Key Action
Paper parking
Printing test pattern
Tearing off a form
Demonstration print-out
Operation reference
Power-on operation summary
About basic setup options
Basic setup options
To set this option
Setup Memory
Selection procedure example
Multipart
Single
Selecting page length for fanfold paper
Printing multipart paper
Multipart Copy Normal Copy Dark
Fanfold
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Selecting single sheet paper size
Font ORATORs
Selecting font style
Letter Quality
Selecting character spacing
Zoom IN/OUT
Enlarging/compressing print
Loading user & factory setup options
Setting top of form position
TOF Adjust
Select Setup Setup Memo SET. Factory
Option Menu Factory Default Basic options
Factory Default Setting
About extended setup options
Extended setup options
Extended setup options summary
Previous
Emulation
Character table HP mode
Emulation EML Epson EML IBM EML HP
Character table IBM mode
Character table Epson mode
CHR TB Epson TBL Italic TBL Graphic TBL Down LD TBL Code PG
CHR TB IBM TBL SET
Code
National font style
Code Brascii Abicomp
Carriage return CR
IBM Alternate graphic mode AGM Valid in IBM mode
Line feed LF
Line feed spacing
Set default tab stops
Slashed zero
Lock-in the page length
Lock-in the font
Print quality
Lock-in the character spacing
Lock-in the print quality
BC Mode BC Ignored
Enable Bar code print and Enlarged character
Bar code type
Sent by the user
Bar code specifications
Enlarged character size
Bar code size
Graphic Print Speed
Setting of the FF Form Feed code at TOF
Accent character
Secondary character table HP mode
HP mode enhancement PCL Mode HP mode
PCL Mode Mode PCL3+ Mode PCL3+D
CHR TB2 HP TBL Line TBL Math
Set the bottom margin
Paper handling enhancement Set the top margin
Set the left margin
TOP Margin
Set the right margin
Autoscroll delay
Fanfold paper width
Right M
Override BM
Override bottom margin
Override no Override YES
Setting of the auto-scrolling position
Setting of Paper out detection
Cut sheet feeder type
Line Feed Speed
Select in signal parallel interface
Interface type
Parity bit serial interface
Stop bit serial interface
Data length serial interface
Communication protocol serial interface
Communication speed serial interface
CTS signal serial interface
Serial error check serial interface
CD signal serial interface
DSR signal serial interface
Communication buffer size
Setting of whether ERROR/PE signals are output or not
Busy/ACK timing parallel interface
Data latch timing parallel interface
LCD display language
Print direction
Invert LCD display
Print DIR Print PRE-DIR Print UNI-DIR Print BI-DIR
Lock the Reset key
Software controlled setup
Setting Energy Star
Saving user setup options
About printer driver
Setting the application software
Printer driver selection
Hewlett Packard Epson
Introduction
Connecting the BX-900 printer in the HP environment
PCL3+ Mode
Saving Your Setup
PCL3+D Mode
Error Messages
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting guide
To run this mode in draft printing
Input hexadecimal dump mode
To run this mode in LQ printing
To terminate this mode
Cleaning
Maintenance
Is not recommended. Apply only when it is necessary
Inside the printer
Printer cover removal
Lubrication
Printer Cover
Operation and printing pattern
Vertical alignment mode
Description of Patterns
LCD Description Key Operation
Mode 1 no
Outline of bar code function
Bar code and enlarged character
Makeup of bar code
Specified items on Bar Code
Bar Code command
Element width DC4 DC4 E Format Ascii
Ascii DC4
ESC SO
Ascii DC4
Data processing in the bar code data sequence
HRI
Printing bar codes
Code 128 subset transition rule
Error processing
Calculating the check character
UPC-E conversion rule
Modulus
Element printing
Other
Element printing example
Outline of enlarged character function
Enlarged character command list
Ascii
HMI
Arrangement of enlarged characters DC4 DC4 a
All-character set for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 d
Height expansion for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 h
VMI for enlarged characters DC4 DC4 j
Enlarged character cell offset DC4 DC4 o
Enlarged character quality DC4 DC4 q
Setting and canceling enlarged character smoothing DC4 DC4 s
Extended Setup Mode
Hex Decimal 121
Print #1,BASE
Enlarged character print samples
Printing specifications
Appendix A. Specifications
Character table Epson mode
Throughput
Paper weight
Paper feed method
Paper width
Print mode
Print mode specifications
Mode
Graphic Print Specifications
Input connector 36-pin parallel
Parallel interface specifications
Data input timing chart and input condition
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Serial interface specifications
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Other specifications
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Appendix B. Control code summary
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ESC SP n
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ESC ! n
≤ n≤
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ESC ? n m
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N16 NUL
N2...n32 NUL
≤n≤255 ESC R n
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Set by n1+n2 x
N1+n2 x
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ESC # id
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ESC # @
ESC 0
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ESC s # W
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Epson, Italic character set
Appendix C. Character sets
Epson, Graphic character set, extended
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IBM character set
International character set Epson
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IBM all character set
PC-8 Danish / Norwegian Character sets PCL
ROMAN-8 Character sets PCL
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Line Draw character sets PCL
Math 7 character sets PCL
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International character set ISO PCL
EPSON/IBM mode
PCL mode
Code 00H ~ 7FH Common
Code Page 850 Multilingual
Code Page 863 Canadian French
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ISO-1 ISO-8859-1
Code Page 865 Nordic
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Appendix D. Reverse control panel sheet
Installation
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