Appendix A. Specifications, Printing specifications | Seiko BX-900

A. Specifications

Appendix A. Specifications

❏Printing specifications

Printing method	•	Impact dot matrix and bidirectional logic seeking printing

Print Head	•	24 pins, movable-type (parallel/staggered orientation.)
		Estimated life expectancy: 500 million dots/wire

Emulation	•	Epson LQ-2550
	•	IBM 2391
	• Hewlett Packard RuggedWriter 480

	• Draft, High quality draft, Speed draft, Super speed draft
Resident fonts	•	Roman, Sans Serif, Courier, Prestige, Script, OCR-B, OCR-
		A, Gothic, Orator, Orator-S

•Epson character sets (up to 128 characters downloadable)

Down load character sets • IBM character sets and code pages (32kB download area)

•HP character sets (up to 256 characters (32kB) downloadable)

	Bit Image Printing	(EPSON/IBM)
Graphic printing	11 Categories (8	or 24 pin graphics):	dpi: dot per inch

•60 dpi

•80 dpi — 8-pin only

•90 dpi

•120 dpi — 8-pin only *

•120 dpi

•180 dpi — 24-pin only

•240 dpi — 8-pin only *

•360 dpi — 24-pin only *

•360 dpi — 48-pin only (IBM mode) *

* Horizontally adjacent dots can not be printed.

Raster Graphics Printing (HP)

4 Categories:

•60 dpi (60h x 60v dpi), raster graphic mode

•90 dpi (90h x 90v dpi), raster graphic mode

•180 dpi (180h x 180v dpi), raster graphic mode

•360 dpi (360h x 360v dpi), raster graphic mode


	Character spacings
Print mode	•	10 cpi	Pica print mode
	•	12 cpi	Elite, Speed draft print mode
	•	15 cpi	Super speed draft print mode
	•	16.7 cpi		Condensed print mode
	•	17.1 cpi		Condensed pica print mode
	•	20 cpi	Condensed elite print mode
	•	24 cpi	print mode
	•	Proportional print mode
	• One half proportional print mode

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Seiko BX-900 owner manual Appendix A. Specifications, Printing specifications

Contents

Business Printer Page Seiko Precision Inc Pin wide-carriage Dot matrix printerPage Contents Bar code and enlarged character Setting the application softwareTroubleshooting Maintenance Appendices Other specifications Control code summary Operating condition Power sourc eInstallation environment Foreign matter and water Check the cartons for the following items Unpacking the printer To connect your computer To set up the printerQuick startup To make a test print Introduction Features Options and expendables Paper dimensions Power cord Printer description Tractor Precaution for extra-thick paper usage Physical dimensionModel a Physical dimensionModel B P r e s s i n g t h e L a n g l e h i n g e Setting upInstalling the paper rack Installing the sound seal cover Ribbon Feed Knob Installing the ribbon cassette Serial Interface 25-pin plug Connecting the computerConnecting the power cord Parallel Interface 36-pin plug Fanfold continuous paper Loading the paper Left Paper Guide Single sheet paper Paper alignment Adjusting the print head position OUT Fanfold Cover Open Control panel and indicatorsIndicators Control panel and operations 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 optionsTo set this option Single Selection procedure exampleSetup Memory Multipart Fanfold Printing multipart paperSelecting page length for fanfold paper Multipart Copy Normal Copy Dark 136 278 297 Selecting single sheet paper size Font ORATORs Selecting font style Letter Quality Selecting character spacing Zoom IN/OUT Enlarging/compressing print Select Setup Setup Memo SET. Factory Setting top of form positionLoading user & factory setup options TOF Adjust 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 modeEmulation EML Epson EML IBM EML HP CHR TB IBM TBL SET Character table Epson modeCharacter table IBM mode CHR TB Epson TBL Italic TBL Graphic TBL Down LD TBL Code PG Code National font styleCode Brascii Abicomp Carriage return CR IBM Alternate graphic mode AGM Valid in IBM modeLine feed LF Lock-in the page length Set default tab stopsLine feed spacing Slashed zero Lock-in the print quality Print qualityLock-in the font Lock-in the character spacing BC Mode BC Ignored Enable Bar code print and Enlarged characterBar 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 TOFAccent character CHR TB2 HP TBL Line TBL Math HP mode enhancement PCL Mode HP modeSecondary character table HP mode PCL Mode Mode PCL3+ Mode PCL3+D TOP Margin Paper handling enhancement Set the top marginSet the bottom margin Set the left margin Right M Autoscroll delaySet the right margin Fanfold paper width Override BM Override bottom marginOverride no Override YES Setting of the auto-scrolling position Setting of Paper out detectionCut sheet feeder type Parity bit serial interface Select in signal parallel interfaceLine Feed Speed Interface type Communication speed serial interface Data length serial interfaceStop bit serial interface Communication protocol serial interface DSR signal serial interface Serial error check serial interfaceCTS signal serial interface CD signal serial interface Data latch timing parallel interface Setting of whether ERROR/PE signals are output or notCommunication buffer size Busy/ACK timing parallel interface Print DIR Print PRE-DIR Print UNI-DIR Print BI-DIR Print directionLCD display language Invert LCD display Saving user setup options Software controlled setupLock the Reset key Setting Energy Star Hewlett Packard Epson Setting the application softwareAbout printer driver Printer driver selection Introduction Connecting the BX-900 printer in the HP environment PCL3+ Mode Saving Your SetupPCL3+D Mode Error Messages Troubleshooting Troubleshooting guide To terminate this mode Input hexadecimal dump modeTo run this mode in draft printing To run this mode in LQ printing Inside the printer MaintenanceCleaning Is not recommended. Apply only when it is necessary 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 characterMakeup 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 Paper width Paper weightThroughput Paper feed method Print mode Print mode specifications Mode Graphic Print Specifications 100 Parallel interface specificationsInput connector 36-pin parallel Data input timing chart and input condition 101 Serial interface specifications 102 Other specifications 103 Appendix B. Control code summary 104 105 106 107 108 ≤ n≤ 109ESC SP n ESC ! n 110 111 N2...n32 NUL 112ESC ? n m N16 NUL N1+n2 x 113≤n≤255 ESC R n Set by n1+n2 x 114 115 116 ESC 0 117ESC # id ESC # @ 118 ESC s # W 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 Appendix C. Character setsEpson, Italic character set Epson, Graphic character set, extended IBM character set International character set Epson128 129 IBM all character set PC-8 Danish / Norwegian Character sets PCL ROMAN-8 Character sets PCL130 Line Draw character sets PCL Math 7 character sets PCL131 132 International character set ISO PCL Code Page 850 Multilingual PCL modeEPSON/IBM mode Code 00H ~ 7FH Common Code Page 863 Canadian French 134 ISO-1 ISO-8859-1 Code Page 865 Nordic135 Appendix D. Reverse control panel sheet Installation136 Page Printer Division