Printer description | Seiko BX-900 guide

1. Introduction

Printer description

Ribbon Cassette	Paper Guide
Ribbon Cassette
	Platen

Paper Bail

Paper Select Lever

(Friction Lever)

Head Adjustment Lever

Printhead

Power Switch

Sound Seal Cover

Printer Cover

Paper Cutter

Paper Rack

Top Rear Cover

Operator Panel

Tractor Lock Lever

Tractor Cover

Rear Cover

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Seiko BX-900 owner manual Printer description

Contents

Business Printer Page Pin wide-carriage Dot matrix printer Seiko Precision IncPage Contents Maintenance Setting the application softwareTroubleshooting Bar code and enlarged character Other specifications Control code summary Appendices Foreign matter and water Power sourc eInstallation environment Operating condition Unpacking the printer Check the cartons for the following items To make a test print To set up the printerQuick startup To connect your computer Features Introduction Paper dimensions Options and expendables Power cord Printer description Precaution for extra-thick paper usage Tractor Physical dimensionModel a Physical dimensionModel B Installing the sound seal cover Setting upInstalling the paper rack P r e s s i n g t h e L a n g l e h i n g e Installing the ribbon cassette Ribbon Feed Knob Parallel Interface 36-pin plug Connecting the computerConnecting the power cord Serial Interface 25-pin plug Loading the paper Fanfold continuous paper Single sheet paper Left Paper Guide Adjusting the print head position Paper alignment Control panel and operations Control panel and indicatorsIndicators OUT Fanfold Cover Open Indicator lamps Lamp Off Blinking Function Keys Park Control Levers TOF SET Paper parking Friction Lever OUT Lamp Function Key Action Printing test pattern Demonstration print-out Tearing off a form Power-on operation summary Operation reference To set this option Basic setup optionsAbout basic setup options Multipart Selection procedure exampleSetup Memory Single Multipart Copy Normal Copy Dark Printing multipart paperSelecting page length for fanfold paper Fanfold Selecting single sheet paper size 136 278 297 Selecting font style Font ORATORs Selecting character spacing Letter Quality Enlarging/compressing print Zoom IN/OUT TOF Adjust Setting top of form positionLoading user & factory setup options Select Setup Setup Memo SET. Factory Factory Default Setting Option Menu Factory Default Basic options Extended setup options About extended setup options Extended setup options summary Previous Emulation EML Epson EML IBM EML HP Character table HP modeEmulation CHR TB Epson TBL Italic TBL Graphic TBL Down LD TBL Code PG Character table Epson modeCharacter table IBM mode CHR TB IBM TBL SET Code Brascii Abicomp National font styleCode Line feed LF IBM Alternate graphic mode AGM Valid in IBM modeCarriage return CR Slashed zero Set default tab stopsLine feed spacing Lock-in the page length Lock-in the character spacing Print qualityLock-in the font Lock-in the print quality Bar code type Enable Bar code print and Enlarged characterBC Mode BC Ignored Bar code specifications Sent by the user Bar code size Enlarged character size Accent character Setting of the FF Form Feed code at TOFGraphic Print Speed PCL Mode Mode PCL3+ Mode PCL3+D HP mode enhancement PCL Mode HP modeSecondary character table HP mode CHR TB2 HP TBL Line TBL Math Set the left margin Paper handling enhancement Set the top marginSet the bottom margin TOP Margin Fanfold paper width Autoscroll delaySet the right margin Right M Override no Override YES Override bottom marginOverride BM Cut sheet feeder type Setting of Paper out detectionSetting of the auto-scrolling position Interface type Select in signal parallel interfaceLine Feed Speed Parity bit serial interface Communication protocol serial interface Data length serial interfaceStop bit serial interface Communication speed serial interface CD signal serial interface Serial error check serial interfaceCTS signal serial interface DSR signal serial interface Busy/ACK timing parallel interface Setting of whether ERROR/PE signals are output or notCommunication buffer size Data latch timing parallel interface Invert LCD display Print directionLCD display language Print DIR Print PRE-DIR Print UNI-DIR Print BI-DIR Setting Energy Star Software controlled setupLock the Reset key Saving user setup options Printer driver selection Setting the application softwareAbout printer driver Hewlett Packard Epson Connecting the BX-900 printer in the HP environment Introduction PCL3+D Mode Saving Your SetupPCL3+ Mode Troubleshooting Error Messages Troubleshooting guide To run this mode in LQ printing Input hexadecimal dump modeTo run this mode in draft printing To terminate this mode Is not recommended. Apply only when it is necessary MaintenanceCleaning Inside the printer Lubrication Printer cover removal Printer Cover Vertical alignment mode Operation and printing pattern Description of Patterns Mode 1 no LCD Description Key Operation Makeup of bar code Bar code and enlarged characterOutline of bar code function Bar Code command Specified items on Bar Code Element width DC4 DC4 E Format Ascii Ascii DC4 ESC SO Ascii DC4 Data processing in the bar code data sequence Printing bar codes HRI Error processing Code 128 subset transition rule UPC-E conversion rule Calculating the check character Modulus Other Element printing Element printing example Enlarged character command list Outline of enlarged character function 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 Enlarged character print samples Print #1,BASE Appendix A. Specifications Printing specifications Character table Epson mode Paper feed method Paper weightThroughput Paper width Print mode specifications Print mode Graphic Print Specifications Mode Data input timing chart and input condition Parallel interface specificationsInput connector 36-pin parallel 100 Serial interface specifications 101 Other specifications 102 Appendix B. Control code summary 103 104 105 106 107 108 ESC ! n 109ESC SP n ≤ n≤ 110 111 N16 NUL 112ESC ? n m N2...n32 NUL Set by n1+n2 x 113≤n≤255 ESC R n N1+n2 x 114 115 116 ESC # @ 117ESC # id ESC 0 118 119 ESC s # W 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 Epson, Graphic character set, extended Appendix C. Character setsEpson, Italic character set 127 128 International character set EpsonIBM character set IBM all character set 129 130 ROMAN-8 Character sets PCLPC-8 Danish / Norwegian Character sets PCL 131 Math 7 character sets PCLLine Draw character sets PCL International character set ISO PCL 132 Code 00H ~ 7FH Common PCL modeEPSON/IBM mode Code Page 850 Multilingual 134 Code Page 863 Canadian French 135 Code Page 865 NordicISO-1 ISO-8859-1 136 InstallationAppendix D. Reverse control panel sheet Page Printer Division