USER’S MANUAL
LC-7211
DOT MATRIX PRINTER
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ribbon cassette installation, loading paper, connecting to
About this manual
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Contents
Chapter 4 User Setup Utility
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Chapter 5 Using the Printer with Windows 3.1
Chapter 7 Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp
Chapter 6 Using the printer with Windows 95
Chapter 8 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Chapter 10 Optional Accessory Appendix A Troubleshooting
Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide
Appendix D Character Sets Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Choosing a place for the printer
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
2 Printer Setup
General guide
General guide
Front cover Adjustment lever Paper guide
Power switch Control panel
4 Printer Setup
Installing the platen knob
Removing the protective materials
Opening the front cover
Installing the ribbon cassette
Opening the front cover
6 Printer Setup
Removing the ribbon cassette
Removing the ribbon cassette
8 Printer Setup
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Loading fanfold paper
Loading fanfold paper
Adjustment lever
10 Printer Setup
Fanfold Cut-sheet Release lever
Sheet guide
Loading fanfold paper
Pin tractor
12 Printer Setup
Printing on fanfold paper
Printing on fanfold paper
14 Printer Setup
Using the tear-off function
Parking fanfold paper
Unparking fanfold paper
Connecting to your computer
Connecting to your computer
16 Printer Setup
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Switching between on-line and off-line
Line feed
Paper loading
Paper eject cut-sheet paper
Form feed fanfold paper
Setting the print mode
Setting the top of form position
Micro feed
Tear-off function fanfold paper
Selecting a font
Selecting the Quiet Print Mode
Changing the auto load position
20 Control Panel Operations
Saving a macro
Saving a macro
Initializing the printer
Clearing the printer’s buffer
22 Control Panel Operations
About EDS Mode settings
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Entering the EDS Mode
Changing a switch setting
Selecting a switch
24 Using the EDS Mode
Selecting a bank
Exiting the EDS Mode
Printing the current switch settings
EDS Mode Settings
Printing the current switch settings
Switch 4 Not used Switch 5 Paper Out Detector
26 Using the EDS Mode
Switch 6 Not used BANK B Switch 1 Graphics Direction
Switch 2 Auto Tear-off
Switch 5 Zero Style
EDS Mode Settings
Switch 6 Reserved BANK C Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
28 Using the EDS Mode
BANK E Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Code Page/International Character Set
Canadian French
EDS Mode Settings
Name
30 Using the EDS Mode
Country
Remarks
#928
EDS Mode Settings
Commonly used for DOS
#772
32 Using the EDS Mode
EDS Mode Settings
BANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 NLQ Font Selection
Installing the User Setup Utility
Chapter 4 User Setup Utility
Starting the User Setup Utility
Starting the User Setup Utility
36 User Setup Utility
Changing the General, Font, Paper and Adjust Settings
To select a window
Adjusting the dot alignment
Adjusting the dot alignment
To select a setting box
To change a setting
38 User Setup Utility
Saving setup data in a configuration file
Changing the printer port
Port Lpt1 Com1 Com2
Returning to default settings
Importing setup data from a configuration file
Exiting the User Setup Utility
Using the Help menu
Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows
Chapter 5 Using the Printer with Windows
Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows 3.1
Getting ready to print
42 Using the Printer with Windows
Printing a document
Printing a document
44 Using the Printer with Windows
Installing TrueType fonts
Selecting fonts in Windows applications
Selecting fonts in Windows applications
Setting up the printer in Windows
Chapter 6 Using the printer with Windows
Setting up the printer in Windows 95
48 Using the printer with Windows
Preparing to print
Preparing to print
the Microsoft Windows 95 User’s Guide
Printing a document
50 Using the printer with Windows
Printing a document
Printing a document
To print from any Windows 95 application, proceed as follows
Installing TrueType fonts
52 Using the printer with Windows
Setting up for printing with OS/2 Warp
Chapter 7 Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp
Getting ready to print
54 Using the Printer with OS/2 Warp
Printing a document
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Chapter 8 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Selecting paper types
Chapter 9 Paper Handling
Cut-Sheet Paper
Fanfold Paper
Adjusting for paper thickness
Adjusting for paper thickness
Backing sheet
4.5″ to 12″ / 114 to 305 mm
58 Paper Handling
Automatic fanfold feeding
Manual sheet feeding
Manual sheet feeding
60 Paper Handling
Clearing paper jams
Clearing paper jams
Connecting the Interface Converter
Chapter 10 Optional Accessory
Setting the converter’s DIP switches
Setting the converter’s DIP switches
Function
Switch
64 Optional Accessory
DOS/Windows Setting
Data Length
Short test
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Long test
Hexadecimal dump
66 Troubleshooting
Adjusting the dot alignment
The printer will print something like the following
68 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting guide
Problem
Possible Cause
Possible Cause
Problem
Problem
70 Troubleshooting
Possible Cause
Possible Cause
Problem
Problem
72 Troubleshooting
Possible Cause
Possible Cause
Problem
74 Troubleshooting
Checking system software settings in Windows
To check the default printer selection
To check the Driver Setup
To check the application printer selection
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
To check the port
Operating temperature
Appendix B Specifications
9 × 9H
30% to 80% noncondensing
Labels
Parallel Interface
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Optional Serial Interface
Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set
Appendix D Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1
80 Character Sets
Code Page #860 Portuguese
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #861 Icelandic
Code Page #863 Canadian French
82 Character Sets
Code Page #866 Russian
Code Page #865 Nordic
Code Page #3844 CS2
Code Page #3841 Gost-Russian
Code Page #3843 Polish
Code Page #3845 Hungarian
Code Page #3846 Turkish
84 Character Sets
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT
Code Page #737 Greek
Code Page #1001 Arabic
Code Page #851 Greek
Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437
Code Page #869 Greek
86 Character Sets
Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL
Code Page #928 Greek
Code Page #3002 Estonian2
Code Page #774 Lithuanian
Code Page #3001 Estonian1
Code Page #3011 Latvian1
Code Page #3012 Latvian2
88 Character Sets
Code Page #3031 Hebrew
Code Page #3021 Bulgarian
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Font and Character Set Control Commands
Top/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands
Print Pitch Control Commands
90 Printer Control Codes
Bit Image Graphic Commands
Special Print Mode Commands
Form Feed and Related Commands
Download Character Commands
Line Spacing Commands
Horizontal Print Position Control Commands
92 Printer Control Codes
Other Commands
Horizontal Print Position Control Commands Continued
Description
Mode
Switch settings
adjustment lever
Quiet mode
Appendix F Glossary
MICRO FEED
Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide
Font
Page
Page
Page
Customer response
Customer service information