PBA10HK
LC-8021
USER’S MANUAL
DOT MATRIX PRINTER
LQ-850, LQ-860, LQ-1050, LQ-1060 Seiko Epson Corporation
Trademark acknowledgments
About this manual
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Contents
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Chapter 6 Optional Accessories
Appendix B Specifications Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Appendix D Character Sets Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Appendix F Glossary Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide
Choosing a place for the printer
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
2 Printer Setup
General guide
General guide
extension
4 Printer Setup
Opening the front cover
Removing the front cover
Removing the protective materials
Removing the protective materials
6 Printer Setup
Installing the ribbon cartridge
Press on the top of the cartridge until it snaps securely into place
Removing the ribbon cartridge
8 Printer Setup
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Loading paper
10 Printer Setup
Connecting to your computer
Connecting to your computer
To connect with a parallel cable
12 Printer Setup
Connecting to your computer
To connect with a serial cable
14 Printer Setup
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Switching between on-line and off-line
Paper eject
Selecting a font
Line feed
Form feed
Changing the auto load position
Changing the auto load position
18 Control Panel Operations
Entering the Multi-part Mode
Clearing the printer’s buffer
Initializing the printer
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
About EDS Mode settings
Entering the EDS Mode
Selecting a bank
20 Using the EDS Mode
Exiting the EDS Mode
Selecting a switch
Changing a switch setting
Printing the current switch settings
Switch 2 Not used Switch 3 Character Table
EDS-1 Settings
22 Using the EDS Mode
BANK A Switch 1 Emulation
Switch 2 Not used Switch 3 Line Spacing
EDS-1 Settings
Switch 6 Multi-Part Mode
BANK B Switch 1 Graphics Direction
Switch 6 Not used
24 Using the EDS Mode
BANK C Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
EDS-1 Settings
BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
Switch 5 Cut-sheet eject direction
Switch 6 Skew sensor for cut-sheet paper
BANK E
26 Using the EDS Mode
#772 Lithuanian
EDS-1 Settings
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden
28 Using the EDS Mode
If your EDS settings specify Standard emulation Bank A, Switch 1 ON with the italic character table Bank A, Switch 2 OFF, use the Bank E switches to select the international character set you want to use. This setting determines the assignment of 14 character codes in the Standard Italic character set
EDS-1 Settings
BANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 LQ Font Selection
30 Using the EDS Mode
Switch 2 Parity Check
EDS-2 Settings
EDS-2 Settings
BANK A Switch 1 Data Length
Switches 4, 5, 6 Not used
32 Using the EDS Mode
Switch 4 Protocol
Switches 5, 6 Not used BANK B Switch 1, 2, 3 Baud Rate
Switches 5, 6 Waiting period for paper loading
BANK C Switches 1, 2 Top and bottom margins
Switch 3 Head gap sensing for on each line
Switch 4 Control code FF
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Passbook
Chapter 5 Paper Handling
Selecting paper types
Cut-Sheet Paper
36 Paper Handling
Feeding a passbook into the printer
Feeding cut-sheet paper into the printer
Feeding cut-sheet paper into the printer
38 Paper Handling
Print area
Serial Interface Unit IS-NP192
Chapter 6 Optional Accessories
Serial-to-Parallel Interface Converter SPC-8K
40 Optional Accessories
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Short test
Long test
Adjusting the dot alignment
42 Troubleshooting
Hexadecimal dump
Adjusting the dot alignment
Possible Cause
Troubleshooting guide
44 Troubleshooting
Problem
Troubleshooting guide
Problem
Possible Cause
46 Troubleshooting
Problem
Possible Cause
Troubleshooting guide
Problem
Possible Cause
48 Troubleshooting
Problem
Possible Cause
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Appendix B Specifications
Paper
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Parallel Interface
Serial Interface
Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set
Appendix D Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC IBM Character Set #1
54 Character Sets
Code Page #861 Icelandic
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #860 Portuguese
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #865 Nordic
56 Character Sets
Code Page #863 Canadian French
Code Page #866 Russian
Code Page #3845 Hungarian
Code Page #3841 Gost-Russian
Code Page #3844 CS2
Code Page #3843 Polish
Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT
58 Character Sets
Code Page #3846 Turkish
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437
Code Page #1001 Arabic
Code Page #737 Greek
Code Page #851 Greek
Code Page #928 Greek
60 Character Sets
Code Page #869 Greek
Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL
Code Page #3011 Latvian1
Code Page #774 Lithuanian
Code Page #3002 Estonian2
Code Page #3001 Estonian1
Code Page #3021 Bulgarian
62 Character Sets
Code Page #3012 Latvian2
Code Page #3031 Hebrew
Code Page #3863 STD988 TIS
Code Page #3850 Standard KU
Code Page #3861 Microwiz KU
Code Page #3860 Rajvitee KU
64 Character Sets
Code Page #3864 Popular TIS
Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Standard Mode
66 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
ASCII Code
Function
Turns on double-width
68 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Turns off double-width
Standard Mode
Set vertical tab in VFU channels
Select 1⋅1, 2⋅2, 4⋅4 sized printing
70 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Set characters downloaded in “00h-7Fh” area to “80h-FFh” area
IBM Mode
ASCII Code
Function
IBM Mode
72 Printer Control Codes
IBM Mode
Cancel overscoring
Move print position to the right
Appendix F Glossary
Electronic DIP Switch settings
power outlet
Quiet mode
EJECT
Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide
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