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