USER’S MANUAL
LC-8021
DOT MATRIX PRINTER
PBA10HK
LQ-850, LQ-860, LQ-1050, LQ-1060 Seiko Epson Corporation
Trademark acknowledgments
About this manual
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Contents
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Chapter 6 Optional Accessories
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
Choosing a place for the printer
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
2 Printer Setup
General guide
General guide
extension
Opening the front cover
4 Printer Setup
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
Line feed
Selecting a font
Form feed
Paper eject
Changing the auto load position
Changing the auto load position
Clearing the printer’s buffer
Entering the Multi-part Mode
Initializing the printer
18 Control Panel Operations
About EDS Mode settings
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Entering the EDS Mode
Selecting a bank
20 Using the EDS Mode
Changing a switch setting
Selecting a switch
Printing the current switch settings
Exiting the EDS Mode
22 Using the EDS Mode
EDS-1 Settings
BANK A Switch 1 Emulation
Switch 2 Not used Switch 3 Character Table
Switch 6 Multi-Part Mode
EDS-1 Settings
BANK B Switch 1 Graphics Direction
Switch 2 Not used Switch 3 Line Spacing
BANK C Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
24 Using the EDS Mode
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
Switch 6 Not used
Switch 5 Cut-sheet eject direction
BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
Switch 6 Skew sensor for cut-sheet paper
EDS-1 Settings
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
EDS-2 Settings
EDS-2 Settings
BANK A Switch 1 Data Length
Switch 2 Parity Check
Switch 4 Protocol
32 Using the EDS Mode
Switches 5, 6 Not used BANK B Switch 1, 2, 3 Baud Rate
Switches 4, 5, 6 Not used
Switch 3 Head gap sensing for on each line
BANK C Switches 1, 2 Top and bottom margins
Switch 4 Control code FF
Switches 5, 6 Waiting period for paper loading
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Selecting paper types
Chapter 5 Paper Handling
Cut-Sheet Paper
Passbook
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
Short test
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Long test
42 Troubleshooting
Adjusting the dot alignment
Hexadecimal dump
Adjusting the dot alignment
44 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting guide
Problem
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
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 #860 Portuguese
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #861 Icelandic
Code Page #863 Canadian French
56 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
58 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
60 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
62 Character Sets
Code Page #3031 Hebrew
Code Page #3021 Bulgarian
Code Page #3861 Microwiz KU
Code Page #3850 Standard KU
Code Page #3860 Rajvitee KU
Code Page #3863 STD988 TIS
Code Page #3864 Popular TIS
64 Character Sets
Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Standard Mode
66 Printer Control Codes
ASCII Code
Standard Mode
Function
Standard Mode
68 Printer Control Codes
Turns off double-width
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
IBM Mode
72 Printer Control Codes
Cancel overscoring
IBM Mode
Move print position to the right
power outlet
Electronic DIP Switch settings
Quiet mode
Appendix F Glossary
DATAPOWER
Appendix G Control Panel Operation Guide
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