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Chapter 6 — Troubleshooting

This section shows a list of check points to follow if your printer is not working properly. It also includes details of some routine maintenance operations you can perform yourself. It is not, however, a complete service manual. Call your authorized service center if you are unsure of your ability to carry out any maintenance or servicing operations on the printer.

Chapter 7 — Optional Accessories

This chapter explains the optional accessories that are available for your printer, and how to install and use them.

Chapter 8 — Printer Control Commands

This chapter explains the different emulations provided by your printer, and the software commands that are used to drive it. This section is of use if you are writing or modifying programs to take advantage of the printer’s features.

Chapter 9 — Download Characters

This chapter explains the procedures to create your own characters.

Chapter 10— MS-DOS and Your Printer

Since the PS/2 or PC-AT family of computers running under MS-DOS is currently the most popular configuration of microcomputer, we have in- cluded a few hints and tips to help you use your printer with such systems. Since virtually all PCs are sold with a Microsoft BASIC interpreter, we have also included some hints, and a sample program in this language to demon- strate the capabilities of the printer.

Chapter 11— Reference

This section provides references for your printer, such as specifications, the pinout of interface connector, and the character tables.

The character table charts give the different character sets available.

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Contents

LC24-20MULTI-FONT Trademark Acknowledgements HOW to USE this Manual Reference Table of Contents Default SETTINGS-EDS Mode Index Page Chapter Printer Components Component Description Summary of Printer Features Feature Character spacing LCD Control panel Font/Pitch Lock Font Style Example FC-2Z OCR-B OCR-A Code UPC/EAN Quad-s i z MI Memo Setting UP the Printer Printer Placement Unpacking and Inspection Page Setting UP Installing the platen knob Removing the front cover Front cover can stay on the printer Installing the ribbon cartridge Installing the ribbon cariridge Installing the front cover Make sure that the ribbon is positioned correctly Installing the paper guide Installing the mute cover Connecting the interface cable 12. Connecting the interface cable Configuring your software for the printer Paper Installation and USE Selection of Paper Shows the recommended print area for each type of papers Adjusting the Printing GAP Location of the adjustment lever Loading Fanfold Forms Paper path for fanfold forms Loading the paper Opening the mute cover and correct lever position Tractor cover Mamp’ever Mute cover Paper parking 10.Tear off the printed fanfold paper Paper unparking Tear off function Loading Single Sheets 11.Paper path for cut forms 13.Place a single sheet between the guides 14.Pull the bail lever forward to load paper Button and Indicator Function ‘ONT‘lTCHn n mm On Line EJECT/PARK Font POWER-UP Functions Short test mode Long test mode Long self-test Print area test mode Pitch lock modeFont lock mode Font and Pitch lock mode Dot adjustment mode DRAFT, Draft Cond and BIT Image Hexadecimal dump Switch Combination Functions Top of form Reverse micro-feed Forward micro-feedChanging the auto loading position Clearing the buffer/All reset Save Macro DefinitionPage Conditions Indicated by Messages and Tones Summary of display messages Macro Summary of beep tones Page Default SETTINGS-EDS Mode HOW to SET the EDS Mode Functions of the EDS Settings OFF Switch A-1 Emulation Switch B-2 Paper-out Switches C-3 to C-5 Page Length Switches E-1 to E-5 LQ Font Selection Page Page Troubleshooting TroubleshootingPage Page Page Move the lever to a lighter setting front. See Chapter Page Page Maintenance Optional Accessories Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-1ODS Setting up Remove the front cover, and open the rear cover Printer Loading paper Insert the stacker attachment Fan the paper before inserfing into the ASF Feeding a single sheet 10.Push the paper loading lever to hold the paper stack Pull Tractor Unit PT-IOZS Printer co Tractor covel Clamp lever Tractor cover Font Cartridges and RAM Cartridges Font Name Install the connector cover into the printer Close the front cover 21.Connect the Parallel connector to the printer Interface Converter SPC-8K DIP Switch Functions on The Converter Transfer speedPage Printer Control Commands Select print quality Font Control CommandsSelect LQ font Cancel emphasized printing Select italic charactersSelect upright characters Emphasized printing Cancel double-strike printing Double-strike printingUnderlining Overlining Select ornament character Select scoreSuperscript Cancel superscript or subscript Subscript Character SET Commands Select standard character setSelect IBM character set Select character set #l Select international character set Select IBM code Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of all character codes on next characterSelect slash zero Select normal zero Character Size and Pitch Commands Pica pitchElite pitch Semi-condensed pitch Proportional spacing Cancel condensed printingSelect font and pitch Expanded printing Cancel one-line expanded printingExpanded printing for one line Select character width Select master print modeIncrease character spacing Print double-height characters Select double or quadruple sizeReturn to normal height Select character height, width, and line spacing Vertical Position Set line spacing to 1/8 inchSet line spacing to 7/60 or 7/72 inch Set line spacing to 1/6 inch Setline spacing to nl180 inch, n1216inch, or n1360inch Set base unitfor line spacingSet line spacing to n160inch or n172inch Select forward feed mode Select reverse feed modeExecute &SC a Line feed Perform one n/180-inch, n/216-inch, or n/360-inch line feed Perform one nl180-inch reverse line feedFeed paper n lines Set top of page at current position Cancel bottom margin Set page length to n linesSet page length to n inches Set bottom margin Disable paper-out detector Enable paper-out detectorForm feed Return to top of current Set vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n linesSet vertical tab stops in channel Select vertical tab channel Vertical tab Set left margin Horizontal Position CommandsSet right margin Cancel automatic line feed Set left and right marginsCarriage return Set automatic line feed Left just$y Center textRight justify Full justify Reset all tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every n columnsHorizontal tab Relative horizontal tab Absolute horizontal tab in inches Relative horizontal tab in inchesAbsolute-horizontal tab in columns Graphics Commands Print normal-density 8-bit graphicsPrint double-density 8-bit graphics Print double-density, double-speed 8-bit graphics Print quadruple-density 8-bit graphics Print hex-density 24-bit graphics Select graphics mode III, n2, ml, m2 Convert graphics density Download Character Commands Define download characters Decimal Hexadecimal ESC = ~ # Copy character set from ROM into RAM Shift download character area Select download character setSelect ROM character set Other Printer Commands Set printer off-line Set printer on-lineStop printing Bell Uni-directional printing One-line uni-directional printingManual feed Auto feed Set print start position on ASF Reset printerSet initial conditions Defining Your OWN Characters with Standard Mode Download Characters Assigning the character data 122 Telephone symbol wtth normal LQplca Assigning a value of character space Sample program 1250 Diffusion Ranges of Cars & Telephones Defining Your OWN Characters with IBM Mode Assigning the download character set Telephone symbol with LQ pica Assigning the character dot pattern 10100.00,00 Assigning the Index Table data 130 131 132 Programming the Printer with DOS Commands MS-DOS and Your Printer ESC Aedlin LQELITE.DAT Programming with Basic 1310 1320 137 138 139 140 How the program works 142 Specifications Reference 32X Friction or push tractor feed standard Film ribbon cartridgeFZ24 Pinout of Interface Connector Parallel interface Serial Interface 10 N/C II-3 F9 Standard character set #2 151 International character sets Korea Irish Legal IBM character set #2 Code Page #437 U. S.A 154 Code Page #850 Multi-1ingual Code Page #860 Portuguese Code Page #861 Icelandic Code Page #863 Canadian French Code Page #865 Nordic Character set #1 1 mPage Proportional Spacing Table Std #437 #850 #860 #861 #863 #865 HperlSulIBM Lmal 24 24 24 24 24 Chr Proportionalwidth Std #437 #850 #860 #861 #863 #865 Std #437 #850 #860 #861 #863 #865 Chr 140 197 198 199 200 INT 181 134 164 182 143 132 183 145 142 184 198 199 207 +--l-+ Index Fanfold forms, loading, Z-27 Off line command, I I g On Line button Page Command Summary Standard Mode Xx ’ 179 IBM Mode Following commands take effect with the IBM mode 181 Consumer Response 11111 Bail Lever Functions