DOT MATRIX PRINTER
LC-240C LC-240 NX-2460C NX-2460
USERS MANUAL
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LQ850, LQ860, LQ1050, LQ1060 Seiko Epson Corporation
Trademark acknowledgments
IBM PC, IBM Proprinter X24E, IBM Proprinter XL24E, IBM Proprinter
MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows 3.1 Microsoft Corporation
About this manual
Chapter 2 User Setup Utility …
Chapter 1 Printer Setup …
Chapter 3 Using the Printer with Windows 3.1 …
Contents
Chapter 7 Other Printing Features …
Chapter 6 Using the Printer with MS-DOS …
Appendix A Troubleshooting …
Chapter 4 Control Panel Operations …
Choosing a place for the printer
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
2 Printer Setup
General guide
General guide
Control panel Power button Interface connector Platen
Paper support Automatic sheet feeder Front cover Paper button
Removing the print head protector color printer only
4 Printer Setup
Opening the front cover
About ribbon cartridges
Installing the ribbon cartridge
About ribbon cartridges
6 Printer Setup
Installing the paper support
Installing the paper support
Connecting to your computer
8 Printer Setup
Loading paper
Connecting to a power outlet
Connecting to a power outlet
Pull the paper tray cover of the automatic sheet feeder forward
10 Printer Setup
Slide the left-hand paper guide all the way to the left
Paper guide
Paper guides Retaining clip
Loading paper
Detaching the automatic sheet feeder
12 Printer Setup
Lift the automatic sheet feeder straight up
Detaching the automatic sheet feeder
14 Printer Setup
Re-installing the automatic sheet feeder
Installing the User Setup Utility
Chapter 2 User Setup Utility
Execute the command that installs the User Setup Utility
Starting up the User Setup Utility
Starting up the User Setup Utility
18 User Setup Utility
Changing User Setup Utility parameter settings
Using the General window
Using the General window
Emulation
20 User Setup Utility
Graphic direction
A.E.C
Default color
Using the General window
RAM Usage
Sleep
22 User Setup Utility
Using the Font window
Font Lock
Using the Font window
Zero style
Country
24 User Setup Utility
Using the Paper window
Timeout Printing
Using the Paper window
Top Margin
Paper Out
Double-density
Adjusting the printer’s vertical alignment
26 User Setup Utility
Changing the printer port
Changing the printer port
28 User Setup Utility
Saving setup data as a new configuration file
Saving changed setup data in the current configuration file
Importing setup data from a configuration file
Importing setup data from a configuration file
Returning to default settings
Using the Help window
Exiting the User Setup Utility
Setting up for printing with Microsoft Windows
Chapter 3 Using the Printer with Windows
32 Using the Printer with Windows
Getting ready to print
Getting ready to print
Printing a document
34 Using the Printer with Windows
Printing a document
Selecting fonts in Windows applications
Installing TrueType fonts
36 Using the Printer with Windows
To restore full power from the Sleep Mode
To enter the Sleep Mode
Chapter 4 Control Panel Operations
For full details on paper handling, see page 39 of this manual
Errors
To switch between the Ready and Not-Ready Modes
To feed single-sheet paper into the printer
To eject single-sheet paper from the printer
Selecting paper types
Chapter 5 Paper Handling
40 Paper Handling
Adjusting for paper thickness
Manual sheet feeding
Automatic sheet feeding
Clearing paper jams
Automatic sheet feeding
Paper release levers
42 Paper Handling
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Chapter 6 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Selecting fonts in MS-DOS applications
44 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
How to pause printing
Chapter 7 Other Printing Features
Line feed
Form feed
Testing the printer
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Short test
Testing the printer
Long test
Hexadecimal dump
48 Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting guide
Troubleshooting guide
Problem
50 Troubleshooting
Possible Cause
Recommended
Problem
Troubleshooting guide
Possible Cause
Recommended
Problem
52 Troubleshooting
Possible Cause
Recommended
Problem
Troubleshooting guide
Possible Cause
Recommended
Problem
54 Troubleshooting
Possible Cause
Recommended
Checking system software settings in Windows
Checking system software settings in Windows
56 Troubleshooting
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Checking the port settings in the User Setup Utility
Storage Temperature
Appendix B
Specifications
58 Specifications
Optional Serial Interface
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Parallel Interface
Standard Character Set #2 International Character Set
Appendix D Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC
Checking the port settings in the User Setup Utility
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #852
Code Page #860 Portuguese
62 Character Sets
Code Page #863 Canadian French
Code Page #861 Icelandic
Code Page #866
Checking the port settings in the User Setup Utility
Code Page #3843
Russian LC-240/240C only
Code Page #3844
64 Character Sets
Code Page #3846
Code Page #3845
The following characters can be printed using the ESC command
Checking the port settings in the User Setup Utility
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
The other characters are the same as in code page #437
Font and Character Set Control Commands
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Top/Bottom Margin and Vertical Tab Commands
Checking the port settings in the User Setup Utility
Print Pitch Control Commands
Bit Image Graphic Commands
68 Printer Control Codes
Special Print Mode Commands
Line Spacing Commands
Checking the port settings in the User Setup Utility
Form Feed and Related Commands
Download Character Commands
Other Commands
70 Printer Control Codes
Horizontal Print Position Control Commands
NEC Commands
Checking the port settings in the User Setup Utility
Other Commands Continued
Appendix F Glossary
parallel 11, 12, 60 serial converter 46
color 2, 4, 22, 43, 52, 54 connecting
window 31, 35, 50, 59, control panel printer 37, 41, 45
emulation 20, 53, 58 automatic change
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