ZB152
XB24-2502
USER’S MANUAL
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS
Trademark acknowledgments
About this manual
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Appendix A Troubleshooting Appendix B Specifications
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Chapter 6 Optional Accessories
Appendix F Control Panel Operation Guide
Appendix D Character Sets Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Choosing a place for the printer
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
2 Printer Setup
General guide
General guide
4 Printer Setup
Installing the platen knob
Opening the front cover
Removing the front cover
Installing the ribbon cartridge
Removing the front cover
6 Printer Setup
Removing the ribbon cartridge
Installing the paper guide
Removing the ribbon cartridge
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
Adjusting the paper guide position
8 Printer Setup
Loading fanfold paper
Loading fanfold paper
10 Printer Setup
Turn on the printer
Loading fanfold paper
Printing on fanfold paper
12 Printer Setup
Parking fanfold paper
Using the tear-off function
Parking fanfold paper
Unparking fanfold paper
14 Printer Setup
Connecting to your computer
Connecting to your computer
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Switching between on-line and off-line
Selecting a font
Entering the Font Lock Mode
Selecting a font
Entering the Pitch Lock Mode
Setting the character pitch
18 Control Panel Operations
Micro feed
Line feed
Paper eject cut-sheet paper
Form feed fanfold paper
20 Control Panel Operations
Setting the top of form position
Selecting the Quiet Print Mode
Tear-off function fanfold paper
Changing the auto load position
Changing the auto load position
Clearing the printer’s buffer
Saving a macro
22 Control Panel Operations
Initializing the printer
Entering the Multi-part Mode
Initializing the printer
About EDS Mode settings
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Entering the EDS Mode
Selecting a bank
Selecting a switch
Changing a switch setting
Selecting a bank
26 Using the EDS Mode
Printing the current switch settings
Checking the settings of switches in a bank
Exiting the EDS Mode
Switch 2 Character Table
EDS Mode Settings
EDS Mode Settings
BANK A Switch 1 Emulation
Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Long
28 Using the EDS Mode
Switch 6 Multi-Part Mode
BANK B Switch 1 Graphics Direction
EDS Mode Settings
BANK C Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
Switch 6 Quiet
Switch 6 Not used BANK E
30 Using the EDS Mode
BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
Switch 5 CR Centering Position
Code Page
EDS Mode Settings
32 Using the EDS Mode
Remarks
EDS Mode Settings
Name
Country
Commonly used for DOS
34 Using the EDS Mode
U.S.A
EDS Mode Settings
BANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 LQ Font Selection
36 Using the EDS Mode
Switch 6 Not used
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder
Chapter 5 Paper Handling
Selecting paper types
Cut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed
Adjusting for paper thickness
Adjusting for paper thickness
Manual sheet feeding
Automatic fanfold feeding
40 Paper Handling
Clearing paper jams
Clearing paper jams
Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-15DM
Chapter 6 Optional Accessories
Preparing the printer
Serial Interface Cartridge IS-8XL
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15XM
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15XM
Buffered Parallel Interface Cartridge IP-128XL
44 Optional Accessories
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Specifications
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Testing the printer
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Self test
or like this
Adjusting the dot alignment
Hexadecimal dump
Hexadecimal dump
DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING Normal-density
48 Troubleshooting
Problem
Troubleshooting guide
Possible Cause
Possible Cause
50 Troubleshooting
Problem
Paper is jamming, causing
Possible Cause
Problem
MODE LPT1=COM1 or MODE LPT1=COM2
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Print Direction
Appendix B Specifications
Printing System
Printing Speed
Cut-sheet manual feeding
54 Specifications
Environment
Paper
Ribbon Life
Dimensions and weight
Power Supply
Power Consumption
Parallel Interface
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Optional Serial Interface
Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set
Appendix D Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1
58 Character Sets
Code Page #861 Icelandic
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #860 Portuguese
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #865 Nordic
60 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 #852 Latin-2
Code Page #3846 Turkish
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT
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
64 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
66 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
Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437
Code Page #3864 Popular TIS
Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS
Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437
Standard Mode
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
70 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Select superscript/subscript printing
72 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Select an international character set
ESC \ nL nH
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Standard Mode
ESC T 04 00 00 00 n1 n2
Standard Mode
74 Printer Control Codes
ASCII Code
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Standard Mode
Print a character from all character chart
76 Printer Control Codes
IBM Mode
IBM Mode
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Select code page
IBM Mode
ASCII Code
Function
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Appendix F Control Panel Operation Guide
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
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