XB24-2502
USER’S MANUAL
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS
ZB152
Trademark acknowledgments
About this manual
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Chapter 6 Optional Accessories
Appendix A Troubleshooting Appendix B Specifications
Appendix D Character Sets Appendix E Printer Control Codes
Appendix F Control Panel Operation Guide
Chapter 1 Printer Setup
Choosing a place for the printer
2 Printer Setup
Unpacking the printer
General guide
General guide
Installing the platen knob
4 Printer Setup
Opening the front cover
Installing the ribbon cartridge
Removing the front cover
Removing the front cover
6 Printer Setup
Installing the paper guide
Removing the ribbon cartridge
Removing the ribbon cartridge
Adjusting the paper guide position
Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off
8 Printer Setup
Loading fanfold paper
Loading fanfold paper
10 Printer Setup
Loading fanfold paper
Turn on the printer
12 Printer Setup
Printing on fanfold paper
Using the tear-off function
Parking fanfold paper
Unparking fanfold paper
Parking fanfold paper
Connecting to your computer
14 Printer Setup
Connecting to your computer
Switching between on-line and off-line
Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations
Entering the Font Lock Mode
Selecting a font
Selecting a font
Setting the character pitch
Entering the Pitch Lock Mode
18 Control Panel Operations
Line feed
Paper eject cut-sheet paper
Form feed fanfold paper
Micro feed
Setting the top of form position
Selecting the Quiet Print Mode
Tear-off function fanfold paper
20 Control Panel Operations
Changing the auto load position
Changing the auto load position
Saving a macro
Clearing the printer’s buffer
22 Control Panel Operations
Entering the Multi-part Mode
Initializing the printer
Initializing the printer
Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode
About EDS Mode settings
Entering the EDS Mode
Selecting a switch
Changing a switch setting
Selecting a bank
Selecting a bank
Printing the current switch settings
Checking the settings of switches in a bank
Exiting the EDS Mode
26 Using the EDS Mode
EDS Mode Settings
EDS Mode Settings
BANK A Switch 1 Emulation
Switch 2 Character Table
28 Using the EDS Mode
Switch 6 Multi-Part Mode
BANK B Switch 1 Graphics Direction
Switch 2 Auto Tear-off Long
BANK C Switches 1, 2 Print Mode
Switches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch
Switch 6 Quiet
EDS Mode Settings
30 Using the EDS Mode
BANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length
Switch 5 CR Centering Position
Switch 6 Not used BANK E
EDS Mode Settings
Code Page
32 Using the EDS Mode
EDS Mode Settings
Name
Country
Remarks
34 Using the EDS Mode
Commonly used for DOS
EDS Mode Settings
U.S.A
36 Using the EDS Mode
BANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 LQ Font Selection
Switch 6 Not used
Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS
Setting up for printing with MS-DOS
Chapter 5 Paper Handling
Selecting paper types
Cut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed
Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder
Adjusting for paper thickness
Adjusting for paper thickness
Automatic fanfold feeding
Manual sheet feeding
40 Paper Handling
Clearing paper jams
Clearing paper jams
Chapter 6 Optional Accessories
Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-15DM
Preparing the printer
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15XM
Serial Interface Cartridge IS-8XL
Pull Tractor Unit PT-15XM
44 Optional Accessories
Buffered Parallel Interface Cartridge IP-128XL
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K
Specifications
Appendix A Troubleshooting
Testing the printer
Self test
Adjusting the dot alignment
Hexadecimal dump
Hexadecimal dump
or like this
48 Troubleshooting
DOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING Normal-density
Troubleshooting guide
Problem
Possible Cause
50 Troubleshooting
Problem
Paper is jamming, causing
Possible Cause
Problem
Possible Cause
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
MODE LPT1=COM1 or MODE LPT1=COM2
Appendix B Specifications
Printing System
Printing Speed
Print Direction
54 Specifications
Environment
Paper
Cut-sheet manual feeding
Dimensions and weight
Power Supply
Power Consumption
Ribbon Life
Appendix C Interface Pin Outs
Parallel Interface
Optional Serial Interface
Appendix D Character Sets
Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set
58 Character Sets
IBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1
IBM Special Character Set
Code Page #860 Portuguese
Code Page #850 Multi-lingual
Code Page #861 Icelandic
60 Character Sets
Code Page #863 Canadian French
Code Page #866 Russian
Code Page #865 Nordic
Code Page #3841 Gost-Russian
Code Page #3844 CS2
Code Page #3843 Polish
Code Page #3845 Hungarian
Code Page #3846 Turkish
Code Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP
Code Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT
Code Page #852 Latin-2
Code Page #1001 Arabic
Code Page #737 Greek
Code Page #851 Greek
Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437
64 Character Sets
Code Page #869 Greek
Code Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL
Code Page #928 Greek
Code Page #774 Lithuanian
Code Page #3002 Estonian2
Code Page #3001 Estonian1
Code Page #3011 Latvian1
66 Character Sets
Code Page #3012 Latvian2
Code Page #3031 Hebrew
Code Page #3021 Bulgarian
Code Page #3850 Standard KU
Code Page #3861 Microwiz KU
Code Page #3860 Rajvitee KU
Code Page #3863 STD988 TIS
Code Page #3864 Popular TIS
Code Page #3865 Newsic TIS
Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437
Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Standard Mode
Appendix E Printer Control Codes
70 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Standard Mode
72 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Select an international character set
Select superscript/subscript printing
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Standard Mode
ESC T 04 00 00 00 n1 n2
ESC \ nL nH
74 Printer Control Codes
Standard Mode
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
Standard Mode
Print a character from all character chart
ASCII Code
IBM Mode
76 Printer Control Codes
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
IBM Mode
IBM Mode
ASCII Code
Function
Select code page
Appendix F Control Panel Operation Guide
Checking system software settings in MS-DOS
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