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