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Star Micronics XB24-250 II user manual General guide

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Star Micronics XB24-250 II user manual General guide

Contents

USER’S MANUAL XB24-2502DOT MATRIX PRINTERS ZB152Trademark acknowledgments About this manual Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations Chapter 1 Printer SetupChapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOS Chapter 3 Using the EDS ModeChapter 6 Optional Accessories Appendix A Troubleshooting Appendix B SpeciﬁcationsAppendix F Control Panel Operation Guide Appendix D Character Sets Appendix E Printer Control CodesChoosing a place for the printer Chapter 1 Printer SetupUnpacking the printer 2 Printer SetupGeneral guide General guideInstalling the platen knob 4 Printer SetupOpening the front cover Installing the ribbon cartridge Removing the front coverRemoving the front cover 6 Printer Setup Installing the paper guide Removing the ribbon cartridgeRemoving the ribbon cartridge Adjusting the paper guide position Connecting to a power outlet and turning power on and off8 Printer Setup Loading fanfold paper Loading fanfold paper10 Printer Setup Turn on the printer Loading fanfold paperPrinting on fanfold paper 12 Printer SetupParking fanfold paper Using the tear-off functionUnparking fanfold paper Parking fanfold paper14 Printer Setup Connecting to your computerConnecting to your computer Chapter 2 Control Panel Operations Switching between on-line and off-lineEntering the Font Lock Mode Selecting a fontSelecting a font Setting the character pitch Entering the Pitch Lock Mode18 Control Panel Operations Paper eject cut-sheet paper Line feedForm feed fanfold paper Micro feedSelecting the Quiet Print Mode Setting the top of form positionTear-off function fanfold paper 20 Control Panel OperationsChanging the auto load position Changing the auto load positionSaving a macro Clearing the printer’s buffer22 Control Panel Operations Entering the Multi-part Mode Initializing the printerInitializing the printer Chapter 3 Using the EDS Mode About EDS Mode settingsEntering the EDS Mode Changing a switch setting Selecting a switchSelecting a bank Selecting a bankChecking the settings of switches in a bank Printing the current switch settingsExiting the EDS Mode 26 Using the EDS ModeEDS Mode Settings EDS Mode SettingsBANK A Switch 1 Emulation Switch 2 Character TableSwitch 6 Multi-Part Mode 28 Using the EDS ModeBANK B Switch 1 Graphics Direction Switch 2 Auto Tear-off LongSwitches 3, 4, 5 Print Pitch BANK C Switches 1, 2 Print ModeSwitch 6 Quiet EDS Mode SettingsBANK D Switches 1, 2, 3, 4 Page Length 30 Using the EDS ModeSwitch 5 CR Centering Position Switch 6 Not used BANK ECode Page EDS Mode Settings32 Using the EDS Mode Name EDS Mode SettingsCountry RemarksCommonly used for DOS 34 Using the EDS ModeU.S.A EDS Mode Settings36 Using the EDS Mode BANK F Switches 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 LQ Font SelectionSwitch 6 Not used Setting up for printing with MS-DOS Chapter 4 Using the Printer with MS-DOSSelecting paper types Chapter 5 Paper HandlingCut-Sheet Paper Manual Feed Cut-Sheet Paper with Optional Automatic Sheet FeederAdjusting for paper thickness Adjusting for paper thicknessAutomatic fanfold feeding Manual sheet feeding40 Paper Handling Clearing paper jams Clearing paper jamsChapter 6 Optional Accessories Automatic Sheet Feeder SF-15DMPreparing the printer Pull Tractor Unit PT-15XM Serial Interface Cartridge IS-8XLPull Tractor Unit PT-15XM 44 Optional Accessories Buffered Parallel Interface Cartridge IP-128XLSerial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8K Speciﬁcations Serial-to-Parallel Converter SPC-8KAppendix A Troubleshooting Testing the printerSelf test Hexadecimal dump Adjusting the dot alignmentHexadecimal dump or like thisDOT ADJUSTMENT SETTING Normal-density 48 TroubleshootingTroubleshooting guide ProblemPossible Cause Problem 50 TroubleshootingPaper is jamming, causing Possible CausePossible Cause ProblemMODE LPT1=COM1 or MODE LPT1=COM2 Checking system software settings in MS-DOSPrinting System Appendix B SpeciﬁcationsPrinting Speed Print DirectionEnvironment 54 SpecificationsPaper Cut-sheet manual feedingPower Supply Dimensions and weightPower Consumption Ribbon LifeAppendix C Interface Pin Outs Parallel InterfaceOptional Serial Interface Standard Italic Character Set International Character Set Appendix D Character SetsIBM Character Set #2 Code Page #437 IBM-PC Character Set #1 58 Character SetsCode Page #860 Portuguese IBM Special Character SetCode Page #850 Multi-lingual Code Page #861 IcelandicCode Page #863 Canadian French 60 Character SetsCode Page #866 Russian Code Page #865 NordicCode Page #3844 CS2 Code Page #3841 Gost-RussianCode Page #3843 Polish Code Page #3845 HungarianCode Page #3848 Brazil-ABICOMP Code Page #3846 TurkishCode Page #3847 Brazil-ABNT Code Page #852 Latin-2Code Page #737 Greek Code Page #1001 ArabicCode Page #851 Greek Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437Code Page #869 Greek 64 Character SetsCode Page #2001 Lithuanian-KBL Code Page #928 GreekCode Page #3002 Estonian2 Code Page #774 LithuanianCode Page #3001 Estonian1 Code Page #3011 Latvian1Code Page #3012 Latvian2 66 Character SetsCode Page #3031 Hebrew Code Page #3021 BulgarianCode Page #3861 Microwiz KU Code Page #3850 Standard KUCode Page #3860 Rajvitee KU Code Page #3863 STD988 TISCode Page #3865 Newsic TIS Code Page #3864 Popular TISOther characters are the same as those for Code Page #437 Other characters are the same as those for Code Page #437Checking system software settings in MS-DOS Standard ModeAppendix E Printer Control Codes Standard Mode 70 Printer Control CodesStandard Mode Checking system software settings in MS-DOSStandard Mode 72 Printer Control CodesSelect an international character set Select superscript/subscript printingStandard Mode Checking system software settings in MS-DOSESC T 04 00 00 00 n1 n2 ESC \ nL nHStandard Mode 74 Printer Control CodesStandard Mode Checking system software settings in MS-DOSPrint a character from all character chart ASCII Code76 Printer Control Codes IBM ModeIBM Mode Checking system software settings in MS-DOSASCII Code IBM ModeFunction Select code pageChecking system software settings in MS-DOS Appendix F Control Panel Operation GuideFORM FEED LINE FEEDPage Page Page 536 Nanatsushinya, Shimizu Rm 1802-6, 18/F., Tower 2, Enterprise Square9 Sheung Yuet Road, Kowloon Bay Hong Kong Shizuoka, 424-0066, Japan