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Conventions Used in this Users Guide Notes Note: Notes are set in regular type and contain general information. Cautions Caution! Cautions are set in bold italics and contain information regarding actions which could potentially cause personal injury or damage to the printer. Important Information Important! Important information is set in italics. 3
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Contents 1: Front Panel.................................................................................................................... 8 Print Mode: Indicator Lights .......................................................................................... 8 Print Mode: Control Panel Buttons ................................................................................ 9 Menu Mode: Control Panel Buttons ............................................................................ 10 Menu M
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4: Service Information.................................................................................................... 38 Getting Service & Support ........................................................................................... 38 Your Dealer ............................................................................................................... 38 Okidata Information System Automated Attendant .................................................. 38 Okidata Customer Support
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C: Command Summary ................................................................................................. 56 Epson FX Command Summary ................................................................................... 56 IBM Proprinter III Command Summary ...................................................................... 69 Okidata Microline Standard Command Summary ....................................................... 79 Bar Code Commands .......................................
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FCC / IC / CE ................................................................................................................ 131 FCC Declaration of Conformity ................................................................................ 131 Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement..... 132 Industry Canada Radio Interference Statement.......................................................... 132 European Union Council of the European Communities Statement of E
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1: Front Panel Print Mode: Indicator Lights Power Light: On/off: printer on/off. Alarm Light: On: printer error such as paper out, paper jam, etc. Blinking: printer error such as ROM/RAM error, spacing error, etc. Status Light: On: printer is ready to receive data Blinking: printer in Print Suppress mode 8
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Print Mode: Control Panel Buttons ON-LINE/RESET Button: Press: switches printer on/off line. With SHIFT, hold to reset printer. With SHIFT and printer off-line, press to initialize printer. MENU Button: Press to enter Menu mode. STORE Button: No function during printing GROUP / ITEM / OPTION Buttons: For use in Menu Mode. CONFIG Button: FF/LOAD/Micro Feed Up Button: With printer off-line and no data Press to move paper to next Top of Form. being sent: press to switch between menu configurations
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Menu Mode: Control Panel Buttons MENU Button: Press to exit Menu mode. With SHIFT, press to print out a listing of current Menu settings. STORE Button: Press to save the new setting. OPTION Button: Press to pages through available setting values GROUP Button: for the selected item. Press to page through available groups in the menu. With SHIFT, press to page backwards through With SHIFT, press to page available setting values. backwards through available groups. ITEM Button: Press to page throug
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Menu Mode: Configuring Your Printer Entering/Exiting the Menu Mode To enter or exit the menu mode, press MENU. Changing the Menu Settings To change menu settings: 1. Press MENU to place the printer in the menu mode. 2. Press GROUP until the group in which you wish to make a change appears on the second line of the display. 3. Press ITEM until the item which you wish to change appears on the display. 4. Press OPTION until the value you wish to set for that item appears on the second line of the d
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You can change either CFG1 or CFG2 back to the factory settings at any time: see “Resetting the Menu” below. Note: The following menu items cannot be set separately for CFG1 and CFG2: Registration 1 through Registration 7 in the Set-Up group. Switching Back and Forth between Configurations To switch from CFG 1 to CFG 2, or vice versa: 1. Press ON-LINE/RESET to place the printer off-line. 2. Press CONFIG. The CFG designation on the second line of the display changes. 3. Press ON-LINE/RESET to pla
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Summary of Menu Settings Note: Factory settings are indicated by bold italics. Group Item Settings Printer Control Emulation Mode IBM-PPR, EPS-FX, OKI-ML Font Print Mode Utility, NLQ Courier, NLQ Gothic, HSD Pitch 10 CPI, 12 CPI, 15 CPI, 17.1 CPI, 20 CPI Prop. Spacing No, Yes Style Normal, Italics Size Single, Double Symbol Sets Character Set Set I (IBM/Epson), Set II (IBM/Epson), Standard (ML), Line Graphics (ML), Block Graphics (ML) Language Set American, French, German, British, Danish I, Swe
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Group Item Settings Front Feed Line Spacing 6 LPI, 8 LPI Form Tear-Off Off, 500ms, 1 sec, 2 sec Skip Over Perf. No, Yes Page Width 13.6", 8" Page Length 11", 11-2/3", 12", 14", 17", 3", 3.5", 4", 5", 5.5", 6", 7", 8", 8.5" Set-Up Graphics Bi-directional, Uni-directional # Graphic Bits 8, 7 [ML emulation only] Rcv. Buffer 1 Line, 16K, 28K, 56K (No DLL) Ppr Out Override No, Yes Registration 1 0.25 mm Right, 0.20 mm Right, 0.15 mm Right, 0.10 mm Right, 0.05 mm Right, 0, 0.05 mm Left, 0.10 mm Left,
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Group Item Settings Set-Up (cont.) Registration 7 0.25 mm Right, 0.20 mm Right, 0.15 mm Right, 0.10 mm Right, 0.05 mm Right, 0, 0.05 mm Left, 0.10 mm Left, 0.15 mm Left, 0.20 mm Left, 0.25 mm Left. Data Word Size 8, 7 [ML emulation only] Op. Panel Function Full Operation, Limit Operation Reset Inhibit No, Yes Print Suppress No, Yes Auto LF No, Yes Auto CR No, Yes [ML emulation only] Print DEL Code No, Yes [ML emulation only] SI Pitch (10) 15 CPI, 17.1 CPI [IBM emulation only] SI Pitch (12) 12 CP
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Group Item Settings Set-Up (cont.) LF Speed Fast, Slow Width Control Invalid, Mode 1, Mode 2 Parallel I/F I-Prime Invalid, Buffer Print, Buffer Clear Pin 18 +5V, Open Auto Feed XT Valid, Invalid [Epson emulation only] Bi-Direction Enable, Disable Serial I/F Parity None, Odd, Even # Serial Bits 8 Bits, 7 Bits Protocol Ready/Busy, X-ON/X-OFF Diagnostic Test No, Yes Busy Line SSD-, SSD+, DTR, RTS Baud Rate 9600 BPS, 4800 BPS, 2400 BPS, 1200 BPS, 600 BPS, 300 BPS, 19200 BPS, 38400 BPS DSR Signal Val
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Explanation of Menu Settings The items in the table below are arranged in alphabetical order. Item Description Emulations Group(s) # Graphic Bits Choose the graphics your system uses: ML only Set-Up 7 or 8 dots in each column printed. # Serial Bits Change to 7 Bits if your system uses a All Serial I/F 7-bit data format. Auto CR If you want the printer to automatically add IBM only Set-Up a carriage return when a Line Feed is received at the end of a line, change the setting to Yes. Auto Feed XT
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Item Description Emulations Group(s) Data Word Size If your computer system uses seven bits ML only Set-Up to make up each unit of data, change this setting to 7. Default Path Change to Rear Path or Front Path if you All Set-Up wish the printer to use that paper path as its default. Diagnostic Test Change to Yes if you want to perform a All Serial I/F diagnostic test of the serial interface (see Appendix B: Interfacing). DSR Signal Used with Ready/Busy protocol (factory All Serial I/F setting) t
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Item Description Emulations Group(s) Host Interface If you wish to select a dedicated interface All Set-Up rather than having the printer automatically detect the interface being used, select parallel, serial, OKI HSP (appears only if the print server is installed), or Opt. Card (appears only if optional card is installed). I/F Time Out Sets the length of time the printer will All Set-Up wait for additional data to be received at the interface. Impact Mode Change to Quiet for minimum sound; All
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Item Description Emulations Group(s) Page Width Change to 8" if you are using 9-inch All Rear Feed, continuous forms. For continuous forms Front Feed less than 9 inches wide, the page width must be set using software. Caution! If the page width is set narrower than the continuous forms being used, the printhead will print directly on the platen: this can damage the printhead. Parity Sets the type of parity your system uses. All Serial I/F Pin 18 Sets the signal on pin 18 of the parallel All Para
