Canon BJ-230 manuale d’uso

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Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Features and Benefits Using This Manual Customer Support Chapter 2 Setting Up the Printer Unpacking the Printer Choosing a Location for Your Printer Examining the Printer Assembling the Printer Chapter 3 Loading Paper Automatically Feeding Paper Printing On Envelopes Manually Feeding Thick Paper or Transparencies Loa[...]

editiing by Jason Plank and Cindy Cassat Appendix B Interface Specifications Appendix C Printer Command Summaries and Character Set BJ-10 Command Summary BJ-10 Character Sets Epson LQ Command Summary Epson LQ Character Sets Glossary Index[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Canon Bubble Jet Printer BJ- 230. We appreciate you choosing this printer to meet your printing needs. It offers exceptional print quality, flexible paper handling, fast printing speeds, and trouble-free operation. This chapter introduces you to the features of your new printer and desc[...]

quietness: HQ (high quality) mode provides high quality and high speed at 173 characters per second (cps) HS (high speed) mode provides draft quality at 248 cps SHQ(super high quality) mode provides the highest quality print at 124 cps Quiet printing Non-impact printing method offer quiet operation Simple maintenance The replacement ink cartridge c[...]

Describes how to clean the printer and replace the ink cartridge. Chapter 7, Troubleshooting Provides procedures to help you solve problems that may occur with the printer. Chapter 8, Customizing the Printer Describes the printer's DIP switches and explains how you can customize the factory default settings of the printer by changing the DIP s[...]

Friday from 8 am to 10 pm Eastern Standard Time(EST), except on holidays. If you seem to have an operational problem, try to solve it by referring to the information in Chapter 7, Troubleshooting. If you cannot quickly resume normal operation, contact CCSI's experienced support personnel at the help desk. Canon also provides a bulletin board s[...]

Chapter 2 Setting Up the Printer This chapter describes the steps you follow to unpack and set up your printer. It offers guidelines for finding a suitable location for the printer, explains how to install the ink cartridge, and describes how to connect the power and interface cable. If you have already set up your printer using the Quick Start Gui[...]

If your printer was damaged in shipping, or if any items are missing, notify your dealer immediately. As you unpack the printer, save the carton and packing materials in case you want to move or ship the printer in the future. Remove all the shipping tape and any Styrofoam packing material used to protect the printer during shipping. Open the front[...]

Place the printer in a cool, dry, clean, well ventilated area . Avoid placing it in direct sunlight. Set the printer on a sturdy, level surface. Do not set the printer on an angled printer stand. Place the printer where the temperature is stable and set for human comfort. Locate the printer near an electrical wall outlet that accepts a three-prong,[...]

Examining the Printer Before setting up your printer, you should become familiar with its components and understand their functions. From the Front[...]

Sheet feeder Stacks ups to 100 sheets of lette- or- legal size paper or 50 sheets of ledger-size paper for automatic feeding. You can also manually feed a single sheet, such as a transparency or card stock. Paper guide Aligns paper in the sheet feeder. You can adjust the guide for paper widths of up to 11 inches (279 mm). Paper rest Keeps the paper[...]

exit support from side to side to match the width of the paper on which you are printing such that the paper will be centered on the support. (How you attach this support is describe later in this chapter.) Dip switch cover Protects the DIP switches. You use these switches to change the printer's factory default settings. For information about[...]

Ink cartridge holder Allows you to install the ink cartridge (as described later in this chapter). Paper thickness lever Identifies the thickness of your paper. The setting you choose adjusts the distance between the print head and the paper. There are two settings: left for normal paper and right for thick paperor envelopes. (After you remove the [...]

To avoid spilling ink, follow these precautions: Do not touch the print head on the ink cartridge or the sharp edges around it. Do not hold the ink cartridge, or place it on your table, with the print head facing down, except when you are installing it. Do not attempt to disassemble the cartridge. Do not vigorously shake the ink cartridge while han[...]

remove the orange tape. 4. Locate the cartridge holder on the right side of the printer. 5. Lift the green lock lever on the cartridge holder. CAUTION: Avoid touching the yellow mounting base on which you place the cartridge -- especially the circuit board on the side of the mounting base and the film cable that extends from the cartridge holder.[...]

6. Fit the ink cartridge over the yellow mounting base with the print head facing down. (When installed correctly, the label on the cartridge will appear upside down.) 7. Push the lock lever down until it snaps into place.[...]

Make sure there is no resistance when you press on the lock lever, and be sure no gap exists between the ink cartridge and cartridge holder. When secure, the ink cartridge makes contact with the circuit board inside the cartridge holder. 8. Close the front cover. When you turn off the printer, the ink cartridge moves to the home position on the rig[...]

Chapter 3 Loading Paper This chapter descibes how to load paper, envelopes, thick paper, and transparencies in the printer. To ensure the best performance of your printer, you want to select the best paper and load it correctly. The wide-carriage capabilities of your printer allow you to load letter- size paper in either portrait or landscape orien[...]

Purchase a small amount of paper and test it to see if it meets your printing requirements. You can automatically feed single sheets of plain papers: You can stack up to 100 sheets of plain letter-size or legal-size paper (20lbs or 75 g/m), and up to 50 sheets of plain ledger-size paper (20lbs or 75 g/m), in in the sheet feeder. 1. Set the paper se[...]

2. Fan the paper before stacking it in the sheet feeder. 3. Align the stack of paper with the right edge of the sheet feeder and slide in the stack until it stops. Do not force the paper into the printer. Make sure the stack of paper does not exceed the paper limit mark or the tab on the right side of the sheet feeder. 4. Insert the paper so that t[...]

6. Make sure the printer is on-line and start your print operation. Remove paper from the paper exit support before the count reaches 20 sheets. Printing On Envelopes You can stack up to 10 envelopes in the sheet feeder. Before printing on envelopes, you need to turn on the envelope mode. Use only commercial, number 10 envelopes, which are 9.5 x 4.[...]

When you are ready to load envelopes, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on and on-line. 2. Turn on the envelope mode by pressing and holding the LF/FF button, and then pressing the ON LINE button. The beeper sounds once and the indicator light for the current print mode blinks quickly. Press ON LINE to set the printer back on-l[...]

5. Arrange the stack of envelopes on a firm surface and press down firmly on the edges to make the folds crisp. Press all the way around the envelopes to remove any curls and expel air from inside the envelopes. 6. Align the stack of envelopes with the right edge of the sheet feeder and slide in the stack until it stops. 7. Adjust the paper guide t[...]

After printing on envelopes, follow these stepa before printing on normal paper again: 1. Set the paper selection lever (on the right side of the sheet feeder) to the back postion. 2. Set the green paper thickness lever (inside the printer) to the left position. 3. Disable the envelope mode: make sure the printer is on- line; then press and the hol[...]

5. Slide in the sheet until it stops, and hold it for about two seconds. The printer will automatically load the paper into position. 6. Start your print operation. Loading Paper in Landscape Orientation You can stack up to 100 sheets of plain letter-size paper in landscape orientation in the sheet feeder. NOTE: When printing on a transparency, ins[...]

The printer prints faster on letter-size paper loaded in landscape orientation than it does when actually printing in landscape mode. When you load paper in landscape orientation, you can use reduction mode to fit even more text on next page. (See Chapter 4, Using the Operator Panel, for details on using reduction mode.)[...]

Chapter 4 Using the Operator Panel You can control basic printer operations through teh operator panel. The indicator lights reflect the current status and modes of the printer. Most software applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs, automatically handle the printer control operations. For example, your word process[...]

will stop. To start printing again, press the ON LINE button. Feeding Paper When the printer is off-line, you can use the LF/FF button to advance the paper in the printer. You can perform a line feed or a form feed, or you can eject a sheet of paper. Line feeding When a sheet of paper is loaded and the printer is off-line, press the LF/FF button to[...]

Use HQ mode for most of your printing needs. The printer automatically prints in HQ mode unless you change the mode with the PRINT MODE button. Use the SHQ mode when you want extremely high quality print or you want the printer to be very quiet. In this mode, the printer uses a higher quality print density and consumes more ink than in HQ mode. You[...]

It is recommended that you use the reduction mode with MS-DOS applications only (not Windows applications). Windows applications have a fit-to-page feature that is not compatible with reduction mode. In reduction mode, the printer ignores the page length command and the perforation skip command. Before using reduction mode, make sure the following [...]

Printing the Test Prints The printer includes two tests prints: the self test and the font list. Use these test prints to check the operation of the printer. To print the self tests, you must be automatically feeding paper. The self tests are not available when you are manually feedign paper. Self Test You can print the self test in both printer co[...]

In Epson LQ mode, the self test looks like this: Font List You can print this sample in both printer control modes: BJ-10 mode or Epson LQ mode. The printer prints all characters in the available print styles and pitches. Startin g the test[...]

To start the font list, follow these steps: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. 2. Make sure paper is loaded correctly in the sheet feeder. 3. Press and hold the ON LINE button, and press the POWER button until the beeper sounds. Stopping the test To stop printing the font list, press and hold the ON LINE button for one second. The p[...]

Performing Automatic Line Feeds You can set the printer so that it performs an automatic line feed each time it recieves a carriage return. Then, when the printer receives a carriage return code from the computer, it moves to the beginning of the next line. You only need to set this function if you are using an application program that does not inc[...]

Chapter 5 Using the Printer With Software Your printer will work with a wide variety of applications, such as spreadsheet, word processing, and graphics programs. This chapter describes how to set up your software application for your printer. Setting Up Windows for Your Printer This sections contains the procedures you perform to install the Bubbl[...]

3. Choose the Add button to display all the List of Printers box. 4. Select Install Unlisted or Updated Printer from the beginning of the List of Printers, and then choose Install. A dialog box appears instructing you to insert the diskette that contains the printer driver. 5. Insert the diskette containing the Canon BJ-230 Windows printer driver i[...]

7. If you need to change the port designation, make sure the Canon BJ-230 is selected in the installed Printers box. Then select the Connect button to display the Connect dialog box. 8. Choose your port and select OK. 9. If you want to use the Bubble Jet Printer BJ-230 for all of your work, make sure Canon BJ-230 is highlighted and select the Set A[...]

choose Install. The Add unlisted printer window appears. 5. Insert the diskette containing the Canon BJ-230 Windows printer driver into disk drive A: (or any other available drive). 6. In the directories box, select A: (or the name of the drive you are using). The BJ-230.DRV filename appears in the Driver Files box. 7. Select BJ-230.DRV and select [...]

If you are using Windows 3.1, select the Setup button from the Printers dialog box. If you are using Windows 3.0, select the Configure button and then the Setup button. When you start the Setup program, Windows displays the main dialog box for your printer: From this screen, you can select the paper size, media type, paper source, print selection, [...]

If you select User Defined Size, the Setup program displays the following dialog box: First select the unit of measurement you are using (inches or millimeters), and then specify the width and length of your paper. Click on the arrow next to the Paper Source setting to select one of the followin paper sources: Auto Sheet Feeder, which is the defaul[...]

You can select either Portrait or Landscape orientation by clicking on the appropriate selection in the Orientation box. The default is portrait orientation. Click on About in the main dialog box to display copyright information regarding the Windows driver and its version number. Click on Help in the main dialog box to enter Microsoft's Unive[...]

printing procedure. 1. Start the program you used to create the document, and open the document you want to print. 2. Choose Printer Setup from the File menu. 3. Select the Canon BJ-230 as your printer, and select Setup. 4. Make any adjustments as appropriate for printing your document, and select OK. 5. Select OK to close the Printer Setup Window.[...]

Jet Printer BJ-230. To use the printer in BJ-10 mode, select one of the following printers (they are listed in order of preference): Canon BJ-230 (X24E) Canon BJ-200 (X24E) Canon BJ-10e/BJ-10ex/BJ-20 (X24E) IBM Proprinter X24E/XL24 IBM Proprinter X24/XL24E Canon BJ-130e IBM Proprinter To use the printer in Epson LQ mode, select one of the following[...]

Your printer has two resident printer control modes: BJ-10 mode and Epson LQ mode. BJ-10 mode is the default. If you were able to select a Canon BJ printer or the IBM Proprinter X24E through your application program, you will want to use the printer in BJ-10 mode. This mode gives you the fullest range of features. If your application program does n[...]

The following table lists the print styles that are available in each printer control mode. You use DIP switch 12 to select the printer control mode. When DIP switch 12 is OFF, which is the default, the printer uses BJ-10 mode. Set DIP switch 12 to ON to select LQ mode. See Chapter 8, Customizing the Printer, for more information on DIP switches. S[...]

Chapter 6 Maintaining the Printer This chapter covers the care and maintenance of your Canon Bubble Jet Printer BJ-230. This includes cautions, cleaning the printer, replacing the ink cartridge, and transporting the printer. Cautions Set the printer on a stable surface. Keep the front cover closed when printing. Do not set anything on top of the pr[...]

2. Clean the exterior of the printer with a soft cloth moistened with water. Clean any smudges or dust. Replacing the Ink Cartridge You use the BC-02 ink cartridge with this printer. Each ink cartridge can print about 400 to 500 letter-size pages (700,000 characters) in HQ mode and 800 to 1000 pages (1,400,000 characters) in HS mode. The actual amo[...]

If your print quality is not crisp and clear, see Chapter7, Troubleshooting, for possible solutions. If the problem seems to be your ink cartridge, be sure to clean the print head before determining that you need to replace the cartridge. If you clean the print head five times and your print quality does not improve, you need to replace the cartrid[...]

To install a new ink cartridge, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. 2. Open the front cover. 3. Lift the green lock lever on the cartridge holder. Slide the old ink cartridge out of the holder and dispose of it properly. 4. Take the new ink cartridge out of its protective packaging. Slide off the orange protective cap from t[...]

5. Fit the ink cartridge over the yellow mounting base with the print head facing down. (When installed correctly, the label on the cartridge will be upside down.) 6. Push the lock lever down until it snaps into place. CAUTION: Avoid touching the yellow mounting base on which you place the cartridge--especially the circuit board on the side of the [...]

7. Close the front cover. When you are not using the printer, make sure the ink cartridge is in its home position, which is on the right side of the printer. Cleaning the Print Head The print head on a new ink cartridge needs to be cleaned to ensure the best possible print quality. The printer automatically cleans the print head when you follow the[...]

procedure. Transporting the Printer If you plan to move the printer from one location to another, or if you want to store it, follow these steps: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. This moves the print head to the home position. 2. Remove any paper from the sheet feeder. 3. Detach the interface cable and the power cord. 4. Close the[...]

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting This chapter contains information to help you solve printer problems. A problem may have one or a combination of causes, including a malfunction in your computer, software, the printer cable, or the printer. Many printing problems are related to how your software interacts with the printer. If your printer is not operating[...]

Operational Problems This section contains problems and solutions related to the operation of your hardware. Try the solutions in the order listed. The Printer Does Not Turn On If you turn on the printer and the indicator lights do not come on, the printer is probably not getting power. Turn off the printer and follow these steps: 1. Make sure the [...]

6. Print a screen dump from your computer. If it still does not print, there is a problem with your software or your interface port. Call the Canon help desk at 1-800-423-2366. Print Head Moves, Ink Does Not Appear If the print head is moving, but no ink comes out, the ink cartridge may not be installed properly. 1. Remove the ink cartridge and che[...]

If the ERROR indicator lights, follow these steps: 1. Check the sheet feeder. If the printer is out of paper, load paper into the sheet feeder and press ON LINE to continue printing. 2. Check the printer for a paper jam. If a paper jam has occurred, clear is as described later in this chapter. (See the Paper Jams Occur section.) Paper Loading Probl[...]

1. Check that the paper rest is extended and the paper selection lever is back. 2. Make sure the stack of paper is straight in the sheet feeder. 3. Check that the right side of the stack of paper is aligned against the right side of the sheet feeder and the left side is aligned against the paper guide. Envelopes Do Not Load 1. Set the paper selecti[...]

3. To resume printing, press the ON LINE button. Paper Jams Occur If a paper jam occurs, the ERROR indicator lights and the printer goes off-line. Follow these steps to clear the paper jam: 1. Press the POWER button to turn off the printer. 2. Gently pull out the sheet of paper with one hand while holding down the printer body with your other hand.[...]

If your print quality is not what you expect it to be, check the following list for your problem and a possible remedy, or try the suggestions in the sections below. Print Density is Low The printer has three print modes, and the print density of each mode is different. The density of the HS mode is low, the density of HQ mode is high, and the dens[...]

page will have smudge marks. If this occurs, clean the platen by feeding a few sheets of paper through the printer. Characters Appear Jagged Check your software application to see what resolution is selected. Printing at 180 dpi will give a jagged look to output. Changing the resolution to 360 dpi should correct this. Irregular Print Quality If whi[...]

cartridge. Ink Cartridges Continually Run Out of Ink If your ink cartridges seem to run out of ink before you think they should, make sure you are following these guidelines: 1. Make sure you turn off the printer only when the ink cartridge is in the home position. 2. Only transport the printer when the ink cartridge is in the home position. 3. Nev[...]

horizontal print position: For letter-size paper, set it to OFF. For envelopes, set it to OFF. For A4-size paper, set it to ON Printout Does Not Match Paper Size 1. Make sure the paper size you select within your printer driver matches the orientation in which you load the paper in the printer. (See chapter 3, Loading Paper, for information on load[...]

If your computer indicates a device time-out, follow these steps: 1. Make sure the printer is on and on-line. 2. Check that the printer's interface cable is securely attached to both the printer and the computer. 3. Make sure paper is properly loaded in the sheet feeder. 4. Try the print operation again. Windows Problems This section contains [...]

Chapter 8 Customizing the Printer This chapter describes the factory default settings of the printer and the steps you follow to customize these settings for your particular printing needs. You will find that the factory default settings provide features to meet most of your printing needs. With these settings, your printer emulates any Canon BJ pr[...]

This printer has two printer control modes: BJ-10 mode, which emulates the IBM Proprinter X24E, and Epson LQ mode, which emulates the Epson LQ-510. The default setting is BJ-10 mode. If you change this to Epson LQ mode, the default settings also change. DIP Switch Settings The DIP switch settings control various printer functions, such as the page [...]

The cover slides down into the printer. 3. Use a pointed object, such as a ballpoint pen, to change the DIP switch settings. A DIP switch is OFF when it is up, and ON when it down. 4. Close the DIP switch cover after making your selections. The new DIP switch settings take effect when you turn on the printer. If you turn off or reset the printer, o[...]

DIP switch 1 Use this switch to change the horizontal print position according to the size of your paper. If you are using letter-size paper or envelopes, set this switch OFF; the left margin will be 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) and the maximum print width will be 10.5 inches. If you are using A4-size paper, set this switch ON; the left margin will be 0.13 i[...]

Set this switch ON to enable Alternate Graphics Mode (AGM). In this mode, the printer accepts high-resolution, 24-dot, all-points-addressable (APA) graphics commands similar to those used with conventional 24- pin printers. DIP switch 9 When this switch is OFF, the printer uses IBM USA code page 437. When this switch is ON, the printer uses IBM Mul[...]

DIP switch 1 Use this switch to change the horizontal print position according to the size of your paper. If you are using letter size paper or envelopes, leave this switch set to OFF; the left margin will be 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) and the maximum print width will be 10.5 inches. If you are using A4 size paper, set this switch ON; the left margin will [...]

DIP switch 6, 7, 8 These switches allow you to select one of eight international character sets. These character sets provide you with the characters and symbols used in other languages. See Appendix C for information on the character sets. DIP switches 9, 10, 11 These switches allow you to select one of eight font typefaces. DIP switch 12 When thi[...]

DIP switch Function 12 ON Epson LQ printer control mode 1 ON A4-size paper 4 O N 12-inch page length 5 ON Graphics character set 8 ON United Kingdom character set 11 ON Sans serif typeface NOTE: Unlike some previous Canon printers, internal fonts are available only through software commands. They cannot be selected through the operator panel nor th[...]

Appendix A Printer Specifications This appendix lists the specifications of your printer. Printing Method Bubble jet ink on-demand Paper Handling Automatic feed Manual feed Paper Type Plain paper Envelopes (Commercial number 10) Transparency film (Canon #Q07-0001-M1) available with manual feed Paper Weight 17 to 24 lb (64 to 90 g/m 2 ) with automat[...]

Envelopes: Horizontal a 8.3 to 11.7 inches (210 to 297 mm) b 0.13 inch (3.4 mm) A4 and A3-size paper 0.25 inch (6.4 mm) Letter-, legal-, ledger-size paper Vertical c 8.3 to 17 inches (210 to 431 mm) d 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) e 0.3 inch (8 mm)[...]

Printing Direction Bi-directional in text (both in MS-DOS and Windows) Unidirectional in graphics Printing Width Maximum 10.5 inches (DIP switch 1 OFF) or 11.4 inches (DIP switch 1 ON) Line Feed Speed 100 ms/line at 1/6-inch line in HQ, HS mode 190 ms/line at 1/6-inch line in SHQ mode Horizontal a 9.5 inches (240mm) b 0.25 inch (6.4mm) c 0.25 inch [...]

Maximum Number of Characters per Line BJ-10 mode Epson LQ mode BJ-10 mode 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 17 cpi, and PS Epson LQ mode 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, and PS Cell Composition: 36 (h) x 48 (v) dot matrix in HQ mode 18 out of 36 (h) x 48 (v) dot matrix in HS mode Character Set: BJ-10 mode IBM Character Sets 1 and 2 and 3 (Code Page 437, 850) [...]

Acoustic Noise Level Approx. 40 dB(A) in SHQ mode Approx. 42 dB(A) in HQ, HS mode Power Source USA/Canada AC 120V, 60Hz, 30W 15 cpi double-wide 7 . 5 cpi 78 cpl 85 cpl Proportional spacing P S Varies Varies Graphic Image Print Data format: Vertical 8, 24, and/or 48-dot format Resolution: Horizontal 60, 120, 180, 240, or 360 dpi Buffer BJ-10 mode In[...]

Weight Approx. 7.7 lbs (3.5 kg) Dimensions 16.9 inches (428 mm) W x 8.2 inches (209 mm) D x 7.9 inches (201.2 mm) H[...]

Appendix C Printer Mode Command Summaries and Character Sets This appendix lists the control codes and ESCape sequences you can use in BJ-10 mode and Epson LQ mode, and shows the character sets available in each mode. For a complete description of these programming commands, you can order the Canon Bubble Jet Priner BJ- 200/BJ-230 Programmer's[...]

ESCape Sequence Codes Function ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal End command NUL 0 00 Sound beeper BEL 7 07 Backspace one character BS 8 08 Horizontal tab control; move to next tab HT 9 09 Perform line feed LF 10 0A Vertical tab control; move to next tab VT 11 0B Perform form feed FF 12 0C Perform carriage return CR 13 0D Set double-wide mode by line SO 14[...]

1 Set 12-cpi, Prestige mode ESC : 27 58 1B 3A Download 24-dot, font image ESC = n1 n2 # 27 61 n1 n2 35 1B 3D n1 n2 23 Download 48-dot, font image ESC = n1 n2 % 27 61 n1 n2 37 1B 3D n1 n2 25 Set text line spacing to n/72 inch per line; n = 1 to 255 ESC A n 27 65 n 1B 41 n Set vertical tab; n1 ... n64 = line numbers for tab stops ESC B n1 ... n64 NUL[...]

Alternate Graphics Mode Codes settings Set super/subscript mode n Setting 0 Select superscript mode 1 Select subscript mode ESC S n 27 83 n 1B 53 n Cancel super/subscript mode set by ESC S ESC T 27 84 1B 54 Select printer direction ESC U n 27 85 n 1B 55 n Set/cancel double-wide mode n Setting 0 Cancel double-wide mode 1 Start double-wide mode ESC W[...]

Miscellaneous Control Codes BJ-10 Character Sets In BJ-10 mode, your printer supports two IBM code pages: USA code page 437 and Multilingual code page 850. Each code page has three character sets: Character Set 1, Character Set 2, and All Characters Chart. You select the code page by setting DIP switch 9: OFF for code page 437, ON for 850. You sele[...]

USA Code Page 437 Character Set 1 USA Code Page 437 Character Set 2[...]

USA Code Page 437 All Characters Chart Multilingua l Code Page 850 Character Set 1[...]

Multilingua l Code Page 850 Character Set 2[...]

Epson LQ Command Summary You can use the control codes listed in the following tables when the printer is in LQ mode; that is, when DIP switch 12 is set to ON. Basic Control Codes Multilingua l Code Page 850 All Characters Chart NOTE : Because of hardware differences, the justification code, ESC a, and the perforation skip codes, ESC M and ESC N, a[...]

ESCape Sequence Codes Function ASCII Decimal Hexadecimal End command NUL 0 00 Sound beeper BEL 7 07 Backspace one character BS 8 08 Horizontal tab control; move to next tab HT 9 09 Perform line feed LF 10 0A Vertical tab control; move to next tab VT 11 0B Perform form feed F F 12 0C Perform carriage return CR 13 0D Set double-wide mode by line SO 1[...]

set n Setting 0 Use ROM character set 1 Use RAM character set Define downloaded characters ESC & 27 38 1B 26 Select score mode ESC ( - n1 n2 m d1 d2 27 40 45 n1 n2 m d1 d2 1B 28 2D n1 n2 m d1 d2 Select image graphics mode ESC * m n1 n2 27 42 m n1 n2 1B 2A m n1 n2 Set line spacing increments of n/360 per line; n = 0 to 255 ESC + n 27 43 n 1B 2B [...]