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Using Printer Emulations A printer emulation is a set of operating commands that determines how data sent from your computer is interpreted and acted upon by the printer. Your printer has several resident emulations: c1 HP IIP LaserJet (ActionLaser 1000) CI HP III LaserJet (ActionLaser 1500) c3 Epson LQ P Epson FX a Epson GL/2 (ActionLaser 1500). The HP LaserJet IIP emulation is the default setting for the ActionLaser 1000. HP LaserJet III emulation is the default setting for the ActionLaser 1500. See Appendixes B and C for detailed information on all of your printer's emulations. In most cases you will not need to change the default setting. However, there are four reasons why you may need to use a printer emulation other than the default setting: Q If you need to print documents already formatted for a dot matrix printer. Q If you need to use application programs that do not support an HP LaserJet printer. D If you are using the optional PostScript identity card. P If you are using Epson GL/2 mode with the ActionLaser 1500. Controlling Your Printer 1-23

Section	Page
FRONT MATTER	1
CONTENTS	5
GETTING STARTED	10
Where to Get Help	10
Safety Information	11
Laser Safety	11
CDRH Regulations	12
Internal Laser Regulation	13
Ozone Emission	13
Laser Printer Precautions	14
CHAP 1-CONTROLLING YOUR PRINTER	17
The Control Panel	18
Display (LCD)	18
Indicator lights	19
Buttons	19
Other control panel features	21
Using the Printer with Software	21
Selecting fonts	27
Entering printer commands	28
Printing foreign of other characters	31
Enhancing Print Quality	33
Adjusting print density	34
Resolution Improvement Technology	34
Sharing Your Printer	38
Using Printer Emulations	39
Switching printer emulations	40
CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING	47
Choosing Paper	48
Selecting a paper size	48
Loading Paper	49
Loading single sheets	49
Loading envelopes, /labels, transparencies, and heavy paper	51
CHAP 3-TROUBLESHOOTING	53
General Problems	54
Print Quality Problems	60
Memory Problems	65
Option Problems	67
M e s s a g e s	70
Data Dump Mode	79
Replacing the Imaging Cartridge	81
CHAP 4-SELECTYPE	85
SelecType Overview	86
Using SelecType	87
The control panel	87
The display	87
Buttons	88
SelecType tutorial	89
Options	91
AUTO CONT.	92
CH TIMEOUT	92
COPIES	92
DENSITY	93
EMULATION	93
FEATURE PRINT	95
FONT	95
FONT SAMPLE	95
FULL PRINT	96
INPUT	97
INTERFACE	98
LANG.	102
MACRO	102
MEMORY LEFT	104
OFFSET	105
ORIENT.	105
PAGE COUNTER	106
PAGE SIZE	106
RITech	107
RX-BUFFER SIZE	107
STANDBY	109
STATUS SHEET	109
SUB CONFIG.	109
SYSTEM CONFlG.	110
TONER	110
USER	111
VERSION	114
CHAP 5-OPTIONS	115
What’s Available	116
ldentity Cards	119
Epson PostCript card	119
Epson GL identity card	120
Caring for cards	121
Inserting a card	122
Removing a card	123
Recovering from an error	124
Font Cartridges	124
Inserting a font cartridge	128
Selecting fonts	129
Removing a font cartridge	129
Recovering from an error	129
The Face-up Output Tray	130
Installing the face-up output tray	130
The Lower Paper Cassette Unit	132
Installing the lower paper cassette unit	132
Using the lower paper cassette	134
Optional Interface Boards	136
Installing an inferface board	136
The Memory Chip Sets	148
When to increase your printer’s memory	149
Selecting a memory chip set combination	149
Installing memory chip sets	150
Installing chip sets on the controller board	154
Checking the printer’s memory	160
APPENDIX A-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	161
Printer Specifications	162
Printing	162
Paper and paper delivery	163
Consumable products	165
Mechanical	166
Electrical	166
Controller hardware	166
Environmental	167
Interface Specifications	169
Parallel interface	169
Serial interface	172
Initialization	175
Option Specifications	176
Face-up output tray	176
Lower paper casette unit	176
APPENDIX B-HP EMULATION MODE	178
Introduction	179
ActionLaser to HP LaserJet print feature comparison	179
Operating the printer as an HP LaserJet IllSi	181
SelecType Options	183
Orient.	183
Font	183
Sub Config.	185
Available Fonts and Symbol Sets	187
Resident bitmap fonts	188
Resident scalable fonts	189
Font samples	190
Symbol sets	193
Default Settings	207
HP Emulation Command Summary	209
Printer commands arranged by topic	211
GL/2 mode	219
Epson GL/2 Mode	222
Introduction	222
SelecType options	224
Epson GL/2 mode commands summary	229
APPENDIX C-LQ AND FX EMULATION MODES	232
Introduction	233
Operating as an LQ or FX printer	233
SelecType Options	234
Orient.	234
Font	234
Sub Config.	235
Available Fonts and Character	241
Resident fonts	241
Character tables	242
Default Settings	244
LQ and FX Emulation Command Sumary	245
Printer commands arranged by topic	248
GLOSSARY	251
INDEX	260
QUICK REFERENCE	267
SelecType Map	267
SelecType Level 1	268
SelecType Level 1 LJ-2P and 3/P/Si modes	269
SelecType Level 1 in Epson GL/2 mode	270