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papemwt sensor A small switch on the tractors that sends a signal when it is not in contact with paper, causing the PAPER OUT light to go on. papex select indicator The printer icon on the control panel that contains the front and rear tractor arrows. These arrows light up to show which tractor is selected. See also front' txactoi arrow and rear tractor arrow. parallel interface A type of connection between the computer and the printer. A parallel interface transmits data one character ox code at a time. A method for a computer and printer to check the reliability of data transmission. platen The silver plate behind the paper bail that provides a backing fox the printing. Your printer has three types of print quality: draft, high-speed draft, and neax letter quality (NLQ). Draft and high-speed draft axe for high-speed, draft-quality jobs; NLQ is for final, polished documents. proportional printing Printing in which the amount of space given to each character varies. For example, an uppercase W receives much more space than a lowercase .i. The result looks more like a typeset book than a typewritten draft. pull tractor An optional paper feeder that is useful when printing on preprinted ox multi-part forms. GL-8 G l o s s a r y

Section	Page
ADDENDUM	1
FRONT MATTER	3
TABLE OF CONTENTS	7
ABOUT THIS MANUAL	10
INTRODUCTION	12
CHAP 1-SETTING UP THE PRINTER	16
Unpacking the Printer	17
Checking the Parts	18
Removing the Protective Materials	19
Choosing a Place for the Printer	22
Assembling the Printer	24
Installing the Ribbon Cartridge	24
Testing the Printer	28
Plugging in the Printer	28
Running a Self Test	30
Solving any Self Test Problems	39
Connecting the Printer to Your Computer	41
The Parallel Interface	42
The Serial Interface	46
Setting Up Your Application Software	51
CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING	53
Using the Two-Tractor System	54
Positioning the Paper Supply	54
Loading Paper Onto the Front Tractor	56
Loading Paper Onto the Rear Tractor	63
Switching Between Front and Rear Tractors	72
Changing the Paper	76
Printing on Special Paper	81
Copy Mode	81
Multi-Part Forms	82
Labels	84
CHAP 3-USING THE PRINTER	86
Operating the Control Panel	87
Lights	87
Buttons	89
Other Control Panel Features	91
Setting the DIP Switches	92
Changing a DIP Switch Setting	92
The DIP Switch Tables	95
The DIP Switch Functions	99
Page Length	102
Skip Over Perforation	103
Using the Paper Memory Feature	105
Saving Paper Format and Thickness Information	106
Saving Information for Overlapping Mulit-Part Forms	106
Adjusting the Top of Form Position	118
Adjusting the Printing Position	122
Using Short Tear-Off	125
Selecting Typestyles	128
Character Fonts	128
Character Spacing	130
Condensed Mode	131
Selecting an International Character Set	132
Choosing a Character Table	134
Data Dump Mode	136
CHAP 4-SOFTWARE AND GRAPHICS	139
Enhancing Your Printing	140
Print Quality and Fonts	140
Character Spacing	141
Character Size	142
Special Effects and Emphasis	143
Selecting Typestyles with Master Select	146
Graphics	148
The Print Head	149
The Graphics Commands	151
Column Reservation Numbers	152
Printing Simple Patterns	152
Printing Taller Patterns	154
Designing Your Own Graphics	155
Individual Graphics Commands	158
The Reassignment Command	158
User-defined Characters	160
Designing your characters	161
Sending information to your printer	162
Printing User-defined Characters	164
Copying ROM Characters to RAM	165
Mixing Print Styles	166
CHAP 5-USING THE PRINTER OPTIONS	167
Pull Tractor	168
Installing the Pull Tractor	168
Paper handling	171
Removing the pull tractor	181
Paper Cutter	185
Installing the Paper Cutter	185
Paper Handling	189
Removing the Paper Cutter	194
Interface Boards	198
Choosing an interface	198
Compatible Interfaces	199
Installing an Interface Board	199
#8143 New Serial Interface Board	205
CHAP 6-MAINTENANCE	207
Cleaning the Printer	208
Replacing the Ribbon	210
Transporting the Printer	215
CHAP 7-TROUBLESHOOTING	219
Problems and Solutions	220
Power Supply	221
Printing	222
Paper Handling	231
Options	236
CHAP 8-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS	242
Printer Specifications	243
Printing	243
Paper	244
Mechanical	250
Electrical	251
Environment	251
CHAP 9-COMMAND SUMMARY	260
Using the Command Summary	261
Control Key Start	263
Command In Numerical Order	264
Epson ESC/ P Commands Arranged by Topic	268
Printer Operation	268
Data Control	271
Vertical Motion	272
Horizontal Motion	278
Overall Printing Style	282
Print Size and Character Width	284
Print Enhancement	288
Word Processing	292
Character Tables	293
User-defined Characters	295
Graphics	297
IBM Emulation Mode Commands Arranged by Topic	300
Commands That Duplicate Epson ESC/P Commands	300
Commands That Differ From EPSON ESC/P Commands	301
APPENDIX	310
Proportional Width Table	311
Character Tables	315
Italic Character Tables	316
Epson Extended Graphics Character Table	317
IBM Emulation Mode	318
INDEX	331

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papemwt

sensor

A small switch on the

tractors

that sends

signal

when it is not in

contact with paper,

causing

the

PAPER

OUT

light to go on.

papex

select indicator

The

printer

icon on the control panel that contains the front and

rear

tractor

arrows.

These

arrows

light up to show which tractor is

selected. See also

front’

txactoi

arrow

and

rear

tractor

arrow.

parallel

interface

A type of connection between the computer

and

the

printer.

parallel

interface

transmits data one character ox code at a

time.

A method for a computer and

printer

to check the reliability of data

transmission.

platen

The

silver

plate behind the

paper

bail that provides a backing fox

the printing.

Your

printer

has three types of

quality: draft, high-speed

draft, and

neax

letter quality

(NLQ).

Draft and high-speed draft axe

for high-speed,

draft-quality

jobs;

NLQ

is for final, polished

documents.

proportional printing

Printing in which the amount of space given to each character

varies.

For example, an

uppercase

receives much more space than

lowercase

.i.

The

result

looks more like a typeset book than a

typewritten

draft.

pull tractor

An optional

paper

feeder that is useful when

printing

preprinted

ox multi-part

forms.

GL-8

Glossary