Printek Formsmaster 8000se User Manual

FormsMaster 8000se  
Series  
Operator’s Manual  
©Printek, Inc. 2003  
1517 Townline Road  
Benton Harbor, MI 49022  
269-925-3200  
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A  
Digital Device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to  
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is  
operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can  
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the  
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference in which case the user will be  
required to correct the interference at his own expense.  
The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by  
the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the  
equipment.  
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emissions as  
set out by the ICES-003 standard, of the Canadian Department of Communications.  
Cet appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits radioélectroiques depassant les limites  
de Classe A prescrites dans la norme NMB-003 Édictée par le Ministre des  
Communications du Canada.  
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Specifications are subject to change without notice.  
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Read all setup and operating instructions before  
proceeding with operation.  
Operate printer only on a firm, solid surface.  
Do not operate in an enclosure unless properly ventilated. Make sure no  
ventilation openings are blocked or obstructed, which may result in the  
printer overheating.  
Do not operate near a heat source.  
No user-serviceable parts inside. Refer service or repairs  
to a qualified service professional.  
Use of genuine Printek replacement parts is required to warrant proper,  
safe operation.  
Any alteration or modification of this device voids the user warranty and  
may make the product unsafe to operate.  
The printhead and motors get hot during use. Wait until they cool before  
touching them.  
Make certain the printer is disconnected from AC power before removing  
any covers or performing any required cleaning or maintenance.  
Connecting this printer to an ungrounded receptacle can result in electrical  
shock.  
Never place the printer near inflammable or explosive substances. Do not  
operate near liquid or spill liquid into the printer at any time.  
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Lesen Sie vor der Inbetriebnahme die Aufbau- und  
Bedienungsanleitung.  
Der Drucker muss zum Betrieb auf einer festen, soliden Oberfläche stehen.  
Betreiben Sie den Drucker nicht in einem kleinen, geschlossenen Raum, es  
sei denn dieser wird ordnungsgemäß belüftet. Achten Sie darauf, dass die  
Lüftungen nicht blockiert oder versperrt sind, denn dies kann zum  
Überhitzen des Druckers führen.  
Nehmen Sie den Drucker nicht in der Nähe einer Wärmequelle in Betrieb.  
Enthält keine Teile, die vom Bediener instandgesetzt  
werden können. Bitte wenden Sie sich bei Instandsetzung oder Reparatur  
an qualifiziertes Kundendienstpersonal.  
Die Verwendung von echten Printek Ersatzteilen ist notwendig, um  
ordnungsgemäßen, sicheren Betrieb zu gewährleisten.  
Änderungen oder Modifikationen dieses Geräts machen die Garantie  
ungültig und können den sicheren Betrieb des Produkts gefährden.  
Während des Druckens werden Druckerkopf und Motoren heiß. Warten  
Sie, bis sich die Teile abgekühlt haben, bevor Sie sie berühren.  
Vergewissern Sie sich, dass der Drucker nicht mehr an die Stromquelle  
angeschlossen ist, bevor Sie Abdeckungen abnehmen oder das Gerät  
reinigen bzw. warten.  
Schließen Sie diesen Drucker nicht an eine ungeerdete Steckdose an; dies  
kann zum Elektroschock führen.  
Setzen Sie den Drucker niemals in die Nähe von feuer- oder  
explosionsgefährlichen Stoffen. Betreiben Sie den Drucker nicht in der  
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Nähe von Flüssigkeiten und lassen Sie keine Flüssigkeiten in den Drucker  
gelangen.  
TABLE OF CONTENTS  
INTRODUCTION  
Models and Options  
Manual Contents  
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2
GETTING STARTED  
Installation  
5
5
Interface Set Up  
6
7
8
9
9
RS-232C Serial Interface  
Parallel Interface  
Ethernet 10/100BaseT  
Wireless Ethernet Print Server  
Installing the Ribbon Cartridge  
Why Use Only Printek® Brand Ribbons  
Ribbon Installation  
10  
10  
12  
Loading Paper  
15  
15  
16  
FormsMaster 8000se Single Tractor Model  
FormsMaster 8003se TriTrak™ Model  
Printer Self-Test  
19  
DAILY OPERATION  
Introduction  
21  
21  
Control Panel Features  
LCD Display and Online Indicator  
Control Panel Buttons  
22  
22  
24  
Selecting and Loading Forms  
27  
27  
27  
Selecting a Form Already Loaded in the Tractors  
Loading a New or Different Form In the Tractors  
Ejecting And Tearing Off A Form  
32  
Installing a New Ribbon Cartridge  
Removing the Old Ribbon Cartridge  
Installing the New Ribbon Cartridge.  
34  
34  
35  
Aligning Print  
36  
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Common Error Conditions  
Check Paper  
38  
38  
39  
39  
39  
39  
40  
40  
40  
40  
No Paper to Load  
Too Much Paper to Unload  
Selected Form is Not Loaded  
No Ribbon or Wrong Ribbon  
Ribbon Lid Open  
Paper Door Open  
Change Ribbon  
Other Errors  
PRINTER CONFIGURATION  
41  
Introduction To Setup  
Setup Buttons  
41  
41  
42  
42  
42  
43  
43  
Entering Setup  
Using the MENU Button  
Using the SUBMENU Button  
Using the ITEM and VALUE Buttons  
Exiting Setup  
Forms Menu  
44  
45  
Forms Menu Items  
Interface Menu  
51  
51  
52  
57  
Entering the Interface Menu  
RS-232C Serial Interface Items  
Parallel/LAN Interface Items  
Options Menu  
ImagerPlus Graphic Card  
Test Menu  
60  
65  
69  
FORM CONSTRUCTION  
Form Construction  
Form Layout Considerations  
73  
73  
74  
MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING  
Error Messages  
Preventive Maintenance  
75  
75  
76  
76  
Obtaining Service  
ADVANCED SETUP FEATURES  
Security Menu  
79  
79  
USING REMOTE SETUP  
83  
83  
83  
Remote Setup via Windows Application  
Remote Setup via Generic Text File  
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USING THE OPTIONAL SETUP MODULE  
Introduction  
91  
91  
Setup Module Installation  
91  
PRINTER RESET CONDITIONS  
95  
CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE SEQUENCE  
SUMMARIES  
97  
97  
98  
Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation  
ANSI x3.64 Emulation  
Epson FX Emulation  
IBM Proprinter Emulation  
LA-120/210 EMULATION  
Simple TTY Emulation  
Printek Emulation  
99  
101  
102  
103  
104  
ASCII CHARACTER TABLES  
SPECIFICATIONS  
105  
111  
117  
GLOSSARY OF TERMS  
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INTRODUCTION  
Thank you for purchasing a Printek FormsMaster 8000se Series  
Printer. This printer has been designed to provide years of service handling  
your most demanding printing requirements.  
The FormsMaster 8000se Series printers offer higher throughput than all  
other printers in its class. In addition, an easy to use front panel combined  
with the ability to store ten different form configurations makes handling  
multiple forms as simple as a button press for the operator.  
Models and Options  
The FormsMaster 8000se and the FormsMaster 8003se differ only in the  
number of tractor paths available, one path or three.  
Options available for both models include:  
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Ethernet 10/100BaseT Print Server  
Wireless Ethernet Print Server  
Imager Bar Code Co-processor  
ImagerPlus Bar Code Co-processor  
Print Stand (required for reduced sound levels)  
Internal FormsCutter  
Setup Module  
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I N T R O D U C T I O N  
Manual Contents  
*Unless specifically noted, all instructions and information herein is  
valid for all models in the 8000se series.  
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GETTING STARTED provides instructions for installation, setting up  
the computer interface, installing the ribbon cartridge, loading paper,  
and performing a printer self-test.  
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DAILY OPERATION provides more detailed descriptions of the  
features that are used most frequently. These include the “every day”  
buttons and indicators on the control panel, selecting or loading new  
forms, ejecting forms, changing the ribbon cartridge, aligning print with  
preprinted forms, and causes for common error conditions.  
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PRINTER CONFIGURATION provides detailed information on how  
to use Setup to permanently store parameters for each of the ten  
forms, parameters for the standard and optional interfaces, and  
parameters for other options.  
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SPECIFYING FORMS provides tips for form construction and layout.  
MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING lists more serious  
error messages than discussed in the Daily Operation section,  
preventive maintenance, and how to obtain service.  
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ADVANCED SETUP FEATURES provides information on how to set  
menu security.  
USING REMOTE SETUP describes how to “set up” default  
parameters from a host computer.  
USING THE SETUP MODULE describes how the optional Setup  
Module can be used to copy Setup parameters from one printer to  
another.  
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PRINTER RESET CONDITIONS describes the state of the printer  
after power up or reset.  
CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE SEQUENCE SUMMARIES lists  
the commands supported for each printer emulation.  
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ASCII CHARACTER TABLES show the characters for each  
character set.  
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SPECIFICATIONS lists the operating ranges and ratings of the printer.  
GLOSSARY OF TERMS provides definitions for terms used in this  
manual.  
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GETTING STARTED  
This chapter will use the fewest possible steps to get the first time user up  
and running quickly. You will be guided through the following steps:  
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Finding a suitable location and installing the printer  
Setting up a host interface if necessary  
Installing the ribbon cartridge  
Loading paper  
Performing a printer self-test  
Installation  
Before installation, a suitable site must be chosen. Suitable sites include  
offices, computer rooms, and most factory environments. The Printek  
FormsMaster printers have been designed to be rugged, heavy duty  
printers. As such, they will handle most harsh environments, but should not  
be placed in direct sunlight or in areas that will exceed the rated  
temperature, humidity, or power requirements. For details, refer to  
SPECIFICATIONS” on page 111.  
Once a site has been selected, the printer should be placed on a Printek  
Print Stand. The Printek print stand is especially recommended for the  
FormsMaster 8003se and is required to meet the low noise rating of the  
printer. Of course, another sturdy print stand or table with a slotted top for  
feeding paper into the bottom of printer may be used.  
The print stand should be located in an area large enough to provide easy  
access to both the front of the printer and the rear for accessing printed  
output. Unpack the printer as described in the “FormsMaster 8000se  
Unpacking Instructions” and place the printer on the print stand.  
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G E T T I N G S T A R T E D  
Note: Placing the printer on the print stand is best accomplished  
with two people. Proper lifting technique should be observed.  
Caution: Before connecting or turning on power, make sure that all  
shipping materials have been removed. These materials include  
a cardboard brace with a foam insert that secures the print head  
(open the ribbon lid to access), a cardboard brace placed at the  
rear of the printer and a cardboard brace placed over the  
tractor shuttle in the 8003se (open the paper door on the front  
of the unit to access).  
Refer to UNPACKING  
INSTRUCTION in the box for more details.  
Next, connect the power cord supplied with the printer to the printer and an  
appropriate power outlet. Now connect the computer cable(s) to the  
appropriate interface. The picture below shows the location of the standard  
Parallel and RS-232C interface connectors on the rear panel of the printer.  
PARALLEL I/O  
SERIAL I/O  
Interface Connectors on Rear of Printer  
Interface Set Up  
Depending upon which interface is being used to connect the printer to the  
host computer, some set up may or may not be required. This is true of the  
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standard parallel or serial ports and any optional interface that may be  
installed.  
The factory default settings for each interface should work well for most  
installations. However, the following paragraphs provide some basic  
information about each interface and also refer to the page number in the  
Configuration chapter where all the details for each interface are described.  
If you need to make changes to the default settings, please refer to  
Introduction to Setup” on page 41 for instructions on how to access the  
printer’s Setup menus.  
Once you are comfortable that the interface settings match those required  
by your computer, proceed to the next section, Installing the Ribbon  
Cartridge” on page 10.  
RS-232C Serial Interface  
This interface uses a 25 pin “D” connector as described below. The default  
settings are 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, and no parity with hardware  
handshake on pin 11. The default printer emulation is Epson. For a  
complete description of all the default settings for this interface, refer to  
page 52.  
Pin Signal  
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Chassis ground.  
Transmit data. (Printer output).  
Receive data. (Printer input).  
Request to send (set). (Printer output).  
Clear to send (ignored). (Printer input).  
Data set ready (ignored). (Printer input).  
Signal ground.  
Carrier detect (ignored). (Printer input).  
11 Printer busy. (Printer output).  
20 Data terminal ready. (Printer output).  
RS-232C Serial Interface Connector  
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Parallel Interface  
This interface uses the standard 36 pin parallel connector as shown below.  
The default printer emulation is Epson. For a complete description of all the  
default settings for this interface, refer to page 57.  
Pin Signal  
Pin Signal  
____________________  
_______________________  
1 DATA STROBE  
19 DATA STROBE RTN  
10 ACKNOWLEDGE  
28 ACKNLG RETURN  
2 DATA 1  
11 BUSY  
20 DATA 1 RETURN  
29 BUSY RETURN  
3 DATA 2  
12 PAPER ERROR  
21 DATA 2 RETURN  
13 SELECT  
________________  
4 DATA 3  
22 DATA 3 RETURN  
14 AUTO FEED  
16 ±0V  
5 DATA 4  
23 DATA 4 RETURN  
17 CHASSIS GROUND  
6 DATA 5  
24 DATA 5 RETURN  
18 +5V at 200mA Max.  
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31 INIT  
7 DATA 6  
25 DATA 6 RETURN  
30 INIT RTN  
_________  
32 FAULT  
8 DATA 7  
26 DATA 7 RETURN  
35 +5V LOGIC HIGH  
______________  
9 DATA 8  
36 SELECT IN  
27 DATA 8 RETURN  
Parallel Interface Connector  
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Ethernet 10/100BaseT  
This interface uses a standard RJ-45 connector and the default printer  
emulation is Epson. For a complete description of all the default settings for  
this interface, refer to Parallel/LAN Interface Items on page 57. For  
additional software installation and operational information, please refer to  
the Troy XCD Quick Install Manual shipped with the unit  
Wireless Ethernet Print Server  
This interface is intended to be used for 802.11b wireless connectivity. It  
may also be used with conventional CAT-5 twisted pair wiring, using the  
standard RJ-45 connector. The interface automatically senses when a  
CAT-5 connection is present and will disable the wireless capability.  
For additional software installation and operational information, please refer  
to the Printek Wireless Ethernet Print Server Manual shipped with the unit.  
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Installing the Ribbon Cartridge  
The Printek FormsMaster printer has been designed to make installing  
Printek brand ribbons a simple, clean process. Unlike other printers, there  
is no need to touch the ribbon fabric or deal with difficult to position ribbon  
guides. The following sections explain why the use of Printek brand ribbons  
should be important to you and will guide you through installing the ribbon  
cartridge.  
Why Use Only Printek® Brand Ribbons  
REORDER NUMBER 90729  
FOR NEAREST DISTRIBUTOR  
CALL 1-800-368-4636  
Printek® Brand Ribbon Label  
Printek brand ribbons can be identified by the above label on each ribbon.  
There are many reasons to use only Printek brand ribbons in your  
FormsMaster 8000se series printer. First of all, using only Printek  
brand ribbons will automatically extend the print head warranty to  
two years.  
The reason this is possible is that Printek brand ribbons are manufactured to  
much higher quality standards than those offered by other manufacturers.  
This provides not only longer print head life, but also longer ribbon life… 23  
million characters as compared to only 15 million characters from some  
generic ribbons.  
Remember that using only Printek brand ribbons is important because the  
wear that is started and the contamination that remains from even one  
inferior ribbon will continue to damage the print head. Also, damage to  
other printer components which is caused by the use of non-Printek ribbons  
will not be covered by the printer’s warranty.  
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Using inferior ribbons would be like using poor quality fuel in your  
automobile. Premature engine failure and poor performance leading up to  
the failure would be the best you could expect.  
Other useful features available only with the use of Printek brand ribbons  
are that the printer will not allow printing if a ribbon is not installed, and the  
printer will alert the operator when a ribbon needs to be changed.  
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Ribbon Installation  
1. Open the ribbon lid on top of the printer and position the print head  
for ribbon loading by lifting the ribbon loading handle as indicated in  
the following picture.  
Opening the Ribbon Loading Handle  
2. Remove the new ribbon from its plastic bag and make sure the  
ribbon fabric is taut by turning the knob on top of the ribbon  
cartridge in a counterclockwise direction as indicated by the arrow  
on the cartridge.  
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3. With the right hand end of the ribbon tilted down, insert the tab on  
the end of the cartridge into the opening in the ribbon tray.  
Installing the Ribbon Cartridge  
4. Now lower the left end of the cartridge down while guiding the  
ribbon fabric between the nose of the print head and the ribbon guide  
pins. Continue to lower the cartridge until the tab on the left end of  
the cartridge snaps into place.  
Ribbon Guided Between the Print Head  
and Guide Pins  
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5. Finally, lower the ribbon loading handle to its original position.  
Closing the Ribbon Load Handle  
6. Close the ribbon lid on top of the printer.  
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Loading Paper  
When shipped from the factory, the basic configuration for all ten forms is  
an eleven inch form, six lines per inch, and ten characters per inch. If the  
forms you are loading do not match these requirements, please refer to the  
PRINTER CONFIGURATION” chapter on page 41 and review the  
Introduction to Setup” and “Forms Menu” sections.  
Please refer to the appropriate section below for loading paper in the  
FormsMaster 8000se or FormsMaster 8003se.  
FormsMaster 8000se Single Tractor Model  
1. Make sure the printer is powered on and that the printer is off line  
(ONLINE indicator flashing red).  
2. Lift open the paper door on the front of the printer to expose the  
paper feed tractors as shown below.  
FormsMaster 8000se Tractors  
3. Open the doors on each tractor.  
4. Feed the paper up through the bottom of the printer and position the  
holes in the edge of the paper over the pins in the left tractor while  
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making sure that the paper will not extend above the top of the  
tractors. Then close the tractor door.  
Note: The left tractor position is not adjustable. If it is necessary  
to adjust where printing begins, refer to “Aligning Print”  
in the “Daily Operation” section of this manual.  
5. Now position the paper in the right tractor in the same fashion. If  
necessary, the position of the right tractor may be adjusted. To do  
so, move the lever on the side of the tractor down to unlock the  
tractor and slide the tractor sideways on the shafts. If necessary, the  
paper guides between the tractors may be slid in either direction to  
accommodate the form width. Make sure that the guides are spaced  
evenly between the tractors.  
After the paper is placed in the tractor and the door is closed,  
position the tractor far enough to the right so that there is no buckle in  
the paper between the tractors, but not so tight that the holes in the  
paper are distorted. Lock the tractor in place by returning the lever  
to the up position.  
6. Close the paper door.  
7. Press the LOAD button.  
8. Place the printer on line by pressing the ONLINE button.  
FormsMaster 8003se TriTrak™ Model  
The following instructions will guide you through loading all three tractor  
paths.  
1. Make sure the printer is powered on and that the printer is off line  
(ONLINE indicator flashing red).  
2. Press the UNLOAD button to move the tractor shuttle forward to the  
load position.  
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3. Lift open the paper door on the front of the printer to expose the  
paper feed tractors as shown in the following picture.  
FormsMaster 8003se Tractors  
Loading the Front Tractors  
4. Open the doors on each tractor.  
5. Feed the paper up through the bottom of the printer and position the  
holes in the edge of the paper over the pins in the left tractor while  
making sure that the paper will not extend above the top of the  
tractors. Then close the tractor door.  
Note: The left tractor position is not adjustable. If it is necessary  
to adjust where printing begins, refer to “Aligning Print”  
in the “DAILY OPERATION” section of this manual.  
6. Now position the paper in the right tractor in the same fashion. If  
necessary, the position of the right tractor may be adjusted. To do  
so, move the lever on the side of the tractor down to unlock the  
tractor and slide the tractor sideways on the shafts. If necessary, the  
paper guides between the tractors may be slid in either direction to  
accommodate the form width. Make sure that the guides are spaced  
evenly between the tractors.  
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After the paper is placed in the tractor and the tractor door is closed,  
position the tractor far enough to the right so that there is no buckle in  
the paper between the tractors, but not so tight that the holes in the  
paper are distorted. Lock the tractor in place by returning the lever  
to the up position.  
Loading the Center Tractors  
7. Tilt the front tractors forward by pulling the green lever on the right  
hand side of the front tractor assembly forward.  
8. Repeat steps 4 through 6 above.  
Front Tractors Tilted Forward for Access to Center Tractors  
Loading the Rear Tractors  
9. Tilt the center tractors forward by pulling the green lever on the  
center tractor assembly forward.  
10. Repeat steps 4 through 6 above.  
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Selecting Which Form to Print  
11. Close the paper door.  
12. Press the FORM SELECT button until the desired form is displayed  
and then press the LOAD button. The printer will now move the  
selected form into position for printing.  
13. Place the printer on line by pressing the ONLINE button.  
Printer Self-Test  
The printer performs many self diagnostics each time power is turned on. If  
you wish to perform an actual printing test, use the following steps.  
1. Make sure the printer is powered on with ribbon and paper loaded.  
2. Take the printer off line (the ONLINE indicator will be flashing red).  
3. Press the SETUP/MENU button four times to display TESTMENU  
on the front panel.  
4. Press either of the ITEM buttons until TestModeis displayed on the  
top line.  
5. Press either of the VALUE buttons until BarberPoleis displayed on  
the bottom line.  
6. Press the ONLINE button.  
7. The printer will now exit Setup and begin printing a rotating character  
pattern. To stop or restart printing the test pattern, press the ONLINE  
button.  
8. To take the printer out of the test mode, stop the test by pressing the  
ONLINE button.  
9. Press the SETUP/MENU button four times to display TESTMENU.  
10. Press either of the ITEM buttons until Test Modeis displayed on the  
top line.  
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11. Press either of the VALUE buttons until Off is displayed on the  
bottom line.  
12. Press the ONLINE button.  
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DAILY OPERATION  
Introduction  
This chapter describes how to use the “everyday” features of the  
FormsMaster 8000se. The items covered are:  
Control Panel Features – describes the most commonly used  
features of the printer’s control panel.  
Selecting and Loading Forms – describes how to insert paper  
or forms into the tractors and how to inform the  
printer of which forms are “loaded”.  
Ejecting and Tearing Off a Form – describes how to remove  
printed documents from the printer.  
Installing  
a
New Ribbon Cartridge – describes first time  
installation of the ribbon cartridge.  
Aligning Print – describes how to precisely align where data is  
printed on a form.  
Common Error Conditions – describes errors that may occur  
during normal printing operations.  
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Control Panel Features  
The following picture shows the printer’s control panel. The control panel  
consists of a two line LCD display, an ONLINE status indicator, nine push  
button switches or “buttons”, and a speaker. Each of these items is  
described below  
FORM  
SELEC  
T
FOR  
M
FEED  
MENU  
ITEM  
SETU  
ON  
LI
LCD  
DISPLAY  
ALIGN  
PRINT  
SUB-  
MENU  
VALUE  
Control Panel  
LCD Display and Online Indicator  
LCD Display  
This two line by sixteen character display is used  
to convey several types of information. When the  
printer is on line and printing, or ready to print,  
the display will show the currently selected  
tractor path and the form currently loaded in that  
path. When the printer is off line, the display will  
continue to show this information, additional  
information based upon other buttons being  
pressed by the operator, or error conditions such  
as “Check Paper”.  
ONLINE Status  
This is a multicolored LED which is used to  
display the following information:  
Indicator LED  
Green:  
The printer is on line and ready to print.  
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Flashing Green:  
Flashing Red:  
The printer is in the process of going back on  
line. Typically occurs after a new form has been  
loaded while the printer is confirming which forms  
are loaded in the tractors.  
The printer is currently off line and cannot print.  
This may be due to the operator taking the printer  
off line or the printer may have detected an error  
condition, such as running out of paper, which  
requires operator intervention. If due to an error  
condition, the cause of the error will periodically  
be shown on the LCD display. After the cause  
of an error condition has been resolved, press the  
ONLINE button to clear the error. This will also  
place the printer back on line and allow printing  
to resume.  
Yellow:  
The printer is in the process of exiting the Setup  
mode and saving Setup values, or the printer is  
currently busy performing an operation with the  
optional Setup Module.  
Flashing Yellow:  
The user has pressed the SETUP button and  
entered the Setup mode (may be exited by  
pressing the ONLINE button after the desired  
changes have been made). For more  
information, see the chapter on “Printer  
Configuration”.  
Audible Alarm:  
This device produces various tones to alert the  
operator when different error conditions occur.  
It may also be used to produce a tone when a  
bell character (ASCII BEL) is received from a  
host computer.  
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Control Panel Buttons  
ONLINE  
This button toggles the printer between the on line  
and off line state. When the printer is on line, it  
may be printing or may begin printing at any time.  
To stop the printing or prevent printing from  
starting, use this button to take the printer off line  
(see “ONLINE Status Indicator” above). The  
printer must be off line in order to use the other  
control panel buttons.  
This button is also used to place the printer back  
on line following any error condition (ONLINE  
indicator is flashing Red), such as paper out.  
When pressed to go on line, the printer will first  
attempt to clear any errors. For example, if there  
is a paper out condition, the printer will attempt  
to load the form in the currently selected tractors  
and, if successful, go on line.  
FORM FEED/LOAD  
This button performs a number of different form  
feeding functions. The printer will automatically  
select the correct function to perform based upon  
the current position of the form.  
LOAD:  
·
Loads the form that has been selected with  
the FORM SELECT button.  
If a the selected form is already recognized  
as “loaded” in the tractors, the printer will  
position the tractors if necessary  
(FormsMaster 8003se) and advance the  
form to the print position.  
If the selected form is not currently  
considered to be loaded in the tractors  
(display shows <Not Loaded>),this button  
will change the status of this form to “loaded”  
and the bottom line of the display will show  
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and the bottom line of the display will show  
the path(s).  
FORM FEED:  
·
If a form is currently loaded and perhaps  
partially printed, this button will advance the  
bottom of the current form to the tear bar so  
that it may be torn off.  
·
If a form has already been advanced to the  
tear bar, this button will advance the next  
form to the tear bar.  
FORM SELECT  
/UNLOAD  
This button is used to access up to ten different  
forms which have been previously configured  
with the Setup menus (see the chapter on Printer  
Configuration for more information).  
When this button is pressed, one of two functions  
will be performed.  
UNLOAD:  
·
If a form is currently in position to be  
printed, this button will pull the form down  
until the top of the form is below the top of  
the tractors. In the FormsMaster 8003se  
this will also cause the tractor shuttle to  
move forward for easy access to all tractors.  
FORM SELECT:  
·
If the form has already been pulled down to  
the tractors as described above, this button  
will cycle through all the available form  
choices. Forms which are not considered to  
be “loaded” in the tractors will flash <not  
loaded>on the bottom line of the display.  
In the FormsMaster 8003se the not loaded  
message will alternate with the tractor path  
assigned to that form. For more information,  
see the following section on “Selecting and  
Loading Form
s
”.  
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Loading Forms”.  
ALIGN PRINT  
This button will access the horizontal and vertical  
print adjustment settings for the currently selected  
form.  
When ALIGN PRINT is pressed, the horizontal  
adjustment is shown first. Pressing the VALUE  
buttons will move the print position on the line left  
or right by 0.01 inches for each press of a button  
as indicated on the display. The arrows to the  
side of the number will indicate the direction the  
print will be moved.  
To access the vertical adjustment, press either  
ITEM button. Pressing the VALUE buttons will  
now move the print up or down on the page by  
0.01 inches for each press of a button as  
indicated on the display. The arrow to the right  
of the number will indicate the direction the print  
will be moved.  
For a more detailed description, see “Aligning  
Print” later in this chapter.  
SETUP  
This button is used to set up the various operating  
parameters of the printer for forms, interfaces,  
etc. This button is not used on a daily basis. For  
more information see the chapter on “PRINTER  
CONFIGURATION”.  
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Selecting and Loading Forms  
Note: A form is not considered “loaded” by merely placing the  
form in the tractors. To prevent printing on the wrong  
form, the printer must be made aware of what form(s)  
are currently loaded. When a new form is placed in the  
tractors, the form must be “loaded” using the control  
panel as described in the next section, “Loading a New  
or Different Form in the Tractors”.  
Selecting a Form Already Loaded in the Tractors  
To select a form that is already loaded in the tractors, take the printer off  
line and press the FORM SELECT button until that form is displayed (a form  
that is not considered to be loaded will flash <Not Loaded>on the  
bottom line of the display). The form selection will be displayed as FORM  
0through FORM 9or as the actual name of the form if that has been set  
up.  
To position the form for printing, you may press the FORM FEED button  
which will position the form, or you may press the ONLINE button which will  
both position the form and place the printer on line.  
Loading a New or Different Form In the Tractors  
This section describes how to “load” a form in the tractors. This involves  
physically placing the paper or form in the tractor mechanism and then  
informing the printer that the new form is present.  
Select the Form to be Loaded  
1. Take the printer off line by pressing the ONLINE button. The ONLINE  
indicator should now be flashing red.  
2. Press the FORM SELECT/UNLOAD button. This will move the current  
form from the print position down to the tractors for removal. In the  
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case of the FormsMaster 8003se this will also move the shuttle  
forward for easy access to all tractor paths.  
3. Continue to press the FORM SELECT button until the desired form  
name is shown on the top line of the display. The form name will be  
FORM 0 through FORM 9 or the actual name of the form if the  
name has been set in Setup. If the desired form is not considered to  
be “loaded” by the printer, <Not Loaded> will flash on the  
bottom line of the display. In the case of the FormsMaster 8003se  
the not loaded message will alternate with the path(s) that this form is  
to be loaded in.  
Loading the Form in the Tractors  
4. Open the paper door on the front of the printer. This will provide  
access to the tractors as shown below. If your printer is a  
FormsMaster 8000se, only one set of tractors will be available and  
you may skip ahead to step 6.  
FormsMaster 8003se tractors  
5. Depending upon which path(s) the new form is to be placed in, you  
may need to tilt the front and/or center tractors forward as shown.  
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FormsMaster 8003se with front and center  
tractors tilted forward.  
6. Open the tractor doors and remove the old form.  
FormsMaster 8003se with rear path empty  
7. If the new form is a different width than the previous form, unlock the  
right tractor and move it to approximately the new position. Note  
that the left tractor position is fixed and may not be moved.  
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8. Place the left edge of the new form in the left tractor with the holes  
aligned with tractor pins. Make sure that the top edge of the form  
does not extend above the top of the tractors.  
Paper positioned in left tractor.  
9. Close the left tractor door.  
10. Now position the paper in the right tractor in the same fashion. If  
necessary, the position of the right tractor may be adjusted. To do  
so, move the lever on the side of the tractor down to unlock the  
tractor and slide the tractor sideways on the shafts. If necessary, the  
paper guides between the tractors may be slid in either direction to  
accommodate the form width. Make sure that the guides are spaced  
evenly between the tractors.  
After the paper is placed in the tractor and the door is closed,  
position the tractor far enough to the right so that there is no buckle in  
the paper between the tractors, but not so tight that the holes in the  
paper are distorted. Lock the tractor in place by returning the lever  
to the up position.  
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New form loaded in tractors  
Informing the Printer That the New Form is Loaded  
11. Press the LOAD button. The display will now show that the new form  
has been “loaded”.  
12. If your printer is a FormsMaster 8003se you may repeat the above  
steps to load additional forms at this time.  
13. Close the paper door.  
14. Make sure the correct form to be positioned for printing is selected  
and press either the LOAD button or the ONLINE button. The LOAD  
button will position the form for printing but will not place the printer  
on line. The ONLINE button will both position the form and place the  
printer on line. Note that the first time the printer is placed on line  
after a new form is loaded, the form(s) currently known to be loaded  
by the printer will scroll across the display as the printer goes on line.  
The operator should observe the forms displayed to confirm that the  
correct forms are recognized as loaded.  
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Ejecting And Tearing Off A Form  
When most print jobs complete, they will command the paper to be  
positioned at the top of the next form so that the printer is ready for the next  
job. This is, however, dependent solely upon how the programmer chose  
to write your particular application software. If your software does position  
the paper at the top of the next form, the printer will automatically position  
the form at the tear bar as shown in the following picture.  
Bottom of form at tear bar  
If your form is positioned as shown, you may skip the next section on  
positioning and proceed with “Tearing off a Form”.  
Positioning the Form for Tear Off  
1. If your print job has completed and the form is not positioned as  
shown above, take the printer off line by pressing the ONLINE button  
(indicator will change from green to flashing red).  
2. Press the FORM FEED button. This will automatically position the  
form at the tear bar and you may tear off the form as described  
below.  
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Tearing off a Form  
1. Make sure the printer is off line (indicator flashes red when off line)  
by pressing the ONLINE button if necessary. This will prevent the  
printer from pulling the paper down to start printing the next job while  
you are tearing off this one.  
2. Pull the paper toward the front of the printer and toward one side of  
the printer as shown.  
Tearing off a form  
3. Place the printer back on line with the ONLINE button (indicator  
changes to green). The form will automatically be pulled down into  
position for printing the next time the printer receives data to be  
printed.  
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Installing a New Ribbon Cartridge  
Removing the Old Ribbon Cartridge  
1. Open the ribbon lid on top of the printer and position the print head  
for ribbon loading by lifting the ribbon loading handle as indicated in  
the following picture.  
Opening the Ribbon Loading Handle  
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2. Grasp the left end of the ribbon cartridge and lift it up and toward the  
rear of the printer as shown below.  
Removing the Old Ribbon Cartridge  
3. Lift the right end of the ribbon and remove the ribbon from the  
printer.  
Installing the New Ribbon Cartridge.  
Note: The use of Printek brand ribbons is recommended for increased  
ribbon life and print head life. The use of only Printek brand  
ribbons is required for the extended print head warranty. For  
details, see “Why Use Only Printek Brand Ribbons” in the  
GETTING STARTED” chapter.  
4. Remove the new ribbon from its plastic bag and make sure the  
ribbon fabric is taut by turning the knob on top of the ribbon  
cartridge in a counterclockwise direction as indicated by the arrow  
on the cartridge.  
5. Install the new ribbon by reversing the above removal process. For  
a more detailed installation description, see Installing the Ribbon  
Cartridge” on page 10.  
6. Close the ribbon lid and place printer back on line.  
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Aligning Print  
When a new form is loaded into the printer for the first time, it may be  
necessary to adjust where printing begins. This depends upon how the  
software that controls the printing was written. If the software was written  
to perform its own character and line spacing relative to the edges of the  
form, then adjustment may not be necessary. If the print position needs to  
be adjusted, the following discussion will describe how this is accomplished.  
Note that the alignment for the selected form is permanently stored in the  
printer’s memory and does not have to be readjusted each time the form is  
loaded.  
To align print on a particular form, select that form with the FORM SELECT  
button and then press the ALIGN PRINT button. If the form selected is  
named “Invoices”, the display would now show the following.  
Aligning Print  
On INVOICES  
After a short time, the display would change to show that you can now  
MOVE PRINT left or right. Be sure to remember that you are moving  
where the print is placed on the page.  
MOVE  
Left/Right  
PRINT  
¬0.00”®  
The VALUE buttons will move the print left or right in 1/100th inch  
increments. Note that the left and right arrows will change according to  
which way the print has been moved from the normal print position. The  
maximum distance print may be moved is 9.99 inches in either direction.  
To move the print vertically on the page, press either of the ITEM buttons  
and the display will change to the following.  
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MOVE  
Down/Up  
PRINT 0.00”  
×
The VALUE buttons will move the print down or up in 1/100th inch  
increments. Note again that the arrow will change according to the  
direction the print is to be moved from the normal print position. The  
maximum distance print may be moved is 9.99 inches in either direction.  
Example  
In this example, a number needs to be printed in a box on a preprinted  
form. This form could be a packing list, an invoice, or a check. The first  
time the page is printed, the number misses the box as shown below.  
12345  
In this case, the print needs to be moved to the right and down. To  
accomplish this, press ALIGN PRINT and access the Left/Rightoption.  
First move the print to the right using the VALUE buttons. It appears that  
the text needs to move about three characters. If the text is being printed at  
10 cpi (characters per inch), this would be 0.30 inches. After making this  
adjustment the display would look as follows.  
MOVE  
Left/Right  
PRINT  
¾0.30”®  
If you were to print this form now, it would appear as follows, showing that  
the print still needs to be moved down.  
12345  
To move the print down, access the Down/Upoption by pressing either of  
the ITEM buttons. It appears that the print needs to be moved down nearly  
the height of the characters. These characters are approximately 0.10  
inches tall, so move the print down about 0.08 inches. The display should  
look as follows.  
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MOVE  
Down/Up  
PRINT  
0.08”  
¯
Now when the form is printed again, the text will be printed in the box as  
shown here.  
12345  
Common Error Conditions  
Whenever the printer detects an error condition, it will automatically go off  
line. User correctable errors are “flashed” on the display. These errors can  
typically be recovered from without loss of data and are listed in this section  
of the manual.  
Other errors which typically result in loss of data are considered fatal errors.  
These errors display the word ERROR on the top line of the display and do  
not flash. These errors are listed in the “Troubleshooting” section of this  
manual.  
Check Paper  
This error is caused either by running out of paper or by a paper jam. The  
printer will attempt to determine the cause of a paper problem and  
accompany the “Check Paper” message with “Paper Out”,  
Paper Jam”, or “Paper Out/Jam”.  
It is not necessary to press the UNLOAD button. If your printer is a  
FormsMaster 8003se, you may access the tractor path with the error by  
simply tilting any tractors in front of that path forward (see Loading the  
Center Tractors” on page 18).  
If the error is caused by a paper jam, remove the jammed form. If the form  
remaining in the tractors has tears along the top edge, remove it from the  
tractors, tear it off, and place the next form in the tractors.  
If the error is caused by running out of paper, simply place a new box in the  
print stand and place the first form in the tractors.  
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Finally, place the printer back on line by pressing the ONLINE button.  
This will automatically load the new form and begin printing. Depending  
upon how the printer has been set up, the printer may start printing where it  
left off or it may start at the beginning of the page where the error occurred  
and reprint the entire page. See Paper Out Fault Action” on page 61 for  
more information.  
No Paper to Load  
This error occurs when the LOAD button has been pressed and there is no  
paper or form in the tractors. Place paper in the tractors and press LOAD  
again.  
Too Much Paper to Unload  
This error occurs when the UNLOAD button has been pressed and there is  
paper present too far beyond the tear bar. This error serves as a warning  
that you may be putting forms that have already been printed on back into  
the printer. Tear off any printed forms past the tear bar and press UNLOAD  
again. This error also occurs if the LOAD button has been pressed and the  
current form cannot be unloaded.  
Selected Form is Not Loaded  
This error occurs when ONLINE has been pressed and the currently selected  
form is displaying <Not Loaded>. Either press LOAD to load the  
selected form or select a different form and then press ONLINE.  
No Ribbon or Wrong Ribbon  
This error occurs when the printer is attempting to go on line and cannot  
detect the presence of a ribbon cartridge. This may be due to the ribbon  
not actually being present in the printer, or the ribbon may not be installed  
properly.  
This error may also occur when attempting to use a non-Printek brand  
ribbon. Before attempting to use a ribbon brand other than Printek, please  
read Why Use Only Printek® Brand Ribbons” on page 10. Then if you  
do decide to use non-Printek brand ribbons, refer to Ribbon Checking”  
on page 64.  
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Ribbon Lid Open  
This error occurs when ONLINE has been pressed and the ribbon lid has  
been left open. Close the lid and press ONLINE again.  
Paper Door Open  
This error occurs when ONLINE has been pressed and the paper door has  
been left open. Close the door and press ONLINE again.  
Change Ribbon  
This message is periodically displayed when a ribbon has reached the end  
of its useful life and indicates that a new Printek ribbon should be installed.  
This error is merely a reminder to change the ribbon and does not force the  
printer off line.  
Other Errors  
If other errors occur, it is possible that they may not be resolved without the  
aid of  
a
factory trained service technician. Please refer to the  
Maintenance and Troubleshooting” section on page 75.  
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PRINTER CONFIGURATION  
Introduction To Setup  
The FormsMaster 8000se series printers feature simple, easy to use menus  
for setting the various operating parameters for the printer. The parameters  
available in these menus usually only need to be set one time, either when  
the printer is first installed or perhaps when a new form is to be used.  
These values are stored in nonvolatile memory, which means that they will  
remain set even if the printer is turned off. Following this introduction are  
complete, detailed descriptions of each menu item.  
Setup Buttons  
For your convenience, the SETUP button and the other buttons used while  
in the Setup mode are labeled in yellow on the control panel. Once in  
Setup, these buttons are the MENU, SUBMENU, ITEM, and VALUE buttons.  
The ONLINE indicator will flash yellow whenever the printer is in the Setup  
mode as a reminder to use the yellow labels. The buttons used for Setup  
are shown below.  
FORM  
SELEC  
T
FOR  
M
FEED  
MENU  
ITEM  
SETU  
ON  
L
LCD  
DISPLAY  
SUB-  
MENU  
ALIGN  
PRINT  
VALUE  
Control Panel Setup Buttons  
While in Setup, the placement of the text on the LCD display indicates  
which button or buttons to use to change what is displayed. In nearly all  
cases, you should use the button or buttons closest to the item you wish to  
change. To change what is on the top line, use the top buttons. To change  
what is on the bottom line, use the bottom buttons. To change what is on  
the left end of the line, use the left button. To use what is on the right end of  
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the line, use the right buttons. Note also that the menu system works on a  
“what you see is what you get” basis. This means that whatever value is last  
displayed for an item is the value that will be saved when Setup mode is  
exited.  
Entering Setup  
To enter Setup, simply take the printer off line and press the SETUP button.  
The ONLINE indicator will begin to flash yellow and the display will  
temporarily show the following.  
Entering  
Setup Menus  
After the above message has been shown, the display will change to the first  
menu available, which is the FORMS MENUas shown below. In this case  
the display will also show the first submenu which will be the form that was  
selected when Setup was pressed.  
FORMS MENU  
Form 0  
Using the MENU Button  
At this time you may select a different menu by pressing the MENU button  
(closest to where FORMS MENUis displayed). Other menus available are  
the INTERFACE MENU, the OPTIONS MENU, and the TEST  
MENU. This button will also display an option for exiting Setup. If you do  
not wish to exit Setup at this time, press the button indicated for Noand  
continue to press the MENU button to select the desired menu. The MENU  
button may be pressed at any time to select a different menu.  
Using the SUBMENU Button  
The SUBMENU button selects additional menus that are related to the  
selected menu. For instance, if the FORMS MENUhas been selected, the  
SUBMENU button (closest to where the form number is displayed) will  
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select which form (Form 0through Form 9) is to be set up. Note that  
not all menus have submenus. If no submenu is available, the bottom line  
will be blank and the SUBMENU button will not be used.  
Using the ITEM and VALUE Buttons  
Once the correct menu and submenu (if available) is selected, pressing  
either of the ITEM buttons will cause the various items and their current  
values to be displayed. Note that the items and their values are right  
justified and are thus controlled by the buttons to the right of the display.  
To scroll through the items available, use the ITEM buttons. To change the  
value of the displayed item, use the VALUE buttons to step through the  
possible choices. Remember to leave the correct value displayed before  
selecting a different item or menu, since “what you see is what you get”  
when Setup Mode is exited.  
Exiting Setup  
Two methods of exiting Setup are available. If you wish to exit Setup and  
remain off line, press the MENU button to display the following option.  
¬No  
Setup  
¬Yes  
Exit  
Menus?  
Pressing the button indicated for No will allow you to make additional menu  
choices. Pressing the button indicated for Yes will display one of the  
following messages depending on whether or not changes were made, reset  
the printer if changes were made, and then leave the printer off line.  
Exiting Menus  
Saving Changes  
Exiting Menus  
No Changes  
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To exit Setup Mode and automatically go on line, press ONLINE. The  
display will now show one of the above messages, if changes were made,  
and automatically go on line.  
Forms Menu  
Most form printing applications use several different forms such as packing  
lists, bills of lading, invoices, checks, and green bar paper for reports. Not  
all of these forms require the same printer settings for things such as font,  
character size, line spacing, or form length. The FormsMaster 8000se  
series printers store up to ten complete sets of form parameters including  
the name of the form. These ten sets of parameters, or “forms”, are  
permanently stored in the printer’s memory and are referred to as “Form 0”  
through “Form 9”. These forms can be accessed from a single button on  
the printer’s control panel or by a command sent from the host computer.  
To access the FORMS MENU, enter Setup by pressing the SETUP button.  
After the “Entering Setup Menus” message has been displayed, the  
following will appear.  
FORMS MENU  
Form 0  
Note that the actual form number will be for the form that was active prior  
to entering Setup. To select a different form, press the SUBMENU button  
until the desired form is displayed. Next press either of the ITEM buttons to  
begin displaying the various items for that form. The items available for  
each form are described on the following pages. The factory default values  
are indicated with an asterisk (*) in this manual (the asterisk does not  
appear on the printer’s display).  
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Forms Menu Items  
Form Name  
Form Name  
FORM 0  
Possible Values: Up to 16 characters of Athrough Z,  
Space, 0through 9  
When shipped from the factory, the Form Names will be set to “FORM 0”  
through FORM 9”. This name may be changed to any combination of  
capital letters (A-Z), numerals (0-9), or spaces. The name may be up to  
16 characters in length.  
Entering a name uses the SUBMENU and VALUE buttons. The SUBMENU  
button will advance the cursor, a flashing block, which is used to indicate  
the character that is to be changed. The VALUE buttons will change the  
character where the cursor is currently flashing. The order of characters  
that may be selected is “ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ, Space,  
0123456789”. Even though the name will be right justified while being  
entered, it will be automatically centered on the display when not in Setup  
Mode, so there is no need to try to center it with spaces.  
Tractor Path  
Tractor Path  
Front  
Possible Values: Front, Center, Rear  
Center+Rear, Frnt+Cntr+Rear  
This item is only available in the FormsMaster 8003se and is used to set the  
tractor path to be used for the currently selected form. Typically, most  
forms are only loaded in one tractor path and the value will be set to  
Front, Center, or Rear.  
However, a form can also be set to use multiple paths. This may be  
desirable when printing long print jobs where a paper out condition needs to  
be avoided. This is often true if the job is to be run overnight or at a remote  
and perhaps unattended location. When a form’s tractor path is set to  
Center+Rearor Frnt+Cntr+Rear, the printer will automatically switch to  
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the next path, or paths, and continue printing until all the specified paths are  
empty.  
Automatic Cut  
Automatic Cut  
No  
Possible Values: No*,Yes  
This item is only available when the optional FormsCutter is installed in the  
printer. When set to Yes, the printer will automatically cut each form at the  
perforation (based upon the Form Length setting) and eject the form into  
the paper basket that is installed with the FormsCutter. If set to No, the  
paper will exit through the lower, continuous paper path into the basket on  
the print stand. To manually cut a form or report at the end of the current  
page, the user can take the printer offline and press the UNLOAD button.  
See the FormsMaster 8000se Series FormsCutter Manual for additional  
information.  
Cut Adjustment  
Cut Adjustment  
0
Possible Values: Auto, -0.2951” … 0* … +0.2951”,  
Auto  
This item may be used to adjust the position of the cut relative to the top-of-  
form for improved cut accuracy. This item is only available when the  
optional FormsCutter is installed. Refer to the FormsCutter manual for  
more information.  
Lines Per Inch  
Lines/Inch  
6
Possible Values: 6*, 8  
This item sets the line pitch to 6 or 8 Lines Per Inch (LPI).  
Form Length  
Form Length  
66 Lines  
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Possible Values: 1 … 66* … 227 Lines  
This item sets the form length in lines at the current line pitch (LPI). For  
example: for an eleven inch form, enter 66 if you are using six lines per inch  
or 88 if you are using eight lines per inch.  
Top Margin  
Top Margin  
0 Lines  
Possible Values: 0* … 226 Lines  
This item sets the top margin in lines. Setting a top margin will reduce the  
size of the printable area of the page by the number of lines set. Printing will  
not be allowed above the top margin.  
Note: In most cases changing where printing begins on a form should  
be accomplished with ALIGN PRINT rather than with a top  
margin. Adding a top margin may cause some programs to  
print the first form correctly and then print following forms too  
far down the page if the program sending the data does not  
require the margin.  
Bottom Margin  
Bottom Margin  
0 Lines  
Possible Values: 0* … 226 Lines  
This item sets the bottom margin in lines. Setting a bottom margin will  
reduce the size of the printable area of the page by the number of lines set.  
When the bottom margin is reached, the remainder of the page will be  
skipped and printing will resume at the beginning of the next page (or top  
margin if one is set). Adding a bottom margin may cause some data to be  
printed on the wrong page if the program sending the data does not require  
the margin.  
Characters Per Inch  
Characters/Inc  
h
10  
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Possible Values: 10*, 12, 13.3, 15, 16.74, 17.14,  
20  
This item sets the default character pitch in Characters Per Inch (CPI).  
(Note that OCR-A and OCR-B characters are only valid at 10 CPI will  
always print at 10 CPI regardless of this setting.)  
Left Margin  
Left Margin  
Column 0  
Possible Values: Column 0* … 268  
This item sets the left margin in columns (characters) relative to the left edge  
of the paper. The column width is based upon the current character pitch  
(CPI). The left margin must be less than the right margin. The left margin  
may be used to cause printing to begin farther to the right on a form. In  
many cases using ALIGN PRINT may be preferable to using a left margin (see  
Aligning Print” on page 36) .  
Right Margin  
Right Margin  
Column 272  
Possible Values: Column 4 … 272*  
This item sets the right margin in columns (characters) relative to the left  
edge of the paper. A value of 272 is large enough to insure that characters  
can be printed to the right end of the paper regardless of character pitch  
(CPI). The right margin must be greater than the left margin. Text  
characters that would have printed to the right of the margin will be  
“wrapped around” and printed at the beginning of the next line. Graphic  
data that would have printed to the right of the margin will be truncated (not  
wrapped around). However, any data which would print before the right  
margin but beyond the edge of the paper (either in the sprocket holes or on  
the platen) will be truncated.  
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Font  
Font  
Epson FX FD  
Possible Values: Epson FX FD*, DF, LQ;  
PC English FD, DF, LQ;  
PC Latin 2 FD, DF, LQ;  
DEC LA120 FD, DF, LQ;  
EBCDIC FD, DF, LQ;  
OCR-A OQ;  
OCR-B OQ  
Roman–8 FD, DF, LQ, ML  
Euro (858) FD, DF, LQ  
ML (850) FD, DF, LQ  
This item selects the default font to be used.  
Draft Speed  
Draft Speed  
Normal  
Possible Values: Normal*, Fast  
This item selects whether the Draft Font (DF) or the Fast Draft (FD) font will  
be selected when the printer receives a “select draft font” command from  
the host computer. This will allow the Fast Draft font to be used with  
programs which would not be able to otherwise.  
Impact Force  
Impact Force  
Normal  
Possible Values: Normal*, High  
This item may be used to select High Impact for improved printing on  
multipart forms that do not otherwise print well on the back copies.  
Language  
Language  
USA  
Possible Values: USA*, France, Germany, England,  
Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Spain,  
Japan, Finland  
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This item selects the character substitution table to be used for an alternate  
language when printing. The Epson font must be selected in order for this  
feature to work properly. The character substitutions are shown in the  
following table.  
Char Value 35 36 64 91 92 93 94 96 123 124 125 126  
USA  
#
#
$
$
$
$
$
¤
$
$
$
@
à
[
°
\
ç
]
§
Ü
]
^
^
^
^
^
Ü
^
^
^
`
`
{
é
ä
{
æ
ä
à
¨
¦
ù
ö
¦
}
è
ü
}
å
å
è
}
}
˜
¨
France  
Germany  
England  
Denmark  
Sweden  
Italy  
#
§
Ä
[
Ö
\
`
ß
˜
£
@
@
É
`
#
Æ
Ä
°
Ø
Ö
\
Å
Å
é
`
ø
ö
ò
ñ
¦
˜
#
é
ù
`
ü
ì
#
@
@
@
Spain  
PTS  
#
¡
Ñ
¥
¿
˜
Japan  
[
]
`
{
˜
Zero Style  
Zero  
Normal  
Possible Values: Normal*, Slashed  
This item selects whether the numeral zero is printed with or without a slash  
through it. (This is true for normal text characters. The optional Imager and  
ImagerPlus Co-processors have a separate setup item for zero characters  
they generate.)  
Unidirectional Printing  
Unidirectional  
No  
Possible Values: No*, Yes  
This item selects unidirectional printing instead of bidirectional printing.  
This may be used to improve the straightness of vertical lines for critical  
applications such as printing small bar codes.  
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Interface Menu  
The Interface Menu may contain several submenus. These submenus are  
for setting up items pertaining to the hardware interfaces such as the serial  
and parallel ports as well as the optional 10/100BaseT Ethernet or the  
Wireless Print.  
The Setup items for each interface are described in one of the following  
sections.  
RS-232C Serial Interface on page 52  
Parallel/LAN Interfaces on page 57  
Entering the Interface Menu  
To Enter the Interface Menu, enter Setup and press the MENU button until  
INTERFACE MENUis displayed on the top line as shown below.  
INTERFACE MENU  
Serial  
The SUBMENUoptions for the INTERFACE MENUalways include the  
Serial and Parallel ports. The other ports mentioned earlier will only be  
displayed if they are installed in the printer. This is also true of the Imager  
or ImagerPlus graphics options. To select the desired interface, press the  
SUBMENU button until that interface is displayed on the bottom line. Next  
press either of the ITEM buttons to begin displaying the items associated  
with that interface. Each interface and the items which pertain to that  
interface are listed on the following pages. Note that many items are the  
same for more than one interface since the computer attached to that  
interface may have different requirements for each of those items.  
The factory default values are indicated with an asterisk (*) in this manual  
(the asterisk does not appear on the printer’s display).  
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RS-232C Serial Interface Items  
INTERFACE MENU  
Serial  
Emulation  
Emulation  
Epson  
Possible Values: Epson*, IBM Proprinter,  
DEC LA120, TTY,  
Printek, ANSI X3.64  
Genicom 3840, Genicom 3410  
This item selects the emulation to be used whenever the serial port is active.  
Emulation should be set to match the type of printer your software  
supports.  
Automatic Carriage Return  
Auto CR  
On  
Possible Values: Off, On*  
This item enables or disables automatic Carriage Returns (CR) whenever a  
Line Feed (LF), Vertical Tab (VT), or Form Feed (FF) is received.  
Automatic Line Feed  
Auto LF  
Off  
Possible Values: Off*, On  
This item enables or disables automatic Line Feeds (LF) when a Carriage  
Return (CR) is received.  
Perform Host Form Feed at Top-of-Form  
Host FF at TOF  
No  
Possible Values: No*, Yes  
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This item selects whether Form Feeds (FF) will be performed when  
received from the host computer if the paper is already positioned at the top  
of form (TOF). Setting this item to Nowill help prevent blank pages.  
Characters  
Characters  
Control  
Possible Values: Control*, Printable  
This item selects whether certain control character symbols will be printed  
or be treated as control characters. The effect of this is dependent upon the  
Emulationselected.  
Minimum Buffer  
Minimum Buffer  
No  
Possible Values: No*, Yes  
This item selects whether the smallest possible I/O buffer should be used.  
Setting this item to Nowill allow the printer to make maximum use of the  
I/O buffer (see “Paper Out Fault” on page 61 for more information on  
buffer size). Setting this to Yesmay decrease performance, but is useful  
when using the printer with operating systems that try to keep track of  
which page is currently being printed by the printer. This may also be useful  
when using serial I/O with systems that do not respond quickly enough to  
handshake signals.  
Baud Rate  
Baud Rate  
9600  
Possible Values: 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400,  
4800, 9600*  
This item selects the baud rate for the serial interface. This must be set to  
match the baud rate setting on the host computer.  
Data Bits  
Data Bits  
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8
Possible Values: 8*, 7  
This item selects the number of data bits in the serial character frame. This  
must be set to match the character size setting on the host computer.  
Stop Bits  
Stop Bits  
1
Possible Values: 1*, 2  
This item sets the number of stop bits to be used at the end of the serial  
character frame. This must be set to match the stop bit setting on the host  
computer.  
Parity  
Parity  
None  
Possible Values: None*, Even, Odd  
This item selects the parity checking requirements for the serial data bits.  
This must be set to match the parity setting on the host computer.  
Busy Signal Polarity  
Busy Polarity  
Low  
Possible Values: Low*, High  
This item selects the polarity of the busy signal (pin 11 of the RS-232C  
interface). Busy is set whenever the printer is offline, the serial input buffer  
is full, or another interface port is currently active (see Automatic Port  
Switching” earlier in this section).  
Data Terminal Ready  
DTR  
Power On/Off  
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Possible Values: Power On/Off*  
Online/Offline  
Busy/Not Busy  
Selects the condition to be reflected by the DTR signal (pin 20 of the RS-  
232C interface). In most cases, especially those involving a MODEM, this  
signal should be set to indicate Power On/Off.  
Selecting  
Online/Offlinewill reflect only the condition indicated and does not  
reflect a buffer full condition. Busy/Not Busy will cause DTR to  
indicate both the online/offline status and buffer full condition (see “Busy  
Polarity” above).  
XON/XOFF Handshaking  
XON/XOFF  
Off  
Possible Values: Off*, On  
Enables or disables the transmission of the XON and XOFF characters  
from the printer to the host to control data flow to the printer. XOFF will  
be sent whenever the printer goes offline or the serial buffer is full. XON  
will be sent when is again ready to receive characters.  
ETX/ACK Handshaking  
ETX/ACK  
Off  
Possible Values: Off*, On  
Enables or disables the ACK response to receipt of the ETX character.  
This handshake method is useful for conditions where there are long  
transmission line delays such as telephone lines which may be routed  
through satellites. An ACK character will be returned to the host computer  
after an ETX character is received and processed. ETX characters used  
for handshaking cannot be part of an escape sequence.  
RTS/CTS Handshaking  
RTS/CTS  
OFF  
Possible Values: Power On/Off*  
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If your Host system requires or supports hardware handshaking for data  
flow control, it may be useful to change this parameter to ON. This may  
apply especially to older Host systems using Full-duplex communications.  
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Parallel/LAN Interface Items  
Since the optional LAN interface goes into the Parallel port, these interface  
parameters are the same.  
INTERFACE MENU  
Parallel/LAN  
Emulation  
Emulation  
Epson  
Possible Values: Epson*, IBM Proprinter, DEC LA120,  
TTY, Printek, ANSI X3.64,  
Genicom 3840, Genicom 3410  
This item selects the emulation to be used whenever the parallel port is  
active. The emulation should be set to match the type of printer your  
software supports.  
LAN Setup  
LAN Setup  
Off  
Possible Values: On, Off*  
This item enables or disables the ability to control the optional Ethernet  
interface card from the front panel. When set to On, the Serial Interface is  
not available, and menu items for the Ethernet card follow. Consult your  
Network Administrator before changing any of these items.  
Note: Setting this item to On when the optional Ethernet interface  
card is not present or optional control loop-back cable may  
result in the printer appearing to “hang” when exiting the  
Setup Menus. After 15 seconds, a LAN Timeout error will be  
displayed. Press ONLINE, then enter the Setup Menus and  
correct the problem.  
IP Address Method  
IP Address  
Auto  
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Possible Values: Auto*, Static  
This item controls how the optional Ethernet interface card receives its  
network address. When set to Auto, the Ethernet card will receive its  
network address from a network DHCP server (typical installation). When  
set to Static, the user sets the TCP/IP address, Subnet Mask and TCP/IP  
Gateway address as follows:  
IP Address  
IP Address  
192.160.0.27  
Possible Values: 000.000.000.000 … 255.255.255.255  
To set the TCP/IP address, use the SUBMENU key to select which digit  
group you wish to change, and then use the UP/DOWN ARROW keys to  
change the value. The value will change rapidly if the key is held down.  
Subnet Mask  
255.255.255.0  
Subnet Mask  
Possible Values: 000.000.000.000 … 255.255.255.255  
To set the Subnet Mask, use the SUBMENU key to select which digit group  
you wish to change, and then use the UP/DOWN ARROW keys to change the  
value. The value will change rapidly if the key is held down.  
IP Gateway  
192.168.0.0  
Gateway Address  
Possible Values: 000.000.000.000 … 255.255.255.255  
To set the TCP/IP Gateway, use the SUBMENU key to select which digit  
group you wish to change, and then use the UP/DOWN ARROW keys to  
change the value. The value will change rapidly if the key is held down.  
Automatic Carriage Return  
Auto CR  
On  
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Possible Values: Off, On*  
This item enables or disables automatic Carriage Returns (CR) whenever a  
Line Feed (LF), Vertical Tab (VT), or Form Feed (FF) is received.  
Automatic Line Feed  
Auto LF  
Off  
Possible Values: Off*, On  
This item enables or disables automatic Line Feeds (LF) when a Carriage  
Return (CR) is received.  
Perform Host Form Feed at Top-of-Form  
Host FF at TOF  
No  
Possible Values: No*, Yes  
This item selects whether Form Feeds (FF) will be performed when  
received from the host computer if the paper is already positioned at the top  
of form (TOF). Setting this item to Nowill help prevent blank pages.  
Characters  
Characters  
Control  
Possible Values: Control*, Printable  
This item selects whether certain control character symbols will be printed  
or be treated as control characters. The effect of this is dependent upon the  
emulation selected above.  
Minimum Buffer  
Minimum Buffer  
No  
Possible Values: No*, Yes  
This item selects whether the minimum I/O buffer size should be used.  
Setting this item to Nowill allow the printer to make maximum use of the I/O  
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buffer (see “Paper Out Fault” on page 61 for more information on buffer  
size). Setting this to Yes may decrease performance, but is useful when  
using the printer with operating systems that try to keep track of which page  
is currently being printed by the printer.  
Options Menu  
The OPTIONS MENU contains items which do not pertain only to a  
specific form or specific interface, but rather affect how the printer works  
under all conditions. To access the options menu, enter Setup and then  
press MENU until OPTIONS MENUis displayed  
OPTIONS MENU  
Note that the options menu has no submenus. Therefore, press either of the  
ITEM buttons to begin displaying the items available. The factory default  
values are indicated with an asterisk (*) in this manual (the asterisk does not  
appear on the printer’s display).  
Maximum Form Allowed  
Max Form  
Allowed  
Form 2  
Possible Values: Form 0 … Form 2* … Form 9  
This item sets the last form number to be displayed for operator selection  
with the FORM SELECT button or while in the FORMS MENU. This  
allows the operator to see only the forms that are in use rather than having  
to sort through several unused forms.  
Note that when setting this value that you may not select a value less than  
the form currently selected when Setup was entered, or less than the form  
currently selected in the “Setup: FORMS” menu.  
Automatic Scroll Delay  
Auto-Scroll  
1 Second Delay  
60  
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Possible Values: Off, 0, 1* to 15 Second Delay  
This item sets the number of seconds to delay before scrolling the top of  
form to the tear bar when the printer is idle (no additional data received  
since the last print operation) and a form boundary (bottom of the form  
according to the Form Length setting for the current form) has been  
reached. If printing finishes and the form boundary has not been reached,  
take the printer off line and the FORM FEED button may be used to advance  
the form to the tear bar. This item may also be used to disable Auto-Scroll  
by setting the value to Off. When disabled, the FORM FEED button must  
always be used to advance the form to the tear bar.  
Paper Out Fault Action  
Paper Out  
Fault  
Finish Page  
Possible Values: Finish Page*  
Reprint Page  
Break Page  
This item selects what action is to be taken when a paper out condition  
occurs. The action taken for each of the possible values is described in the  
following paragraphs.  
When Finish Pageis selected, the printer will attempt to print to the  
bottom of the page when a normal paper out condition occurs. Conditions  
that will prevent this from happening are when the end of paper is detected  
too far from the end of the form (the printer assumes there is not a complete  
page available), when reverse paper motion is attempted within the last one  
inch of the form, or when a paper jam occurs. If the printer is unable to  
finish printing the page, it will attempt to reprint the page as described below  
(also refer to the Reprint Page Size option which follows). Note that if  
highly precise printing is required in the last inch of the form, Finish  
Pagemay not provide accurate enough paper motion since the form is no  
longer controlled by the tractor mechanism .  
When Reprint Pageis selected, the printer will stop printing as soon  
as the end of paper or a paper jam condition is detected and the printer will  
go off line. After a new box of forms is loaded, the printer will attempt to  
reprint the current page from the beginning. If the printer is able to reprint  
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the page, Reprinting Page!will be displayed when the new form is  
loaded (the previous partially printed page should probably be discarded).  
If the printer is unable to reprint the page, the page will be broken,  
Cannot Reprint - Page Too Largewill be displayed, and  
printing will resume where it left off as described in the next paragraph. The  
printer’s ability to complete the reprint successfully depends on whether the  
data for the current page is still in the printer’s memory. Refer to the  
following Reprint Page Size option for more information regarding how  
much data may be retained.  
When Break Pageis selected, the printer will stop printing and go off  
line as soon as a paper out or paper jam condition is detected. After a new  
box of forms is loaded, printing will resume where it left off. The Break  
Pagesetting is appropriate when you know a page is too large to reprint  
(exceeds available buffer size, e.g. contains large graphic images). This will  
suppress the error message Cannot Reprint before printing  
continues.  
Character to Ignore  
Char. To  
Ignore  
255  
Possible Values: 0, … 255*  
This allows a single 8-bit character to be discarded as it is received. This is  
useful when the host application is sending an unwanted control character,  
for example. Values are in decimal, with printable characters displayed to  
the left of the decimal value.  
To use this feature:  
1) Press the UP/DOWN ARROW keys to select the desired character  
decimal value. Printable characters will appear to the left of the  
number.  
2) Press the ITEM button to display Ignore Character ON/Off, then the  
UP/DOWN ARROW keys to turn the feature On or Off.  
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This feature should not be turned on unless needed.  
Top of Barcode  
Top of Barcode  
Off  
Possible Values: On, Off*  
In Genicom 3840 or 3410 Emulation, this feature repositions the print head  
at the top of a barcode after the barcode has printed. When disabled,  
printing continues from the bottom of the barcode. This feature has no  
meaning in other emulations.  
Top of Oversized  
Top of  
Oversized  
Off  
Possible Values: On, Off*  
In Genicom 3840 or 3410 Emulation, this feature repositions the print head  
at the top of oversized characters after the oversized characters have  
printed. When disabled, printing continues from the bottom of the oversized  
characters.  
This feature has no meaning in other emulations.  
User Language  
User Language  
English  
Possible Values: English*, French, German  
This selects the front panel language that will be used by the printer's LCD  
screen. Press the UP/DOWN ARROW keys to change the selection. Note:  
If you change the selected language, you may find it difficult to  
return to this menu to correct it! Verstechen Sie?  
Page Size  
8192  
Characters  
Reprint Page Size  
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Possible Values: 0, …, 8192*, …, 28672  
This item selects how much of the 32K byte input buffer is set aside for  
reprinting a page when Finish Pageor Reprint Pagehas been  
selected for the Paper Out Fault Action item (see above). The value  
selected (0 to 28K bytes in 1K byte increments) should be set to  
accommodate the largest page expected, but not unnecessarily large since  
the larger this is set, the smaller the effective I/O buffer. The 8K byte  
default setting should be large enough to hold most pages of text, but may  
not be large enough to hold more complex or graphic filled pages. If the  
page size selected is not large enough, the page will be broken as described  
under Paper Out Fault Action item above.  
If the Paper Out Fault Action item is set to Break Page, the Reprint  
Page Size may be set to 0to allow the largest possible I/O buffer.  
Truncate Lines  
No  
Truncate Long Lines  
Possible Values: Yes, No*  
When this item is set to Yes, long text lines that would wrap around the next  
line will be terminated at the right margin column or the right usable edge of  
the platen, whichever is reached first. The remainder of the characters in the  
line are discarded. Graphics printing always truncates.  
Ribbon Checking  
Ribbon Check  
On  
Possible Values: On*, Off  
This item selects whether or not ribbon checking is active. This feature  
works exclusively with Printek ribbons. When Ribbon Checking is On, the  
printer alerts the operator if a ribbon is not installed, or if the ribbon life has  
been reached (see Ribbon Life below). Ribbon Check may be turned off if  
these features are not desired.  
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Ribbon Check may also be turned off to allow the use of non-Printek brand  
ribbons. Using non-Printek ribbons may limit the warranty on the print  
head, so before turning Ribbon Check off, please read Why Use Only  
Printek® Brand Ribbons” on page 10 and the warranty information on page  
114. Note that turning this feature off while still using Printek brand ribbons  
will not affect the extended warranty.  
Ribbon Life  
Ribbon Life  
23 Million  
Chars  
Possible Values: 5 … 23* … 30 Million Chars  
This item sets the number of “draft equivalent” characters to be printed  
before the Change Ribbonmessage is displayed. “Draft equivalent” is  
an indication of the average density, or number of dots, in a draft font  
character. Characters printed using other fonts are weighted according to  
their own density. Typically, fast draft characters have fewer dots while  
letter quality and optical quality fonts have more and are weighted as fewer  
or more draft characters accordingly. Graphics data are weighted  
according to the actual number of dots printed.  
ImagerPlus Graphic Card  
OPTIONS MENU  
ImagerPlus  
The printer will automatically display ImagerPlus as shown above when the  
interface is installed. The descriptions in this manual are brief. For more  
information, please refer to the appropriate ImagerPlus manual.  
Emulation  
Emulation  
QMS CodeV v2  
Possible Values: QMS CodeV v2*, PTX CodeV v2,  
Printronix IGP  
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This item sets the Imager or ImagerPlus emulation mode. QMS CodeV  
v2selects QMS Code V version 2, PTX CodeV v2selects Printronix  
Code V version 2.  
Control Character  
ControlCharact  
er  
^ (5E Hex)  
Possible Values: ^ (5E Hex)*  
SOH (01 Hex) through HT (09 Hex),  
SO (0E Hex) through (FF Hex)  
This item sets the control character used to begin commands. The  
character normally used for QMS is the caret (^) and the character nomally  
used for IGP is the tilde (~) (if you change the emulation to Printronix  
IGP, you may need to change the control character to the tilde).  
Line Terminator  
Line  
Terminator  
LF  
Possible Values: LF*, CR  
This item sets the line terminating character to a Line Feed or a Carriage  
Return.  
Bar Code Density  
Bar Code  
Density  
High-Res  
Possible Values: Low-Res, Medium-Res, High-Res*,  
Graphics Med-Res  
This item sets the density, or graphics resolution, for bar codes.  
QMS Character Set  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
QMS Char Set  
USA  
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P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N  
Possible Values: USA  
France  
United Kingdom Italy  
Sweden/Finland Spain  
Norway/Denmark PC Subset  
Japan  
Germany  
CodeV Version1  
This item selects the character set.  
^PY Translation Mode  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
^PY  
Translation  
Not Active  
Possible Values: Not Active*, Active  
This item selects whether or not Filter Mode is active at power on or reset.  
^F Free Format Mode  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
^F Free Format  
Not Active  
Possible Values: Not Active*, Active  
This item selects whether or not the Free Format Mode is active in Filter  
Mode.  
^ X Ignore Data Mode  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
^X Ignore Data  
Not Active  
Possible Values: Not Active*, Active  
This item selects whether data will be ignored until a ^A is received.  
Imager/ImagerPlus Zero Style  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
Imager Zero  
Slashed  
Possible Values: Slashed*, Normal  
This item selects the type of zero character (Ø or O) to be printed by the  
Imager or ImagerPlus.  
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Line Registration  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
LineRegistrati  
on  
Not Maintained  
Possible Values: Not Maintained*, Maintained  
This item selects whether or not the form will automatically be advanced to  
the next line boundary when Filter Mode is exited.  
Vertical DPI Resolution  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
Vertical DPI  
72  
Possible Values: 72*, 70  
This item sets the vertical resolution to 72 or 70 Dots Per Inch.  
Vertical Text Spacing  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
Vertical Text  
SP  
Version 2  
Possible Values: Version 2*, Version 1  
This item selects whether text should be spaced vertically as in Code V  
version 1 or version 2.  
Code V Space Fields  
(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)  
CodeV SP  
Fields  
Process  
Possible Values: Process*, Ignore  
This item selects whether Code V space fields should be processed.  
IGP Character Set  
IGP Char Set  
ASCII  
Possible Values: ASCII  
English  
Dutch  
France  
Germany  
Sweden  
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Denmark  
Norway  
Finland  
Spain  
Italy  
Turkey  
This item selects the character set.  
Delete Logos  
Delete Logos  
No  
Possible Values: No*, Yes  
This item selects whether logos should be deleted when a form is deleted.  
Quiet Mode  
Quiet Mode  
Not Active  
Possible Values: Not Active*, Active  
This item selects whether or not the quiet mode is active at power on.  
Spacing Mode  
Spacing  
IGP 10/20/40  
Possible Values: IGP 10/20/40*, IGP 30  
This item selects the Spacing mode.  
Test Menu  
The TEST MENUis used to access some testing as well as some record  
keeping items. To access the test menu, enter Setup and press the MENU  
button until TEST MENUis displayed as shown below.  
TEST MENU  
Next press either of the ITEM buttons to access the test modes available.  
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Print the Menus  
Print the  
Menus  
No  
Possible Values: No*, Current Values  
This item may be used to print the entire list of current values.  
Current Values will print only the items relevant to the current printer  
configuration and their current values. This provides a means of record  
keeping or “backup”, so that the values can be checked and restored in  
case an operator inadvertently changes one.  
After setting this value, press ONLINE to begin printing. After printing is  
completed, the value of this item will automatically return to No. Note that  
once printing begins, taking the printer off line for any reason (ONLINE  
button pressed, ribbon lid or paper door opened, or a paper fault) will  
cause printing to be aborted.  
Test Mode  
Test Mode  
Off  
Possible Values: Off*, Barber Pole,  
Hex Dump, Demos  
When this item is set to Barber Pole, the printer will print a rotating  
character pattern. Printing may be started and stopped with the ONLINE  
button.  
When set to Hex Dump, the printer will print all received data in a special  
debug format which may be used by programmers to solve software  
problems. For more information, refer to the Hex Dump section of the  
FormsMaster 8000se series Programmer’s Manual.  
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Note when in Barber Pole mode and Hex Dump mode, if the printer is  
taken OFFLINE during printing, the printer will remain in these modes. If the  
printer is put back ONLINE, printing will resume. To exit either of these  
modes, return to the TEST MENUand use the UP/DOWN arrow keys to  
set “TEST MODE” to OFF.  
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FORM CONSTRUCTION  
Form Construction  
Although the FormsMaster 8000se series printers have been designed to  
handle difficult forms, you may come across a form that does not feed  
reliably or provide adequate print quality on all copies.  
One of the main causes of paper misfeeds is a form that is “tented”. Tenting  
is a tent-like bulge at the perforation when forms are unfolded from the box.  
The printer allows a maximum form thickness of 0.025 inches, which a  
badly tented form may exceed.  
Tenting is usually caused by glue drying on the perforation after the forms  
maker puts the forms into the box, or forms which are not glued at all.  
Forms with solid glue lines which run vertically down the entire form are the  
most susceptible. If you experience such a problem, request “interrupted  
glue line” forms from your vendor. This method stops the glue  
approximately three-quarters of the way down the form and then resumes  
gluing at the top of the next form. The gluing should not begin too far below  
the top of the form or pages of the form will be able to fan apart and be a  
potential cause of jamming.  
Another area where not all forms are alike is in the quality of carbon paper  
used, or in the way carbonless inks are applied. If the back copies of your  
form are too light, request a quick-release carbon or a higher quality  
carbonless inking method.  
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S P E C I F Y I N G F O R M S  
Form Layout Considerations  
When designing preprinted forms, the most common problem is forms that  
are designed “too tight”. This means that boxes where data have to be  
printed are just barely large enough for the data, and that even the slightest  
misalignment will cause characters to be printed on at least one of the lines  
that form the box.  
While the print alignment can be adjusted on the FormsMaster 8000se  
series printer to 1/100th of an inch, this is often too much to expect of the  
forms manufacturer. Where the preprinted information is placed in respect  
to the tractor holes on the form often varies on every other form in a single  
box of forms, or from one box of forms to the next.  
To help avoid this situation, create larger areas for data by allocating blank  
lines in the printed data for horizontal lines, and allocating blank columns for  
vertical lines. If this is not possible due to the amount of data that has to be  
placed on the form, avoid using a dark color to form the preprinted lines  
and boxes. Use a lighter color, preferable other than a gray, that will allow  
the printed characters to still be read if misalignment occurs.  
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MAINTENANCE AND  
TROUBLESHOOTING  
Error Messages  
This section provides a partial list of fatal errors. Fatal errors typically  
cannot be recovered from without the loss of data. In each case, ERRORis  
shown on the top line of the display and one of the following messages is  
shown on the bottom line. Suggested solutions for each of these messages  
are listed to the right of each error message in the table which follows. If  
the suggested solution does not solve the problem, please refer to  
Obtaining Service” on page 76.  
Note that none of these messages “flash” on the display. Messages which  
are flashed on the display are discussed in the “Common Error Conditions”  
section on page 38.  
Other errors which are not listed here or in “DAILY OPERATION” should  
be reported to the company where you purchased your printer, or to your  
nearest Authorized Service Center. If you do not know the name or  
number of your nearest Authorized Service Center, see “Obtaining  
Service” later in this section.  
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Error Message  
Possible Solution  
Head Blocked?  
Check print head carriage area for  
obstructions.  
Head Gap  
Usually a result of a bad paper jam.  
Check for paper wedged in the print head  
nose shield area.  
I/O Overflow  
Make sure handshaking parameters set in  
the printer and at the host computer match  
each other.  
Make sure interface cables are wired  
correctly.  
Preventive Maintenance  
Very little preventive maintenance is required by your FormsMaster 8000se  
series printer. It is only suggested that you periodically clear out any  
excessive paper dust.  
Also, the various bearings used in the FormsMaster 8000se should not  
require any lubrication. If you do choose to lubricate any bearings, use only  
a 30 Wt. non-detergent motor oil. DO NOT use any grease or any  
vegetable based oils.  
Obtaining Service  
If your FormsMaster 8000se series printer should require service, please  
contact the company where you purchased the printer. If you do not know  
where the printer was purchased, please call 800-368-4636 to obtain the  
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name and number of your nearest Printek Authorized Service Center or to  
arrange for factory service.  
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ADVANCED SETUP FEATURES  
Security Menu  
The SECURITY MENUis for Information System managers who want to  
be able to set up a printer and then “lock out” operator changes to the  
various menus. This method of security may be set independently for the  
Align Print, the Forms menu, the Interface menu, or the Options menu.  
When set to Edit Allowed, the user is allowed to make changes to  
any item in the menu selected. When set to View, the operator can look  
at the settings, but cannot edit, or change the values. When set to  
Initialize, the printer will reset all values in that menu (and  
associated submenus) to the factory default values and security will be set  
back to Edit Allowed.  
The SECURITY MENU is more difficult to enter than other menus. To be  
able to access this menu, the printer must be powered on while pressing  
the MENU button. After the printer has finished its power up self-tests,  
enter Setup and press the MENU button until SECURITY MENU is  
displayed on the top line. Next press either of the ITEM buttons to begin  
setting security.  
Align Print  
Align Print  
Edit Allowed  
Possible Values: Edit Allowed, View Only,  
Initialize  
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This item selects whether values set using Align Print (see Aligning Print on  
page 36) can be edited or only viewed by the operator. Initialize  
will reset the Align Print values for all forms to zero.  
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Forms Menu  
Forms Menu  
Edit Allowed  
Possible Values: Edit Allowed, View Only, Initialize  
This item selects whether items in the FORMS MENUcan be edited or only  
viewed by the operator. Initialize will reset the value of all the items  
for all forms to factory default values.  
Interface Menu  
Interface Menu  
Edit Allowed  
Possible Values: Edit Allowed, View Only, Initialize  
This item selects whether items in the INTERFACE MENUcan be edited  
or only viewed by the operator. Initializewill reset the value of all  
the items for all interfaces to factory default values.  
Options Menu  
Options Menu  
Edit Allowed  
Possible Values: Edit Allowed, View Only,  
Initialize  
This item selects whether items in the OPTIONS MENUcan be edited or  
only viewed by the operator. Initializewill reset the value of all the  
items in the options menu to factory default values.  
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USING REMOTE SETUP  
The PrintMaster 8000se Series printers may be completely configured for  
operation by using the front panel buttons to access the printer setup menus.  
In addition, many of the items that can be configured via the front panel  
setup menus can also be configured remotely as described in this chapter.  
Remote Setup via Windows Application  
Printek provides a remote setup program for Windows 95, 98, 2000 and  
NT users. This provides a convenient method for graphically configuring  
the printer. Visit www.printek.com to download the free application.  
Remote Setup via Generic Text File  
Remote setup commands are placed in a remote setup file on a host  
computer. This file may then be sent to the printer. The remote setup file  
must be a text only file* with each line terminated by a Line Feed (LF)  
character.  
The available commands listed below are shown with a combination of  
upper and lower case letters to enhance readability. However, the  
commands are not case sensitive. All characters are converted to upper  
case before processing (except for form names, which are contained in  
double quotes). White space may also be inserted to enhance readability; it  
will be stripped from the commands before processing.  
Each line of the file is processed individually, and must conform to one of  
four possible formats:  
1. A blank line (ignored).  
2. A comment line, which begins with a semicolon ";" (ignored).  
3. A heading line, which is enclosed in square brackets "[]".  
4. An item setup line, of the format item=value.  
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Each item setup line must appear under the appropriate heading line. The  
first heading line ni the file must be [BeginPrintekSetup]. The  
last heading line in the file must be [EndPrintekSetup]. All other  
heading lines and item setup lines are optional.  
If any errors exist in the remote setup file, no changes will be made to the  
printer configuration. When possible, the printer will indicate the line  
number in the file where the first error occurred. Counting of lines begins  
with 1 at the [BeginPrintekSetup] heading line. Any lines  
preceding this will not be processed, and will not be counted.  
Before sending the remote setup file to the printer, minimal setup is required  
via an escape sequence. The I/O interface to be used for remote setup  
must be configured appropriately to communicate with the host system, and  
the printer must be placed in remote setup mode. This is done by sending a  
3-byte escape sequence to the printer. This sequence is ESC ESC ; or  
hexadecimal 1B 1B 3B. This sequence may be included at the beginning of  
the text file.  
After this is done, the printer will reset, beep the bell to alert the operator,  
and display the message "Waiting For Remote Setup". The remote  
setup file may now be sent to the printer.  
After the printer receives the remote setup file (without error), all specified  
configuration changes will be made, the printer will reset. When this reset is  
complete, the printer will be ready for normal interaction with the host  
system. Errors in the setup file are handled as Fatal errors. Test the setup  
file before sending it to a remote printer.  
The available heading lines, and item setup lines, are documented below.  
Note that all the legal values are shown for each item, but in use only one  
value may be supplied in the setup file. An example file follows these  
definitions.  
*Note that the 3-byte escape sequence can be included as the first 3 bytes  
in the remote setup file.  
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Remote Setup Line Definitions  
[BeginPrintekSetup]  
AlignPrint=FactoryDefaults  
Forms=FactoryDefaults  
Interfaces=FactoryDefaults  
Options=FactoryDefaults  
Security=FactoryDefaults  
[Form0] ... [Form9]  
MovePrintLeft=0.00 ... 9.99  
MovePrintRight=0.00 ... 9.99  
MovePrintUp=0.00 ... 9.99  
MovePrintDown=0.00 ... 9.99  
FormName="UPTO16CHARACTERS"  
TractorPath=Front,Center,Rear,Center+Rear,  
Front+Center+Rear  
AutomaticCut=No,Yes  
LinesPerInch=6,8  
FormLength=1 ... 227  
TopMargin=0 ... 226  
BottomMargin=0 ... 226  
CharactersPerInch=10,12,13.3,15,16.74,17.14,2  
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LeftMargin=0 ... 268  
RightMargin=4 ... 272  
Font=Epson_FX_FD,Epson_FX_DF,Epson_FX_LQ,  
PC_English_FD,PC_English_DF,PC_English_  
LQ,  
PC_Latin2_FD,PC_Latin2_DF,PC_Latin2_LQ,  
DEC_LA120_FD,DEC_LA120_DF,DEC_LA120_LQ,  
EBCDIC_FD,EBCDIC_DF,EBCDIC_LQ,OCR_A_FD,  
OCR_B_FD,Roman8FD,DF,LQ,ML,  
Euro(858)FD,DF,LQ,ML(850)FD,DF,LQ  
DraftSpeed=Normal,Fast  
ImpactForce=Normal,High  
Language=USA,France,Germany,England,Denmark,  
Sweden,Italy,Spain,Japan,Finland  
Zero=Normal,Slashed  
Unidirectional=No,Yes  
[SerialInterface]  
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Emulation=ANSI_X3.64,Epson,IBM_Proprinter,  
DEC_LA120,TTY,Printek,Genicom 3840,  
Genicom 3410,DEC-210  
AutoCR=Off,On  
AutoLF=Off,On  
HostFFatTOF=No,Yes  
Characters=Control,Printable  
MinimumBuffer=No,Yes  
BaudRate=110,150,300,600,1200,2400,  
4800,9600  
DataBits=8,7  
StopBits=1,2  
Parity=None,Even,Odd  
BusyPolarity=Low,High  
DTR=Power,Online,Busy  
XON/XOFF=Off,On  
ETX/ACK=Off,On  
[ParallelInterface]  
Emulation=ANSI_X3.64,Epson,IBM_Proprinter,  
DEC_LA120,TTY,Printek, Inc,  
Genicom 3840,Genicom 3410,DEC_210  
AutoCR=Off,On  
AutoLF=Off,On  
HostFFatTOF=No,Yes  
Characters=Control,Printable  
MinimumBuffer=No,Yes  
[Options]  
MaxFormAllowed=0 ... 9  
AutoScroll=Off,1 ... 15  
PaperOutFault=BreakPage,ReprintPage,FinishPag  
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PageSize=0K . . . 28K  
RibbonCheck =Off,On  
RibbonLife=5…30  
TopOfBarcode+Off, On  
TopOfOversized=Off, On  
IgnoreCharacter=Off, On  
CharToIgnore=0 . . . 255  
TruncateLines=No,Yes  
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[Imager/ImagerPlusInterface]  
Emulation=QMSCodeVVersion2,  
PrintronixCodeVVersion2,PrintronixIGP  
ControlCharacter=01h ... 09h,0Eh ... FFh  
LineTerminator=LF,CR  
BarCodeDensity=LowRes,MediumRes,HighRes,  
GraphicsMediumRes  
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QMSCharacterSet=USA,UnitedKingdom,  
Sweden/Finland,Norway/Denmark,Japan,  
Germany,France,Italy,Spain,PCSubset,  
CodeVVersion1  
Translation=NotActive,Active  
FreeFormat=NotActive,Active  
IgnoreData=NotActive,Active  
ImagerZero=Slashed,Normal  
LineRegistration=NotMaintained,Maintained  
VerticalDPI=72,70  
VerticalTextSpacing=Version2,Version1  
CodeVSpaceFields=Process,Ignore  
IGPCharacterSet=ASCII,Germany,Sweden,Denmark,  
Norway,Finland,English,Dutch,  
France,Spain,Italy,Turkey  
DeleteLogos=No,Yes  
QuietMode=NotActive,Active  
Spacing=IGP10/20/40,IGP30  
[Security]  
AlignPrint=ViewOnly,EditAllowed  
FormsMenu=ViewOnly,EditAllowed  
InterfaceMenu=ViewOnly,EditAllowed  
OptionsMenu=ViewOnly,EditAllowed  
[EndPrintekSetup]  
Remote Setup Example File  
The following example will set up three forms. Before the forms are set up,  
“AlignPrint” and all “Forms” will be reset to their factory default values so  
that only the “non-default” values have to be set.  
The first form will begin printing one line from the top-of-form, be named  
“CHECKS”, have a form length of 42 lines (7 inches at 6 LPI), and use the  
Epson FX Draft font.  
The second form will begin printing two characters (at 10 CPI) from the left  
edge and two lines (at 6 LPI) from the top edge of the form. The name will  
be “INVOICES” and will print using the Epson FX Draft font.  
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The third form will begin printing two lines (at 8 LPI) from the top edge of  
the form. The name will be “REPORTS”, and printing will be at eight LPI  
with a form length of 8½ inches.  
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Example setup file for three forms.  
[BeginPrintekSetup]  
AlignPrint=FactoryDefaults  
Forms=FactoryDefaults  
[Form0]  
MovePrintDown=0.17  
FormName="CHECKS"  
FormLength=42  
Font=Epson_FX_DF  
[Form1]  
MovePrintRight=0.20  
MovePrintDown=0.33  
FormName="INVOICES"  
Font=Epson_FX_DF  
[Form2]  
MovePrintDown=0.25  
FormName="REPORTS"  
LinesPerInch=8  
FormLength=68  
CharactersPerInch=12  
[EndPrintekSetup]  
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USING THE OPTIONAL SETUP  
MODULE  
Introduction  
The optional Setup Module is a small cartridge that plugs directly into the  
RS-232 Serial connector on the rear of any FormsMaster 8000se series  
printer. This module is used to store a second copy of the current Setup  
configuration of the printer. This may then be used to restore settings after a  
printer is serviced or to copy the same configuration settings to another  
printer. These uses are discussed immediately following the installation  
instructions.  
Setup Module Installation  
To install the Setup Module, perform the following steps.  
1. Turn off power to the printer.  
2. Disconnect the cable plugged into the serial port if one is present.  
3. Plug the Setup Module into the serial port.  
4. If a cable was present in step 2, reconnect it to the connector on the  
rear of the Setup Module.  
5. Turn on power to the printer.  
6. If this is not the first time the Setup Module has been connected to a  
printer, then proceed with step 7.  
If this is the first time the Setup Module has ever been attached to a  
printer, the printer will temporarily display the following message and  
the ONLINE indicator will be yellow. When the message disappears,  
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installation is complete and the printer will continue with its normal  
power up procedure.  
Initializing  
Setup Module  
7. The printer will now compare the configuration data in its internal  
memory to the data in the Setup Module. If the data are not an exact  
match, the printer will proceed with step 8.  
If the data in the printer and the data in the module are an exact  
match, installation is complete and the printer will complete its power  
up procedure.  
8. The printer has now determined that the data in the Setup Module  
does not exactly match the data in the printer’s internal memory. The  
printer will now display the following message, the ONLINE indicator  
will flash yellow and the bell will beep to get the operator’s attention.  
Proceed to step 9.  
New Setup  
Module  
Detected  
9. Press the ONLINE button. The printer will now stop flashing the  
ONLINE indicator (will remain yellow) and display the following  
message. You must now make one of the selections as described  
below.  
¬Copy to  
Printer  
¬Copy to  
Module  
If you wish to copy the Setup data to the printer from the Setup  
Module, press the button indicated by the arrow next to Copy to  
Printer(the SETUP button). The printer will display the following  
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message and will now be configured according to the information that  
was in the Setup Module.  
Copying Setup  
to Printer  
If you wish to copy the Setup data to the Setup Module from the  
printer, press the button indicated by the arrow next to Copy to  
Module(the ALIGN PRINT button). The printer will display the next  
message and the Setup Module will now contain a copy of the Setup  
information in the printer.  
Copying Setup  
to Module  
After one of the above selections is made, installation is complete, the  
ONLINE indicator will be turned off and the printer will finish its  
power up procedure. If you are not sure which button to press, refer  
to either of the following sections for more information.  
Using the Setup Module to Maintain a  
Backup Copy of Setup Information for a Single Printer  
This use of the Setup Module provides a method of automatically  
maintaining a copy of the Setup configuration in case a printer should ever  
need to be repaired or if it is replaced under a service contract.  
To use the Setup Module in this manner, you only need to perform the  
installation procedure once and then forget about it. The printer will  
automatically keep the Setup Module updated with any changes that are  
made to the printer using the front panel Setup as described in Printer  
Configuration” beginning on page 41. As long as the Setup Module remains  
on the same printer, the installation procedure will not have to be repeated.  
If the printer does someday require repair or replacement, simply perform  
the installation procedure again on the repaired or replacement printer and  
in step 9 choose “Copy to Printer”. Depending upon what was repaired in  
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U S I N G T H E O P T I O N A L S E T U P M O D U L E  
the printer, the Setup information in the printer’s memory may not have  
been changed. In this case the printer will power up normally and no  
message will be displayed.  
Using the Setup Module to  
Copy Setup Data From One Printer to Another  
This use of the Setup Module is beneficial when installing or updating  
several printers that need to be configured exactly the same. To do this,  
you will need to perform the installation procedure once for each printer.  
First, install the Setup Module on the printer where the Setup data is to be  
copied from. If the printer determines that steps 8 and 9 are required,  
choose “Copy to Module” in step 9 and allow the printer’s power up  
procedures to complete. If any additional changes need to be made to the  
configuration of this printer, enter Setup and make them before removing  
the Setup Module. Any changes made will automatically be stored both in  
the printer’s internal memory and the Setup Module.  
You may now power off the printer and remove the Setup Module.  
Remember to reconnect the serial cable if one was attached.  
Now perform the installation procedure on each of the printers that are to  
be configured the same as the first. In step 9 be sure to choose “Copy to  
Printer”. After the Setup Module is removed, remember to reconnect the  
serial cable if one was attached.  
Note: Setup modules for Printek FormsMaster 8000se Series  
printers and PrintMaster 850 Series printers are not  
interchangeable. Data backup will not take place if the  
modules are used on the wrong printer.  
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PRINTER RESET CONDITIONS  
The following list describes conditions that are assumed whenever power is  
applied to the printer, changes have been made in SETUP, or a reset  
escape sequence is received (when the printer is operating in an emulation  
mode that supports such a sequence).  
This list includes all variables that you can modify for all emulations, even  
though some emulations cannot modify all of the variables shown. Refer to  
the appropriate section of this manual for the emulation you are using.  
Variable  
Reset Condition  
character pitch  
left margin  
right margin  
line pitch  
form length  
top margin  
bottom margin  
font  
impact mode  
language  
normal/slashed zero  
auto cut mode  
unidirectional mode  
top of form  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
according to current form setup  
set to current position  
discarded  
text in an incomplete line  
input buffer  
control of data bit 8  
control character symbols  
italics  
cleared (unless reset from host)  
accepted as received  
according to interface setup  
off  
double high  
off  
double strike  
double wide  
off  
off  
emphasized  
off  
superscript/subscript  
underline  
off  
off  
95  
P R I N T E R R E S E T C O N D I T I O N S  
horizontal tabs  
vertical tabs  
to every eight columns  
cleared  
96  
CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE  
SEQUENCE SUMMARIES  
Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation  
BEL  
Bell  
BS  
Backspace  
CR  
Carriage Return  
CSI  
ESC D  
Control Sequence Introducer  
Line Feed  
ESC E  
New Line  
ESC ESC n  
ESC H  
Select Software Interface n  
Set Horizontal Tab  
ESC J  
Set Vertical Tab  
ESC K  
Subscript Printing  
ESC L  
Superscript Printing  
6 Pin Graphics Mode  
Oversize Font / Graphic Size Modification  
Line / Character Spacing  
Horizontal Position Absolute  
Horizontal Position Relative  
Vertical Position Absolute  
Vertical Position Relative  
Vertical and Horizontal Position Absolute  
Clear Tabs  
Set Auto CR on LF  
Horizontal Position Backwards  
Vertical Position Backwards  
Reset Auto CR on LF  
Font and Print Modes  
Paper Path  
ESC P <graphics> ESC \  
ESC [(p1);(p2)<SP>B  
ESC [(p1);(p2)<SP>G  
ESC [(p)`  
ESC [(p)a  
ESC [(p)d  
ESC [(p)e  
ESC [(p1);(p2)f  
ESC [(Ps)g  
ESC [(p)h  
ESC [(p)j  
ESC [(p)k  
ESC [(p)l  
ESC [(p1);...(pn)m  
ESC [(p1)p  
ESC [(p1)q  
ESC [(p1);(p2);(p3)r  
Graphics Density  
Forms Setup  
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Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation (cont.)  
ESC [(p1);(p2)s  
Margins Setup  
ESC [(p1)t  
ESC [(p1);(p2);...(p22)u  
ESC [(p1);(p2);...(p12)v  
ESC [(p1);(p2)<SP>{  
Oversized Font / Barcode Mode  
Set Horizontal Tabs at Certain Positions  
Set Vertical Tabs at Certain Positions  
Paper Shear  
ESC [(p1);(p2);...(p12)}  
ESC ]6;4;(p3);(p4)ESC\  
ESC c  
ETX  
FF  
Set Barcode Parameter  
Straps and Options  
Reset  
End of Text  
Form Feed  
HT  
Horizontal Tab  
HTS  
IND  
LF  
Set Horizontal Tab Stop  
Index  
Line Feed  
NEL  
PLD  
PLU  
VT  
Next Line  
Partial Line Down (Subscript)  
Partial Line Up (Superscript)  
Vertical Tab  
VTS  
Set Vertical Tab Stop  
ANSI x3.64 Emulation  
BEL  
Bell  
BS  
Backspace  
CR  
Carriage Return  
CSI  
Control Sequence Introducer  
Line Feed  
ESC D  
ESC E  
New Line  
ESC ESC n  
ESC H  
Select Software Interface n  
Set Horizontal Tab Stop  
Set Vertical Tab Stop  
Partial Line Down  
ESC J  
ESC K  
ESC L  
Partial Line Up  
ESC [ n1 ; n2 SP G  
ESC [ n `  
ESC [ n a  
ESC [ n d  
ESC [ n e  
ESC [ g  
ESC [ 0 g  
Set Character and Line Spacing  
Absolute Horizontal Tab  
Relative Horizontal Tab  
Absolute Vertical Tab  
Relative Vertical Tab  
Clear Horizontal Tab Stop  
Clear Horizontal Tab Stop  
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C O N T R O L C O D E S A N D E S C A P E S E Q U E N C E S  
ESC [ 1 g  
ESC [ 2 g  
ESC [ 3 g  
ESC [ 4 g  
ESC [ 20 h  
ESC [ 20 l  
ESC [ n m  
ESC c  
ETX  
Clear Vertical Tab Stop  
Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops  
Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops  
Clear All Vertical Tab Stops  
Select Automatic Carriage Return  
Cancel Automatic Carriage Return  
Select Graphic Rendition  
Reset  
End of Text  
FF  
Form Feed  
Horizontal Tab  
HT  
HTS  
Set Horizontal Tab Stop  
Line Feed  
IND  
LF  
Line Feed  
New Line  
NEL  
PLD  
Partial Line Down  
Partial Line Up  
PLU  
VT  
Vertical Tab  
VTS  
Set Vertical Tab Stop  
Epson FX Emulation  
BEL  
Bell  
BS  
Backspace  
CAN  
Cancel Line  
Carriage Return  
Cancel Condensed Mode  
Deselect Printer  
Cancel Double-Wide Mode (one line)  
Delete Character  
CR  
DC2  
DC3  
DC4  
DEL  
ESC ! n  
ESC #  
ESC $ n1 n2  
ESC * m n1 n2 data  
ESC - n  
ESC 0  
ESC 1  
ESC 2  
ESC 3 n  
ESC 4  
ESC 5  
ESC 6  
ESC 7  
ESC <  
Master Print Mode Select  
Cancel MSB Control  
Absolute Horizontal Tab  
m DPI Graphics  
Underline Mode  
Select 8 LPI  
Set Line Spacing to 7/72"  
Select 6 LPI  
Set Line Spacing to n/216"  
Select Italic Mode  
Cancel Italic Mode  
Enable Printing of High Symbols  
Disable Printing of High Symbols  
Unidirectional Mode (one line)  
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ESC =  
Set MSB to 0  
Epson FX Emulation (cont.)  
ESC >  
ESC @  
Set MSB to 1  
Reset  
ESC A n  
ESC B n1 n2 ... nx NUL  
ESC C NUL n  
ESC C n  
ESC D n1 n2 ... nx NUL  
ESC E  
Set Line Spacing to n/72"  
Set Vertical Tab Stops  
Set Form Length in Inches  
Set Form Length in Lines  
Set Horizontal Tab Stops  
Select Emphasized Mode  
Load Form  
ESC EM n  
ESC ESC n  
ESC F  
Select Software Interface n  
Cancel Emphasized Mode  
Select Double-Strike Mode  
Cancel Double-Strike Mode  
Printing of Low Symbols  
Variable Distance Line Feed  
60 DPI Graphics  
ESC G  
ESC H  
ESC I n  
ESC J n  
ESC K n1 n2 data  
ESC L n1 n2 data  
ESC M  
120 DPI Graphics  
Select 12 CPI  
ESC N n  
ESC O  
Set Perforation Skip  
Cancel Perforation Skip  
Select 10 CPI  
ESC P  
ESC Q n  
ESC R n  
Set Right Margin  
Select International Character Set  
Select Subscript or Superscript Mode  
Select Condensed Mode  
Select Double-Wide Mode (one line)  
Cancel Subscript and Superscript Mode  
Unidirectional Mode  
ESC S n  
ESC SI  
ESC SO  
ESC T  
ESC U n  
ESC W n  
ESC Y n1 n2 data  
ESC Z n1 n2 data  
ESC \ n1 n2  
ESC g  
Double-Wide Mode  
High Speed 120 DPI Graphics  
High Speed 240 DPI Graphics  
Relative Horizontal Tab  
Select 15 CPI  
ESC j n  
Variable Distance Reverse Line Feed  
Select Font  
ESC k n  
ESC l n  
Set Left Margin  
ESC t n  
Character Table (Italic vs. Extended)  
Double-High Mode  
ESC w n  
ESC x n  
Select Draft or Letter Quality  
End of Text  
ETX  
FF  
Form Feed  
HT  
Horizontal Tab  
LF  
Line Feed  
100  
C O N T R O L C O D E S A N D E S C A P E S E Q U E N C E S  
SI  
Select Condensed Mode  
SO  
Select Double-Wide Mode (one line)  
Vertical Tab  
VT  
XOFF  
Deselect Printer  
IBM Proprinter Emulation  
BEL  
Bell  
BS  
Backspace  
CAN  
Cancel Line  
CR  
Carriage Return  
DC2  
Select 10 CPI  
DC4  
Cancel Double-Wide Mode (one line)  
Underline Mode  
ESC - n  
ESC 0  
Select 8 LPI  
Set Line Spacing to 7/72"  
Start Line Spacing  
Set Line Spacing to n/216"  
Set Top of Form  
Automatic Line Feed  
Select Character Set 2  
Select Character Set 1  
Select 12 CPI  
ESC 1  
ESC 2  
ESC 3 n  
ESC 4  
ESC 5 n  
ESC 6  
ESC 7  
ESC :  
ESC A n  
ESC B n1 n2 ... nx NUL  
ESC C NUL n  
ESC C n  
ESC D n1 n2 ... nx NUL  
ESC E  
Set Line Spacing to n/72"  
Set Vertical Tab Stops  
Set Form Length in Inches  
Set Form Length in Lines  
Set Horizontal Tab Stops  
Select Emphasized Mode  
Select Software Interface n  
Cancel Emphasized Mode  
Select Double-Strike Mode  
Cancel Double-Strike Mode  
Select Print Mode  
ESC ESC n  
ESC F  
ESC G  
ESC H  
ESC I n  
ESC J n  
ESC K n1 n2 data  
ESC L n1 n2 data  
ESC N n  
ESC O  
Variable Distance Line Feed  
60 DPI Graphics  
120 DPI Graphics  
Set Perforation Skip  
Cancel Perforation Skip  
Deselect Printer  
Reset Horiz. and Vertical Tab Stops  
Select Subscript or Superscript Mode  
Select Condensed Mode  
Select Double-Wide Mode (one line)  
Cancel Subscript and Superscript Mode  
Unidirectional Mode  
ESC Q n  
ESC R  
ESC S n  
ESC SI  
ESC SO  
ESC T  
ESC U n  
101  
C O N T R O L C O D E S A N D E S C A P E S E Q U E N C E S  
ESC W n  
Double-Wide Mode  
ESC X n1 n2  
Set Left and Right Margin  
High Speed 120 DPI Graphics  
High Speed 240 DPI Graphics  
ESC Y n1 n2 data  
ESC Z n1 n2 data  
ESC [ @ n1 n2 m1 m2 m3 m4 Double-High Mode  
IBM Proprinter Emulation (cont.)  
ESC \ n1 n2  
Print Characters  
ESC ^ n  
ETX  
FF  
Print Single Character  
End of Text  
Form Feed  
HT  
Horizontal Tab  
LF  
Line Feed  
SI  
Select Condensed Mode  
Select Double-Wide Mode (one line)  
Vertical Tab  
SO  
VT  
LA-120/210 EMULATION  
BEL  
Bell  
BS  
Backspace  
CR  
Carriage Return  
Control Sequence Introducer  
Delete  
CSI  
DEL  
ESC ( a  
ESC 1  
Select International Character Set  
Set Horizontal Tab Stop  
Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops  
Set Vertical Tab Stop  
Clear All Vertical Tab Stops  
Line Feed  
ESC 2  
ESC 3  
ESC 4  
ESC D  
ESC E  
ESC ESC n  
ESC H  
ESC J  
New Line  
Select Software Interface n  
Set Horizontal Tab Stop  
Set Vertical Tab Stop  
Control Sequence Introducer  
Absolute Horizontal Tab  
Relative Horizontal Tab  
Printer Identification  
Printer Identification  
Absolute Vertical Tab  
Relative Vertical Tab  
Clear Horizontal Tab Stop  
Clear Horizontal Tab Stop  
Clear Vertical Tab Stop  
ESC [  
ESC [ n `  
ESC [ n a  
ESC [ c  
ESC [ 0 c  
ESC [ n d  
ESC [ n e  
ESC [ g  
ESC [ 0 g  
ESC [ 1 g  
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ESC [ 2 g  
ESC [ 3 g  
ESC [ 4 g  
ESC [ 20 h  
ESC [ 20 l  
ESC [ n m  
Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops  
Clear All Horizontal Tab Stops  
Clear All Vertical Tab Stops  
Select Automatic Carriage Return  
Cancel Automatic Carriage Return  
Select Graphic Rendition  
ESC [ n1 ; n2 r  
Set Top and Bottom Margins  
Set Left and Right Margin  
Set Form Length in Lines  
Set Horizontal Tab Stops  
Set Vertical Tab Stops  
Set Character Spacing  
Set Line Spacing  
End of Text  
ESC [ n1 ; n2 s  
ESC [ n t  
ESC [ n1 ; n2 ; ... nx u  
ESC [ n1 ; n2 ; ... nx v  
ESC [ n w  
ESC [ n z  
ETX  
FF  
Form Feed  
HT  
Horizontal Tab  
HTS  
Set Horizontal Tab Stop  
Line Feed  
IND  
LF  
Line Feed  
NEL  
VT  
New Line  
Vertical Tab  
VTS  
Set Vertical Tab Stop  
Simple TTY Emulation  
BEL  
Bell  
BS  
Backspace  
CR  
ESC ESC n  
ETX  
FF  
HT  
LF  
VT  
Carriage Return  
Select Software Interface n  
End of Text  
Form Feed  
Horizontal Tab  
Line Feed  
Vertical Tab  
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Printek Emulation  
BEL  
Bell  
BS  
Backspace  
CR  
DC3  
Carriage Return  
Deselect Printer  
ESC # m n1 n2 data  
ESC %  
m DPI Graphics  
Line Feed Boundary  
m DPI Graphics  
ESC * m n1 n2 data  
ESC @  
Reset  
ESC A n  
ESC B n  
ESC C  
Automatic Modes  
Auto Cut Mode  
Cut  
ESC D n  
ESC E n  
ESC ESC n  
ESC F n  
ESC FF n  
ESC G n  
ESC H n1 n2  
ESC HT n1 n2 ... nx NUL  
ESC I n  
ESC L n  
ESC LF n  
ESC Q n  
ESC R  
Double-Strike Mode  
Emphasized Mode  
Select Software Interface n  
Select Font  
Set Form Length in Lines  
Modify Print Head Gap  
Set Left and Right Margin  
Set Horizontal Tab Stops  
Set Print Head Force  
Load Form  
Set Line Spacing to n/288"  
Select Font Quality  
Reset Horiz. and Vertical Tab Stops  
Select Script Modes  
Set character Spacing  
Unidirectional Mode  
Set Top and Bottom Margins  
Set Vertical Tab Stops  
Double-Wide Mode  
Print Single Character  
Reverse Line Feed  
Underline Mode  
ESC S n  
ESC SP n  
ESC U n  
ESC V n1 n2  
ESC VT n1 n2 ... nx NUL  
ESC W n  
ESC \ n  
ESC ^  
ESC _ n  
ETX  
End of Text  
FF  
Form Feed  
HT  
Horizontal Tab  
LF  
Line Feed  
VT  
Vertical Tab  
XOFF  
Deselect Printer  
104  
ASCII CHARACTER TABLES  
Epson FX Font Character Set  
105  
A S C I I C H A R A C T E R T A B L E S  
PC Font Character Set  
EBCDIC Font Character Set  
106  
A S C I I C H A R A C T E R T A B L E S  
PC Latin 2 (Slavic) Font Character Set  
OCR-A Font Character Set  
107  
A S C I I C H A R A C T E R T A B L E S  
OCR-B Font Character Set  
ML Euro (858)  
108  
ML (850)  
109  
SPECIFICATIONS  
Print Speeds  
Text Modes  
Fast Draft  
Draft  
Speed  
800 cps  
600 cps  
Fast Draft High Impact 400 cps  
Draft High Impact  
Letter Quality  
Optical Quality  
300 cps  
150 cps  
100 cps  
Graphics Modes  
8 Wire Graphics  
8 Wire Fast Graphics  
9 Wire Graphics  
9 Wire Fast Graphics  
Speed (up to) *  
19,200 dps  
25,600 dps  
21,600 dps  
28,800 dps  
Character Matrix  
Fast Draft 7x9 in 9x9 cell.  
Draft 9x9 in 12x9 cell.  
Letter Quality 18x18 in 24x18 cell.  
Optical Quality 27x18 in 36x18 cell.  
Graphics Density  
60 to 240 dpi horizontally x 72 dpi vertically. *  
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Character Sets  
Epson FX fast draft, draft and letter quality.  
IBM Proprinter fast draft, draft and letter quality.  
EBCDIC fast draft, draft and letter quality.  
Latin II (Slavic) fast draft, draft, and letter quality.  
OCR-A optical quality.  
OCR-B optical quality.  
Multilingual (Code Page 858) fast draft, draft and letter quality.  
Multilingual (Code Page 850) fast draft, draft and letter quality.  
Character Spacing  
5, 6, 6.7, 7.5, 8.4, 8.6, 10, 12, 13.3, 15, 16.7, 17.1, and 20 cpi. *  
Line Spacing  
6 lpi, 8 lpi, or programmable in 1/216th or 1/288th of an inch. *  
Line Length  
13.6 inches.  
Control Code And Escape Sequence Emulations  
Genicom 3840  
Genicom 3410  
ANSI X3.64  
Epson FX  
IBM Proprinter  
DEC LA-120 and LA-210  
Simple TTY  
Printek  
Basic Bar Code  
Paper Handling  
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S P E C I F I C A T I O N S  
Bottom tractor feed with pinch roller exit.  
Straight paper path with zero waste tear off.  
Paper width: 2.5 to 15 inches.  
Paper Slew Rate: 16 inches per second.  
Ribbon  
23,000,000 character, mobius loop cartridge.  
Special Forms Handling Features  
Print up to six part forms (.025" maximum thickness).  
Easy access to tractors.  
Front panel and host form selection.  
Automatic head gap.  
Paper out sensing.  
Paper motion sensing.  
Paper edge sensing.  
Page reprint.  
Automatic path switching for same form in more than one path.  
Nonvolatile memory for ten form setups. Parameters for each form include:  
custom form name, tractor path (only in FormsMaster 8003se), automatic  
forms cutting (only if FormsCutter is installed), cpi, left margin, right margin,  
lpi, form length, top margin, bottom margin, font, character impact mode,  
language*, slashed or nonslashed zero, and unidirectional printing.  
Computer Interface  
Parallel, serial, or optional LAN interface (if installed).  
Centronics compatible Parallel.  
Asynchronous RS-232: 110 to 9600 baud; Even, Odd, or No parity; 7 or  
8 data bits; 1 or 2 stop bits; XON/XOFF, ETX/ACK, and Hardware  
handshake.  
Input Buffer Size: 32K bytes.  
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Operator Controls/Indicators  
Normal Operating Mode  
Indicators: Online/Status LED; 2x16 character LCD for current form  
selection (and paper path in FormsMaster 8003se), on/off line  
status and error descriptions.  
Controls: Online, Form Feed/Load, Form Select/Unload, Align Print,  
and enter Setup.  
Setup Mode  
Indicators:  
Controls:  
Online/Status LED indicates Setup mode is active.  
Menu, Submenu, Items, Values.  
Setup Features: Forms Menu for setting form and printing parameters,  
Interface Menu for setting all I/O parameters, Option  
Menu for setting/installing option parameters, Test Menu,  
and Security Menu for disabling changes to interface,  
form, and option settings.  
Reliability  
Unit automatically measures and sets operating parameters each time unit is  
powered on.  
Forced air cooling.  
MTBF 10,000 hours on electronics, 100% duty cycle.  
Print head life of 500,000,000 draft mode (or equivalent) characters.  
Printer life excluding print head of 1,000,000 pages.  
Warranty  
Printer:  
One year limited warranty for defects in materials and/or  
workmanship.  
Print Head: 500 million draft equivalent character life. One year limited  
warranty for defects in materials and/or workmanship. Limited  
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print head warranty may be extended to a two years with the  
use of only Printek® brand ribbons.  
Environmental Specifications  
Power requirements: 100-250 VAC, 50-60Hz Autoswitching  
Power consumption: 18 W non-printing, 60 W printing.  
Energy Start Compliant  
Heat Output: 205 Btu/Hr. Idle, 768 Btu/Hr. Printing.  
Audible noise: £55 dBA when used with a  
Printek FormsMaster 8000se print stand..  
Operating Temperature: 50°F to 95°F.  
Relative Humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing.  
Physical Size: 11.8" High x 26.25" Wide x 20.5" Deep.  
Weight: 53 lbs (63 lbs shipping).  
Options  
Ethernet 10/100BaseT Print Server  
Wirelest Ethernet Print Server  
Imager or ImagerPlus Graphics Co-Processor  
Paper Cutter  
Setup Module  
Print Stand  
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* May be emulation dependent.  
Specifications subject to change without notice.  
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS  
ANSI  
American National Standards Institute.  
ASCII  
American Standard Code for Information  
Interchange.  
baud rate  
binary  
The bit rate at which characters are transmitted  
over a serial interface.  
Base two numbering system. Digits are  
represented by the characters 0 and 1.  
bit  
A single binary digit.  
control code  
A single, non-printing character which is used  
to control the configuration or operation of the  
printer.  
character pitch  
The horizontal spacing of characters.  
Measured in cpi.  
cpi  
Characters-per-inch.  
cps  
Characters-per-second.  
current line  
The line upon which the next character will be  
printed.  
current print position  
default  
The column on the current line where the next  
character will be printed.  
Value or configuration that is assumed when  
the printer is turned on or reset.  
DF  
dpi  
Draft Font.  
Dots-per-inch. Generally used to refer to  
graphics density or resolution.  
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draft  
Refers to the draft font.  
EBCDIC  
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange  
Code.  
escape sequence  
String of characters beginning with the escape  
(ESC) character which is used to control the  
configuration or operation of the printer. The  
characters which are part of this string are not  
printed.  
fast draft  
FD  
Refers to the fast draft font.  
Fast Draft.  
font  
A group of characters of a given shape or style.  
A superior line of serial matrix printers.  
FormsMaster  
hexadecimal  
Base sixteen numbering system. Digits are  
represented by the characters 0 through 9 and  
A through F.  
interface  
Generally refers to the connection between the  
printer and the host computer. May also be  
used in reference to the user interface at the  
control panel of the printer.  
LCD  
Liquid-Crystal Display.  
Light-Emitting Diode.  
LED  
line pitch  
The vertical spacing of characters. Measured  
in lpi.  
lpi  
Lines-per-inch.  
Letter Quality.  
LQ  
MSB  
Most-significant bit or byte. In a character, this  
refers to bit seven (of 0 to 7).  
octal  
Base eight numbering system. Digits are  
represented by the characters 0 through 7.  
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G L O S S A R Y  
offline  
online  
Refers to the state of the printer when the  
ONLINE indicator is not solid green and the  
printer does not respond to the host computer.  
Refers to the state of the printer when the  
ONLINE indicator is solid green and the printer  
able to respond to the commands and text  
received from the host computer.  
OQ  
Optical Quality.  
parity  
A method used for detecting errors within a  
single character transmitted or received via an  
interface.  
reset  
Initialization of various operating parameters of  
the printer to the value or state assumed when  
the printer is powered on (default value).  
top of form  
The vertical position where the first line is  
printed on the paper. Also the position the  
paper is advanced to when a form feed (FF)  
character is received from the host or the  
FORM FEED button is pressed on the printer's  
control panel.  
tractors  
Devices which control the movement of the  
paper through the printer.  
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