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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trademark of Printek, Inc.

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.

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

Nähe von Flüssigkeiten und lassen Sie keine Flüssigkeiten in den Drucker

gelangen.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Models and Options

Manual Contents

GETTING STARTED

Installation

Interface Set Up

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

Loading Paper

FormsMaster 8000se Single Tractor Model

FormsMaster 8003se TriTrak™ Model

Printer Self-Test

DAILY OPERATION

Introduction

Control Panel Features

LCD Display and Online Indicator

Control Panel Buttons

Selecting and Loading Forms

Selecting a Form Already Loaded in the Tractors

Loading a New or Different Form In the Tractors

Ejecting And Tearing Off A Form

Installing a New Ribbon Cartridge

Removing the Old Ribbon Cartridge

Installing the New Ribbon Cartridge.

Aligning Print

Common Error Conditions

Check Paper

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

Introduction To Setup

Setup Buttons

Entering Setup

Using the MENU Button

Using the SUBMENU Button

Using the ITEM and VALUE Buttons

Exiting Setup

Forms Menu

Forms Menu Items

Interface Menu

Entering the Interface Menu

RS-232C Serial Interface Items

Parallel/LAN Interface Items

Options Menu

ImagerPlus Graphic Card

Test Menu

FORM CONSTRUCTION

Form Construction

Form Layout Considerations

MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING

Error Messages

Preventive Maintenance

Obtaining Service

ADVANCED SETUP FEATURES

Security Menu

USING REMOTE SETUP

Remote Setup via Windows Application

Remote Setup via Generic Text File

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USING THE OPTIONAL SETUP MODULE

Introduction

Setup Module Installation

PRINTER RESET CONDITIONS

CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE SEQUENCE

SUMMARIES

Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation

ANSI x3.64 Emulation

Epson FX Emulation

IBM Proprinter Emulation

LA-120/210 EMULATION

Simple TTY Emulation

Printek Emulation

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:

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

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.

GETTING STARTED provides instructions for installation, setting up

the computer interface, installing the ribbon cartridge, loading paper,

and performing a printer self-test.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

ASCII CHARACTER TABLES show the characters for each

character set.

SPECIFICATIONS lists the operating ranges and ratings of the printer.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS provides definitions for terms used in this

manual.

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:

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.

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

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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

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

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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

____________________

_______________________

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.

______

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

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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

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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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

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.

G E T T I N G S T A R T E D

11. Press either of the VALUE buttons until Off is displayed on the

bottom line.

12. Press the ONLINE button.

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

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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

FOR

FEED

ITEM

SETU

LINE

LCD

DISPLAY

ALIGN

SUB-

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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

”.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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”.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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

¬0.00”®

The VALUE buttons will move the print left or right in 1/100^thinch

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

MOVE

Down/Up

PRINT 0.00”

The VALUE buttons will move the print down or up in 1/100^thinch

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

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

MOVE

Down/Up

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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.

D A I L Y O P E R A T I O N

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

factory trained service technician. Please refer to the

“Maintenance and Troubleshooting” section on page 75.

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

FOR

FEED

ITEM

SETU

LINE

LCD

DISPLAY

SUB-

ALIGN

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).

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

Forms Menu Items

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

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

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

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

Possible Values: 6*, 8

This item sets the line pitch to 6 or 8 Lines Per Inch (LPI).

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

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

Possible Values: 10*, 12, 13.3, 15, 16.74, 17.14,

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

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

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

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

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

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

USA

Possible Values: USA*, France, Germany, England,

Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Spain,

Japan, Finland

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

[

]

{

}

France

Germany

England

Denmark

Sweden

Italy

[

Spain

PTS

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

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).

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

RS-232C Serial Interface Items

INTERFACE MENU

Serial

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

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

Possible Values: No*, Yes

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

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

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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*

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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.

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

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

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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.

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

This feature should not be turned on unless needed.

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

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

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.

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

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

QMS CodeV v2

Possible Values: QMS CodeV v2*, PTX CodeV v2,

Printronix IGP

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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

^ (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

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

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.

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

Line Registration

(QMS CodeV v2 and PTX CodeV v2 only)

LineRegistrati

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

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

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

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

Denmark

Norway

Finland

Spain

Italy

Turkey

This item selects the character set.

Delete Logos

Possible Values: No*, Yes

This item selects whether logos should be deleted when a form is deleted.

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.

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

Print the Menus

Print the

Menus

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

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.

P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

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.

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.

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 1/100^thof 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.

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.

M A I N T E N A N C E A N D T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G

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

name and number of your nearest Printek Authorized Service Center or to

arrange for factory service.

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

Edit Allowed

Possible Values: Edit Allowed, View Only,

Initialize

A D V A N C E D S E T U P F E A T U R E S

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.

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

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

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.

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.

A D V A N C E D S E T U P F E A T U R E S

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.

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

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]

A D V A N C E D S E T U P F E A T U R E S

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

PageSize=0K . . . 28K

RibbonCheck =Off,On

RibbonLife=5…30

TopOfBarcode+Off, On

TopOfOversized=Off, On

IgnoreCharacter=Off, On

CharToIgnore=0 . . . 255

TruncateLines=No,Yes

[Imager/ImagerPlusInterface]

Emulation=QMSCodeVVersion2,

PrintronixCodeVVersion2,PrintronixIGP

ControlCharacter=01h ... 09h,0Eh ... FFh

LineTerminator=LF,CR

BarCodeDensity=LowRes,MediumRes,HighRes,

GraphicsMediumRes

A D V A N C E D S E T U P F E A T U R E S

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.

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.

;

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]

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,

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

emphasized

off

superscript/subscript

underline

off

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

CONTROL CODE AND ESCAPE

SEQUENCE SUMMARIES

Genicom 3840 and 3410 Emulation

BEL

Bell

Backspace

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

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

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

Set Barcode Parameter

Straps and Options

Reset

End of Text

Form Feed

Horizontal Tab

HTS

IND

Set Horizontal Tab Stop

Index

Line Feed

NEL

PLD

PLU

Next Line

Partial Line Down (Subscript)

Partial Line Up (Superscript)

Vertical Tab

VTS

Set Vertical Tab Stop

ANSI x3.64 Emulation

BEL

Bell

Backspace

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

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 Vertical Tab Stops

Select Automatic Carriage Return

Cancel Automatic Carriage Return

Select Graphic Rendition

Reset

End of Text

Form Feed

Horizontal Tab

HTS

Set Horizontal Tab Stop

Line Feed

IND

Line Feed

New Line

NEL

PLD

Partial Line Down

Partial Line Up

PLU

Vertical Tab

VTS

Set Vertical Tab Stop

Epson FX Emulation

BEL

Bell

Backspace

CAN

Cancel Line

Carriage Return

Cancel Condensed Mode

Deselect Printer

Cancel Double-Wide Mode (one line)

Delete Character

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)

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 =

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

Form Feed

Horizontal Tab

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

Select Condensed Mode

Select Double-Wide Mode (one line)

Vertical Tab

XOFF

Deselect Printer

IBM Proprinter Emulation

BEL

Bell

Backspace

CAN

Cancel Line

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

Print Single Character

End of Text

Form Feed

Horizontal Tab

Line Feed

Select Condensed Mode

Select Double-Wide Mode (one line)

Vertical Tab

LA-120/210 EMULATION

BEL

Bell

Backspace

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

Absolute Vertical Tab

Relative Vertical Tab

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

102

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 [ 2 g

ESC [ 3 g

ESC [ 4 g

ESC [ 20 h

ESC [ 20 l

ESC [ n m

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

Form Feed

Horizontal Tab

HTS

Set Horizontal Tab Stop

Line Feed

IND

Line Feed

NEL

New Line

Vertical Tab

VTS

Set Vertical Tab Stop

Simple TTY Emulation

BEL

Bell

Backspace

ESC ESC n

ETX

Carriage Return

Select Software Interface n

End of Text

Form Feed

Horizontal Tab

Line Feed

Vertical Tab

103

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

Printek Emulation

BEL

Bell

Backspace

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

Form Feed

Horizontal Tab

Line Feed

Vertical Tab

XOFF

Deselect Printer

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ASCII CHARACTER TABLES

Epson FX Font Character Set

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PC Font Character Set

EBCDIC Font Character Set

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PC Latin 2 (Slavic) Font Character Set

OCR-A Font Character Set

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OCR-B Font Character Set

ML Euro (858)

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ML (850)

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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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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.

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

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.

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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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.

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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