User manual EPSON FX-2170

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[. . . ] You can print postcards in Card mode. l l Font (two lights, green) The font selection status is displayed by two font lights on the control panel: Draft Roman sans serif Pitch (three lights, green) The pitch selection status is displayed by three pitch lights: 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi 17 cpi 20 cpi PS (Proportional spacing) = On, = Off All of the lights above are on when a fatal error occurs. Note: Using the Printer 3-3 Buttons Operate Press this button to turn the printer on or off. Pause Press this button to temporarily stop printing and to resume printing. Holding it down for at least 3 seconds when the printer is in the standby mode enables the micro adjust function. Pressing it again disables this function. See "Micro Adjust" later in this chapter for details. Load/Eject Press this button to load single-sheet or continuous paper to the loading position. However, the printer normally loads paper automatically. If single-sheet paper is already in the loading position, use this button to eject the sheet. If continuous paper is in the loading or tear-off position, press this button to feed it backward to the standby position. LF/FF (line feed/form feed) Press this button briefly to feed the paper forward one line. Hold the button down to eject a single sheet of paper or advance continuous paper to the top of the next page. You can also use this button to load a single sheet of paper from the cut-sheet feeder or to feed continuous paper from the standby position to the loading position. Tear Off /Bin Pressing this button moves a page to the tear-off position, and pressing it again moves the next page to the top-of-feed position. When cut sheets are used, pressing it selects the cut-sheet feed bin number. Use the Card mode (Bin 1 selected) to print on postcards. 3-4 using the Printer Font Press this button to select one of the following fonts: Draft, Roman, Sans Serif Pitch Press this button to select one of the following pitches: 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17 cpi, 20 cpi, or proportional spacing (PS). The typestyle samples on the control panel are meant as guides only; actual printed results may differ slightly. Note: Using the Printer 3-5 Other control panel features The control panel also gives you to access to several other functions. To activate the functions listed below, turn on the printer while pressing one of buttons, as follows: Load/Eject LF/FF Pitch Performs a near letter quality self test. See "Changing the Default Settings" in this chapter. All the input data are printed as hexadecimal numbers and corresponding characters. See "Problems and Solutions" in Chapter 6. See "Bid Adjustment" in this chapter. Load/Eject and LF/FF Pause 3-6 Using the Printer Changing the Default Settings The default settings control many basic functions of the printer. While you can control many of these functions through your software or printer driver, you may sometimes need to change a default setting from the printer's control panel through the Default Setting mode. To enter Default Setting mode, hold down the Pitch button while turning on the printer. The printer prints an instruction sheet. Follow the instructions on this sheet, and in this section, to change settings using the Default Setting mode. Selecting an instruction sheet language Follow these steps to select the language in which you want to print the rest of the Default Setting mode instructions: 1. Press the Pitch button until the Pitch lights indicate the language you want to select. 2. Press the Tear Off /Bin button to save your selection. [. . . ] Barcode Type EAN-13 EAN-8 Number of valid characters 1 (HEX) 0D 8 2 to FF 0C 0C or 8 1 to FF 2 to FF 6 or 0A or 0C Number of valid characters 2 (HEX) 0C 7 2 to FF 0B 0B or 7 1 to FF 2 to FF 5 or 9 or 0B UPC-A UPC-E Code 39 Code 128 POSTNET Interleaved 2 of 5 Number of valid characters 1: Control flag c b0=0 Number of valid characters 2: Control flag c b0=l A-26 Specifications, Command Summary, and Character Tables The valid data of each barcode type is described below. If invalid data is included in the barcode data string the barcode is not printed. Barcode Type EAN13 EAN-8 UPC-A UPC-E Interleaved 2 of 5 POSTNET Code 39 Code 128 Barcode Data 0-9 (Hex 30-39) 0-9 (Hex 30-39) 0-9 (Hex 30-39) 0&9 (Hex 30-39) 0-9 (Hex 30-39) C-9 (Hex 30-39) C-9 (Hex 30-39). (Hex 41-5A), (Hex 20, 24, 25, 2B, 2D, 2E. Set C The following conditions are required for barcode printing. [. . . ]