User manual EPSON L-1000

[. . . ] Where to Get Help Customer support and service for Epson products are provided by a network of authorized Epson dealers and service centers throughout the United States. Epson America provides product information and toll-free support to its dealers and service centers. Epson is confident that this policy will provide you with the assistance you need. For service center and technical support referrals, please call our Consumer Information number: 1-800-922-8911. Options and Supplies To locate or purchase ActionPrinterTM accessories or supplies, please call 1-800-873-7766. Contents Introduction About This Guide Chapter 1 Setting Up the Printer Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] By setting the DIP switches, you can select one of eight international character sets. To select an international character set, set DIP switches 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 according to the table below. This table shows the characters in each international character set. Country 0 USA 1 France ASCII code (hex) 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E 1-1 DIP SW 1-2 ON ON 1-3 ON OFF ON ON ON 2 Germany 3 UK 4 Denmark I OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 Spain I CAUTION: When you change the setting of a DIP switch, be sure to first turn off the printer. Change the DIP switch and then turn the printer back on. Besides the eight sets above, the six international character sets and the legal set shown on the next page are also available through a software command. 3-14 Using the Printer Selecting an International Character Set Country ASCII code (hex) 23 24 40 5B 5C 5D 5E 60 7B 7C 7D 7E 8 Japan 9 Norway 10 Denmark II 11 Spain II 12 Latin America 13 Korea 64 Legal Using the Printer 3-15 Choosing a Character Table DIP switch 1-7 selects the italics character table or the Epson Extended Graphics character table. The Epson Extended Graphics table contains international accented characters, Greek characters, mathematical symbols, and character graphics for printing lines, comers, and shaded areas. If you have an IBM ® or compatible computer, select Epson Extended Graphics by setting DIP switch 1-7 on. You can then print both text and the character graphics that are displayed on your screen. Also you can still print italics using the ESC 4 command. Samples of italics and Epson Extended Graphics are shown below. Italics !/0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_'abcdefghijklmno ~ pqrstuvwxyz{|} Epson Extended Graphics be sure to first turn off the printer. Change the DIP switch and then turn the printer back on. CAUTION: When you change the setting of a DIP switch, 3-16 Using the Printer Chapter 4 Troubleshooting and Maintenance Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The printer does not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The printout is spaced incorrectly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The printout is faint or uneven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The printer stops printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Single sheets do not feed properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continuous paper does not feed properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The printout is not what you expect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 4-2 4-3 4-3 4-4 4-4 4-5 4-5 Cleaning the Printer . 4-11 Troubleshooting and Maintenance 4-1 Problems and Solutions This chapter discusses problems you may encounter and their likely solutions. This section lists possible problems and likely solutions. For additional information, see "Where to Get Help" on the inside front cover of this guide. The printer does not print l Be sure that the printer is turned on and the POWER light is on. [. . . ] n ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p 1/0 SI ESC SI DC2 SO ESC SO ESC W 1/0 DC4 ESC w 1/O 120 107 33 78 Select Letter Quality or Draft Select Typestyle Family Master Select Select 10 CPI Select 12 CPI Select 15 CPI Turn Proportional Mode On/Off Select Condensed Mode Select Condensed Mode Cancel Condensed Mode Select Double-wide Mode (one line) Select Double-wide Mode (one line) Turn Double-wide Mode On/Off Cancel Double-wide Mode (one line) Turn Double-high Mode On/off 6B 21 50 4D 67 70 80 77 103 112 15 15 18 14 14 a7 20 OF OF 12 0E 0E 57 14 77 119 ESC E ESC F ESC G ESC H ESC S 0 ESC S 1 ESC T ESC ( - nn ESC-1/0 ESC 4 ESC 5 ESC q n 69 70 45 46 47 48 53 53 54 28 2D 34 35 Select Emphasized Mode Cancel Emphasized Mode Select Double-strike Mode Cancel Double-strike Mode Select Superscript Mode Select Subscript Mode Cancel Superscript/Subscript Mode Select Score Turn Underline Mode On/Off Select Italic Mode Cancel Italic Mode Select Character Style 71 72 83 83 84 40 45 52 53 113 71 ASCII ESC & nn ESC: 0 n 0 ESC % n ESC 6 ESC 7 ESC K n1 n2 ESC L n1 n2 ESC Y n1 n2 ESC Z n1 n2 ESC * m n1 n2 ESC ?38 58 37 54 55 75 76 89 90 42 63 Hex. 26 3A 25 36 37 4B 4C 59 5A 2A 3F Description Define User-defined Characters Copy ROM to RAM Select User-defined Set Enable Printable Characters Enable Upper Control Codes Select Single-density Graphics Mode Select Double-density Graphics Mode Select High-speed Double-density Select Quadruple-density Graphics Select Graphics Mode Reassign Graphics Mode Switch 1-1 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 1-6 1-7 1-8 Descrlption International character set " " ON " " " " OFF See table on page 3-8 " " Font selection " " See table on page 3-8 " " Condensed mode Character table Cut sheet feeder mode Condensed Graphic ON Normal Italic OFF Switch 2-1 2-2 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6 2-7 2-8 E Description Page length CSF page length Skip over perforation Auto line feed Input buffer capacity Print direction for graphics Character pitch selection * ON 12 inches A4 size ON ON 8 Kbytes Bidirectional OFF 11 inches Letter size OFF OFF 1 Kbytes Unidirectional See table on page 3-8 *I FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN USERS This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. [. . . ]