Dascom T2150 Manuel utilisateur
User guide T2150 T2250 Matrix printer
User guide Table of contents
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Table of contents
Introduction 1
Printer features 1
Symbols used 1
Printer at a glance 2
Printer in tractor mode 3
Printer in single-sheet mode 3
Paperway 4
Installation 5
Unpacking the printer 5
Placing your printer 6
Checking the printer voltage 7
Connecting the printer 8
Switching on the printer 9
The control panel 10
The LC display 11
Online mode 12
Offline mode 12
Setup mode 13
Messages in the LC display 14
Key functions when turning on the printer 15
Changing the ribbon cassette 16
Printer drivers 19
Installing a printer driver in Windows 95/98/ME 19
Installing a printer driver in Windows 2000/2003/XP 19
Installing a printer driver in Windows 7 21
Installing a printer driver in Windows Vista 22
Other operating systems 23
Changing printer settings 24
Form settings (Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7) 24
Loading optional firmware 25
Troubleshooting 25
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Paper handling 27
Changing the paper type 27
Changing the paper type in the setup menu 28
Selecting character density and font 29
Loading paper 30
Fanfold paper 30
Single sheets 34
Paper transport 36
Moving the paper to the tear position 37
Removing paper 37
Settings 38
Setting the print head gap 38
Setting the tear position 39
Setting the first printing line (TOF) 40
The Menu 41
Programming via the control panel 41
Enabling access to menu mode 41
Calling up the menu 41
Menu configurations 42
Menu handling 43
Save settings 43
Selecting the LC display language 44
Terminating Setup mode 45
Menu structure 46
Menu parameters 47
Printing out menu configurations (Print) 47
Loading menu configurations (Menu) 47
Reset to default values (Reset) 48
Quietmode (Quietm.) 48
Selecting font (Font) 49
Setting character density (CPI) 50
Setting line spacing (LPI) 50
Skiping perforation (Skip) 51
Selecting start signal for escape sequence (ESCChar) 51
Selecting emulation (Emulate) 52
Bidirectional printing (Bidir) 52
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Settings for interfaces (I/O) 53
Serial interface (Serial) 53
Data transmssion rate (Baud) 53
Data format (Format) 54
Further Settings (Special) 55
Error handling (ErrMode) 55
Block end character (Blockend) 55
Signal feedback (Remote) 56
Transparence (Handthr) 56
Protocol (Protocol) 57
Signal Processing (DTR) 57
Selecting interface (Interf.) 58
Interface buffer (Buffer) 58
Ethernet interface (ETH-EXT) option 59
Selecting character set (CG-Tab) 59
IBM character set (CharSet) 59
National character set (Country) 60
Slashed zero (Sl.Zero) 60
Automatic carriage return (Auto-CR) 61
Automatic line feed (Auto-LF) 61
Menu lock (MenLock) 62
Language (Language) 62
Paper parameters (Paper) 63
Form length (Forml) 63
First printing position (FormAdj) 65
Printhead gap manually (Head) 66
View and tear position (AutoTear) 67
Line length (Width) 68
Barcode (Barcode) 68
Normal characters and barcode (Barmode) 69
Form feed mode (FFmode) 70
Setting and activating options (PapOpt) 71
Activation of tractors (AutoTra) 71
Activation of automatic sheet feeder (AutoASF) 72
Setting the left margin (LeftMrg) 72
Setting the right margin (RightMrg) 73
Local copy (screen print) from a Coax or Coax/IPDS
(FFaftLC) 73
Enable/Disable Paper Handling Features (Paphand) 74
Menu settings (example) 75
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Advanced menu 77
Test functions 77
Printer self-test (Rolling ASCII) 78
Exiting Rolling ASCII test mode 79
Interface test (Hex-Dump) 80
Printout in Hex-Dump 80
Terminating Hex-Dump 81
Advanced settings 82
Form length (Forml) 84
Automatic gap adjustment (AGA) 85
Paper handling (Paphand) 85
Increasing the printhead gap (Head up) 86
Paper width (Pagewid) 86
Left-hand area (Leftzon) 87
Right-hand area (Rightzo) 87
Physical left margin (Physlm) 88
Bidirectional parallel interface (CX-bid) 88
Line wrap (Wrap) 89
Beep at paper end (Sound) 89
Deactivate single sheet feeder (Single) 90
Settings for paper with dark back (Pap.back) 90
Setting for printing copy paper (HvyForm) 91
Power save mode (Sleepmod) 91
Serial number (SerialN) 92
Asset number (AssetN) 92
Graphic Print Speed (GrSpeed) 93
Troubleshooting 95
General print problems 96
The display remains dark 96
The display is lit, but the printer does not print 96
Problems with the paper feed 97
Paper jam (fanfold paper) 97
Paper jam (single sheets) 98
Paper does not move to tear off position 98
Problems with the print quality 99
Print is too pale 99
Smudged print 99
Prints undefined characters 99
The first line is not completely printed out at the top 99
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Dots within characters are missing 99
Error messages via the display 100
Additional display messages 103
Care and maintenance 105
Replacing the fuse 105
Cleaning the housing 106
Cleaning the interior 106
Cleaning the platen 107
Ribbon 107
Cleaning the upper friction 108
Carriage shafts 108
Specifications 109
Printer specifications 109
Interface specifications 113
Paper specifications 114
Character sets 117
MTPL standard character set 118
MTPL, international substitution characters 119
OCR-A character set 120
OCR-B character set 121
Available character sets and fonts 122
Emulations 125
General 125
Escape sequences 125
What are escape sequences? 126
MTPL sequences 126
Control codes 126
The $$ procedure 126
Example: 126
How are escape sequences used? 127
MTPL 127
Example in BASIC 127
Example in Pascal 127
Printout 127
List of available control codes 128
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Barcode 138
List of available barcodes 138
US Postnet barcode 139
Royal Mail Customer barcode 139
KIX barcode 140
USPS Intelligent Mail barcode 140
LC printing 141
List of additional control codes 142
Interfaces 143
Parallel interface 144
Connector assignment 144
Optional serial interface V.24/RS232C 145
Connector assignment 145
Interface cable (serial interface) 146
Input signals 146
Output signals 146
Protocols 147
Memory mode XON/XOFF 147
Memory mode Robust XON/XOFF 147
Extended menu functions with the ENQ/STX and
ETX/ACK protocols selected 147
ENQ/STX protocol 148
ETX/ACK protocol 148
Options and accessories 149
Options 149
Automatic cut sheet feeder, front (ASF-F) 149
Automatic cut sheet feeder, rear (ASF-R) 149
Tractor 2, front 149
Tractor 3, rear 149
Serial interface adapter 149
Optional paper support 149
Serial interface RS232/TTY 149
Pocket Ethernet interface 149
Others 149
Accessories 150
Ribbon cassettes 150
Programmer’s application manuals 150
Index 151
User guide Introduction
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Introduction
Printer features Your printer has outstanding product features, e.g. high printing speed
and print quality plus flexible paper management, making it a highly
professional solution for many industrial sectors – particularly those
which use continuous paper and generate large volumes of print on a
daily basis.
Symbols used Important information is highlighted in this manual by two symbols.
CAUTION highlights information which must be observed in order to
prevent injuries to the user and damage to the printer.
NOTE highlights general or additional information about a specific
topic.
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Printer at a glance User guide
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Printer at a glance
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Control panel
Front cover
Power switch
Power inlet and
fuse
Interface connector
Paper support
Top cover Latches
Tear edge
Bottom cover
Single sheet feeder closed
Print head
Ribbon cassette
Rear cover
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