Lexmark 4227 - Forms Printer B/W Dot-matrix Manuel utilisateur

4227

User’s Guide

First Edition (June 1996)

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Contents

Chapter 1 - Getting Started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Unpacking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Connecting the Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Connecting the Parallel Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Connecting the Serial Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Changing the Serial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Verifying Serial Interface Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Printing the Demonstration Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Setting the Language of the Operator Panel Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Installing Your Application Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

PPDS Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Epson Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

What to do Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 2 - Features and Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Front View of Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Rear View of Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Chapter 3 - Using the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . 31

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using the Function Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Overview of Function Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Setting the Printer Online or Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Stopping the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Advancing the Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using Tear-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Auto Tear-Off Set to On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Contents

One Second Tear-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Manual Tear-Off (Auto Tear-Off Set to Off). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Setting AutoGap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

AutoGap Set to On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Manual AutoGap (AutoGap Set to Off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

AutoGap Set to Single . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Selecting or Locking a Font or Pitch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setting and Using a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Disabling/Enabling the Operator Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 4 - Selecting and Loading Paper. . . . . . . 55

Paper Types and Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Multiple Part Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Single Continuous Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Multiple Part Continuous Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Multiple Part Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Loading a Single Sheet or Envelope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Loading a Single Sheet or Envelope into the Manual Feed . . . 59

Setting Auto Cut Sheet Load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Loading a Single Sheet or Envelope With Continuous Forms

Already Loaded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Loading Continuous Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Aligning the Left Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Top-Of-Form (TOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Setting TOF for Continuous Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Setting TOF for Single Sheets and Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Setting TOF in a Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Auto Tear-Off (Set to On) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Auto Tear-Off (Set to Off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Auto Tear-Off (Set to One Second). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Adjusting Bidirectional Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Contents

Chapter 5 - Printer Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Auto Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Installing the Auto Sheet Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Loading Paper in the Auto Sheet Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Tractor 2 Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Installing the Tractor 2 Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Loading Paper in the Tractor 2 Feeder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Parking Continuous Forms and Changing Tractor Feeders. . 111

Removing the Tractor 2 Feeder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Chapter 6 - Solving Printer Problems . . . . . . . . . 115

Testing the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Clearing Paper Jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Problem Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Problems Indicated by Error Codes or Messages . . . . . . . . . . 118

Paper Feed Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Printing and Print Quality Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Alarm and Abnormal Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Power Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Operator Panel Button Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Display Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Chapter 7 - Maintaining Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . 129

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Cleaning the Auto Sheet Feeder Rollers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Removing the Ribbon Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Appendix A - Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Appendix B - Statement of Limited Warranty. . . 141

Contents

Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Getting Started

Chapter

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Unpacking

1Remove the printer from the carton.

Caution: Do not lift the printer by yourself; it weighs

21 kilograms (46 pounds).

If any items are missing or damaged, contact your point of

purchase.

If you need to purchase a parallel printer cable, we

recommend Lexmark part number 1329605 (3.05 m or 10 ft.) or

1427498 (6.1 m or 20 ft.).

If you need to purchase an RS-232 serial cable, we recommend

Lexmark part number 1180786 (6.1 m or 20 ft.).

Power Cord

Reference Card

Printer

Registration

Card Ribbon Cartridge

User’s Guide

Acoustic Cover

Getting Started

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Getting Started

2Place the printer so that the front of the printer aligns with the

edge of the desk or table.

Note: If you want to print more than 100 forms, make sure

theystack upbelow theprinter (onthe floor)when they

are finished printing in order to prevent jams.

3Remove all packing tape from the printer.

4Pull up the left and right latches on the top cover and lift the

top cover to remove it.

Left Latch

Right Latch

Top Cover

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Getting Started

5Remove the protective cardboard.

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Getting Started

Installing the Ribbon Cartridge

1Make sure the printer is Off.

2Make sure the top cover is removed. If you need help, see

step 4 on page 2.

3Manually move the printhead to the far side of the printer.

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