Index

Command descriptions are not indexed here. To locate the page number of a specific command, see Chapter 9 or the Quick

Reference card.

Accented characters, 3-22-23

Accessories, see Options

Application software, 1-25

Assembling printer, 1-6-12

Auto line feed, 3-9

Buffer capacity, 3-9

Buttons, 2-14, 3-3

Character designing, 4-20-31 downloading, 4-22-26

fonts, 3-18, 5-33

graphics, 3-22-23 printing, 4-27-28 sets, international, 3-20-21

size, 3-19, 4-3—4

software control, 9-22—40 spacing, 4-2—3, 4-6—8,

9-24—25 tables, 3-22—23

Cleaning printer, 6-2—3

Column reservation numbers,

4-14

Command summary, 9-1—40

Condensed button, 3-4

Condensed mode, 3-19, 4-6—8

Configuring application

software, 1-25

Connecting printer, 1-22—24

Continuous paper,

maximum width, 2-6

loading, 2-6—12

Control key table, 9-4

Control panel, 3-2—5 buttons, 3-3—5

lights, 3-2

Cut sheet feeder, 5-2—16

capacity, 8-13

installing, 5-24

loading paper, 5-5—7

mode, 5-5

removing, 5-15—16

software control, 5-14

specifications, 8-13—14 testing, 5-9—10 using, 5-1l—14

Data dump mode, 3-24—26

Default settings, 8-15—16

Diagnostics, printer, 1-13—21,

3-24—26, 7-1—24

Index 1

DIP switches, function descriptions,

3-9—l 1,3—14, 3-20—23

function tables, 3-7—8 setting, 3-6—9

Dot graphics mode, 4-9—19,

9-38—40

Double-high mode, 4-3—4, 9-28

Double-strike mode, 4-4—5,

4-6—8, 9-29

Double-wide mode, 4-3-4,

4-6—8, 9-26—27

Downloading user-defined

characters, 4-24—26, 9-36

Draft font, 3-18

E

Emphasized mode, 4-4—5,

4-6—8, 9-28

Envelopes, 2-26—27

Epson Extended Graphics,

3-22—23, A-7

F

Font button, 3-4

Fonts, see also Multi-Font

Module designing, 4-20—31 downloading, 4-22—26

draft, 3-18 letter quality, 3-18

selecting, 3-8, 3-17

user-defined, 4-20—31

Form-feed button, 3-18

G

Graphics mode, 4-9—19

Greek characters, 3-22—23

H

Help, where to get, Intro-6

I

Indicator lights, 3-2

Initialization, 8-15

Input buffer capacity, 3-9

Interface boards, 5-34—42

compatibility, 5-35

installation, 5-35—41 interface descriptions,

5-34—35 new serial interface #8143,

5-41—42

International character sets,

3-20—21

Italic character table, 3-22—23

Italic mode, 4-5, 4-6—8

L

Labels, 2-24—25

Lights, 3-2

Line feed button, 3-3

Line feed mode, 3-9

Loading position, 3-12—l3

Load/eject button, 2-14, 3-3

LQ fonts, 3-18

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M

Master select, 4-6—8

Mathematic symbols, 3-22—23

Micro-adjustment, 3-13

Moving

printer, 6-10

print head, 1-8

Multi-Font Module, 5-28—33 font descriptions, 5-28—30 installation, 5-30—32

selecting fonts, 5-33

Multi-part forms, 2-23

Multi-part light, 3-2

O

On line button, 3-3

On line light, 3-2

Options see Cut-sheet feeder see Interface boards see Multi-Font Module see Pull tractor

Outline mode, 4-6, 9-32

Overline mode, 4-5, 9-31

P

Page length, 3-10

Paper

copy capacity, 8-6

length, 8-4, 8-14

loading, 2-1—27

printable area, 8-4—5, 8-14

thickness, 8-6, 8-14 weight, 8-6, 8-14

width, 8-4, 8-14

Paper guide

single-sheet paper, 1-10,

2-2—5, 2-15

continuous paper, 2-11

Paper loading position,

3-12—13

Paper release lever, 2-7

Paper thickness lever, 2-20—23

Paper thickness table, 2-22

Paper out light, 3-2

Parallel interface, see also

Interface boards connecting, 1-22—24 specifications, 8-9—12

Pin labels, 4-11—12

Platen knob, 1-6—7

Power light, 3-2

Printable area,

continuous paper, 8-5

envelopes, 2-2, 8-5

labels, 8-4 single-sheet paper, 8-4

Printable columns, 8-3

Printer assembling, 1-6—l2 cleaning, 6-2—3 connecting to computer,

1-22—24 connecting to power source

1-4

location for, 1-4—5 software control, 9-8—22 specifications, 8-2—8 testing, 1-13—21 transporting, 6-10 unpacking, 1-2—3

Index 3

Printer cover, 1-12

Printer stand, 1-5

Print head, 1-8, 4-10—12

Printing direction, 3-9

Problems, see Troubleshooting

Proportional spacing, 4-2—3,

4-6—8, 9-25, A-2—5

Pull tractor, 5-17—27 installing, 5-17—18 loading paper, 5-19—23 removing, 5-24—27

Push tractor, 2-6—18

Ready light, 3-2

Ribbon cartridge installing, 1-7—9 replacing, 6-4—9

specifications, 8-7

Roman font, 3-18

Sans serif font, 3-18

SelecType options, 3-17—19,

5-33

Self test, printer, 1-14—21,

5 - 9 - 1 0

Serial interface, see Interface boards

Setting up printer, 1-1—25

Shadow mode, 4-6, 9-32

Short tear-off, 3-14—16

Single-sheet paper minimum/maximum width,

2-2

loading, 2-2—5, 2-13—19

Size, character, 3-19, 4-3—4

Skip over perforation, 3-11

Software

configuring, 1-25

controlling printer features,

9-1—40

Spacing characters per inch, 4-2—3 proportional, 4-2—3, 4-6—8

Special paper, 2-20—27

Special printing effects, 4-4—8

Specifications, 8-1—16 cut sheet feeder, 8-13—14 default settings, 8-15—16 parallel interface, 8-9—12 printer, 8-2—8

Strike-through mode, 4-5, 9-31

Subscript mode, 4-6, 9-29—30

Superscript mode, 4-6, 9-29—30

Switches, see DIP switches

Tear-off mode, 3-9

Technical specifications, see

Specifications

Testing printer, 1-13—21,

5-9—10

Toll-free number, Intro-6

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Tractor see Pull tractor see Push tractor

Transporting printer, 6-10

Troubleshooting, 7-1—34 optional accessories,

7-24—34 paper handling, 7-14—23

power supply, 7-4

printing, 7-5—13

Typestyles, 3-17—19, 4-6—8,

4-20—31, see also Fonts

Underline mode, 4-5, 4-6—8,

9-31

Unpacking printer, 1-2—3

Ventilation, 1-4

Index 5

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Character Tables

ASCII

ESC t

ESC 4

ESC 5

ESC R

Dec.

Hex.

Description

116

52

53

82

74

34

35

52

Select Character Tables

Select Italic Mode

Cancel Italic Mode

Select an International Character Set

User-defined Characters

ASCII

ESC &

E S C :

ESC %

ESC 6

ESC 7

Dec.

Hex.

Description

3 8 2 6

Define User-defined Characters

58

3 7

54

5 5

3A Copy ROM to RAM

25 Select User-defined Set

36 Enable Printable Characters

37 Enable Upper Control Codes pg

9-34

9-34

9-35

9-35

Pg

9-36

9-36

9-37

9-37

9-37

Graphics

ASCII

ESC K

ESC L

ESC Y

ESC Z

ESC*

ESC ?

Dec.

Hex.

Description

75

76

4B Select Single-density Graphics Mode

4C Select Double-density Graphics Mode

8 9

9 0

4 2

6 3

59 Select High-speed Double-density

5 A Select Quadruple-density Graphics

2A Select Graphics Mode

3F Reassign Graphics Mode

DIP switch settings

DIP Switch 1

SW

1-5

1-6

1-7

1-8

1-1

1-2

1-3

1-4

Description

International character set

Font selection

Condensed mode on/off

Character table

Cut sheet feeder mode on/off

ON

See page 3-8

OFF

Condensed

Graphics

On

See page 3-8

Normal

Italics off

Pg

9-38

9-38

9-38

9-39

9-39

9-40

DIP Switch 2

SW

2-1

2-2

2-3

2-4

Description

Page length

Tear-off mode

1 -inch skip over perforation

Auto line feed

2-5

2-6

Input buffer capacity

Graphics print direction

2-7 Character spacing

2-8

* Required for use of user-defined (download) characters.

I

ON

12 inches

On

On

On

8 KB

Bidirect.

OFF

11 inches

I

I off

Off

Off

1 KB*

Unidirect.

See page 3-8

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Control and ESCape Codes by Function

The following control codes are listed briefly for quick reference. For a more detailed explanation, see the page reference in Chapter 9. Variables are not included in this quick reference due to their complexity. For those codes that contain variables, such as

ESC Q n for setting the right margin, see Chapter 9.

Horizontal Motion

ASCII

ESC I

ESC Q

BS

ESC $

ESC \

H T

ESC D

Dec.

108

81

8

Hex.

6C

51

08

Description

Set Left Margin

Set Right Margin

Backspace

36 24 Set Absolute Print Position

92 5C Set Relative Print Position

9 09 Tab Horizontally

68 44 Set Horizontal Tabs

Overall Printing Style

ASCII

ESC x

ESC k

ESC !

Dec.

120

107

33

Hex.

78

6B

21

Print Size and Character Width

Description

Select Letter Quality or Draft

Select Typestyle Family

Master Select pg

9-19

9-19

9-20

9-20

9-21

9-21

9-22

Pg

9-22

9-23

9-23

Print Enhancement

ASCII

ESC E

ESC F

ESC G

ESC H

ESC S 0

ESC S 1

Dec. Hex.

69

70

71

72

83

8 3

45

46

47

48

5 3

53

ESC T

ESC (

ESC -

ESC q

84

40

45

113

54

28

2D

71

Word Processing

ASCII

ESC a

ESC SP

Dec.

97

32

Hex.

61

20

Description

Select Emphasized Mode

Cancel Emphasized Mode

Select Double-strike Mode

Cancel Double-strike Mode

Select Superscript Mode

Select Subscript Mode

Cancel Superscript Mode

Select Score

Turn Underline Mode On/Off

Select Character Style

Description

Select Justification

Set Intercharacter Space

Pg

9-28

9-28

I 9-29

9-29

9-29

9-30

9-30

9-31

9-32

9-32

Pg

9-33

9-33