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Digital LG plus Series Setup Guide (186 pages)

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Table of contents

Setup Guide

1

Trademark Acknowledgments

4

Table of Contents

5

1 Overview

9

Printer Emulations

11

Host Computer Interfaces

11

Graphics Enhancement Option

13

Taking Care of Your Printer

13

LinePrinter Plus Features

13

Protocols and Emulations

14

Line Matrix Printing

15

Printing Speed

16

2 Setting Up the Printer

17

Chapter 2 Before You Begin

18

Select a Site

19

Printer Component Locations

20

Remove the Cardboard Packing

21

Foam Strips (2)

22

Hammer Bank

22

Protective Foam

22

Tractor Door

22

Tractor Lock

22

Platen Protective Foam

23

Forms Thickness Lever

23

Support Shaft

23

Adjust the Paper Supports

24

Release the Paper Chains

25

Remove the Tags

26

Forms Thickness

29

Platen Protective

29

Remove Tag

31

Attach the Output Basket

32

Install Basic Components

34

Install the Ribbon

36

April 27, 2001

38

May 1, 2001

39

August 15, 2000

39

Load the Paper

40

Paper Scale

42

Splined Shaft

42

Power On the Printer

44

Set the Top-of-Form

45

IMPORTANT

47

Test the Printer

48

3 Configuring the Printer

49

Chapter 3 Overview

50

Operating Modes

52

The Control Panels

52

ENTER SWITCH

53

UNLOCKED

53

Changing Parameters

55

Chapter 3 Changing Parameters

56

Saving Your New Configuration

57

Deleting Your Configuration

59

Loading Configuration Values

63

The Power-Up Configuration

65

4 The Configuration Menus

67

Chapter 4 Overview

68

Configuration Main Menu

69

CONFIG. CONTROL

70

Save Config

71

Print Config

71

Delete Config

71

Power-Up Config

71

Protect Configs

71

ACTIVE EMULATION

72

EMULATION

73

Digital LG

74

Vert. Forms

75

Horiz. Forms

75

Autowrap

76

CR (Carriage Return)

76

LF (Line Feed)

76

Unsolicited Rpt

76

Print Mode Opt

77

Plot Mode Opt

77

I-2/5 Guard Bars

77

LinePrinter+

78

Printer Protocol

79

Print Char Set

79

CPI/LPI Select

79

Font Attributes

79

Page Format

81

Proprinter XL Emulation

82

Define LF Code

83

FF Valid at TOF

83

Character Set

83

Alternate Char Set

83

20 CPI Condensed

83

Epson FX Emulation

84

P-Series Emulation

86

Select SFCC

88

EVFU Select

88

Alt. Set 80-9F

88

SFCC d Command

88

IGP/PGL Emulation

89

Define LF Code (Line Feed)

90

PI Slew Range

90

Select Font

91

Select LPI

91

Auto Uppercase

91

Skip Command Prefix

92

Power On IGP/PGL

92

Extended Execute Copy

92

UPC Descenders

92

Compressed CPI

92

Ignore Character

93

IGP100 Compatbl

93

Optimized Ratio

93

IGP/VGL Emulation

94

SFCC & Pwrup

95

Graphics Options

96

Chapter 4 IGP/VGL Emulation

98

Error Handling

99

Ignore / DB8 Setup

100

Font Set

101

PI Control

101

MAINT / MISC

102

HOST INTERFACE

103

Serial Submenu

104

Stop Bits

105

Baud Rate

105

Word Length

105

Data Terminal Ready

106

Request to Send

106

Buffer Size in K

106

Parallel Submenu

107

Dataproducts Submenu

109

Data Bit 8

109

PI Ignored

109

Data Polarity

109

Data Request Polarity

110

Strobe Polarity

110

Bidirectional Submenu

111

PRINTER CONTROL

112

Slow Paper Slew

113

Power Saver Time

113

DIAGNOSTICS

114

Test Width

115

Paper Out Dots

115

System Memory

115

Print Statistics

116

RIBBONMINDER

117

Ribbon Size

118

Ribbon Adjust

118

Fault Action

118

5 Interfaces

119

Centronics Parallel Interface

122

Removal and Installation

125

IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface

126

The Negotiation Phase

127

RS-232 and RS-422

132

RS-232 only

132

VMS Operating System

133

6 Routine Service and

135

Interior Cleaning

137

Diagnosing Problems

138

Printer Self-Tests

139

Printing a Hex Dump

140

Fault Messages

142

Chapter 6 Diagnosing Problems

144

7 RibbonMinder

149

Using the RibbonMinder

150

Configuration

151

Running a Job

152

New Ribbon

152

Ribbon Action

153

RibbonMinder Fault

154

A Printer Specifications

157

Printer Dimensions

158

Environmental Characteristics

158

Electrical Characteristics

159

Interfaces

159

Printing Rates

160

B Standard ASCII Character

161

Appendix B

162

C Printronix Technical

163

Printronix Technical Support

164

D Glossary

165

Appendix D

166

This is 14 point type

170

172292-001B

186

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