Layer 2 operator panel buttons (continued) Press this button:
Feed the paper downward in: 1/72-inch increments (2480/2481 models) 1/90-inch increments (2490/2491 models) If you press and hold the Micro button, the paper advances in micro movements and then goes into continuous feed. Use Micro to adjust the Top-Of-Form.
Enter Setup mode to change the default values and modes for printer operation. Set the character pitch to: 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi, or Proportional Spacing. Notes: On 2490/2491 models you can also select 24 cpi. Fast Draft supports only 10, 12, and 15 pitch.
Pitch Notes: Repeatedly pressing the Pitch button rotates through the printer pitch selections. If you continue pressing Pitch through a second pass the pitch selections are locked. This setting will be lost when the printer is powered Off and back On.
Understanding the operator panel lights
The following table describes the light patterns on the operator panel.
Layer 1 operator panel lights Light status Light What it means
Power Ready On On Blinking Off Tractor 2 Paper Out On Off Blinking On Padlock On The printer is On. The printer is online and ready to print. The printer is receiving data. The printer is offline. Tractor 2 is activated. (The optional Tractor 2 Feeder must be installed.) Paper is loaded in the printer. The printer is out of paper. A printer error occurred. The operator panel is disabled, restricting the use of panel buttons to Start/Stop, FormFeed, Tear Off and Load/Unload only. For more information, see Locking/unlocking the operator panel on pag e30. You (or your software application) selected one of the printer's resident fonts. If all font lights are Off, then a downloaded font is selected. Font Lock is active and prevents your software application from changing the font you selected on the operator panel. For more information, see Selecting or locking a font on page 31.

Off Font Lock On

Layer 2 operator panel lights Light status Light What it means
Macro On The specified macro function is activated. For more information, see Forms Macro menu options on page 96. No macro is being used, or Macros have been disabled in the Setup menu. You (or your software application) selected one of the printer's standard pitches. Pitch Lock is active and prevents your software application from changing the pitch you selected on the operator panel. For more information, see Selecting or locking a pitch on page 32.

Pitch Lock

Setting the printer online or offline
The printer must be online to accept data. To set the printer:

Make sure paper is not loaded in the printer. Pull out the front cover to release it and pivot the cover up out of the way.
Hold down the latching levers while you pull and lift the tractor unit out of the printer.

Tractor unit

Installing the pull tractor
3 Remove the ribbon access cover. Turn the tractor unit around so that the latching levers are upright, facing you. Place the tractor against the back slant of your printer along the tractor guides.
To slide the tractor feeder into the printer: a Hold down the latching levers and gently push the tractor feeder into the printer until it stops. b While still holding down the latching levers, tilt the tractor feeder toward the front of the printer until the hooks at the end of the latching levers fit around the posts on the printer frame.

Latching lever hook

Release the latching levers. The tractor unit fits into place at a 45 angle.
Converting the pull tractor to the push tractor position
3 Make sure the printer is Off. Make sure paper is not loaded in the printer. Holding down the latching levers, lift the tractor unit out of the printer.
Pull out the front cover to release it and pivot the cover up out of the way.
Make sure the paper select lever is set for continuous forms.
Holding down the latching levers, fit the left and right locks onto the posts in the printer.
Release the latching levers. Close the front cover.

Loading paper

This section describes how to load a cut form, continuous forms, labels, and an envelope.

Cut (form) sheet

Continuous forms

Envelope

Labels
Setting the forms thickness lever
Use the forms thickness lever to adjust printing on various forms, depending on the paper thickness. See the following table when setting this lever.
Forms thickness for 2480/2481 Paper thickness Paper type
Single forms (cut or continuous) Single forms (cut or continuous) Thin

Paper weight

56 g/m (15 lb) 65 g/m (16 lb)
Forms thickness lever setting

Normal

68 g/m (18 lb) 75 g/m (20 lb)

1 or 2

Thick Notes:

90 g/m (24 lb)

Open the left and right tractor doors. Place the paper pinfeed holes over the second or third pins of the tractor unit. If necessary, move the left or right tractor to adjust the tractors to the paper width. Keeping the left tractor positioned to the left of the rubber tractor stop keeps your paper within the paper sensor area.
Close the left and right tractor doors.
10 Set the left margin. Move the tractor to align the left margin on your paper with the [A symbol printed on the rear plate. For help, see Aligning the left margin on pag e77.
Margin guide printing starts at the [A symbol.
The distance from the [A symbol to the left edge of the paper determines the width of the left margin.
11 Push down the left tractor locking lever to lock the tractor in place.
12 Remove slack from the paper and lock the right locking lever.
13 Close the front cover.
14 Press Load/Unload. The paper loads to the current Top-of-Form. 15 Press Start/Stop to put the printer online. If Auto Tear Off is set to On or One Second, the printer moves the paper to the Tear Off bar. Note: When you use the push tractor to print continuous forms, line spacing within the first 1 inches of the first form may not be uniform.
Front loading continuous forms using the pull tractor
Make sure the tractor is in the pull position. If the tractor unit is not in this position, see Converting the push tractor to pull tractor position on pag e36. 1 Turn the printer On.
Make sure the paper path is clear. If a cut form or envelope is loaded in the printer, remove it by pressing FormFeed.
Set the forms thickness lever to position 7 while loading the paper.
Move the paper select lever down to the continuous forms position. Remove the ribbon access cover.

Ribbon access cover

Open the left and right tractor doors.
Insert paper into the front of the printer between the metal and plastic plates. Push or pull the paper through the paper path until it passes the printhead.
10 Close the front cover.
11 Fit the paper pinfeed holes over the tractor pins. If necessary, move the left or right tractor to adjust the tractor to the paper width. Note: If you have trouble moving the right tractor to the paper width, roll the rubber tractor stop out of its seated position. Move the tractor to the paper width, load the paper, and lock the right tractor. To view the rubber tractor stop location, see Changing tractor positions on pag e33.

If Auto Cut Sheet is set to Off, press
FormFeed when the Paper Out light goes Off. Open the operator panel cover to access layer 2. Press any paper movement button (LineFeed, Micro , Micro ) to align with the horizontal lines (located on the platen) with the Top-OfForm you want. See the illustration, on on pag e83. Note: If you press and hold a paper movement button, the paper advances in micro movements and then goes into continuous feed.
Press Set TOF to set and save your Top-Of-Form. Close the operator panel cover. Press Start/Stop to put the printer online.
Setting Top-Of-Form in a macro
Each macro has a separate Top-Of-Form setting. To set Top-Of-Form in a macro, you must first select that macro: Open the operator panel cover to access layer 2. Press Macro to select the macro you want to use to set a Top-Of-Form. Now set the Top-Of-Form. The procedure for setting Top-Of-Form depends on the paper and print mode you are using. For help, see one of the following: 1 2
Setting Top-Of-Form for continuous form
paper in push mode on pag e81.
paper in pull mode on page 84.
Setting Top-Of-Form for a cut form or

envelope on pag e85.

Using the Tear Off bar Setting the Tear Off position
When Auto Tear Off is On or set to One Second, it moves the top perforation of a continuous form to the Tear Off position when all of the following are true:
The printer has finished printing. The paper has advanced to the Top-Of-Form

on the next page.

No data, printer control codes, or escape
codes have been sent to the printer after advancing to the Top-Of-Form.
The print buffer has not received data for
one second. If you have already set your Top-Of-Form and now want to change the Tear Off bar position, follow these steps: 5 Press Start/Stop to take the printer offline. Press and hold Tear Off until the printer beeps. Open the operator panel cover to access layer 2. Press Micro or Micro to move the paper to the correct position on the Tear Off bar. Close the operator panel cover. The printer beeps twice. The paper rolls backward, then goes to the new Tear Off position. 6 The Ready light is On. 7 Press Start/Stop. The paper remains at the current Tear Off position until you send another job to the printer. The paper moves from the Tear Off position to the Top-Of-Form and begins printing.

Using Setup mode

Your printer is preset at the factory for font, pitch, form length, and other settings (also called default settings). This section describes how to change these default settings, how to set up macros, and how to set form length.

Emulation menu options

Emulation options Use these menu options
Emulation Selection IBM mode
Select between IBM mode and Epson mode. If you installed an OKI option, OKI is also listed. Use Pro-III mode Proprinter III, available only on 2480/2481 printers, enables compatibility with the Proprinter III. When set to On, the printer emulates a Proprinter III. When set to Off, the printer operates with added capabilities. Use AGM Alternate Graphics mode, available only on 2490/2491 printers, lets you use the high-resolution 24-wire graphics commands. These commands are similar to those used with the Epson LQ570/LQ1070.

Epson mode

Use Table Select Table Select lets you select Italic Character Table or Epson Extended Graphic Character Table used in Epson mode.
Emulation options (continued) Use these menu When you want to options
Epson mode (continued) Use an International Character Set The supported international character sets for Epson mode are: U.S.A. (default) France Germany
U.K. Denmark Sweden Italy Spain I The following character sets are also supported, but only through host commands used by Epson FX850/FX1050: Japan Norway Denmark II Korea (2480/2481 printers only) Spain II Latin America Legal Okidata Emulation Note: Only appears if optional Okidata emulation is installed. Use 7 or 8 Bit Graphics Paper Out Override Reset Inhibit Print Suppress Effective Print DEL Code

Interface menu options

Your computer and printer settings must match.
Interface options Use these menu options

Interface

Automatically select the printer interface Use the parallel cable Use the USB cable Use the serial cable (only appears if optional serial interface is installed).

Honor Init Data speed*

Enable honors the init signal on the parallel port. Disable ignores the init signal on the parallel port. 300 bps 600 bps 1200 bps 2400 bps 4800 bps 9600 bps 19200 bps

Data Bits* Parity*

No Ignore Odd Even

Stop Bits* Protocol*

XON/XOFF MultiXON/XOFF DTR Pacing
* Only appears if serial interface option is installed.

Supplies

This section describes how to order supplies, what supplies you need, and paper specifications for the Lexmark Forms Printer 2400 Series printers. A printer cable, ribbon cartridge, and paper are the only supplies you need for your printer.

Ordering supplies

If you need more information about the supplies available to you from Lexmark, you can visit Lexmark on the World Wide Web at www.lexmark.com. At the same Web site you can also get the latest information on the location and telephone numbers for Authorized Supplies Dealers in your area. If youre in the U.S., you can call 1-800-438-2468 to order supplies from Lexmark Direct or to request information about Lexmark Authorized Supplies Dealers in your area.

Parallel cable

Order a 10 ft or 20 ft parallel cable using part number: 1329605 (10 ft cable) 1427498 (20 ft cable)

USB cable

Order the Lexmark USB cable using part number 12A2405.

Serial adapter and cable

Order a Serial Interface option using part number 12T0154. Order a serial cable using the following part number or equivalent: 1038693 (50 ft cable)

Printer ribbon

Order a ribbon cartridge using the Lexmark part numbers:
11A3540 (2300/2400 series standard re-inking ribbon) 11A3550 (2400 series high yield re-inking ribbon) Note: Printer ribbons can be ordered from the Lexmark Web site at www.lexmark.com.

Paper specifications

The following table shows paper specifications without an optional feeder installed. If you installed the optional Auto Sheet Feeder, or the Tractor 2 Feeder, see the manual included with that option.
Paper specifications for cut or continuous forms Cut forms Continuous forms Paper Multiple Multiple dimensions part part Single Single
Width Maximum 297 mm (11.7 in.) See Note Maximum hole to hole Minimum Minimum hole to hole N/A 76 mm (3.0 in.) N/A 297 mm (11.7 in.) See Note N/A 76 mm (3.0 in.) N/A 241 mm (9.5 in.) 76 mm (3.0 in.) 63 mm (2.5 in.) 241 mm (9.5 in.) 76 mm (3.0 in.) 63 mm (2.5 in.) 254 mm (10.0 in.) 254 mm (10.0 in.)

241 mm (9.5 in.)

N/A 152 mm (6.0 in.) N/A
Note: When the optional Auto Sheet Feeder or Tractor 2 Feeder is installed, the maximum width of a cut form is 215 mm (8.5 in.) for manual loading. Page length Maximum Minimum 559 mm (22.0 in.) 76 mm (3.0 in.) 559 mm (22.0 in.) 76 mm (3.0 in.) N/A 76 mm (3.0 in.) Weight Maximum Minimum 90 g/m (24 lb)

N/A 76 mm (3.0 in.)

152 mm (6.0 in.) 110 mm (4.1 in.)

N/A N/A

90 g/m2 (24 lb) 56 g/m2 (15 lb)
90 g/m2 (24 lb) 75 g/m2 (20 lb)

65 g/m2 (16 lb)

Paper specifications for cut or continuous forms (continued) Cut forms Continuous forms Paper Multiple Multiple Envelopes dimensions part part Single Single
Thickness - multiple part forms of 45 g/m (12 lb.) paper Minimum 0.058 mm See Note (0.0023 in.) 0.114 mm See Note (0.0045 in.) 0.058mm See Note (0.0023 in.) 0.114mm See Note (0.0045 in.) 0.42 mm (0.017 in.)

Maximum

Note: Thickness up to 0.512 mm (0.0202 in.) for 2480/2481 printers; up to 0.36 mm (0.015 in.) for 2490/2491 printers.
Printable area (cut forms)
6.4 mm min. (0.25 in min.)
76.2 279.4 mm Narrow (in.) 76.mm Wide (3 16.54 in.)
140 558.8 mm (5.in.) Narrow/Wide
9.6 mm min. (0.38 in min.)

6.4 25.4 mm (0.25 1in.)

Troubleshooting and maintenance
This section helps you identify printer conditions and problems that you can often correct. When you first recognize a problem, determine whether it is located within the printer, the software application, or an option. For additional assistance and answers to your questions, contact your service representative. When diagnosing a problem, see Checklist for typical problems on pag e112.

Problem

Status lights and alarms Paper jams and paper feeding problems Printing problems Misaligned printhead Poor print quality Incorrect font or pitch
Checking the printer status Clearing paper jams Testing the printer Adjusting bidirectional alignment Dots are missing or print quality is poor Is the font or pitch selected from the operator panel not printing or is it changing? Paper does not feed from the Auto Sheet Feeder

The weight of the paper is too great.
Paper sheets seem to hold together at the bottom edge.

Dirty feed rollers.

Paper jam in the Auto Sheet Feeder.
The paper is not loaded correctly in the paper bin. The paper is not stacked evenly in the supply bin. The Auto Sheet Feeder is not correctly installed. Foreign objects are in the Auto Sheet Feeder paper path.
Remove the paper and reload the paper bin. Remove the paper, align the edges of the paper, and reload the paper bin. Remove the Auto Sheet Feeder, and reinstall it. Remove the Auto Sheet Feeder. Remove the foreign objects. Reinstall the Auto Sheet Feeder. Remove the Auto Sheet Feeder. Remove pieces of paper from the paper feed path. Reinstall the Auto Sheet Feeder. Remove the Auto Sheet Feeder, and then reinstall it. Move the paper guide to the left. Remove the Auto Sheet Feeder. Move the continuous forms to the park position using the Load/Unload button. Adjust the forms thickness lever. For help, see Setting the forms thickness lever on page 44.
Paper fed from Auto Sheet Feeder jams at entrance to printer.
The printer paper feed path is dirty or the ribbon is jammed.
The Auto Sheet Feeder is not correctly installed. The paper guide is too far to the right. The continuous forms were not moved to the park position before the Auto Sheet Feeder was used. Forms thickness lever is set incorrectly for your paper thickness.
Paper fed from the Auto Sheet Feeder is skewed in the printer.
The left and right paper guides are not correctly adjusted. Paper is not correctly placed in the paper bin.
Adjust the left and right paper guides so they are tight against the edge of the paper. Remove paper from the paper bin. Fan the paper. Reload the paper correctly.
The Auto Sheet Feeder feeds multiple sheets.
Paper is not correctly placed in the paper bin. The weight of the paper is too low.
Remove paper from the paper bin. Reload the paper correctly. Remove all paper from the paper bin, and install a heavier paper. See the optional Auto Sheet Feeder manual for recommended paper weights. Remove all paper from the paper bin and fan the top and bottom edges with your thumb. Place the paper in the paper bin. Add more paper to the paper bin.
Not enough paper in the paper bin.
The Auto Sheet Feeder feeds paper at an incorrect rate.
Remove all paper from the Auto Sheet Feeder and use paper that has a lower weight. See the optional Auto Sheet Feeder manual for recommended paper weights. See Paper fed from Auto Sheet Feeder jams at entrance to printer. on pag e136. Adjust the forms thickness lever. See Setting the forms thickness lever on page 44 for more information. Remove some of the paper.

Notices

Electronic emission notices
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement
The Lexmark Forms Printer 2480, 2481, 2490, and 2491 have been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. The FCC Class B limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and

receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit
different from that to which the receiver is connected.
Consult the place where you bought your printer or a
service representative for additional suggestions.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by using other than recommended cables or by unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment. Unauthorized changes or modifications could void the users authority to operate the equipment.
Note: Note: To assure compliance with FCC regulations on electromagnetic interference for a Class B computing device, use a properly shielded and grounded cable, such as Lexmark part number 1329605 for parallel interface and 12A2405 for USB interface. Use of a substitute cable not properly shielded and grounded may result in violation of FCC regulations.
Any questions regarding this compliance information statement should be directed to: Director of Lab Operations Lexmark International, Inc. 740 West New Circle Road Lexington, KY 40550 (859) 232-3000
Industry Canada compliance statement
This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian InterferenceCausing Equipment Regulations.
Avis de conformit aux normes dIndustrie Canada
Cet appareil numrique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Rglement sur le matriel brouilleur du Canada.

Statement of limited warranty
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY This warranty applies to the United States and Canada. For customers outside the U.S. and Canada, refer to the country-specific warranty information that came with your printer.
Lexmark Forms Printers 2480/2481 and 2490/2491
This statement of limited warranty applies to this product if it was originally purchased for your use, and not for resale, from Lexmark or a Lexmark remarketer, referred to in this statement as Remarketer.

Warranty

Lexmark warrants that this product:
Is manufactured from new parts, or new and serviceable
used parts, which perform like new parts
Is free from defects in material and workmanship Conforms to Lexmarks official published specifications Is in good working order
If this product does not function as warranted during the warranty period, contact a Remarketer or Lexmark for repair without charge. If this product is a feature or option, this statement applies only when that feature or option is used with the product for which it was designed. To obtain warranty service, you may be required to present the feature or option with the product. If you transfer this product to another user, warranty service under the terms of this statement is available to that user for the remainder of the warranty period. You should transfer proof of original purchase and this statement to that user.

Warranty service

The warranty period is 24 months and starts on the date of original purchase as shown on the purchase receipt. To obtain warranty service you may be required to present proof of original purchase. Warranty service will be provided:
At a Remarketer or a Lexmark designated location. You
may be required to deliver your product to the Remarketer or Lexmark, or ship it prepaid and suitably packaged to a Lexmark designated location. You are responsible for loss of, or damage to, a product in transit to the Remarketer or the designated location. 158
At a Lexmark designated location.
When warranty service involves the exchange of a product or part, the item replaced becomes the property of the Remarketer or Lexmark. The replacement may be a new or repaired item. The replacement item assumes the remaining warranty period of the original product. Replacement is not available to you if the product you present for exchange is defaced, altered, in need of a repair not included in warranty service, or damaged beyond repair. Also, such product must be free of any legal obligation or restrictions that prevent its exchange. Before you present this product for warranty service, remove all programs, data, and removable storage media. For further explanation of your warranty alternatives and the nearest Lexmark authorized servicer in your area, please contact Lexmark at 1-800-LEXMARK (1-800539-6275), or on the World Wide Web at www.lexmark.com. Free remote technical support is provided for this product throughout its warranty period. Lexmark offers a variety of extended warranty programs that include an extension of technical support. For products no longer covered by a Lexmark warranty, technical support may only be available for a fee.

description of printer parts 4 doors 33 drivers 19
electronic emissions notices 145 Energy Star 147 envelope orientation 77 envelopes loading 72 EU defaults 121
bar code function 6 bidirectional alignment adjusting 123 buttons, layer 1 operator panel 24 buttons, layer 2 operator panel 25
factory defaults setting 121 factory defaults/settings 89 features/functions 2 bar code function 6 box and line drawings 5 carriage size 1 character spacing 2 code pages 5 font lock 4 front loading for cut forms 4 graphic printing 3 Greek and math symbols 5 interface connection 6 macro function 4 multiple-part forms 3 operator panel 4 operator panel disable 5
change the menu language in setup mode 92 checklist of problems 112 clearing paper jams 123 configuring the printer 18 continuous forms loading 46
pitch lock 4 print styles 3 printer tests 5 resident fonts 2 ribbon cartridge 5 software compatibility 6 tear off 4 tractor 5 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement 145 font changing 31 locking 31 Font button 24 Font light 27 Font Lock light 27 Form Feed button 24 forms continuous forms 43 cut form 43 envelopes 43 labels 43 forms thickness lever 7, 10 table 44 front cover 7
Macro function 4, 25, 28 maintenance cleaning 142 manual feed door 7 Micro up/down buttons 25
offline, setting the printer 28 online, setting the printer 28 operator panel 7, 27 buttons 24, 25 Font 24 Form Feed 24 lights 27, 28 Font 27 Font Lock 27 Macro 28 Padlock 27 Paper Out 27 Pitch 28 Power 27 Ready 27 Tractor Line Feed 24, 25 Micro up/down buttons 25 Pitch 26 Set Line 1 (Top-Of-Form) 25 Start/Stop 24
How to change a language 92
language changing 92 latch, cover 9 latching levers 33 left margin, aligning 77 Line Feed button 24, 25 load/unload feature, using 30 loading a cut form 72 an envelope 72 continuous forms 46 locking levers 33
padlock 27 paper guides 7 paper jams auto sheet feeder 136 clearing 123, 126 continuous forms 127 cut form 126 Tractor 2 feeder 139 paper loading rear loading 46 Paper Out light 27
paper paths bottom loading (pull) 46 front loading (pull) 46 front loading (push) 46 paper select lever 7 parallel interface connector 9 pins 33 pitch changing 32, 43 locking 32, 43 Pitch button 26 Pitch light 28 power connector 9 switch 7 Power light 27 printer driver 19 printer parts forms thickness lever 7 front cover 7 latch 9 manual feed door 7 operator panel 7 paper guides 7 paper select lever 7 parallel interface connector 9 power connector 9 switch 7 tear bar 9 top cover 7 printer test 116 printing a cut form 73 an envelope 73 on continuous forms 46 printing becomes slower 141 problem conditions 128 characters are wrong or missing 128 dots are missing 128 formatting control codes do not work 128 forms are smudged 129 incorrect lines on page 130 line length is wrong 131

power switch on, power light is off 141 printer does not feed paper 134 printer does not print 133 printer is noisy 135 printer sounds alarm 141 printing is too dark 130 printing is unstable 133 printing stops 141 pull tractor 35 removing 40 push tractor 34 removing 36
Ready light 27 ribbon cartridge installing 142 ordering 108 replacing 142 running the printer test 116
safety information 148 serial interface,knockout 9 Set TOF button 25 Set Top-Of-Form 81 setting factory defaults 121 setting forms thickness lever 81 Setting Top-Of-Form for a cut form or envelope 85 for continuous form paper in pull mode 84 for continuous form paper in push mode 85 in a macro 86 setting up application software 17 Setup mode how to change a language 92 how to use 89 paper handling selections 98
software, setting up 17 Start/Stop button 24 stopping the printer 29 Supplies ordering 107
tear bar 9 Tear Off, using 29 testing the printer 116 top cover 7 Top-Of-Form aligning 83 for a cut form or envelope 85 for continuous form paper in pull mode 84 for continuous forms in push mode 81
trace mode 116 tractor 33 pull 35 push 34 Tractor 2 feeder paper feeding problems 139 tractor mode 30 tractor parts latching levers 33 locking levers 33 pins 33 Troubleshooting 111 type style sample 10
US defaults 121 USB interface connector 16

Page Length 559 mm (22.0 in.) 76 mm (3.0 in.) 90 (24 lb.) g/mmm (22.0 in.) 76 mm (3.0 in.) N/A N/A 152 mm (6.0 in.) 110 mm (4.1 in.) 90 g/m2 (24 lb.) 75 g/m2 (20 lb.) 0.053 mm (0.021 in.)
Thickness - Multiple Part Forms of 45 g/m2 (12 lb.) paper See Note

Paper Size

Narrow carriage (2480/2490)
Wide carriage (2481/2491)
Automatic Feed Mode (single-part form) Length 139.7 mm (5.5 in.) minimum 355.6 mm (14.0 in.) maximum Width 105 mm (4.13 in.) minimum 215.9 mm (8.5 inch) maximum Tractor Feeder (continuous forms) Length 76 mm (3.0 in.) minimum N/A maximum Width 76 mm (3.0 in.) minimum 254 mm (10 in.) maximum 76 mm (3.0 in.) minimum N/A maximum 76 mm (3.0 in.) minimum 406 mm (16.0 in.) maximum 139.7 mm (5.5 in.) minimum 355.6 mm (14.0 in.) (See Note 1) maximum 558.8 mm (22 in.) (See Note 2) 105 mm (4.13 in.) minimum 364 mm (14.3 in.) maximum

Notes:

1 For paper width greater than 8.5 inches. 2 For paper width up to 8.5 inches. Manual Feed (cut sheets) Length 76.2 mm (3.0 in.) minimum 558.8 mm (22.0 in.) maximum Width 76.2 mm (3.0 in.) minimum 279.4 mm (11.0 in.) maximum Paper Weight 16 ~ 24 lbs (60 ~ 90 g/m2) 76.2 mm (3.0 in.) minimum 558.8 mm (22.0 in.) maximum 76.2 mm (3.0 in.) minimum 420 mm (16.5 in.) maximum

Ribbon Specifications

The life expectancy of the 2300/2400 series standard re-inking ribbon is approximately 4 million characters in 10 characters per inch (cpi) draft mode. For replacement ribbon, order ribbon number 11A3540.
Length: Width: Fabric: 1.8 m (6.0 ft) 8 mm (0.315 in.) Nylon
High yield re-inking ribbon is available for the 2400 series printer. It has a life expectancy of approximately 8 million characters in 10 cpi draft mode. For replacement ribbon, order ribbon number 11A3550.
Length: Width: Fabric: 2.5 m (8.3 ft) 8 mm (0.315 in.) Nylon

Diagnostics

This section discusses diagnostics at power-on and how to do the printer test.

Power-On Diagnostics

The following tests are performed when the printer is turned On. RAM Test Font ROM/Microcode Sum Test Timer/Interrupt Controller Test NVRAM Test Switch Scan Test of the operator panel Carrier Initialization Paper Feed Initialization

If any errors occur during the tests, a combination of blinking LEDs indicate which test failed.

Printer Test

You can run a Printer Test to aid in problem determination. In addition to the normal power-on internal tests (see Power-On Diagnostics on page 15), the printer test generates a sample printout. This test printout can be printed either with or without connecting the printer to your computer.
To run the printer test, follow these steps:
Make sure the paper and ribbon are installed. Turn the printer Off. Press Line Feed while you turn the printer On. After a few seconds, release Line Feed.
To stop or interrupt the printer test: Press Start/Stop. The test stops after a complete line of characters has printed. Press Start/Stop to continue the printer test.

Programming Examples

Examples in this manual have been formatted to be processed by a simple BASIC program. The BASIC program reads an input file and writes data to an output file. Printer commands may be entered into the input file in a hexadecimal format and enclosed with opening and closing delimiters. The opening delimiter is a less-than symbol, <, followed by an x. The x may be either upper or lower case. The closing delimiter is a greater-than symbol, >. Within the delimiters, hexadecimal data must be presented in two-digit pairs. White space, blanks, carriage returns and line feeds may be used between the pairs. In addition, a comment may be added to the end of a line by using a minus sign, -, at the start of the comment. All data after a minus sign is ignored until a carriage return or line feed is encountered. The example format used in this book is shown below: <x 1B36 1B5B0400000001B5 1B5B640100A0 1B5B4905000055007801 > All of the examples use this encoding method and have been tested using the following BASIC program:
1040 INPUT "Enter file name to be printed"; FILENAME$ OPEN FILENAME$ FOR INPUT AS #1 OPEN "prtrout.bin" FOR OUTPUT AS #2 WHILE EOF(1) = 0 I$ = INPUT$(1, #1)

Use the following parameters (parms) with SIC commands that use the printer ID of C5 and C6:
Printer Dec Hex C5 C5 C6 C6

Parm 1

Description Emulation
Selection 0=No Change 1=PPDS 2=Epson 0=No Change 1=Panel Disabled 2=Panel Enabled 0=No Change 1=Macro 1 2=Macro 2 3=Macro 3 4=Macro 4 255=Disable Macro

Dec 4 255

Hex 04 FF
Panel Disable (see Note 1) Macro (see Note 2)
1 You can disable specific buttons on the operator panel. The upper 6 bits of parm 2 represent the different buttons on the operator panel. The lower 2 bits are reserved to enable or disable the panel. Bit 7. Font 6. Pitch 5. Micro 4. Micro 3. LF 2. Macro Off Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled Disabled On Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled Enabled
Bits 0 and 1 allow for existing panel disable functions. To disable the panel or any of the buttons, bit 0 must be On. The Start/Stop button and the Form Feed button are always enabled. In the following example the Micro and Micro buttons are enabled: Format Decimal Hex ESC 27 1B [ 91 5B K 75 4B Ln Hn init 254 FE ID 197 C5 P00 P31

Description

Selection

Notes (cont.):

2 If Parm 3 has no value (macro has not been supplied), the printer default macro is used to store the change. When init=04H or 05H is specified, parm3 is ignored. When init=00H, 01H, FEH, FFh are specified, parm3 value is used as Macro No. instead of Default Macro setting No. When init=FEH, FFh are specified parm3 value is overwritten to Default Macro setting in NVRAM. When the disable(=255) is set to parm3 Macro No.1 setting is used to initialize. 4 Font 0=No Change 1=Fast Draft 2=Draft 3=Gothic 4=Courier 5=Download Font 6=Prestige (249x Plus only) 7=Presentor (249x Plus only) 8=Orator (249x Plus only) 9=Script (249x Plus only) 0=No Change 1=10 Pitch 2=12 Pitch 3=15 Pitch 4=17.1 Pitch 5=20 Pitch 6=PS 7=24 Pitch (249x Plus only) 06 07

Parm 6

Description Code Page
Selection 0=No Change 1=437 2=850 3=860 4=863 5=865 6=437G 7=813 8=851 9=853T 10=857 11=869 12=920 13=1053 14=861 15=1004 16=858 0=No Change 1=1 to 176 Lines 0=No Change 1=3 2=4 3=6 4=8 0=No Change 1=0 Inch 2=1 Inch 3=2 Inches 4=3 Inches 0=No Change 1=4 Inches 2=5 Inches 3=6 Inches 4=7 Inches 5=8 Inches

Dec n n n n n,n1,n2. n 0 n n,n1,n2. 74 n Ln Hn data Ln Hn data n n 27 84
Hex 1B 2D n 1B 30 1B 31 1B 32 1B 33 n 1B 34 1B 35 n 1B 36 1B 37 1B 3A 1B 3D 1B 41 n 1B 42 n,n1,n2. 1B 43 n 1B n 1B 44 n,n1,n2. 00 1B 45 1B 46 1B 47 1B 48 1B 49 1B 4A n 1B 4B Ln Hn data 1B 4C Ln Hn data 1B 4E n 1B 4F 1B 50 1B 51 1B 52 1B 53 n 1B 54
Function Set Print Direction Continuous Double-Wide Printing Set Horizontal Margins Dual-Density Bit Image Graphics (Normal Speed) High-Density Bit Image Graphics Score Select (249x only) Select Print Type Style Set Initial Condition Select Global Font Select Code Page Set Vertical Units (249x only) Set Print Quality Setup Barcode Parameter High Resolution Graphics (249x only) Setup Barcode Data Continuously Print Characters from Code Page Reverse Line Feed Print One Character Begin/End Continuous Overscore Move Current Print Position
Command ESC U ESC W ESC X ESC Y ESC Z ESC [ ESC [ @ ESC [ K ESC [ I ESC [ T ESC [ \ ESC [ d ESC [ f ESC [ g ESC [ p ESC \ ESC ] ESC ^ ESC _ ESC d
Dec n1,n89 Ln Hn data Ln Hn data 0 loc type
Hex 1B 55 1B 57 1B 58 n1,n2 1B 59 Ln Hn data 1B 5A Ln Hn data
For more information see. page 45 page 46 page 54 page 52 page 52 page 46 page 42 page 21 page 36 page 49 page 56 page 48 page 50 page 63 page 34 page 55 page 35 page 47 page 54
1B 5B 2D loc type 0 mm3 1B 5B 00 mm4 m3 mLn Hn 1B 5B 4B Ln Hn 0 Hf Lf 1B 5B 00 Hf Lf 0 Hc 1B 5B 0 Hc Lc Lc 0 Lu 1B 5B 5C Hu Lu Hu 0 m 1B 5B 00 n 0 k m s. 1B 5B 00 k m s. 1B 5B 67 Ln Hn mode 103 Ln Hn data mode data 1B 5B 70 Ln Hn data 112 Ln Hn data Ln Hn n1,n2. 1B 5C Ln Hn n1,n2. n n Ln Hn 1B 5D 1B 5E n 1B 5F n 1B 64 Ln Hn
Selecting a Character Set

Select Character Set 1

Character set 1 contains characters and symbols that are used in the English language. Format Decimal Hex ESC 1B 55 37
See pag e216 for more information.

Select Character Set 2

Character set 2 contains characters and symbols that are used in English and non-English languages. Format Decimal Hex ESC 1B 54 36
See pag e217 for more information.

Select Code Page

Use this printer command to change the active code page. Format Decimal Hex ESC [ 27 1B 91 5B T Hc Hc Hc Lc Lc Lc
The digits (decimal), (hexadecimal) are constants. To calculate Hc Lc for a code page that is not shown: Divide the code page number, such as 437, by 256. The whole number result is the Hc value. The remainder is the Lc value. If your code page has an alphabetic character, such as 437G, add 10,000 to
the code page number, then divide by 256. Code page information begins on page 188.

Print From Code Page

Continuously Print Characters from a Code Page
Use this command to print characters from the all Characters Chart of a Code Page (see Printing a Code Page on page 204). Format Decimal Hex Ln Hn Ln (low number) and Hn (high number) identify the number of characters that you want to print. See below for ways to calculate this variable. n1 n2 n3.nn The variables, n1 n2 n3 and so on, are the number of characters that you want to print. For example, for each character, n1 n2 n3., that you want to print, you substitute the decimal or hexadecimal digit for that character. Use the code page tables for the decimal or the hexadecimal digit (see Code Pages on page 187). Locate the character on the code page table. Use the decimal or hexadecimal digit for that character in the printer command format. ESC \ 27 1B 92 5C Ln Ln Ln Hn Hn Hn n1..nn n1..nn n1..nn

Table 1. 248x: Select Global Font
Decimal Hf Lf Pitch Normal Bold PS PS Italic Bold/Ital Normal Bold Courier 00 F0B 01 EB 01 EC 01 ED 01 EE 00 AB 00 F8F 01 8E 01 8D 01 8C 00 AE 00 F2E 00 6C 00 DFD 00 BF6E 00 6E 00 DC 00 9D 00 5C 00 DD8 italic Bold/Ital Hex Hf Lf

Gothic

00 6D 00 6D
Table 2. 249x: Select Global Font
Decimal Hf Lf Pitch Normal Bold 24 PS 24 PS Italic Bold/Ital Normal Bold Courier 00 F0B 01 EB 01 EC 01 ED 01 EE 01 1E 00 AB 00 F2E 00 6C 00 DFD 00 5C 00 DD8 italic Bold/Ital Hex Hf Lf

Prestige

00 0C 01 EF 01 FCCA 01 1F 01 A4

00 3C 00 6F

Table 2. 249x: Select Global Font (Continued)
Decimal Hf Lf Pitch Normal Bold 24 PS PS PS PS Orator Script 01 DDDDDCCB 01 CC 01 CD 01 CE 00 C109 Italic Bold/Ital Normal Bold Gothic 00 F8F 01 8E 01 8D 01 8C 00 AE 01 DDDDCF6E 00 6D italic Bold/Ital Hex Hf Lf

Presentor

Table 3. Global Font and Size Parameters
Pitch 24 CPI Subscript (249X only) 20 CPI Subscript 17 CPI Normal 15 CPI Normal 12 CPI Normal 10 CPI Normal 8.5 CPI (17 CPI double-wide 7.5 CPI (15 CPI double-wide 6 CPI (12 CPI double-wide 5 CPI (10 CPI double-wide
Dec (Hs, Ls) - - - - - - - - - - 0 256
Hex (Hs, Ls) - - 00 4D 00 4E - 00 5A - 00 6B 00 6C - - 00 9B 00 9C - 00 BB4 - 00 DD8 - 00 FF - FF FF
Table 4. Global Font and Code Page
Code Page 865 437G 853T 858
Decimal Hc Lc Hc 01H 03H 03H 03H 03H 28H 03H 03H 2AH 03H 03H 03H 04H 03H 03H 03H
Hex Lc B5H 52H 5CH 5FH 61H C5H 2DH 53H 65H 59H 65H 98H 1DH 5DH ECH 5AH

Select 12 cpi

This command sets the pitch at 12 cpi.

Format Decimal Hex

ESC : 27 1B 58 3A

Select Print Mode

This command selects the normal font or the download font in Draft , NLQ (248x only) or LQ (249x only). Format Decimal Hex ESC I 27 1B n n n
This command cancels any print combinations that conflict with ESC I. The following table shows valid values for n for the 248x and 249x printers:
248x Dec Hex 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F Print Mode Draft - Resident Fast DP (12 cpi) Resident NLQ Gothic Resident NLQ Courier Resident Draft - Download Fast DP (12 cpi) Download NLQ - Download NLQ - Download Draft - Download Fast DP (12 cpi) Download NLQ Gothic Download NLQ Courier Italic Download Draft - Download Fast DP (12 cpi) Download NLQ - Download ALT NLQ II Download Dec Hex 0A 04 0C 0E 16 07

Set Vertical Units

For 249x printers only. This command lets you set the size of the increments for the following commands: Set Line Spacing for Graphics (ESC 3) Move Paper Vertically (ESC J). ESC [ 27 1B 91 5B \ 92 5C m3 m3 m3 m4 m4 m4
(decimal), (hex) are constant digits. m3 and m4 designate the denominator (the lower number) of a two-part fraction. The fraction can be 1/180, 1/216, or 1/360, and indicates the fraction of an inch at which line feed spacing increments.
m3 (Hex) D8H B4H 68H m4 (Hex) 00H 00H 01H Denominator 360

Vertical Tabulation

Set Vertical Tabulation Stops
Sets as many as 64 tabulation stops by line number. Format Decimal Hex ESC B 27 1B tab settings n1..n64 n1..n0 00
Use ESC B to set the tabulation stops and to advance paper to the next vertical tabulation stop (VT) to activate them.
ESC R (Set Default Tabulation Stops) and ESC B 0 will clear all vertical tab stops. Set the tabulation stops in ascending order (n1..n64). The last digit in the sequence must be a 0 to terminate the command.

Line Spacing

Set Line Spacing to 1/8 Inch
This command (ESC zero) sets the line spacing at 1/8 inch between each line, which is 8 lines per inch (lpi). Format Decimal Hex ESC 1B 48 30
Set Line Spacing to 7/72 Inch
This command sets the line spacing at 7/72 inch between each line, which is 10.3 lpi. Format Decimal Hex ESC 1B 49 31
Activate Line Spacing for Text
This command activates the line spacing designated by the Set Line Spacing for Text (ESC A) printer command. Format Decimal Hex ESC 1B 50 32
Set Line Spacing for Text
This command sets line spacing in n/72 inch increments. To activate the line spacing, use the printer command Activate Line Spacing for Text (ESC 2). Format Decimal Hex ESC A 27 1B n n n
The value for n must be between 1 and 85.
Set Line Spacing for Graphics
This command sets line spacing to n/216 inches. It does not cause the form to move. It changes the vertical distance moved when a line feed command is received. Format Decimal Hex ESC 1B n n n
The number can be from 0 to 255 (decimal), 00 to FF (hexadecimal). n must be a multiple of 3 to advance exactly n/216 inches.

Porportional Space Mode

This command turns porportional space mode on and off. Format Decimal Hex ESC P 27 1B n n n
Porportional spacing is ON when n is set to 0 (decimal) or 00 (hexadecimal). Porportional spacing is OFFwhen n is set to 1 (decimal) or 01 (hexadecimal).
Set Top of Form and Page Length

Set Top of Form

This command sets the first line of printing on each page to the current paper position. Format Decimal Hex ESC 1B 52 34
Set Page Length in Inches

ESC 9 ESC #

1B 38 1B 23
Name ESC & ESC : ESC < ESC = ESC > ESC W
Description Define Download Characers Copy Normal Characters from ROM to RAM Select Left-to-Right Printing Set MSBs to Zero Sets the MSBs of all data sent to the printer to 0. Set MSBs to One Sets the MSBs of all data sent to the printer to 1. Begin or End Continuous Double-Wide Printing n=0 End n=1 Begin
0 n1 1B n1 n2 d1 data n2 d1 data 0 n 0 1B 3A 00 n 87 n 1B 3C 1B 3D 1B 3E 1B 57 n

ESC [f

1B 5B 66
Setup Barcode Parameter This command is the same as the ESC [f command in the IBM mode. (See page 32.) Setup Barcode Data This command is the same as the ESC [p command in the IBM mode. (See page 32.) Start 17 cpi printing Begin Double-Wide Printing by Line Select Double-Wide Select Condensed Mode Cancel Condensed Mode End Double-Wide Printing by Line Set 12 Pitch Font

1B 5B 70

SI SO ESC SO ESC SI DC2 DC4 ESC :

0F 0E 1B 0E 1B 0F 1B 3A

OKI Microline Emulation Mode Printer Commands
This section provides tables describing OKI Microline mode commands you can use with your printer.

Character Set

Name Dec Hex 1B 1B 1B 1B 21 n Description Select Standard Character Set Select Block Graphics Character Set Select Line Character Set Select an International Character Set n Dec Hex 4A 4C 47 5A 4B 45 Character Set USA USA 2 British Danish Dutch French Fr. Canadian German Italian Latin Am. Norway Publisher Spaini Swedish ESC ! ESC ! ESC ! ESC ! n n
Section 5: OKI Microline Emulation Mode Printer Commands
Hex 1B 5B 54 Ln Hn Hcp Lcp 04
Description Print from Code Page If printing less than 256 characters: Ln = # characters to be printed H n= 0 If printing more than 256 characters, divide the total number of characters by 256: Ln = whole number of quotient Hn= remainder of quotient Hcp Lcp 4 Code Page Set Decimal 181 USA 82 Multilingual 92 Canadian French 95 Portugal 97 Norway 16 BRASCII 17 Abicomp
ESC [ T 84 Ln Hn Hcp Lcp 0
Hcp Lcp Code Page Set Hexadecimal 01 B5 USA Multilingual 03 5C Canadian French 03 5F Portugal Norway BRASCII Abicomp
Character Size and Spacing
Name RS FS ESC g GS ESC # 3 ESC J ESC K ESC L ESC M ESC US ESC US 1 ESC US 0 ESC & Dec 48 Hex 1E 1C 1B 67 1D 1B 1B 4A 1B 4B 1B 4C 1B 4D 1F 1B 1F 31 1B 1F 30 Description Print 10 Characters per Inch Print 12 Charaters per Inch Print 15 Charaters per Inch Print 17.1 Charaters per Inch Print 20 Charaters per Inch Start Superscript Printing Stop Superscript Printing Start Subscript Printing Stop Subscript Printing Begin Double-Width Printing Begin Double-Height Printing End Double-Height Printing

n1 n2 1B 26 n1 n2 Select Print Features n3 nn3 n4 3A Selects print quality, character pitch and other print features. See the Table 1 on page 82 for the features applicable to each variable and the value of each. To calculate the total value of a variable, add the values (column 1) of each feature you want to use, and then add that sum to the variable factor (bottom row). Note: You may enter any combination of the variables (n1 to n4) in any order. 1B 59 Select Porportional Spacing Adjusts the space between letters to compensate for the varying widths of individual characters. Note: Available only with Near Letter Quality (NLQ) and Draft printing.

ESC Z ESC N

1B 5A 1B 4E n
Cancel Porportional Spacing Select Intercharacter Spacing Adds additional spacing to the right of each character. Valid values for n must be between 0 and 11.
Table 1. Variable Values and Factors for Combined Print Features Command
Value 16 Factor 10 cpi 12 cpi 17.1 cpi 20 cpi Double Width 32 n1 Variable/Feature n2 n3 Cancel super/ Utility subscripts Subscripts NLQ Superscripts DLL Emphasized Italics (Bold) Enhanced N/A n4 HSD N/A Underlining Double Height N/A 112

Character Style

Name ESC # 0 ESC 0 ESC 1 ESC 3 ESC ! / ESC ! * ESC T ESC H ESC I ESC C ESC D Dec 68 Hex 1B 1B 30 1B 31 1B 33 1B 21 2A 1B 21 2F 1B 54 1B 48 1B 49 1B 43 1B 44 Description Select Fast Draft Print Mode Select Draft Print Mode Select NLQ Font Select Near Letter Quality Gothic Font Select Italics Printing Cancel Italics Printing Select Emphasized (Bold) Printing Select Enhanced Printing Cancel Emphasized (Bold)/Enhanced Printing Select Underline Printing Cancel Underline Printing

Custom Characters

Name ESC $ Dec Hex 1B 24 Description Copy ROM Character Set to RAM Character Set Copies a complete set of the characters resident in the printer to the area of its memory reserved for custom characters. Down Line Load Ascender Characters Begins downloading an ascender character. Down Line Load Descender Characters Begins downloading an descender character. Set DLL in Draft Mode Switches custom character printing on when the printer is set for the Draft print mode. Select DLL NLQ mode Switches custom character printing on when the printer is set for the NLQ print mode.

ESC % A ESC % D ESC 2

65 m 1B m n1.n11 n1.nm 1B m n1.n11 n1.n50 1B 32
Name ESC P ESC Q ESC R ESC # Q ESC * Dec 81 Hex 1B 50 1B 51 1B 52 1B Description Single Density Graphics Single Density Graphics Double Density Graphics Double Speed and Quadruple Density Graphics
n1 n2 1B 2A n1 n2 Select Graphics Mode 58 3A Selects the density and defines the speed and "word size." For more information, see Table 2 and Table 3 on page 84. 0A 03 0E Select Graphics Print Mode Cancel Graphics Print Mode Graphics Line Feed with Carriage Return (Text) Graphics Line Feed with Carriage Return (Graphics) Graphics Line Feed without Carriage Return (Text) Graphics Line Feed without Carriage Return (Graphics)

Make sure the OS/2 serial port settings match the switch settings on the serial adapter. To view or to change the settings:
Select the printer icon. Select Open. Select Settings. The Printer - Settings screen appears. Select the serial port to which you want to attach the printer. The Serial Port - Settings screen appears. Select the settings you want to use. Select OK.
The next example shows an alternative way to configure OS/2. From the OS/2 prompt, enter the following command:
mode com1:9600,n,8,1,,DTR=on,OCTS=on,ODSR=on
You can also include the following command statement in the CONFIG.SYS file on your computer so that it runs each time you start your computer:
run c:\os2\mode.com com1:,,,,,DTR=on,OCTS=on,ODSR=on
Downloading Characters and Fonts
This chapter explains how to download characters and provides programming examples for several escape sequences. The first part of the chapter is for 248x users; the second part is for 249x users. The downloading feature lets you create custom fonts and special characters. You can create and print complete italic or foreign language character sets as well as symbols and special characters not in the printer character sets. The examples in this chapter use the BASIC programming format shown on page 16.

248x Printers

Designing Draft and NLQ Characters
For Draft and NLQ (Near-Letter Quality) characters, the 9-wire printers use a character matrix that is 12-dots wide and 9-dots high. Ascenders generally use the top 7 rows, establishing row 7 as the baseline. Descender characters generally use the bottom 7 rows. For uniform and evenly spaced characters, each character should be 9-dots wide and start in column 1.
How Dots Are Added in NLQ Mode
The 9-wire printers can print downloaded draft characters in NLQ mode. Downloaded characters print at the same speed as standard characters. You design the characters for Draft and the printer adds the additional dots to each character when printing in NLQ mode.
Section 7: Downloading Characters and Fonts

Vertical Lines

The following drawing shows how the printer adds dots to a vertical line.

Columns 11 Rows 9

The solid dots must be specified in the font. Hollow dots are generated by the printer.

Diagonal Lines

These drawings show how the printer adds dots to diagonal lines.
Columns 11 Rows 9 Rows 9 Columns 11
Intersections of Vertical and Horizontal Lines

Character A B C D E F G H I J K L Hex x30 x31 x32 x33 x34 x35 x36 x37 x38 x39 x41 x42 x43 x44 x45 x46 x47 x48 x49 x4A x4B x4C Character M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z -. space $ / + % Hex x4D x4E x4F x50 x51 x52 x53 x54 x55 x56 x57 x58 x59 x60 x2D x2E x20 x24 x2F x2B x25
Examples: Valid Code 39 command: <x 1B5BB00 - barcode setup command prefix - setup data length (low byte first) - x0006, 6 - barcode type = Code 39 - module width = 4 = 0.038 inches on 248x, 0.026 inches on 249x - space width adjustment = 3 = 0.0125 inches on 248x, 0.0083 inches on 249x - height (low byte first) - x0303 = 771 = 0.357 inches - control byte: check digit from host, print human readable character

1B5B>FOOD.

- barcode data transfer command prefix - data transfer length (low byte first) x0004, 4
Invalid Code 39 command: <x 1B5BB00 - barcode setup command prefix - setup data length (low byte first) x0006, 6 - barcode type = Code 39 - module width = default - space width adjustment = default - height (low byte first) - x0340 = 832 = 0.385 inches - control byte: check digit from host, print human readable character

1B5B>CaT.

- barcode data transfer command prefix - data transfer length (low byte first) x0003, 3
The lowercase a is not a valid data character for Code 39.

INTERLEAVED 2of5

Interleaved 2of5 is used to express all-numeric messages. Two bytes of data are encoded to form one barcode character. If the check digit generation flag is on (b0 = 1), the printer will add a 0 to the data string automatically.
k value: m value: s value: minimum v1, v2 value: c parameter:
182, xBto 4, x00 to x04 -3 to 3, xFD to x03 x0E, x01 (248x) x20, x01 (249x) available functions: b0, check digit b1, human readable 1 to 255, x01 to xFF 1 to 255, x01 to xFF 0, x00
Examples: Valid Interleaved 2of5 command: <x 1B5BB01 - barcode setup command prefix - setup data length (low byte first) x0006, 6 - barcode type = Interleaved 2of5 - module width = default - space width adjustment = default - height (low byte first) - x0310 = 784 = 0.363 inches - control byte: check digit from host, print human readable character

c parameter: n1 value (b0=0):

n1 value (b0=1):

5, x05 9, x09 11, x08 5-digit ZIP code ZIP+4 Delivery Point Barcode (DPBC)
n2 value: data character set:

0, x00

Examples: Valid POSTNET command: <x 1B5BB00 - barcode setup command prefix - setup data length (low byte first) x0006, 6 - barcode type = POSTNET - module width = default - space width adjustment = default - height (low byte first) - 0 - control byte: no functions selected
1B5B70 0C00 >405111876403.
- barcode data transfer command prefix - data transfer length (low byte first) - x000C, 12
Since the v1, v2 values for the bar length are ignored for POSTNET, is an acceptable bar length specification.
Invalid POSTNET command: <x 1B5BB00 barcode setup command prefix setup data length (low byte first) x0006, 6 barcode type = POSTNET module width = default space width adjustment = default height (low byte first) - ignored for POSTNET control byte: no functions selected
1B5B70 0A00 >40511-876.
barcode data transfer command prefix data transfer length (low byte first) x000A, 10
The - (dash) is an invalid character for POSTNET.

Code 128

Code 128 is a flexible symbology that uses numeric and certain alphabetic and symbolic characters. It provides three separate character sets and a method of shifting between character sets within the same barcode. The first byte of the data string defines the character set. If an invalid character is included for the first byte, the printer ignores all data defined by n1, n2 and does not print the barcode. Valid values for the first byte are x41 (for character set A), x42 (for character set B), and x43 (for character set C). To shift to another character set, two special codes are provided in each character set. They may be included in the barcode data to shift to one of the two alternative character sets. If the check digit generation flag is on (b0 = 1), the printer adds a 0 to the data string automatically.
186, xBA 0 to 4, x00 to x04 -3 to 3, xFD to x03 x0E, x01 (248x) x20, x01 (249x) functions available: b0, check digit b1, human readable 2 to 255, x02 to xFF 2 to 255, x02 to xFF 0, x00

The output from the previous example is shown below:

Set Font Global, ESC [I

You can vary the font and pitch type style within a file with this command. It can also be used to change the code page. Syntax: Decimal: Hex: ESC 27 1B [ 91 5B I LnHn LnHn LnHn HfLf HfLf HfLf HsLs HsLs HsLs Sm Sm Sm HcLc HcLc HcLc
ESC [I changes the font, pitch, and code page. It uses the following best-fit algorithm: Requested font, pitch, and code page. Requested pitch and code page, first font found. Requested code page, first font and pitch found. No change.
countlow (Ln): A 1-byte binary number that is the less significant byte of the 2byte parameter count. counthigh (Hn): The binary number that is the more significant byte of the 2byte parameter count. Zero is a valid count. fgidhigh (Hf): The binary number that is the more significant byte of the 2-byte font global ID. fgidlow (Lf): The binary number that is the less significant byte of the 2-byte font global ID.
248x Font Global IDs (FGIDs) Decimal, Hex and Byte Decimal
Pitch Font Style Decimal (Hf times 256 plus Lf) Courier 5 (Double Wide) Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 10 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 12 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 15 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 17.1 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 20 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 454/494 x01C6/ x01EE 01,198/01, 57 85/254/x000B x002E x0012 x0039 x0055/ x01EB x006C x005C x0074 x01EC x00D6 x00D7 x00D8 x00FE/ x01ED x00FD 00,11 00,46 00,18 00,57 00,85/01,235 00,108 00,92 00,116 01,236 00,214 00,215 00,216 00,254/01,237 00,253 244/x00F4/x00F6 x00F5 00,244/00,246 00,245 Hex (Hf Lf) Byte Decimal (Hf, Lf)
Pitch Font Style Decimal (Hf times 256 plus Lf) Courier (cont.) PS Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 5 (Double Wide) Normal Emphasized Italic 10 Normal Emphasized Italic 12 Normal Emphasized Italic 15 Normal Emphasized Italic 17.1 Normal Emphasized Italic 20 Normal Emphasized Italic Normal PS Emphasized Italic 162 x00AE x009D x00A2 00,174 00,157 00,x018C 01,140 255/x00DE/ x018D x00 DC 00,255/01,140 00, 220 87/109 222/x0057/x018F x006E x006D x00DE/ x018E x00DC 00,87/01,143 00,110 00,109 00,222/01,142 00,39 x0024 x0027 00,36 00,185 Gothic x00F1 x00F2 00,241 00,242 x00AB x00B8 x00AC x00B9 00,171 00,184 00,172 00,185 Hex (Hf Lf) Byte Decimal (Hf, Lf)
249x Font Global IDs (FGIDs) Decimal, Hex and Byte Decimal
Pitch Font Style Decimal (Hf times 256 plus Lf) Courier 5 (Double Wide) Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 10 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 12 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 15 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 17.1 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 20 Normal Emphasized Italic Emph./Italic 494 x01EE 01, 57 85/223/255/x000B x002E x0012 x0039 x0055/ x01EB x006C x005C x0074 x00DF/ x01EC x00D6 xx00D7 00D8 x00FF/ x01ED x00FD 00,11 00,46 00,18 00,57 00,85/01,235 00,108 00,92 00,116 00,223/01,236 00,214 00,215 00,216 00,255/01,237 00,253 244/x00F4/x00F6 x00F5 00,244/00,246 00,245 Hex (Hf Lf) Byte Decimal (Hf, Lf)