User manual EPSON DFX-8000 - PRODUCT INFORMATION

DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER Character fonts: Font Available sit&a (chmctm par inch) characters: power cable 96 characters Standard ASCII character set with (including italic characters) 13 international character sets (including italic characters) Epson Extended Graphics character set O@Jd connector lock nuts Paper Paper type: Continuous-feed paper: l The sprocket holes must be perfectly circular or circular and notched. l The holes must be cleanly cut. l The perforation between pages should not extend all the way to the edges of the paper, as shown below. ribbon csrtrldgo c- scrawdlivu Printer Specifications Printing Printing method: Pin configuration: Printing speed: hditv high-speed draft 9-pin impact dot matrix Two 9-pin columns ChuacWapuinch 10 10 12 10 12 ChUWtMSOCOftdillfW 1066 Paper weight: Continuous paper: 14 to 22 Ibs. (52.6 to 82.7 g/m') normal draft NLO 800 980 160 192 Multi-part fotms: [ll to 15 lbs.] x N ([al.1 to 56.4 g/m'] x N) (NS6) Paper thickness: Printing direction: Bidirectional logic-seeking for tat printing. Unidirectional for graphics (can also be switched to bidirectional using the proper software command). l/64.& 1/84nch, or programmable in increments of 1/21&h of an inch Line spacing: Paper feed speed: Approx. 17 ms/line at l/&inch line spacing during continuous feeding 26 ms/line at l/&inch line spacing during intermittent ftcding Continuous paper (including multi-part forms): Front - up to 0.46 mm (0.018') Rear - up to 0.30 mm (O.Ol2') LdXlS: Up to 0.19 mm (0.0075') including backing sheet Overlapping area on overlapping multi-part fomls: up to 0.70 mm (0.028') Printable columns: Input buffer: 3Kbyte 9-Pin Printers 5/23/90 DFX-8000-1 DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER Printable area: Continuous paper: 13 mm (0.51') or mom 13 to 31 mm (0.51 to 1.22') 5 mm (0.2') 5 mm (0.2') : ..' " + 2 mm (0.05*) labd . Ho&ond &nmefnt may be incgular in the top 75 mm (3 incha) of the first Page. . wl-,a using the optional pull tractor. do not print on the top 120 mm (4.8 inches) 0f the first paw. . hy hola or binding materials should be outside the printable area. Number of copies: Overlapping multi-part forms: 13 mm (0.51') ormore 13 to 31 mm (0.51 t0 1.22.) I With continuous, multi-part forms only. Front - one original plus up to five copies. Total thickness must not exceed 0.46 mm (0.018'). Rear - one original plus up to three copies. Total thickness must not be exceed 0.30 mm (0.012 " 1. Mechanical Paper feed IIMthOtk: Ribbon: Push tractor Pull tractor (optional) Cartridge ribbon, available in black only ( #8766) Life expectancy at 14 dots/character: 15 million characters MCBF: MTBF: PrJ-nt bud life: Dimadorn and weight: For all components excluding print head: 24,000,000 lines 6000 power-on hours (25% duty) 400 million characters at 14 dots/character Height: Width: Depth: Weight: 369 mm (14.5") 700 mm (27.6 ) l 382 mm (15.0') approx. 29 kg (65.9 lbs.) DFX-8000-2 5/23/90 9-Pin Printers DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER Optional paper cutter: Cutting position accuracy: f3 mm (0.U') Available cutting area: Within 25.4 mm (1') below the perforation at the top of the page Electrical Voltage: Rated current: Power consumption: Frequency: Insulation resistance: Dielectric strength (between AC line and cltassis): 103.5 to 132.0 VAC (12OV model) 198.0 to 264.0 VAC (220-240V model) If these printers are not listed, select one of the following printers. listed in order of preference: FX EX LX RX MX Epson printer 9-pin printer Standard printer Draft printer If you plan to use IBM emulation mode, select one of the following printers, listed in order of preference: IBM Proprinter XL IBM Graphics printer IBM Printer 7A (12OV model) 5A (220-240V model) 200 watts (during self test printing in draft mode) 49.5 to 60.5 Hz 10 M ohms minimum (between AC power line and chassis) 12OV model can withstand 1.00 KV rms applied for one minute or 1.20 KV rms applied for one second 220-240V model can withstand 1.25 KV rms applied for one minute or 1.50 KV rms applied for one second Lights Operation: Storage: +s" to +35T (+410 to +95"F) -300 to +wc (-u" to +140°F) 10% to 80% RH without condensation 5% to 85% KH without condensation POWER @een) On when the power switch is on and power is supplied to the printer. READY (green) On when the printer is on line and ready to receive data from your computer. This light flickers during printing. PAPER OUT (red) On when the printer is out of paper. This light go~e;~n~~;;;re;s there is no paper positioned behind the print head. paper loaded on the tractors in the standby position. (The printer also beeps when it is out of paper.) ON LINE (green) On when the printer is on line and ready to receive and print data from the computer. Also, when the print head overheats, the ON LINE light blinks. The printer stops printing, waits several minutes while the print head cools, and then resumes printing. TEAR Off (green) On when the printer is in tear-off mode. TOP OF FORM (green) On when the printer is in top of form mode. When this light blinks, you can adjust the loading and top of form positions. PAPER SELECT (red/green) The front tractor arrow goes on when the front tractor is selected. The rear tractor arrow goes on when the rear tractor is selected. The light is green when paper is loaded, even if the paper is in the standby position, and red when the tractor is completely out of paper. Environment Temperature: Humidity: Operation: Storage: Operation angle: O0 Applications Software Most software programa let you specify the type of printer you are using so that the program can take fuIl advantage of the printer's features. If your application program haa an instalIation or setup procedure that lets you sekt your printer from a ltt of printers, choose the Epson DFX-8000 printer. If the list does not include the DFX-8000, choose one of the following printers, listed in order of preference: DFX-5000 FX-1050 (FX-850) FX-286e (FX-86e) EX-1000 (EX-800) FX-185 (FX-85) FX-100+ (FX-80+) FX-100 (FX-80) 9-Pin Printers 5/23/90 DFX-8000-3 DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER Buttons ON LINE This button controls the printer's on line status. Press this button to put the printer on line or take it off line. When the printer is on line. the ON LINE light is on and the printer can receive and print data from the computer. When the printer is in top of form mode, you can press the ON LINE button to exit the mode without setting a new top of form position. You can also Press the ON LINE button to exit.tear-off mode. See the sections on adjusting the top of form position and using short tearoff in this chapter. FORM FEED/COPY When the printer is off line, press this button to advance the paper to the top of the next page. To adjust the position the paper is fed to, see the section on adjusting the top of form position in this chapter. When the printer is on line, press this button to select or cancel copy mode. See the section on printing on special paper in Chapter 2 for more information. LINE FEED/LOAD When the printer is off line, you use this button to load paper or to advance the paper after you load it. To advance the paper one line, press this button once. To advance the paper continuously, hold down the button. TEAR OFF The TEAR Off button feeds the paper to the printer's tear-off edge so you can tear off your document without losing the paper normally lost between printing jobs. To use this feature, take the printer off line after your document finishes printing and press the TEAR Off button. The printer feeds the paper to the printer's tear-off edge. After you tear off the document, press the TEAR Off or ON LINE button to feed the paper back to the top of form position. If the perforation of your paper does not align exactly with the printer's tear-off edge, you can use the MICRO FEED buttons to adjust the tear-off position. See the section on using short tear-off in this chapter. WARNING: when the printer is off line. press this button to select the front or rear tractor. If you have been using paper loaded on one tractor, first remove the printed output before switching to the other tractor. When you switch tractors, the printer feeds the paper that is already loaded backward to the standby position and loads paper on the newly selected tractor. WARNING: Never use the FRONT/REAR button when labels are loaded in the printer. Also, be sure to remove any more than one page backward through the printer. WARNING: When you use multi-part forms that vary in thickness, do not press the TEAR OFF, FRONT/REAR. or reverse-feeding (bottom) MICRO FEED button or a paper jam may result. To remove these forms, tear off the fresh supply at a perforation below the front tractor, take the printer off line, and press the FORM FEED or LINE FEED button to eject the remaining forms. Note: To use the paper memory feature, you need to reset some DIP switches. See the section on changing a DIP switch setting in this chapter for instructions on how to set a DIP switch. I FRONT/REAR Setting the DIP Switches, DIP Switch 1 [SW\ l-l 1 condwad mode onfotf 1-2 1 Saahad~wJofl I ) ON Condmssd 1 OFF Nomiiii I Paoe 1 346 I ,v3 charm table* I fin Eoson ESUP mode\ 1 l-5 4 Prfntermode" NLO or draft mode 1 slashed GfWhlCS I (NotJlhld(3-14 Italics Epson ESUP Orafl I 3-49 3-14 3-43 I I&l emulation NLO l!!!!!f Never use the TEAR OFF button with labels. Press the FORM FEED or LINE FEED button instead to feed the printed labels to a point where you can tear them off. Intenlational characm set (ava&blr only In Epson ESC/P Sea the mternabonal character set table on the next page. MICRO FEED When the printer is off line, the two MICRO FEED buttons advance or reverse the loaded paper in 1/216th-inch increments. YOU can use these buttons to adjust the paper memory, top of form, loading, printing, and tear-off positions. For more information, see the sections on using the paper memory and short tear-off features and adjusting the top of form and printing positions in this chapter. TOP OF FORM When the printer is off line, press this button to enter or exit top of form mode. You can also use this button to enter paper memory settings. For more information, see the sections on adjusting the top of form position and using the paper memory feature in this chapter. `DIP Switch 2 * The default Ming for DIP smtch 1.3 vanes dependmg on the country. ** When DIP swatch l-4 is on and the pnnter IS in I&l emulation mode. the funchons of DIP swtche!s l-3. l-6, l-7. l-8. and 2-1 differ from those twci in thls table. DFX-8000-4 5/23/90 9-Pin Printers DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DIP Switch 3 1 Defaults 1 The following table shows the default conditions that become valid when the printer is initialized. * The default setting for DIP switch 3-2 varies depending on the country. International character set a ESC * 0. ESC L = ESC l 1. 1 IBM emulation mode: cleared I Spain l 1 OFF 1 OFF 1 Off 1 Selecting Character Sets 1 78 7C 70 7E The default sectingo for these DIP sw~tchea vary depending on the country. Interface/Parity selection Baud rate selection When you sekct IBM emulation mode by turning on DIP switch l-4, DIP switches l-3, l-6. 1-7, 1-8, and 2-1 function differently than they do in Epson ESC/P mode. The tables below show the functions of these switches in IBM emulation mode. DIP switch functions in IBM emulation mode SW 1-3 l-6 l-7 l-8 2-l 1 FFcanrnandatthetopofform~ 1 I1 Valid 1 Deecriptloll Autornanc carnage ON 1 OFF return OFF 1 ON I Coontry 0 U.S.A. 1 France 2 Germany 3 uritedKilqdm 4 Oenmarkl 5 Sweden 6 Italy 7 SpamI Country 9 Norway 10 Denmark II 11 Spamll 12 Latin Amenca ASCII cod. (hex) 23 24 40 58 5C SD 5E 60 ASCII code (hex) 23 24 40 58 SC 50 SE 60 78 7C 70 7E Defautl charader table see table wow. tn13iS0AU6seAii t$~lBAUAa0Au tt$AiRLA' # $ A i i fi 6 ti ILBiiifi6ti IBM emulation mode character tables 91 l The Appendix shows the characters included in each character table. 9-Pin Printer 5/23/90 DFX-8000-55 DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER I Pull Tractor 1 II ESC l EC- This option improves the handling of heavy multi-part forms and labels. It also enhances printing alignment on preprinted forms. 37 38 42 45 47 48 49 50 so 51 52 52 53 53 54 54 5s 5s 56 58 60 61 61 62 63 64 6s 65 66 67 67 66 69 70 25 24 ZA 2D 2F 30 31 32 32 33 34 34 3s 3s 36 36 37 37 Select Userdefined Set.. ..... 9-37 Define Userdefined characters ....................... 9-36 IX/ ESCO ESCl Esc2 Esc2* Esc3 ESC4 Esc4 L I This option allows you to handle continuous paper more easily by cutting off printed documents for you. ESCS ESC 5 ESC 6 ESC 6 Esc7 Esc7 UC: Esc: Ix < Select Graphia Mode.. ...... 9-39 Turn Underlining Mode On/Off.. ......................... 9-32 Select Vertical Tab Channel .......................... 9-19 Select l/&ich Line Spacing.. ......................... 9-15 Select 7/72-inch Line Spacing ........................... 9-16 Select l&inch Line Sparing ........................... 9-16 Select Programmpble Line Spacing ........................... Set n/216-&h Line Spacing 9-16 Select ItaIic Mode ............. 9-31 Set Top of Form ............... Cancel ItaIic Mode.. .......... 9-32 Turn Automatic Line Feed o n / o f f . . ......................... Enable Printable Characters.. ..................... 9-35 Select IntemationaI auracta !set ................... Enable Upper Control coda ............................. 9-35 9-32 9-1s 9-16 9-42 9-16 9-43 9-43 9-49 3A 3A 3c 3D 3D 3E 3F 40 41 41 42 43 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 49 4A 48 rc ID 4E 4F Commands In Numerical Order 1 Esc * E!x Esc > ESC? Select Standard Character set ................................. Copy ROM to RAM ......... 9-36 select 12 cpi .................... Select Unidirectional Mode (one line) ........................ 9-10 Set MSB to 0.. ................. 9-11 Define userdefined characters ....................... Set h&B to 1 ................... Reassign Graphics Mode .... hitidize Printer.. .............. Set n/72-inch Line SpacinjJ.. ......................... Set d724nch Line SPrcing ........................... Set VerticaI Tabs .............. * Page Length in Lines.. .. 9 Page Length in Inches ... Set Horizontal Tabs .......... &I& Emphasized Mode ... S&t Double-Strike Mode . . Cancel Double-Strike Mode ............................. Printable Code Area Expansion.. ...................... !klect Font ...................... 9-11 9-40 9-9 9-17 9-18 9-13 9-14 9-22 9-29 9-30 9-30 949 9-47 9-50 BEL 7 BS HT LF VT FF CR 8 9 10 11 12 07 08 W OA so SI DC1 Ei DC3 DC4 13 14 15 17 18 18 19 20 08 oc OD OE OF 11 12 If 13 14 18 7F OE OF 19 20 21 23 24 CAN 24 DEL l27 E!xso 1 4 ............................ 9-l2 Backspace ........................ 9-20 Tab HorizontaUy .............. 9-22 LineFeed ........................ 9-15 Tab Vertical.Iy .................. 9-17 Form Feed ....................... 9-14 Carriage Return.. .............. 9-12 !%hct Doublwvide Mode (one Iii) ........................ 9-27 Select Condad Mode.. ... 9-26 select Printer ................... 9-9 Gncd Condad Mode.. . .9-26 S&et 10 cpi .................... DaeIect Printer ................ 9-10 GnceI Doubltwide Mode (one line) ........................ 9-27 Cancel Line ..................... 9-13 Delete Character............, . 9-13 9-12 9-20 9-22 9-15 9-17 9-14 9-12 9-27 9-26 9-9 9-47 9-10 9-27 9-13 9-27 946 ESCQ ESCA ESCA ESCB ESCC Escco ESCD EXE ESCF ESCG ESCH ESCI ESCI ESCJ ESCK ESCL E!XM ESCN Esco sd& ~phasiz,ed Mode .... 9-29 n 72 73 73 7s 76 77 78 79 74 943 9-44 9-13 9-14 9-4s 9-29 9-29 9-30 9-30 9-46 9-44 9-38 9-3a 9-14 9-1s 9-37 Sekt Doublwvide Mode (one line) ........................ 9-27 Select Condaned Mode.. ... 9-26 Pedormn/216-iichLine ............................... 9-17 sdat sirl&dauity Esc SI ESCEM Esc SP ESCI EsC# Escs 15 25 32 33 35 * Select Paper P8th.. ............ set IntachuKta space ..... Master sdecl ................... curd MSB Control ......... set Abdute Riiu Position .......................... 9-12 9-33 9-u o-11 9-21 G~pks Mode ................. 9-38 Sdca Double-density Graphics Mode................. 9-38 S&ct 12 cpi .................... 9-25 ,$& S&I OVW Perforation . .9-14 Gncd skip over Perforation ...................... 9-15 DFX-8000-6 5/23/90 9-Pin Printers DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER ESCP ESC P ESC Q ESC Q22 ESCR ESCR Escso EsCSl 80 so 81 81 82 82 83 83 81 85 a0 87 89 90 91 92 92 94 94 . 95 97 98 107 50 50 51 51 52 52 53 53 54 55 58 57 59 5A 58 5c 5c Select 10 cpi .................... 9-25 Turn Proportional Mode on/off ........................... set Right Margin .............. 9-20 Deselect Pdnta ................ select an rntemational Characta Set.. ................. 944 Restore Default ,Tab 9-47 942 ESCT ESCU Escx Escw ESCY ESCZ ESC I d Esc\ Esc\ ESC EXESC _ ESC a ESC b ESC k ESC 1 ESC p Esct ESC w ESC x satinsr ........................... Select Superscript Mode ..... 9-30 Select Subsuipt Mode.. ...... 9-31 Cancel Superscript/ Subscript Mode ................ 9-31 Turn Unidirectional Mode on/off.. ......................... 9-m 94 9-30 9-31 9-31 9-10 9-46 9-28 9-a 9-39 9-48 SetLdtandRight Margins .......................... Tum Double-wide Mode on/off.. ......................... 9-28 5E 5E SF 61 62 6B 6c 70 74 77 78 Selca High-speed Double density Graphics Mode ...... 9-38 Select Quadruple+nsity Graphics Mode.. ............... 9-39 Set Doublchi&/Doublc wide Printing ................... Set Relative Print Position . . 9-21 Print Characters from Symbol set.. .................... Select 9-pin Graphics Mode ............................. 9-40 Print One Characta from Symbol set.. .................... Turn Ovcrscoring Mode on/off.. ......................... 9-49 9-M 9-48 Select Justification.. ........... 9-33 Set Vertical Tabs in channels.. ....................... 9-18 Sekt Typestyle Family ...... 9-23 Set L&t Margin ................ 9-19 108 112 116 119 120 Turn Proportional Mode on/off.. ......................... 9-25 Select Character Table.. ..... 9-34 Turn Double-high Mode on/off.. ......................... 9-28 Select Near Letta Quality or Draft .......................... 9-23 9-Pin Printers 5/23/90 DFX-8000-7 DFX-8000 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER ,. Installation/Support Tips Physical lnstallatlon The DFX-8000 printer is a very easy printer to set up, but due to the fact that It is a very hiqh-speed machine. special care must be taken to ensure that a proper paper path is established. Epson printer stand model 8501-A is specially designed to accommodate the printer, and its use is recommended but not required. This stand provider a catch bin and a paper supply shelf large enough to hold paper for both the front and rear tractors, as well as detents, which hold the printer securely in place. lf this stand is not used, make sure that the paper supply to both tractors is properly aligned (no skewing to either aide) and that the paper exiting does not interfere with the rear paper supply. Also ensure that the power and interface cable are routed away from both incoming and exiting paper. Software lnstallation The DFX-8000 is code-compatible with the Epson FX printer series, and therefore it will perform property with virtually all popular software. Most software provides Epson FX printer support, but programs that do not have an FX driver should work properly in LX, RX, MX, or Epson drivers are selected. DFX-8000-8 5/23/90 9-Pin Printers