Testing the PrinterYou can use the Help Menu printout to test the printer.How to Print a Help Menu PrintoutThe organization of the multilevel menus is shown on the Help Menu printout. Allcurrent selections are marked with an asterisk.1. Make sure the printer is Offline.2. Press the Menu key.3. Use the Up or Down arrow keys until you see Help Menu on the display.4. Press Enter.The Help Menu printout begins printing. When it's finished, press the FF key, tearoff the sheet and use it to become familiar with menu items.

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TallyGenicom 6312 Installation Instructions Manual

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quick start guide

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Preface

About This Manual

Site Preparation

Figure 1 - 1. Shipping Screw Locations

Rear Guide Assembly Instructions

Figure 1 - 3. Rear view, showing Serial, Parallel and Power Plugs

Powering Up

Figure 1 - 5. Inside the Lid

Print Gap

Installing the Ribbon Cartridge

Figure 1 - 9. Ribbon Shield Panels

LED Indicators

Introduction

Figure 2 - 1. Inside Paper Inlet, visible when looking inside the printer cabinet

Figure 2 - 2. Paper path past the lid

Figure 2 - 4. Column Alignment Scale

Figure 2 - 6. Top of Form Nubbin

Print Gap Adjustment

Using a Saved Gap Zone Profile

Fine-tuning the Automatic Print Gap Setting

Figure 2 - 8. Typical display when adjusting Print Gap

Setting Up Configurations

Control Panel Display

The Display During Normal Operation

The Display When In A Menu

Control Panel Key Functions

FF Key (Form Feed) continued

Enter Key

Clear Key continued

Control Panel Menus

Example: Changing Form Length Using the Menu System

How to Print a Control Panel Selected Options Report

Operator Menu

Tx/Cx Language (only on Twinax/Coax printers)

Matrix

Ser/Par Style

OCR Standards

Forms Category

Left Margin

Print to EOF (End Of Form) Continued

Eject Delay

RibnMon Thresh

Print Gap Category

Reset

Detect Distance

Config Menu

LAN Emulation (LAN Interface only)

Report

Codes Category

Form Feed at TOF

Ignore Char

TOF Control (Available when Genicom ANSI emulation is selected)

Graphics Category

Table 3 - 2. Bar Code Dot Density

Vertical Scale

MTPL Bar (only in MTPL emulation)

Ignore Term

Configurations Category

how to label a configuration slot

Serial I/O Category

Status Enquiry

DTR Function continued

Parallel I/O Category

Intellifilter Category

Twinax/Coax Category

Host Font Style (Twinax Only)

IR Delay (Coax Only)

GrAVM (Graphics AVM)

IPDS Category (IPDS Only)

TCP/IP Menu (LAN Interface Only)

Subnet Category

Test Menu

Fault Override Category

Help Menu

Appendix A: Troubleshooting

Table A - 1. Display Messages

error messages

Twinax Trouble Checklist

Table A - 2. Paper/Printing Corrective Action

Appendix B: Optional Interfaces

Figure B - 2. Twinax Smart "T" Adaptor

Appendix C: Specifications

Physical Configurations

Acoustics

Power Supply

Emulations

Gothic and Courier

Twinax / Coax / IPDS Character Sets

Paper Description

I NTRODUCTION

Print Speeds

Plot Speeds

Paper Advance

M ECHANICS

Top of Form Alignment

Sensors

Paper Motion

E LECTRONICS

Sensor Inputs

Main Processor

C ONSUMABLES

S AFETY F EATURES

Electro-Magnetic Immunity

Dimensions

Site, Power, and Space Requirements

Heat Load Contribution

T ECHNICIAN A CCESS M ODE

T ROUBLESHOOTING AND R EPORTS

Printer Information Printouts and Displays

TEST Menu

Print2

Plot

Diagnostic Category

Cal-Paper

Meter

Motors

Ribbon Speed

Q UICK F AULT O VERRIDES

Fault

C ONTROL P ANEL M ESSAGES

T ROUBLESHOOTING G UIDES

Printer Powers Up but the Control Panel Does Not Function

No Printed Output but Printer Appears to be Operating Normally

Printed Output Appears Shaky or Fuzzy

Character Columns Not Printing

Printer is Out of Paper — No Paper Out Fault is Reported

Paper Handling Problems

REMOVING AND REPLACING COMPONENTS

End Cover

B OARD A SSEMBLY

P LATFORM

Re-inking Motor

removing the power supply

Drive Motor

Bank

FIRMWARE DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS

P RINTER VIA E THERNET

PRINT GAP CONTROL

Mode

Platen Calibration Option Descriptions

Platen Motor Option Description

APPENDIX A. DRAWINGS

Zero

IntelliFilter Category

Safety

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