Settings Quick start guide26 Setting the print head gap The printer features automatic print head gap adjustment to the thickness of the pa-per used. In setup mode, you can enter a correction value to modify the head gapthat is normally determined automatically. This correction is useful for modifyingthe appearance of the type face. This correction will modify the appearance of thefont. It may be necessary to obtain optimum printing results on certain paper types.The AGA (automatic gap adjustment) function must be set to “always” or “once”.For more detailed information, refer to the User guide on the Online CD-ROM.Press the Setup key. The printer changes to setup mode.Press the Adjust (2) key.Press the Head (1) key.Use the < (2) or > (3) key to set the range within which the automatic gap adjust-ment is to be corrected. You can select values in the range from -10 to +10. Valuesfrom 0 to -10 reduce the distance between the print head and the paper, positivevalues increase the distance.Confirm the input by pressing the Set (1) key.Press the Setup key. The printer returns to the initial status.Negative values decrease the print head gap, positive values increase it. Changingthe automatically determined value may have a strong effect on the printing qual-ity. The setting made will be retained after switching off the printer.Adjust PaprpathMenu Char OnlineSetup21 3 4TOFHead Tear OnlineSetup21 3 4Head= 0 *Set < > Exit OnlineSetup21 3 4Quick Start-en.book Seite 26 Dienstag, 22. Juni 2004 1:33 13

Introduction

Using the Online CD-ROM

Printer at a glance

Installation

Placing your printer

Checking the printer voltage

Connecting the printer

Control panel

Setup mode

Changing the ribbon cassette

Paper handling

Changing the paper type in the Setup menu

Single sheets

Paper transport

Moving the paper to the tear position

Removing paper

Settings

Setting the first printing line (TOF)

Setting the print head gap

Selecting character density and font temporarily

Printing out status page

Technical data

Paper specifications

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Printer in fanfold paper mode

Paperway

Switching on the printer

Printer drivers

Installing a printer driver in Windows 2000/NT 4.0/XP

Other operating systems

Changing printer settings

Graphic options

Loading optional firmware

The control panel

The LC display

Online mode

Messages in the LC display

Key functions when turning on the printer

Changing the paper type in the setup menu

Loading paper

The Menu

Menu configurations (Macros)

Menu handling

Selecting the LC display language

Terminating Setup mode

Menu structure

Menu parameters

Reset to default values (Reset)

Selecting font (Font)

Setting line spacing (LPI)

Selecting Protocol (emulation)

Bidirectional printing (PrintDir)

Settings for interfaces (I/O)

Data format (Format)

Buffer control (BuffCtrl)

Selecting interface (Interf.)

Selecting interface timeout (Timeout)

Automatic line feed (Auto-LF)

Language (Language)

Form length (Formlen)

First printing position (FormAdj)

Print head gap manually (Head)

View and tear position (TearView)

Line length (Width)

Barcode (Barcode)

Form feed mode (FFmode)

Setting and activating options (PapOpt)

Automatic gap adjustment (AGA)

Paper handling (Paphand)

Paper width (Pagewid)

Right-hand area (Rightzo)

Line wrap (Wrap)

Setting for printing copy paper (HvyForm)

Setting the page margins (Margin)

Setting the bottom margin (Botmrg)

Setting the DEC Mode (DECMode)

Character set (CharSet)

User preference character set (UserChr)

Printer ID (Prn.ID)

Disconnection on end of transmission (Discnct)

Automatic answerback (Answbck)

Setting the IBM mode (IBMMode)

Code page (CodPage)

IBM Double Height (DblHigh)

Slashed Zero (Sl.Zero)

Setting the EPSON Mode (EPSMode)

Menu settings (example)

Advanced menu

Printer self-test (Rolling ASCII)

Exiting Rolling ASCII test mode

Interface test (H-Dump)

Terminating Hex-Dump

Advanced settings

Settings for paper with dark back (Pap.back)

Troubleshooting

General print problems

Problems with the paper feed

Paper jam (single sheets)

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