GSX-190II User's Manual Important Safety Instructions Read all of these instructions carefully and thoroughly and save them for later reference. The unauthorized operation would lead to malfunction or accident. Manufacturers have no responsibilities for the problems which are led by misoperations. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Follow all warnings and instructions in the manual as well as marked on the product.
GSX-190II User's Manual Compliance Statements FCC Compliance Statement for American Users This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
GSX-190II User's Manual Warnings, Cautions and Notes Pay attention to the following promises when using this manual: Warnings: Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury. Cautions: Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment. Notes: Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer. The Guide First thanks for purchasing this CITIZEN printer.
GSX-190II User's Manual Table of Contents Important Safety Instructions ............................................................................................................................... i Compliance Statements........................................................................................................................................ ii The Guide ...........................................................................................................................................
GSX-190II User's Manual 3.3 Printer Setting Descriptions ......................................................................................................................... 25 3.4 Restore the Default Settings ....................................................................................................................... 26 Chapter 4 Problems and Solutions ................................................................................................................... 27 4.1 Power Supply .....
GSX-190II User's Manual Chapter 1 Preparation 1.1 Unpacking & Checking Check the following items in the package, if any of these items is missing, please contact your dealer. B A C D E Figure 1-1 Packing list A: Printer B: Ribbon cartridge (JMR108) C: Power cord D: Driver CD (Including user's manual and driver) E: Quick Start Guide 1.2 Removing the Protective Materials 1.
GSX-190II User's Manual 1.3 Main Parts of the Printer Figure1-3, Figure1-4 and Figure 1-5 shows the main parts of GSX-190II.
GSX-190II User's Manual 1.4 Choosing a Place for the Printer When selecting a place to set up your printer, choose a convenient location that provides the following items: 1. A flat, stable surface. 2. Adequate room around the printer to allow easy operation and maintenance. Make sure it’s close enough to the computer for the printer cable to reach, and be sure you can easily unplug the power cord. 3. Moderate environmental conditions.
GSX-190II User's Manual 1.5.2 Installing the Ribbon Cartridge 1. Before installing the ribbon cartridge, make sure the printer is turned off. 2. Remove the window: As shown below, turn the window backwards and then pull up to remove it. Figure 1-7 Remove the window 3. Remove the cutter: Press the lock sheets on both sides of the cutter, and then pull the cutter upwards as shown below. Lock sheet Cutter Figure 1-8 Remove the cutter 4. Pull the gap adjust lever to the highest position. 5.
GSX-190II User's Manual 6. Hold the ribbon cartridge with the ribbon knob facing upwards. Turn the ribbon knob in the direction of the arrow to remove any slack from the ribbon, so that it is easier to install. Figure 1-10 Tighten the ribbon 7. Insert the ribbon cartridge into the printer as the following figure shown; then press both sides of the cartridge down firmly to fit the buckles into the printer slots. Figure 1-11 Install ribbon cartridge 8.
GSX-190II User's Manual 1.6 Installing the Tractor 1.6.1 Installing the Drive Tractor Aim the mounting slots on both sides of tractor at the alignment pins which are at the back of printer, press forward till it locks in place. (Shown as figure 1-13) Figure 1-13 Install the drive tractor 1.7 Connecting the Power Cord 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. (“O” mark on the power switch is pressed down.) Power switch Electrical outlet Power cord Power supply inlet Figure 1-14 Turn off the printer 2.
GSX-190II User's Manual 1.8 Running the Self-test The built-in self-test function demonstrates that the printer is working properly. You can run the test with either tractor paper or cut sheets; this section describes the easier way of ASCII self-test with cut-sheets. Note: You should use paper at least 210 mm wide to run the self-test; otherwise, the print head prints directly on the platen. 1. Make sure the printer is turned off and the paper select lever is at the cut sheet position.
GSX-190II User's Manual Figure 1-18 Install cut sheets Warning: Always close the window while the printer is printing. 5. To stop printing temporarily, press the ONLINE key. 6. After the printer finishes printing, press LF/FF key or EJECT/LOAD key to eject cut sheet, and then turn off the printer to exit self test mode. ASCII Self-test mode CITIZEN GSX-190II VX.X 20XX/XX/XX !"#$%&’( )*+-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`ab !"#$%&'( )*+-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`
GSX-190II User's Manual 1.9.1 Connecting to the Parallel Cable 1. Turn off both the computer and the printer. Plug the parallel cable connector securely into the printer’s parallel interface. Squeeze the wire clips together until they lock in place on either side of the connector. Parallel interface Figure 1-21 Connect to the parallel cable 2. Plug the other end of the cable into the computer’s parallel interface. And then tighten the screws on both sides. 1.9.2 Connecting to the USB Cable 1.
GSX-190II User's Manual 2. Plug the other end of the cable into the computer’s serial interface; then tighten the screws on both sides of the connector. 1.10 Installing Driver Please use the cable to connect computer with printer, then turn on the computer and the printer, put the driver CD into the CD-ROM. Install driver by the following ways: Auto-installing way Double click the file “Setup.exe” in the driver disc, install driver by the following direct.
GSX-190II User's Manual The USB interface installing steps for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7 are as follows: The following steps are used Windows XP as example. There are slight differences among different operating systems. 1. Connect the printer to computer with an USB cable and turn on the printer. 2. After the computer find out new hardware and finish searching, pop up a window of “Found New Hardware Wizard”, choose “Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)”, click “Next”. 3.
GSX-190II User's Manual USB driver installing steps: 1. Connect an USB cable and turn on the printer. 2. After the computer find out new hardware and finish searching, a window of “Add New Hardware Wizard” pops up, click “Next”. 3. A window of “Add New Hardware Wizard” — “Windows operation” pops up, choose “Search the best driver for the device (recommended)”, and click “Next”. 4.
GSX-190II User's Manual Chapter 2 Control Panel You can use the four keys on the control panel to operate your printer, such as line feed, form feed, load paper, eject paper or set print speed. The indicator lights on the control panel show the current print speed. Figure 2-1 Control panel 2.1 Indicator Light Indicator OFF ON BLINK ONLINE (Green) Offline Online Micro-Adjust POWER (Red) Turn off Turn on Paper out or malfunction occurs Indicator 1, 2 Indicate the current printing speed 2.
GSX-190II User's Manual 2. If the paper is at the tear off position in the offline mode, press ONLINE key, the printer will go back to the printing home position of the current page or the next page. 2.2.2 In the Cut Sheet Mode LF/FF If the paper is at the print position in the offline mode, press the LF/FF key once (less than 0.5 second), the printer will feed the paper one line base on current line spacing set.
GSX-190II User's Manual 2.2.5 Feed Paper to the Tear off Position 1. Turn on the printer, and then hold the ONLINE key down for about 3 seconds in the offline mode till the ONLINE indicator blinks with a beep. 2. Hold the TEAR key down for about 3 seconds to switch the function of automatically feeding paper to the tear off position ON or OFF. 2.2.6 Other Functions of the Panel Turn on the printer while holding some buttons, and then the printer will enter the special mode.
GSX-190II User's Manual Use the table below to select the appropriate paper thickness.
GSX-190II User's Manual Chapter 3 How to Use the Printer Here are the steps of using printer: 1. Assemble the printer as the chapter 1, connect the printer to your computer and install the driver correctly. 2. Load the correct type of paper. 3. Set the printer if necessary. 4. Send the print command to the printer to print. 3.1 Installing the Print Paper In addition to printing on cut sheets and tractor papers, your printer can also print on a wide variety of paper types, including multi-part forms.
GSX-190II User's Manual 3. Raise the paper guide upright, and then turn on the printer. Figure 3-3 Raise the paper guide upright 4. Slide the left edge guide until it reaches the triangular guide mark. Next, adjust the right edge guide to match the width of your paper. (As shown in figure 3-4) Figure 3-4 Adjust the paper guide 5. Slide a sheet of paper down firmly between the edge guides until it meets resistance. The printer loads the sheet automatically. (As shown below) Figure 3-5 Insert cut sheet 6.
GSX-190II User's Manual 3.1.2 Loading Tractor Paper For easy to switch between printing on cut sheets and tractor paper, or easy to tear off tractor paper sheet by sheet, you should use the tractor in push position. The printer comes with the tractor installed in this position at the factory settings. Using drive tractor: 1. Make sure the printer is turned off. Remove the paper guide and place the paper select lever in the tractor paper position.
GSX-190II User's Manual 5. Make sure your paper has a clean, straight leading edge. Open the sprocket covers. Fit the first holes of the paper over the sprocket pins and then close the sprocket covers. Slide the right sprocket unit to remove any slack in the paper and lock it in place. Now the paper is in the ready position. Figure 3-9 Load the tractor paper in the tractor Note: Only to clean the paper jams when the printer is turned off, can use the paper feed knob on the right side of the printer.
GSX-190II User's Manual Note: Do not use the knob to adjust the printing home position due to the micro-range is limited. When the adjustment exceeds the up-limit or down-limit, the beeper beeps and the position can not be adjusted for a further time. The position is in effect before next adjustment. (The margin set in the software can cover this adjustment, so you had better adjust the printing home position with the software.) 9.
GSX-190II User's Manual in the cut sheet position, otherwise, it should in the tractor paper mode.) 3. After loading paper, in cut sheet mode, the printer would print out the current setting and facility operation guide of control panel automatically. In tractor mode, after installing the paper to the drive tractor, once you press EJECT/LOAD key, the printer would load paper to printing home position and then print out the current setting and the facility operation guide of control panel.
GSX-190II User's Manual Note: 1.The current settings are underlined. 2. When you select compress printing in the setup menu, high speed printing is invalid. 1. The printer is in online mode, holding the EJECT/LOAD key down for 3 seconds. The power indicator and online indicator blink twice simultaneously which indicates that the printer enters the menu setup mode. The title and main menu are printed out firstly (as the following figure shown), the default settings are underlined.
GSX-190II User's Manual 3.2.2 Online-aptitude Parameter Settings GSX-190II supports the function of online-aptitude parameter settings, which can be set in the PC with the driver installed in. The concrete setting steps are shown as follows: 1. Make sure that the host and the printer are connected with a cable and both the host and the printer are turned on, the printer should be in normal working condition as well. 2. Click “Start” → “Settings” → “Printers”. 3.
GSX-190II User's Manual 3.3 Printer Setting Descriptions This section describes all the settings available in the Menu Setup Mode. Options Description SYSTEM SETUP EMULATION Specify printer's control commands. LANGUAGE Specify the printer menu language as English or Chinese. CHAR. MODE Select ASCII or Chinese character mode to print when printer receives character printing task. CHARACTER FONT Specify a kind of ASCII fonts to print when printer receives character printing task.
GSX-190II User's Manual TEAR POS After selecting this function on, when the printer has finished printing, paper would be fed to the set tear off position automatically, and you should tear off the paper manually. PIN SWITCH After selecting this function on, printer would switch different pins to print table line automatically. IMPACT MODE According to customer's printing requirement, select the printing capability. SERIAL 1/F BAUD RATE Specify the printer serial data transfer rate.
GSX-190II User's Manual Chapter 4 Problems and Solutions Most problems you may encounter while operating your printer, herein, have simple solutions for those problems. You can check the operation of your printer using the self test. See “Running the Self-test” on chapter 1.8. If the self test works properly, the problem probably lies in the computer, the software, or the interface cable. If the self test does not work, contact your dealer or qualified service person for assistance.
GSX-190II User's Manual 3. The gap adjust lever may be too high. If so, move it to the corresponding thickness position with the paper. Phenomenon 4: The printer makes a strange noise while printing. Solutions: 1. Turn off the printer and check for a paper jam, a ribbon jam, or other problems. Phenomenon 5: The beeper sounds several times and the ONLINE indicator is off. Solutions: 1. Switch off the printer and power on again. 2. If the ONLINE indicator stays off, check for a paper jam or ribbon jam.
GSX-190II User's Manual the paper length. Phenomenon 2: Regular gaps occur in the printout. Solutions: Skip-over-perforation may be on. Set skip-over-perforation to off in the printer setting mode. See “Changing the printer settings”. 4.3 Paper Handling Cut sheets do not be fed properly Phenomenon 1: Paper does not feed. Solutions: 1. Tractor paper may be left in the printer. Remove the tractor paper. Set the paper select lever to the cut sheet position. Insert a new sheet. 2.
GSX-190II User's Manual Phenomenon 3: The paper does not eject completely. Solutions: 1. May be the page length is too long. When using the drive tractor, tear off the last paper printed out, then press the EJECT/LOAD key to feed the paper backward. 2. Please make sure the paper length is within prescribed range. (Refer to the paper specifications in Appendix A) Phenomenon 4: When you switch between cut sheets and tractor paper, the beeper sounds several times and the online indicator is off.
GSX-190II User's Manual Chapter 5 Printer Maintenance and Technical Service 5.1 Printer Cleaning Carriage shaft Figure 5-1 Printer cleaning Periodical cleaning and cleaning tool Periodical cleaning: Every 6 months or 300 working hours Cleaning tool: Dry cloth (Use soft cloth while cleaning metal parts) Cleaning carriage shaft There is a layer of oil covered on the carriage shaft which guarantees the carriage runs smoothly.
GSX-190II User's Manual Appendix A Specifications A.1 General Item Description Printing method 9 Pin Dot Matrix Impact Printer Printing width 80 columns (10 CPI)/ 203.2 mm Printing speed ASCII Normal speed (NLQ) High speed (DRAFT) Super high speed (SUPER-DRAFT) 10 CPI 56 CPS 225 CPS 300 CPS 12 CPI 67 CPS 270 CPS 337 CPS Print head Diameter of wire: 0.3 mm Resolution 240 x 144 dpi (Max.) Character set ASCII: 17 international character sets (U.S.A, FRANCE, GERMANY, U.K.
GSX-190II User's Manual Width: 148 ~ 257 mm Cut sheet (Feed by paper guide) Thickness: 0.065 ~ 0.14 mm Weight: 52 ~ 90 g/m2 Paper specification Width: 101.6 ~ 254 mm Tractor paper (Feed from rear to rear) Total Thickness: 0.065 ~ 0.39 mm Weight (Single paper): 52 ~ 82 g/m2 Multiple paper (Every page): 40 ~ 58 g/m2 Max. paper thickness 0.39 mm Copy Original + 3 copes Compression Support graph and character compression printing.
GSX-190II User's Manual A.2.2 USB Interface The following table provides the standardized contact terminating assignments by number and color for Series “A” and Series “B” connectors of Full-speed USB 2.0. Contact Number Signal Name Color 1 VBUS Red 2 D- White 3 D+ Green 4 GND Black 2 1 3 4 Figure A-2 USB-B type connector A.2.3 Serial Interface The serial interface has the following characteristics.
GSX-190II User's Manual Appendix B Paper Specification B.1 Paper Specification and Printable Area B.1.1 The Notice Relates to Paper Using the following paper will cause unstable paper feeding, paper jam or paper crease, even leads to break pin. So it is forbidden using. • Too thin or too thick, or the thickness of which are uneven. (The paper which doesn’t accord with paper specification) • Too small or too large. (The paper which doesn’t accord with paper specification) • Paper being cut out or has hole.
GSX-190II User's Manual B.1.2 Useable Paper Types and Guarantee Area Useable papers are shown in the following table: Paper type Cut sheet Guarantee grade ● Continuous paper ● Card × Envelope Delivery order form Postcard Deposit book × ▲ × × Label Recycled paper × ● Other conditions Caution: “Guarantee” here means the specifications which accord with print specification, noise specification and paper feed performance, etc.
GSX-190II User's Manual ◆ Cut Sheet Dimension and Printable area ○ Single-ply paper First character (10 CPI) Printable area : Printable area : Print area Print area is not included in print specification.
GSX-190II User's Manual B.1.4 Tractor Paper Tractor paper is the continuous paper which has gear holes and the traverse perforations lines. Refer to the following table for the requirement of tractor paper. Paper Single-ply paper White paper Multi-ply paper NCR paper Width 101.6 ~ 254 mm Length ≥ 145 mm Copy capability (Max.) 4 copies (Original + 3 copies), paper weight bases on 40g/ m2 standard.
GSX-190II User's Manual ◆ The position and size of gear hole The gear hole of tractor paper should accord with the specification. The positions and sizes of gear hole are shown below. The central line here refers to the line between any two gear hole centers which in the distance of 254mm in either side of the paper.
GSX-190II User's Manual Warp of gear hole center C Below 0.1 Central warp of right and left gear holes. E Below 0.15 Lean of right and left central line – Below 0.15 The maximal warp of the gear hole center in the same side. The warp value of the beeline which perpendiculars to central line through any gear hole in the left and the center of corresponding gear hole in the right. The distance to other end when the parallel moved right and left central lines superposes with one end.
GSX-190II User's Manual First Second Third Forth Fifth page page page page page Line pulp 1 ~ 2 mm ○ Paper Binding • Paper binding should be in both ends, it is not allow paper binding only in one end. • Paper binding should be in the paper side and the surface should be even. • Please operate double-ply paper binding along the paper feeding direction. • Make sure paper binding part is fixed tightly and does not wrap. • Please press it down tightly after paper binding to avoid warping.
GSX-190II User's Manual Loading direction 6.35 6.35 Unit: mm Fixed tightly Above 2 Transverse perforation Not fixed tightly Paper binding space is over 50.8mm (2inches) 25.4 3~4 About 1 Press down to avoid warping 50.8 Space If bind the four places together The size and position of paper binding (Double-ply) Expanding figure of the binding part ◆ Requirement of Multi-ply paper (NCR paper) It is recommended to use the multi-ply paper which is first class or above.
GSX-190II User's Manual ◆ Warp between toothed holes of each ply Please use the paper which toothed holes warp between each ply (causes by the warp of multi-ply papers superposition) is less than 0.4 mm. Toothed hole Warp is less than 0.4 mm Toothed holes section ◆ Binding hole, Clipped corner It is not support the paper which is with binding holes and clipped corners. Caution: Do not use the paper with clipped corner or binding hole which is not include in the guarantee list.
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GSX-190II User's Manual Appendix C Command Summary This printer supports EPSON ESC/PK2 control commands shown as the follow table: Classify Printer Control Commands Image and Color Handling Chinese Character Print Command No Command Description 1 ESC @ Initialize Printer 2 CAN Cancel Line 3 DEL Delete Character 4 ESC # Cancel MSB Control Sequence 5 ESC > Set MSB to 1 6 ESC = Reset MSB to 0 7 BEL Beeper 8 BS Backspace 9 ESC U Select Print Direction 10 ESC < Select ch
GSX-190II User's Manual FS W Select/Cancel character 37 FS J Select lengthways printing 38 FS K Select transverse printing FS D Two character lengthways half-size mode paratactically printing 40 FS - Select/Cancel Underline Mode for Chinese character 41 FS S Select full-size mode pitch for Chinese character 42 FS T Select half-size mode pitch for Chinese character 43 FS U Select half-size mode pitch adjustment for character 44 FS V Cancel half-size mode pitch adjustment for
GSX-190II User's Manual ASCII Character Font Enhancement Format Control 74 ESC : Copy ROM Characters Set into RAM 75 ESC % 76 ESC 6 Enable Character Set 2 77 ESC 7 Cancel command ESC 6 78 SI Select Compressed Mode 79 DC2 Cancel Compressed Mode 80 SO Select Double Width Mode 81 DC4 Cancel Double Width Mode 82 ESC W n Select/Cancel Double Width Mode 83 ESC w n Select/Cancel Double height Mode 84 ESC G Select Double Strike Mode 85 ESC H Cancel Double Strike Mode
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