User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-SETTING UP THE PRINTER
- CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING
- CHAP 3-USING THE PRINTER
- CHAP 4-USING SOFTWARE AND GRAPHICS
- Using the LQ-2550 With Application Programs
- Computer-Printer Communication
- Enhancing Your Printing
- Graphics
- User-Defined Characters
- Designing Your Characters
- Design Grids
- Data Numbers
- Sending Information to Your Printer
- Printing User-Defined Characters
- Copying ROM Characters to RAM
- Letter Quality Characters
- Proportional Mode Characters
- Superscripts and Subscripts
- The Graphics Command
- Column Reservation Numbers
- A simple Graphics Program
- Using Hand-Calculated Data to Print Graphics
- Using Software and Graphics
- Mixing Print Styles
- CHAP 5-MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- Troubleshooting
- Problems and Solutions
- The Printer Does Not Print
- The Printer Stops Printing
- The Printout is Spaced Incorrectly
- The Printout is Faint or Uneven
- The Printout is Not what You Expect
- Single Sheets Do Not Feed Properly
- Continuous Paper Does Not Feed Properly
- Cut Sheet Feeder Does Not Load Paper Correctly
- The Short Tear-Off Feature Does Not Work Properly
- Color Printing Is Not What You Expect
- Data Dump Mode
- CHAP 7-USING PRINTER OPTIONS
- CHAP 8-COMMAND SUMMARY
- APPENDIX A-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
If
the
display
shows
HEAfi
HIIIT
, the print head is overheating. Wait a
few minutes;
the
printer resumes printing automatically when the
head cools.
If the printer stops and the beeper sounds and the display shows
EF?XN?
10,
turn
the
printer off and check for paper jams. Then turn
the printer back on and try to print again. If the printer beeps again
and does not print, take it to a qualified service person.
If
the
printer stops, the beeper sounds, and the display shows
EFFC!!?
11
, the paper is not straight. Turn the printer off,
remove the paper, turn the printer back on, and reload the paper
with the
LOAD/EJECT
button.
If the printer stops,
the
beeper sounds, and the display shows
error
12
the platen knob was used to advance paper. Turn the
printer off, remove the paper, turn the printer back on, and
reload the paper with the
LOAD/EJECT
button.
The printout is spaced incorrectly
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If all the text is printed on the same line, no line feed command is
being
sent at the
end of each line of text. Change the auto line feed
setting in SelecType to on. See Chapter 3 for details.
l
If the printer is inserting extra blank lines between lines of text, extra
line feed commands are being sent. Change the auto line feed setting
in SelecType to off. See Chapter 3 for details.
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If the printer inserts extra blank lines even after setting auto line feed
off, disable the
AUTO FEED XT
signal of your interface.
The printout is faint or uneven
l
The ribbon may not be properly installed. See Chapter 1.
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The ribbon may be worn out. See Chapter 5.
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The print head may be worn out. This is especially likely if parts of
printed characters are missing. Contact your dealer to have the head
replaced. Never attempt to replace the head yourself because other
parts of the printer should be checked at the same time.
Troubleshooting
6-3