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.../Pull tractor Best for simple, efficient operation of their respective owners. Front push paper path Rear push/pull Front push/pull EPSON Sales Training EPSON is fixed. EPSON 24-pin impact printers utilize ESC/P 2, which includes these additional features: el Proportionally-spaced scalab fonts Enhanced graphics printing which allows you to tear off and top...
.../Pull tractor Best for simple, efficient operation of their respective owners. Front push paper path Rear push/pull Front push/pull EPSON Sales Training EPSON is fixed. EPSON 24-pin impact printers utilize ESC/P 2, which includes these additional features: el Proportionally-spaced scalab fonts Enhanced graphics printing which allows you to tear off and top...
Technical Brief (Impact Printers)
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... necessary changes in the software utility, and download the settings to easily change the printer's default settings. Start UP Utility Ver. 1.22 Copyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORP. 1992 Printer: FX-2180 Mode: ESC/P Port: LPT1 Font : Roman Pitch : 10CPI Print Quality : LQ Character Table : PC 437 Continuous Rear : 11 inch Continuous Rear : 8.5mm Continuous Front : 7 inch...
... necessary changes in the software utility, and download the settings to easily change the printer's default settings. Start UP Utility Ver. 1.22 Copyright (C) SEIKO EPSON CORP. 1992 Printer: FX-2180 Mode: ESC/P Port: LPT1 Font : Roman Pitch : 10CPI Print Quality : LQ Character Table : PC 437 Continuous Rear : 11 inch Continuous Rear : 8.5mm Continuous Front : 7 inch...
Product Information Guide
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... fonts: Font Epson Roman / Epson Sans serif 1...LQ-570) or #I7754 (LQ-1070): Life expectancy ln LQ, at 48 dots/character: 2 million characters In draft, at 28 dots/character: 3.42 million characters Film ribbon cartridge #7768 (LQ-570) or #7770 (LQ-2070) (optional): Life expectancy In LQ, at 48 dots...ESC/P 2 commands. Power cord Ribbon cartridge Printer Specifications Printing Printing method: Printing speed: Quellly Mgh-speed draft DraR I Letter quality 24-pin impact dot matrix Chemcten per wire (with film ribbon) Dimensions and weight: i Height I Width II Deoth Weight I La-570...
... fonts: Font Epson Roman / Epson Sans serif 1...LQ-570) or #I7754 (LQ-1070): Life expectancy ln LQ, at 48 dots/character: 2 million characters In draft, at 28 dots/character: 3.42 million characters Film ribbon cartridge #7768 (LQ-570) or #7770 (LQ-2070) (optional): Life expectancy In LQ, at 48 dots...ESC/P 2 commands. Power cord Ribbon cartridge Printer Specifications Printing Printing method: Printing speed: Quellly Mgh-speed draft DraR I Letter quality 24-pin impact dot matrix Chemcten per wire (with film ribbon) Dimensions and weight: i Height I Width II Deoth Weight I La-570...
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...ESC R software command. High-speed draft By setting DIP-switch l-6 off . fi } - However, turning DIP switch l-5 on , printing is turned off , you select bidirectional with DIP switches l-2,1-3, and 14, according to suit your printing needs. LQ-570/1070-4 8/20/91 24-Pin Printers Character tables Your printer... - If DIP switch l-5 is off oft 1 On / On j On Ioff DIP-switch functions This section describes all of dots in one italics character table. Franc8 Germany Umted Kingdom L Denmark 1 ~Sweden 1 Italy Spun 1 I 1-l jl-2 l-3 ; 14 I R $ ...
...ESC R software command. High-speed draft By setting DIP-switch l-6 off . fi } - However, turning DIP switch l-5 on , printing is turned off , you select bidirectional with DIP switches l-2,1-3, and 14, according to suit your printing needs. LQ-570/1070-4 8/20/91 24-Pin Printers Character tables Your printer... - If DIP switch l-5 is off oft 1 On / On j On Ioff DIP-switch functions This section describes all of dots in one italics character table. Franc8 Germany Umted Kingdom L Denmark 1 ~Sweden 1 Italy Spun 1 I 1-l jl-2 l-3 ; 14 I R $ ...
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... Inches) (1.85 lb) 434 mm 2.15 kg (17.1 Inches) (4.74 lb) Note: Dimensions when mounted on Epson ESC/P 2 printers: ESCb ESC/ FXa set : cc (G (U (V t* =(c =(t EsC(v ESC. includes printer dimensions Bin capan'ty Single sheets: Envelopes: C80637' and C80639 Up to 50 sheets of 82-g/m' (22~lb)...I C80637' I -MI) Deleted Commands The following are not supported on the printer; Escx Escc Set page length in VFU channels Select vertical tab channel Select justification LQ-570/1070-6 8/20/91 24-Pin Printers l Envelope printing is a substitute for the parallel interface: \ 0.5 + (Min...
... Inches) (1.85 lb) 434 mm 2.15 kg (17.1 Inches) (4.74 lb) Note: Dimensions when mounted on Epson ESC/P 2 printers: ESCb ESC/ FXa set : cc (G (U (V t* =(c =(t EsC(v ESC. includes printer dimensions Bin capan'ty Single sheets: Envelopes: C80637' and C80639 Up to 50 sheets of 82-g/m' (22~lb)...I C80637' I -MI) Deleted Commands The following are not supported on the printer; Escx Escc Set page length in VFU channels Select vertical tab channel Select justification LQ-570/1070-6 8/20/91 24-Pin Printers l Envelope printing is a substitute for the parallel interface: \ 0.5 + (Min...
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..., bit-image printing Select g-dot, double-density, bit-image printing Select &dot, double-speed, double-density, bit-image printing Select quadruple-density bit-image printing Delete character LQ-570/1070 Information Reference List Engineering Change Notices None. Product Support Bulletins None. BEL BS DC1 DC3 CAN ESC # ESC< ESC = ESC > ESC? Choosing from a menu Because Epson printers share a great many commands...
..., bit-image printing Select g-dot, double-density, bit-image printing Select &dot, double-speed, double-density, bit-image printing Select quadruple-density bit-image printing Delete character LQ-570/1070 Information Reference List Engineering Change Notices None. Product Support Bulletins None. BEL BS DC1 DC3 CAN ESC # ESC< ESC = ESC > ESC? Choosing from a menu Because Epson printers share a great many commands...
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... affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of the information contained herein. EPSON® LQ-570/1070 All rights reserved. IBM and IBM PC are registered trademarks and Epson ESC/P 2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Epson and Epson ESC/P are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted...
... affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of the information contained herein. EPSON® LQ-570/1070 All rights reserved. IBM and IBM PC are registered trademarks and Epson ESC/P 2 is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. Epson and Epson ESC/P are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted...
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... Epson® printer is an advanced 24-pin dot matrix printer that accommodates paper up to 355.6 mm (14 inches) wide, Introduction 1 The printer has four paper paths to 252 characters per second in application programs written for the width of their carriages. Automatic paper loading. The LQ-570 and LQ-1070 are basically the same printer except for other Epson LQ...
... Epson® printer is an advanced 24-pin dot matrix printer that accommodates paper up to 355.6 mm (14 inches) wide, Introduction 1 The printer has four paper paths to 252 characters per second in application programs written for the width of their carriages. Automatic paper loading. The LQ-570 and LQ-1070 are basically the same printer except for other Epson LQ...
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...switch 1-4 is on . Using the Printer 3-9 The character sets you send the ESC t 0 command (to select graphics) while DIP switch 1-4 is off, the graphics character table is always USA. Note: If you can select the character tables with the ESC R software command: Japan (English), ...are USA, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, and Spain I. See the Appendix for character samples. Character tables Your printer has six character tables built-in the Appendix. International character sets You can also select the following sets only with DIP switches 1-1, 1-2, ...
...switch 1-4 is on . Using the Printer 3-9 The character sets you send the ESC t 0 command (to select graphics) while DIP switch 1-4 is off, the graphics character table is always USA. Note: If you can select the character tables with the ESC R software command: Japan (English), ...are USA, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark I, Sweden, Italy, and Spain I. See the Appendix for character samples. Character tables Your printer has six character tables built-in the Appendix. International character sets You can also select the following sets only with DIP switches 1-1, 1-2, ...
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However, turning DIP switch 1-5 on , printing is turned off , you select bidirectional with the ESC U 0 software command. The printer reduces the number of dots in one direction only-allows for unidirectional printing-in which the print head prints in each draft-font character to 225 cps (.... If DIP switch 1-5 is on for precise vertical printing alignment. DIP Switches Print direction Printing is normally bidirectional. Input buffer capacity The printer stores data sent from your computer in its input buffer. This makes it ideal for that line only. High-speed draft By setting DIP...
However, turning DIP switch 1-5 on , printing is turned off , you select bidirectional with the ESC U 0 software command. The printer reduces the number of dots in one direction only-allows for unidirectional printing-in which the print head prints in each draft-font character to 225 cps (.... If DIP switch 1-5 is on for precise vertical printing alignment. DIP Switches Print direction Printing is normally bidirectional. Input buffer capacity The printer stores data sent from your computer in its input buffer. This makes it ideal for that line only. High-speed draft By setting DIP...
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... select the draft font, you can also use DIP switches to select an even faster high-speed draft mode. The draft font uses fewer dots per character for fast printing. The sample below shows characters of each font is 8 points and the maximum size is 32 points. You ... combining different character fonts, widths, and other fonts are scalable. Typestyles You can produce a wide range of the font in 2-point increments. With Epson's new ESC/P 2 printer control language, the Roman and Sans Serif fonts are letter quality (LQ) fonts. See DIP-switch functions in character fonts.
... select the draft font, you can also use DIP switches to select an even faster high-speed draft mode. The draft font uses fewer dots per character for fast printing. The sample below shows characters of each font is 8 points and the maximum size is 32 points. You ... combining different character fonts, widths, and other fonts are scalable. Typestyles You can produce a wide range of the font in 2-point increments. With Epson's new ESC/P 2 printer control language, the Roman and Sans Serif fonts are letter quality (LQ) fonts. See DIP-switch functions in character fonts.
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Scalable fonts: Font Epson Roman Epson Sans Serif Min pt 8 8 Max pt 32 32 Increments 2 pt 2 pt Character tables: Character sets: One italic and five graphics character tables 14 international character sets and one legal character set Technical Specifications 7-3 Buffer: Character fonts: Printer Specifications 0 KB or 8 KB (DIP-switch selectable) You can also select other font/pitch combinations using ESC/P 2 commands. See the command summary in Chapter 8 for details.
Scalable fonts: Font Epson Roman Epson Sans Serif Min pt 8 8 Max pt 32 32 Increments 2 pt 2 pt Character tables: Character sets: One italic and five graphics character tables 14 international character sets and one legal character set Technical Specifications 7-3 Buffer: Character fonts: Printer Specifications 0 KB or 8 KB (DIP-switch selectable) You can also select other font/pitch combinations using ESC/P 2 commands. See the command summary in Chapter 8 for details.
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... turned on. I You press the PAUSE and ALT buttons at the same time (buffer clear). Software sends the ESC @ command. The printer receives an INIT signal from the parallel interface (pin 31 goes LOW). Item Top of form position Page length Left and ...pitch Vertical tab position Horizontal tab positions Font selection Special printing effects User-defined character set of all text. 7-16 Technical Specifications Initialization The printer can be initialized (returned to a fixed set Default condition Current paper position The current DIP-switch setting Cancelled 1/6 inch 10 cpi or ...
... turned on. I You press the PAUSE and ALT buttons at the same time (buffer clear). Software sends the ESC @ command. The printer receives an INIT signal from the parallel interface (pin 31 goes LOW). Item Top of form position Page length Left and ...pitch Vertical tab position Horizontal tab positions Font selection Special printing effects User-defined character set of all text. 7-16 Technical Specifications Initialization The printer can be initialized (returned to a fixed set Default condition Current paper position The current DIP-switch setting Cancelled 1/6 inch 10 cpi or ...
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... quality, laser-like printouts. You can use these commands to turn it off. If it is a command with two parameters. Using the Command Summary This printer uses the Epson ESC/P 2 printer control language. The following section lists and describes all the commands by lowercase italicized letters, usually n. If a command has no parameters...
... quality, laser-like printouts. You can use these commands to turn it off. If it is a command with two parameters. Using the Command Summary This printer uses the Epson ESC/P 2 printer control language. The following section lists and describes all the commands by lowercase italicized letters, usually n. If a command has no parameters...
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...ESC 0 48 30 Select l/8-inch Line Spacing ESC 2 50 32 Select l/6-inch Line Spacing ESC 3 n 51 33 Set n/180-inch Line Spacing ESC + n 43 2B Set n/360-inch Line Spacing Command Summary 8-3 Description ESC @ 64 40 Initialize Printer ESC U l/0 85 55 Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off ESC... EM n 25 19 Control Paper Loading/Ejecting n = "1" Select bin 1 of CSF n = "2" Select bin 2 of CSF n = "R" Eject a sheet l For the ESC EM command the variables are ...
...ESC 0 48 30 Select l/8-inch Line Spacing ESC 2 50 32 Select l/6-inch Line Spacing ESC 3 n 51 33 Set n/180-inch Line Spacing ESC + n 43 2B Set n/360-inch Line Spacing Command Summary 8-3 Description ESC @ 64 40 Initialize Printer ESC U l/0 85 55 Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off ESC... EM n 25 19 Control Paper Loading/Ejecting n = "1" Select bin 1 of CSF n = "2" Select bin 2 of CSF n = "R" Eject a sheet l For the ESC EM command the variables are ...
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Commands Arranged by Topic Page format ASCII Dec. ESC ( c n n 40 99 ESC ( C n n 40 67 ESC C n 67 ESC C 0 n 67 ESC N n 78 ESC 0 79 ESC 1 n 108 ESC Q n 81 Hex. 28 63 28 43 3 43 4E 4F 6C 51 Description Set Page Format ESC ( c 4 0 ml m2 nl n2 m = ml + m2 x 2 5 6 m: Top margin in defined units n = n1 + n2 X ...2 5 6 n: Bottom margin in defined units Set Page Length in Defined Units ESC ( C 2 0 nl n2 n = nl + n2 X 2 5 6 n: Number of defined units Set Page Length in Lines n = number of lines (1-127) Set Page Length in...
Commands Arranged by Topic Page format ASCII Dec. ESC ( c n n 40 99 ESC ( C n n 40 67 ESC C n 67 ESC C 0 n 67 ESC N n 78 ESC 0 79 ESC 1 n 108 ESC Q n 81 Hex. 28 63 28 43 3 43 4E 4F 6C 51 Description Set Page Format ESC ( c 4 0 ml m2 nl n2 m = ml + m2 x 2 5 6 m: Top margin in defined units n = n1 + n2 X ...2 5 6 n: Bottom margin in defined units Set Page Length in Defined Units ESC ( C 2 0 nl n2 n = nl + n2 X 2 5 6 n: Number of defined units Set Page Length in Lines n = number of lines (1-127) Set Page Length in...
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... margin in defined units Set Relative Vertical Print Position ESC ( v 2 0 nl n2 n = nl + n2 x 2 5 6 n: Moves current print position in defined units Set Horizontal Tabs Up to 32 tabs (1-255) entered in LQ mode. ESC (V nn 40 86 28 56 ESC ( v nn 40 118 28 76 ESC D nn 68 44 HT 9 09 Set Absolute ...Vertical Print Position ESC ( V 2 0 nl n2 n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Specifies print position from left margin in defined...
... margin in defined units Set Relative Vertical Print Position ESC ( v 2 0 nl n2 n = nl + n2 x 2 5 6 n: Moves current print position in defined units Set Horizontal Tabs Up to 32 tabs (1-255) entered in LQ mode. ESC (V nn 40 86 28 56 ESC ( v nn 40 118 28 76 ESC D nn 68 44 HT 9 09 Set Absolute ...Vertical Print Position ESC ( V 2 0 nl n2 n = nl + n2 x 256 n: Specifies print position from left margin in defined...
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...Select Typeface n = 0: Roman 5: O C R - Commands Arranged by Pitch and Point ESC X m nl n 2 m: Set pitch to 16 tabs (1-255); last n should be 0 OB Tab Vertically 4A Perform n/180-inch Line Feed Font selection ASCII ESC k n ESC X n n Dec. 107 88 Hex. B 1: Sans Serif 7: Orator 2: Courier 8:... Orator-S 3: Prestige 9: Script C 4: Script 58 Select Font by Topic ASCII ESC B n n VT ESC J n Dec. 66 11 74 Hex. Description 42 Set Vertical Tabs...
...Select Typeface n = 0: Roman 5: O C R - Commands Arranged by Pitch and Point ESC X m nl n 2 m: Set pitch to 16 tabs (1-255); last n should be 0 OB Tab Vertically 4A Perform n/180-inch Line Feed Font selection ASCII ESC k n ESC X n n Dec. 107 88 Hex. B 1: Sans Serif 7: Orator 2: Courier 8:... Orator-S 3: Prestige 9: Script C 4: Script 58 Select Font by Topic ASCII ESC B n n VT ESC J n Dec. 66 11 74 Hex. Description 42 Set Vertical Tabs...
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Commands Arranged by Topic ASCII ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p l/0 ESC x n Dec. 80 77 103 112 120 ESC 4 52 ESC 5 53 ESC E 69 ESC F 70 ESC ! n 33 Hex. 50 4D 67 70 78 34 35 45 46 21 Description Select 10.5 point, 10 cpi Select 10.5 point, 12 cpi Select 10.5 ...
Commands Arranged by Topic ASCII ESC P ESC M ESC g ESC p l/0 ESC x n Dec. 80 77 103 112 120 ESC 4 52 ESC 5 53 ESC E 69 ESC F 70 ESC ! n 33 Hex. 50 4D 67 70 78 34 35 45 46 21 Description Select 10.5 point, 10 cpi Select 10.5 point, 12 cpi Select 10.5 ...
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...-Height Printing On/Off Select Double-Strike Printing Cancel Double-Strike Printing Select Superscript Printing Select Subscript Printing Cancel Superscript/Subscript Printing Select Line/ Score ESC ( - 3 0 1 nl n2 nl = 1: Underline n1 = 2: Strikethrough nl = 3: O v e r s c o r e n2 = 0: Cancel score line selected by Topic... Font enhancement ASCII Dec. nn 40 45 28 2D ESC - SI 15 OF DC2 18 12 SO 14 OE ESC W l/O 87 57 DC4 20 14 ESC w l/O 119 77 ESC G 71 47 ESC H 72 48 ESC S 0 83 53 ESC S 1 83 53 ESC T 84 54 ESC ( - Hex. Commands Arranged by n l n2 = 1: ...
...-Height Printing On/Off Select Double-Strike Printing Cancel Double-Strike Printing Select Superscript Printing Select Subscript Printing Cancel Superscript/Subscript Printing Select Line/ Score ESC ( - 3 0 1 nl n2 nl = 1: Underline n1 = 2: Strikethrough nl = 3: O v e r s c o r e n2 = 0: Cancel score line selected by Topic... Font enhancement ASCII Dec. nn 40 45 28 2D ESC - SI 15 OF DC2 18 12 SO 14 OE ESC W l/O 87 57 DC4 20 14 ESC w l/O 119 77 ESC G 71 47 ESC H 72 48 ESC S 0 83 53 ESC S 1 83 53 ESC T 84 54 ESC ( - Hex. Commands Arranged by n l n2 = 1: ...