Epson LX-810 User manual

LX-810 DOT-MATRIX PRINTER
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Paper guide
Ribbon cartridgr Powrr
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Printer Specifications
Printing
Rintllwtb& 9-pin impact dot matrix
R,int apad
w
-puinoh -leaonwhu
Hv~h-weed awt 10 200
10 150
Nomal draft 12 160
10
25
NLO
12
30
I
Phlttngclkction:
Bidirectional logic-recking for text
printing. Unidirectional for graphics (can
aho be switched to bidirectional by using
the propa software command).
Line spacing: l/6 or l/g inch, or programmable in
increments of 1/216th of an inch.
PaPer feed spcc& Approx. 75 ms/linc at l/6-inch line
spacing during continuous feeding.
Appmx. 95 n&line at l/6-inch line
spacing during intermittent feeding.
Printable columns:
10 cpt
60
10 CCI condensed I 137
I 12 CD!
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96
I
160
4K byte
FOnt
I 4
Epson High-Speed draft 1 10
Ecsan oran
10. 12
Eoson NLO Reman
i IO. 12
Eoron NLQ Sam Set11 1 IO. 12
Characters:
96 standard ASCII character set (including
italic characters)
13 international character sets (including
italic characters)
Epson Extended Graphics character set
Paper
Paper width and Iength:
PIwr
wm md lerqJl
Scqle sheet Width:
162 to 257 mm (7.2 to 10.1")
Length:
162 to 364 mm (7.2 to 14.3”)
c‘ml1nuPus paper
width: 101 to 264 mm (4.0 to 10.0”)
Roll paper Width:
216 r 3 mm (6.5 f 0 12”)
Diametef:
127 mm (5.0”) maxw’f~“m
EMlope
No.6
166 X92 mm (6.5 X 3.6”)
MO.10
240 X104 mm (9.4 X4.1”)
LLb%lS
63.5 X 23.6 mm (2.5 X 0.94’7
mWnum
Single sheet
8.5 mm (0.33’7 07 more
9 mm (0.35)
13.5 mm (0.53’7 or mow
Continuous paper
’
13 mm 10.1s”) or mmr (both sides) when the IOI mm to
242 &I (4 to 9.2”) width paper is used. 26 mm (l-02”)
or more (left side) and 24 mm (0.94”) or more fright side)
when the 254 mm (10’7 width paper is used.
Envelope
Printable area
I
,
Roll paper
. Envelupc prmtmg 15 only .~v.Clahlc at normal temperature.
.Keep the lonyer s& oi the envelope horwontally Jt setting
.Align the left edge oi the envelope to the guide mark oi the
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Paper weight:
Single sheet:
Continuous paper:
Multi-part forms:
Roll paper:
Envelope:
Paper thickness: Single sheet:
Continuous paper:
Roll paper:
Envelope:
Abel:
14 lb to 24 lb
(52 g/m2 to 9-J g/m*)
14 lb to 22 lb
(52 g/m’ to 62 g/m’)
[12 lb to 15 lb] X N
([45 g/m* to 56 g/m*]
X N)
Ns3
14 lb to 17 lb
(52 g/m’ to 64 g/m’)
12 lb to 24 lb
(45 g/m2 to 90 g/m*)
0.065 to 0.140 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0055”)
0.065 to 0.250 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0098”)
0.070 to 0.090 mm
(0.0028 to 0.0035”)
0.160 to 0.520 mm
(0.0063 to 0.0197”)
0.160 to 0.190 mm
(0.0063 to 0.0075”)
including the base
sheet
Copy capacity:
Up to 3 sheets including the original. Total
thickness must not exceed 0.25 mm
(0.0098”).
. 24 lb paper printing is only available at normal temperature.
* Label with aPressure sensitive paper jointed by dotted or
pasting and its total thickness is less than or equal to 0.3 mm
(0.0118”) c.m be printed out under the condition of 5’C to
35’C .md 10% to 80% RH.
Paper feeding
methods:
Ribbon:
Mechanical
Friction
Push tractor
Cut sheet feeder (optional)
Pull tractor (optional)
Roll paper holder (optional)
Cartridge ribbon, available in black:
se.750
Life expectancy at 14 dots/character:
3 million characters
MCBF:
For all components excluding print head:
3 million lines
MTBF:
Print head /ifez
Dimensions
and wright:
4000 power-on hours (duty 25%)
200 million strokes/wire
Height: 141 mm
Width: 416 mm (excluding platen knob)
Depth: 339 mm
Weight: ~Pprox. 5.8 kg
Electrical
Vohge:
120 VAC + 10% (120 V model)
220 VAC c 10% (220 V model)
240 VAC c 10% (240 V model)
Power consumption:
28 W (self test printing: draft mode)
Frequency:
50.0 f 0.5 Hz, 6~10 2 0.5 Hz
lnsulalion resislance:
10M ohms between AC power line and
chassis
Dielectric strength
fbeelween AC line and
chassis):
I20 V model c.m wIthstand I 00 kV rms
applied for one minute.
220/240 V model cm withstrnd 1.25 kV
rms applied for onr minute.
CON- c.,
OENSE0.a.. J J
m)
LOAD/EJECT
-1
Lights
POWER (green)
0 ON LINE On when the power switch is on
and power is supplied.
Environment
Tempera tore:
Humidity:
Operation:
Storage:
Operation:
Storage:
f5’C to +35-z
-3O’C to f6o’C
10% to 80%
(without condensation)
5% to 65%
(without condensation)
Shock:
Vibration:
Operation:
Storage:
Operation:
Storage:
Up to 1 C within lms
Lip to 2 C within lms
Up to 0.25 G at up to
55Hz
up to 0.50 c at up to
55Hz
Operation angle:
Less than 15’ (without cut sheet feeder)
0’ (with cut sheet feeder)
Because the family of Epson printers shares .I great many
commands. you can “se .m JpplicJtion program even if it does not
list the LX-810 on its printer selection men”. If the LX-810 is not
listed, choose one of the following printers. They .we listed in
order of preference.
LX-600
Lx-66
LX-80
FX-850
FX-86e
EX-600
FX-85
FX-SO+
FX-80
If none of these printers is listed, select the first one available on
the following list:
Lx
FX
EX
RX
MX
Epson printer
Standard printer
Draft printer
To “se all of the features of the LX-810, however, it is best to “se
.I program with the LX-810 on its men”. If your program does not
list any LX printers, contact the software manufacturer to see if in
update is available.
READY (green)
On when the printer is ready to
accept input d&e Flickers while
data IS printed.
PAPER OUT (red)
On when the printer is out of
paper or when contmuuus p.~per
LS in .I standby position. The
printer .~lso beeps when it is out
0i paper.
ON LINE (green)
On when the printer is on line
.d ready to accept d.lt.1 from
the computer When this light 1s
flickering. the micro-.jdlustment
ic.lturc can be wd.
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0 ON UNE
ON LINE
This button controls the printer’s
to put the printer on
or take it off line.
Nln-
u-2,
FORM FEED
When the printer is off line.
press this button to eject asingle
sheet of paper or to .ldvance
continuous paper to the top of
paper one line, or hold it down
to advance the paper
continuously.
LOAD/EJECT
This button is used to feed the
paper to the loading position, or
to eject paper that is already
loaded. Paper is ejected forward
if the paper release lever is set to
the single sheet position and is
ejected backward (removed from
the paper path) if the release
lever is set to the continuous
SelecType
paper position.
the beeper sounds two times.
This button is used to select
draft printing. When you select
/ deselect the condensed mode.
When you select the condensed
mode, the beeper sounds once. In
this mode all characters are
printed at approximately 60% of
their normal width. When you
return to the normal mode, the
beeper sounds twice.
Note: Condensed mode cannot be selected when either of the
NLQ fonts have been selected.
Buttons Number 01 beeps i TYpesWM
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-cm-
(j I t Select drall Ion!
-
N~Q~.w::d
Select NL3 i(oman km!
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a))
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Select NLC Sans serif fOrl1
CON- ^,
c.E_HqD ” i
kdec: ‘Andensed mode
0, ;
-7
‘-,ancel ConOensed InOde
Other control panel features
Self test: Both Jdraft
and NLQ self test function
xc built into the printer. The self test
prmtout lets you check the current DIP
switch settings and operating status of the
printer You can start the prmter’s self test
by holding down the LINE FEE0 button or
the FORM FEED button while switching the
prmter on See the section on running the
belf tebt in Chapter 1 for more information
Micro-adjustment:
Data dump:
By pressing the FORM FEED and LINE FEED
buttons immediately after loading paper or
when using short tear-off, you can make
fine adjustments to the loading and short
tear-off positions. See the sections on
adjusting the loading position and using
short tear-off later in this chapter.
By holding down both the LINE FEED and
FORM FEE0 buttons while turning on the
printer, you turn on the data dump mode.
This feature allows advanced users to
locate the source of communications
problems between the computer and
printer. See the section on using the data
dump mode later in this chapter for more
information.
1 Setting the DIP Switches
The DIP switch tables
DIP Switch i
See table on the next Page
DIP Switch .?
SW
-Pbm
2- 1 Page length
2-2 Cul sheet feeder mcde onloU
2-3 I-Inch Skip over perbrahon
2-4 Auto itne leed
ON OFF Page
12 mches
1 I
inches 3-9
ON OFF
5-2
ON OFF
3.10
ON OFF 3-0
International character set
The DIP switch functions
Slashed zeros
When DIP switch l-2 1s ON, the printer prints slashed zeros(0);
when OFF, the printer prmtr open zeros (0). This feature is useful
for clearly distinguishing between upperuse 0 and zero when
prmting documents such JS progran lists.
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Draft printing sp&d
When DIP switch 1-5 is OFF, the printer can print up to 200 draft
characters per second: when ON, the printer can print up to 150
characters per second. The high speed settmg is effective only
when printing at 10 cpi (characters per inch). When printing at d
different pitch, this switch is ignored and the printer prints up to
150 characters per second.
Auto line feed
When auto line feed is ON (DIP switch Z-4 ON), each carriage
return code (CR) is automatically followed by aline feed code
U-F).
1 Defaults 1
1 Font se1eckx 1 The cunen, SelecTwe ranma
SPeml pnnnng effects
1 Cano3Hed
Graphtc mode ass,gnmen,
ESC K =ESC * 0. ESC L = ESC * 1,
I ESC Y = ESC * 2. ESC Z - ESC * 3
Selecting Typestyles
HIGH-SPEED DRAFT
!"*$Xh'O*+.-./012345878S::c=>?BABCDEFOHIJK
LnNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\l-_‘abcdsf~hijklanoWrstuv
wxuzt : )-
We've just seen your excellent ad for
miniature zebras in a recant back ioouc of
What is the price echedule
for quantities over one. gross?
NL(1 SANS SERIF
~~~a8%&'o~~.-./012345~789::~=~?~~BCDEFGH1JK
L~NOP~RSTUVWXVZC\l’~~bCd~fgh~Jkl~nOPqrStuv
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LX-810 DOT- MATRIX PRINTER
LX-810-4
Selecting Character Sets
Italics
Epson Extended Graphics
i
A.scllcPdeflex
DIP SW
1 councly
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,23 24 40 58 5c 50 5E 60 78 7c 70 7E l-6 1.7 / l-6
OUSA
1 France 1
1 $ e [ \ 1 : * C : 1 - ON ON 1 ON
j2Germany ,,,;g:-: “,~8~EZ$“j,F
I* $ a
3UK
f J e c \ 1 : ’ E : 1 : 04”FF;;;;
, 3 Denmark 1 x $ 8 5 0 A
‘aa6
! 5 Sweden
It a B A Cl A 0 6 & 6 d II OFF &OFF
/ 6 ‘fafy
‘S$O’\6
- t & 6 & i OFF OFF j ON
; 7 Span 1
/ R s e i R i ^ . ” fl } - OFF OFF/OFF
~~
[Papernandling
Using Short Tear-Off
When yw ,I~C finished printing, the short tear-off feature
.utomatiully iccds the perior.~tion t,i the continuous paper tu the
tar-&f edge of the printer cover SO that you cdn tex off the last
sheet When you resume printing. the piper feeds backward to the
loading posahon. This iedture lets you save the paper norm.llly lost
between Llocument~.
To uw thlb ir.ltu:e, set DIP ,witch l-4 to OFF .md lo.~d continuous
paper
P!?
~WARNING: Never use the short tear-off feature with
I
labels. Otherwise, labels may come off the backing and
i jam the printer.
Using micro-adjustment
1 Make sure that the prmter is turned on and that either a single
sheet or contmucva paper is ready to be loaded.
2. Press the LOAD/EJECT button to feed paper to the loading
pooltion. Then press the ON LINE button: the ON LINE light then
bel5ma to blink.
ON LINE
a
OFF LINE
r---
Note: You can use the FORM FEED and LINE FEED buttons for
micro-adiustment only while the ON LINE light IS blinking. ,
-___-
3. Press the FORM FEED button to feed the p.~per forward or the
LINE FEED button to feed the paper backward When you’ve set
the desired loading position. you c.m begin printing; the ON
LINE light stops blinking auwmatically
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I PlwrhF-=
ILevNPoMio”I
Paper (single sheele 0, Co”t~“uous)
2
Th,” paper
2
i
24 IO wper @angle sheets)
3
~ Envelopes
AI, me,,
4or 5
PM”
6
Bond I20 lb,
6
Bond 124
lb 1 7
The Cut Sheet Feeder
Single-Bin Cut Sheet Feeder (C&06121)
Pull Tractor Unit (C800061)
lntelllgenl IEEE-488 Interface
Pin assignments for the parallel interface
Single-bin cut sheet feeder (optional)
Dimensions
and weight:
444 mm (W) x 434 mm (D) x 423 mm (H)
(mounted on the printer)
Approx. 1.1 kg
Bin capacity:
Stacker capacity:
MCBF:
Single sheet: Up to 100 sheets of
90 g/m’ (24 lb) paper
up to 150 sheets of
82 g/m2 (22 lb) paper
Up to 185 sheets of
64 g/m’ (17 lb) paper
(Total thickness should not exceed 15 mm)
Single sheet: Up to 55 sheets of
90 g/m2 (24 lb) paper
Up to 80 sheets of
82 g/m’ (22 lb) paper
Up to 100 sheets of
64 g/m2 (17 lb) paper
100,ooLl cycles
cirec-
tb”
DATA 1
DATA 2
DATA 3
DATA 4
DATA 5
DATA 6
DATA ?
DATA 8
IN
STROBE pulse 10 read data Pulse
wdth must be more than 0.5
“w,roseco”ds at Ihe rece,w”g ferrmnal
--T-k
‘N
IN
IN
IN
IN
tN
,N
OUT
OUT
These sjgnals represent mfotmatlobof
the Is1 01 8 blls 01 parallel data.
‘.3SpKtNefy
Each s,g”al IS at HIGH level when data
6 logICal 1 and LOW when I! IS logrcal
0
3
21
4
22
5
23
6
24
7
25
8
J--
1.5
9
27
10 ?8
I
11 ;
19 OUT
Environmental
condition:
Temperature
Operation:
storage:
Humidity
Operation:
+5-c to f35’C
-3O’C to +wc
15% to 80%
(without condensation)
5% to 85%
(without condensation)
182 to 216 mm
(7.17 to 8.50”)
257 to 364 mm
(10.12 to 14.30”)
0.07 to 0.14 mm
(0.0028 to 0.0055”)
64 g/m’ to 90 g/m2
(17 lb to 24 lb)
+ IS’C to +22-c
40% to 60%
Pulled up 10 + 5 volts through 3 3K
When t”ls sIgnal IS LOW the paper 1s
automatically fed 1 lane alter p”“t,“g.
(The slqnal level can be llxed 10 lh,s by
selltno DIP swICh Z-4 10 ON j
Storage:
Width.
Length:
Thickness: 1
15 j - ~NC
-
I Pnnter 5 CnaSSlS ground. wntcn IS
~soialed from me loge ground
Storage condition
of paper:
Temperature:
Humidity.
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c
-d-
-
-I
I
IN When thts level becomes LOW, the
1
I
OUT 1 This level becomes LOW when the
33 1 - i GND 1
- ISame as Ior Pm 19.30
I
! 35 1 - I
- 1 - !Pulled UP 10 + 5V tfvough 3 3K o”m 1
Commands in Numerical Order
ASCII - Dec. Hex. Description Page
BEL 7
07
BS 6
08
HT 909
LF
10
OA
VT
11
FF
12 it
CR 13 OD
so 14 OE
SI
15
OF
DC1
17 11
DC2 18 12
DC3 19 13
DC4 20 14
CAN 24 18
DEL
127
7F
ESC SO
I4
OE
ESC SI 15 OF
ESC EM
25
19
ESC 33
21
ESC ‘6
37 25
ESC L38 26
ESC *
42 2A
ESC -
45 2D
ESC /
47 2F
ESC o 4tl 30
ESC 1
49
31
ESC 2 50 32
ESC 3
51 33
ESC 4
S2 34
ESC 5
53 35
ESC 6
54 36
ESC 7
55 37
ESC 8 56 38
ESC 9
57 39
Beeper.................................................... 9-11
Backspace .............................................. 9-20
Tab Horizontally .................................. 9-21
Line Feed...............................................
9-15
Tab Vertically .......................................
9-17
Form Feed ............................................ .9-13
Carriage Return ................................... 9-12
Select Double-wide Mode
(one line) ...............................................
9-25
Select Condensed Mode. ................... 9-24
s&ct Printer........................................ .9-8
cancel Condensed Mode .................... 9-24
Deselect Printer ................................... 9-9
C.mcel Double-wde Mode
(one line) ..........................................
9-25
Cmcel Line .....................................
.9-12
Delete Character. ........................ o-12
Select Double-wde Mode
(one line) .......... .......... ...................
.9-25
Select Condensed Mode................. 9-24
Turn Cut Sheet Feeder Mode
On/Off. ................... ....................
.9-11
Master Select ................................... 9-23
Select User-defined Set ..................
.9-33
Define User-defined Characters (draft
mode) ... ............... ....................... .9-32
Define User-defined Chxxters (NLQ
mode) ............................... ..... 9-33
Select CrJphics Mode ...................
.9-35
Turn Underlining Mode On/Off..
.. .9-29
Select Vertrcal Tdb
Channel .............. .9-18
Select li8-inch Line Spacing .........
.9-15
Select 7/72-inch Line Spacmy;. ....
.9-IS
select I/b-inch Line Spacing............
Q-16
Set n/216-inch Line Spung..
....... .9-lb
Select Italic Mode .................
..9-2 8
Cancel Italic Mode ..................... 9-29
Euble Printable Chxxters
......... .9-32
En.lble Upper Control Codes. .....
.9-32
Disable Puper Out Detection
9-10
Enable I’dper Out Detectwn
... .9-IO
ASCII Dec. Hex. Description Page
ESC : 58 3A
ESC <
60 3c
ESC ?
63 3F
ESC @
64 40
ESC A 65 41
ESC B 66 42
ESC C 67 43
ESC C 0 67 ’43
ESC D68 44
ESCE 69 4s
ESCF 70 46
ESCC
71 47
ESC H
72 48
EKJ
74 4A
ESC K 7s
4B
ESC L 76
rc
ESC M 77 4D
ESC N
7.9 4E
ESC0
79 4F
ESC I’
80 so
EXQ
81 51
ESC R 82 52
ESCSo
83 53
ESCS1
83 53
ESC T a4 54
ESC U
8.5 5s
ESC W a7 57
ESC Y 89 59
ESC Z90
SA
ESC -
94
SE
ESC d 97
61
ESC b 98
ESC e
101
ESC f
102
ESC k
107
ESC I
108
ESC s
11s
ESC t
116
ESC x ,
120
62
65
66
2
73
74
78
Copy ROM to RAM ......................... .9-33
Select Unidirectional Mode
(one line) ............................................... 9-9
Reassign Graphics Mode..................... 9-36
Initialize Printer .................................... 9-8
Set n/72-inch Line Spacing ............... .9-16
Set Vertical Tabs .................................
.9-17
Set Page Length in Lines.. ................... 9-13
Set page length in Inches .................... 9-13
Set Horizontal Tabs ............................. 9-21
Select Emphasized Mode.. ..................
.9-26
Cancel Emphasized Mode ................... 9-26
Select Double-Strike Mode.. .............. .9-27
Cancel Double-Strike Mode.............. .9-27
Perform n/216-inch Line Feed..........
.9-17
Select Single-density Graphics
Mode...................................................... 9-34
Select Double-density Graphics
Mode.. ...
.._
.............................................. 9-34
Select 12 cpi .......................................... 9-23
Set Skip Over Perforation................... 9-14
Cancel Skip Over Perforation.. .......... .9-14
Select 10 cpi..
........................................ 9-23
Set Right Margin.................................. 9-19
Select an International Character Set 9-31
Select Superscript Mode.. .................... 9-27
Select Subscript Mode......................... 9-28
Cancel Superscript/Subscript Mode .,9-t 8
Turn Unidirectional Mode On/Off. ..9-1 o
Turn Double-width Mode On/Off. ..9-2 6
Select High-Speed Double-density
Graphics Mode ..................................... 9-34
Select Quadruple-density Graphics
Mode.....................................................
.9-35
Select Q-pin Graphics Mode ............... 9-36
Select Near Letter Quality
Justification ........................................... 9-30
Set Vertical Tabs in Channels ............ 9-18
Set Tab Increments .............................. 9-20
Horizontal/Vertical Skip ..................... 9-21
Select Typ-estyle Family....................... 9-22
Set Left Margin ....................................
9-19
Turn Half-Speed Mode ON/Off..
..... 9-9
Select Character Table.. ...................... .9-31
Select Near Letter Quality or Draft...9-2 2
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Installation/Support Tips
The typs of printer installad on your system must bo
idmtifhd for mch saft+uuo packago. Thii ir dually dona
through a sotup menu. lf this printar ir not listod in your
program. look in the prlnhr Usor’s Manual for the next-best
modal sohotlon.
DIP Switch Settings
The dofault sottingr will usually work for most applications,
but thy should bo chscked beforo using the printor This
will avoid unoxpaotod raults.
Optional Serial lnterface Operation
Epson’s optionai sorlal intor&as may bo uaod in this printer,
butthaOIPswitohosonthointMaoaboardmustbesotto
m8tch the configuration of the so&l port on the host
computer.
Cut - Sheet Feeder Operation
fhe page length will have to be adjusted (shortened) if your
software doos not propnfy support cut-sheet papor. Thor0
will ba linos from the first page printed on the top of the
second page if the page length is not set correctiy. ’
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Information Reference List
Engineering Change Notices
None.
Product Support Bulletins
None.
Related Documentation
Technical Information Bulletins
None.
LX-810 Technical Manual
LX-810 Parts Price List
LX-810 User’s Manual
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