Ibm 5256 User manual

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IBM 5256 Printer

Setup Procedure

GA21-9290-2

File No. S5250/S34/S38-00

Third Edition (July 1979)

This

is a

major

revision

of,

and obsoletes,

GA21-9290-1.

Because

the

changes

and

additions

are extensive,

this

manual

should

be reviewed in

its

entirety.

Changes are

periodically

made

to

the

information

herein;

these

changes

will

be

reported in

subsequent

revisions.

Use

this

publication

only

for

the

purpose

of

setting

up

the

IBM

5256

Printer.

Pub~cations

are

not

stocked

at

the

address

below.

Requests

for

copies

of

IBM

publications

and

for

technical

information

about

the

system

should

be

made

to

your

IBM

representative

or

to

the

branch

office

serving

your

locality.

This

publication

could

contain

technical

inaccuracies

or

typographical

errors. Use

the

Reader's

Comment

Form

at

the

back

of

this

publication

to

make

comments

about

this

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Publications,

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the

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supply

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whatever.

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you supply.

©

Copyright

International

Business

Machines

Corporation

1977,

1979

Section

1.

Setting

Up

the

Printer

Safety

Precaution:

The

5256

Printer weighs

approx

imately

36

kilograms (78

pounds).

Never

lift

it

by

yourself.

This

setup

and

checkout

procedure

should

be used

after

your

printer

has been

unpacked and placed

where

you

intend

to

use

it

or

whenever

a

printer

has

been

disconnected

and relocated.

It

is

important

to

ensure

that

your

printer

is

in its

proper

location.

Before

you continue,

look

at

the

back

of

the

printer.

If

you

do

not

have

switches

on

the

back

of

your

printer,

your

printer

must

be

the

only

machine

on a

If

you

have

Address

switches,

which

are

white,

and a

Terminator

switch,

line

or

the

last

machine

on a line.

which

is blue, on

the

back

of

your

printer,

your

printer

can be placed

anywhere

on a line.

Terminator

Switch

4'

_!.

f.~,

_

~

UI;'/)~_

Address Switches

~~

~~~

1

If

in

doubt,

check

with

someone

such as

your

supervisor,

system

operator,

or

manager.

Now

do

the

following

procedure

to

set

up

your

printer

and

make

it

operative.

Setting

Up

the

Printer

1-1

1-2

1.

Tilt

the

printer

up

and

remove

the

two

red

shipping

bolts

on

the

bottom

of

the

printer.

2.

Remove

the

tape

from

the

top

of

the

printer

covers.

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3.

Slide

the

top

cover

open.

Top

Cover

4.

Carefully

remove

the

tape

from

the

print

head.

Then

gently

push

the

print

head

to

the

left

side

of

the

printer.

Print

Head

5.

Close

the

top

cover.

Setting Up the Printer 1-3

1-4

6.

Remove

the

power

cord

from

the

slot

at

the

rear

of

the

machine.

Cut

and

remove

the

plastic

string

from

the

power

cord.

DO

NOT

plug

in

the

power

cord

yet.

Remove power cord

from

under here.

7.

Open

the

carton

that

came

with

the

printer

and

remove

the

maintenance

documentation

from

the

carton.

8.

Put

the

maintenance

documentation

in

the

slot

at

the

rear

of

the

machine.

9.

Remove

the

packing

material

from

around

the

forms

tractor

assembly;

then

remove

the

forms

tractor

assembly.

Setting Up

the

Printer 1-5

10.

Make

SUre

the

CUt

forms

gUide

is

baCk.

CUt Forms GUide

11.

.Insert

the

back

legS

of

the

'Oto

the

back

cOver Slots.

forms

tractor

aSSfJlnbl)l

1-6

12.

Press

down firmly until the back

legs

snap

into place. Then pivot

the forms tractor toward the front

of

the printer until the front

legs

snap

into place.

III)))))

13. Check the final placement by making

sure

the Paper Advance knobs

turn freely

and

the tractor

pins

move.

_

Paper

Advance

Knob

Setti

ng Up

the

Pri

nter

1-7

1-8

14.

If

your printer has a forms stand, place

the

stand

on

the

floor behind

the

printer. You can place a

box

of

forms under

the

forms stand shelf.

Forms Stand

Shelf

for

completed

forms

Box

of

paper

forms

If

you

do

not

have a

forms

stand,

you

can

put

some

forms

on

the

table

behind

the

printer.

15.

load

forms into

the

printer as follows:

a. Slide

the

top

cover

open.

Top

Cover

b.

Push

the

paper

release

lever

toward

the

back

of

the

printer.

c.

Squeeze

the

adjusting

levers

on

the

right

forms

tractor

and

slide

it

to

the

right

as

far

as

it

will

go.

Setting

Up

the

Printer

1-9

d. 'Tilt

the

forms

guide

racl<

up·

e.

Slide

the

paper

over

the

rollers.

1-10

f.

Slide

the

paper

down

behind

the

platen.

g.

Turn

the

paper

advance

knob

to

move

the

paper

around

the

platen

until

some

paper

appears

above

the

print

head.

Setting

Up

the

Printer

1-11

h.

Tilt

the

forms

guide

rack

down.

i.

Open

both

tractor covers.

Tractor covers

1-12

j.

Pull

the

paper

release

lever

forward.

(This

action

lets

the

printer

detect

the

end

of

continuous

forms

when

it

occurs.)

Note: Leave

the

paper release lever in

the

forward

position

when

you

are using

continuous

forms.

k.

Pull

up

enough

paper

to

reach

at

least

the

top

tractor

pin.

Setting

Up

the Printer 1-13

1-14

I.

Place

the

left

margin

holes

over

the

left

tractor

pins;

then

close'

the

left

tractor

cover.

m.

Squeeze

the

adjusting

levers

on

the

right

forms

tractor

and

slide

it

to

the

left

until

the

right

margin

holes

can

be

placed

over

the

right

tractor

pins.

(Make

sure

the

margin

holes

in

each

side

of

the

paper

are

positioned

so

that

the

paper

is

level.)

n.

Close

the

right

tractor

cover.

Remove

any

slack

or

bulges

in

the

paper

by

sliding

the

right

forms

tractor

left

or

right.

o.

Close

the

top

cover.

16.

Make

sure

the

Power

switch

is

set

to

Off.

Power

Don

•

Off

OPower 0

Ready

On OLine

Sync

Line

Stop

Start

Feed

D D D

2

O

System

Available

Form

Feed

D

17.

Make

sure

the

Status

switch

is

set

to

Nonnal.

4 5 6

O

Storage

0 Internal

Check

Check OGraPhiC

Check

o

Attention

o

Forms

O

Unit

.

Check

18. Plug in

the

power

cord.

Line

Spacing

0:

8

O

Transparent

Mode

Status

8Cancel

Normal

Test

Setti

ng

Up

the

Pri

nter

1-15

1-16

19.

Set

the

Power

switch

to

On. (This causes

the

print

head

to

move.)

After

approximately 5 seconds,

the

following

lights should be

the

only

lights on:

• Power On

• Data Cleared

(7)

• Transparent

Mode

(8)

These lights should be on

if

there is

power

at

the

outlet,

the

paper is

loaded properly,

the

tape securing

the

print

head has been removed, and

the

print

head can be manually moved.

20. Press each

of

the

following

switches

to

make

sure

the

forms are properly installed and

the

paper

is

feeding properly.

Form

Feed

Line

Feed

~

Start

Stop

~

Normally

advances

the

paper one line each time.you press

this

switch, unless the

number

of

lines advanced is changed

by

the

host

program.

Advances

the

paper one line each

time

you press this

switch.

Causes

the

Ready

light

to

turn on and

the

print

head

to

move.

Causes

the

Ready

light

to

turn

off

and

the

print

head

to

move

to

the

left

margin area.

TO PERFORM THE

PRINT

TEST

Do the

following

procedure

to

determine

if

you printer will

print

correctly.

If

you have

trouble

while

doing this procedure, ask

for

assistance

or

refer

to

Chapter 5. Problem Determination in

the

IBM

5256

Printer Operator's Guide,

GA21-9260.

1.

Set

the

Status

switch

to

Test.

(The

Data

Cleared

[7]

and

Transparent

Mode

[8]

lights

go

off.)

4 5

aStorage aInternal

Check Check

a

Attention

a

Forms

a

Unit

Check

2.

Press

line

Feed.

Power

.on

DOff

• Power

On

Stop

B

6 7

a

Graphic

aData

Check Cleared

Line

Spacing

0:

a

line

Sync

Line

Start

Feed

.~

~

8

aTransparent

Mode

Status

ii

Cancel

Normal

Test

2

aSystem

Available

Form

Feed

B

3. Press

Start.

(The

Ready

light

comes

on,

then

goes

off.)

Setting Up the Printer 1-17

1-18

4.

Press

Start

again

to

start

the

printing.

Allow

about

8 lines

to

print.

The

press

Stop

to

stop

the

printing.

(The Ready light stays on.)

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If the printout

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not legible:

a. Press

the

Stop switch.

b.

Adjust

the

copy control dial. Turn

the

dial

to

the

num.ber

if

the

printing

is

smudging. Turn

the

<fIial

to

the

number

if

the

printing is light.

Copy Control Dial

c.

Repeat step 4.

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