QMS SmartWriter 80+ User manual

QMS® SmartWriter 80+®
User's Guide
Publication Number
1720389A
February 1987
QMS, Inc.
P.O. Box 81250
Mobile, AL 36689

QMS® is a registered trademark of QMS, Inc. SmartWriter 80+®
is a registered trademark
of QMS, Inc. Paper+™ is a trademark
of QMS. Inc. Centronics® is a re~stered trademark of Centron-
ics Data Computer Corp. Diablo R is a registered trademark of
Xerox Corp. Epson® is a registered trademark
of Epson Amer-
ica, Inc. FX_80™ is a trademark of Epson America, Inc. HPTM
and LaserJet™ is a trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. MS-
DOS
™is a trademark of MicroSoft, Inc. Qume®and Sprint® are
registered trademarks
of Qume, Inc. IBM® and Proprinter® are
registered trademarks
of International Business Machines, Inc.

About This Manual
The manual is divided into these major parts:
• Part I, Installation
• Part II, Tutorial
• Part III, Printer Setup
• Part IV, Printer Software Commands
• Part V, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
• Appendices
Part II, Tutorial, will acquaint you with the many features
of your laser printer and help you start printing. Included
in the Tutorial are explanations
of the printer keypad and
the different terms that are used throughout this manual.
If you are new to laser printers, you will want to read this
section throroughly (after installing the printer) before you
go on to any other part
of the manual.

Proprietary Statements
and Notices
Proprietary Statement
The digitally encoded software included with the QMS SmartWriter
80+ laser printer is ©Copyrighted 1986 by QMS, Inc., All Rights
Reserved. This software may not
be reproduced, modified, dis-
played, transferred, or copied in any form or in any manner or
on any media, in whole or in part, without the express written
permission
of QMS, Inc.
Copyright Notice
This manual is ©Copyrighted 1986, 1987 by QMS, Inc. All Rights
Reserved. This manual may not be copied in whole or in part, nor
transferred
to any other media or language, without the express
written permission
of QMS, Inc.
Manual Notice
QMS. Inc. reserves the right to make changes to this manual and
to the equipment described herein without notice. Considerable
effort has been made
to insure that this manual is free of inaccu-
racies and omissions. However, QMS makes no warranty
of any
kind including, but not limited to, any implied warranties
of mer-
chantability and fitness for a particular purpose with regard
to this
manual. QMS assumes no responsibility for, or liability for, errors
contained in this manual or for incidental, special, or consequential
damages arising out
of the furnishing of this manual, or the use of
this manual in operating the equipment, or in connection with the
performance
of the equipment when so operated.
QMS SmartWriter 80+ 1

Approvals
Electronics Emissions
This printer complies with the Electronics Emissions Requirements
of the West-German Federal Minister for Postal and Telecommu-
nication Technology regulation:
VFG. 1046/1984
This printer complies with the Electronics Emissions Requirements
of the European Economic Council directive:
82/499/EEC
NOTE: A SHIELDED CABLE IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY
WITH VFG 1046, 82/499/EEC.
Safety
This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser product under the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Radiation Per-
formance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health
and Safety Act
of 1968. This means that the printer does not
produce hazardous laser radiation.
Since radiation emitted inside the printer is completely confined
within protective housings and external covers, the laserbeam can-
not escape from the machine during any phase
of user operation.
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QMS SmartWriter 80+

Warning
This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and if not installedand used in accordance with the Instruc-
tion Manual may cause interference
to radio communications. It
has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A
computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules,
which are designed
to provide reasonable protection against such
interference when operated in a commercial environment. Op-
eration of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause
interference in which case the user at his own expense will be
required
to take whatever measures may be required to correct the
interference.
CAUTION:To prevent electrical shock, do not remove the
top cover
of your laser printer. No user-serviceable parts
are inside. Any servicing should be referred to a qualified
technician.
QMS SmartWriter 80+
III

Notice
Your OMS SmartWriter 80+ printer emulates Diablo® 630,
Qume<B> Sprint®, HP LaserJet PLUS
1M
, and ONE of
following: Epson® FX-80 or IBM® Proprimer®.
If your SmartWriter 80+ Epson FX-80, all
ences to the Proprinter this user's guide will
NOT be applicable should be Conversely,
if your SmartWriter 80+ emulates IBM Proprinter, all
references to Epson Emulation will NOT be applicable
and should likewise be ignored.
IV QMS SmartWriter 80+

Contents
I Installation
A Installation
B Adjusting Print Contrast
II Tutorial
A The Keypad
1-1
1-2
1-7
2-1
2-2
A.I Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-3
A.2 Printer Setup Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. 2-4
B Making Changes
C Paper Size
C.I The Default: Letter
C.2 Changing Paper Size
2-5
2-7
2-7
2-7
D Paper Source 2-10
D.l The Default: Automatic Paper Feed. . .. 2-11
D.2 Selecting Manual Feed 2-11
E Page Orientation 2-13
E.l Selecting a Page Orientation . . . . . . . .. 2-13
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E.2 The Default: Portrait Orientation. . . . .. 2-13
E.3 Selecting Landscape Orientation . . . . .. 2-14
F Page Margins 2-15
2-15
2-16
F.l Default Margins
F.2 Setting Page Margins
G Emulation Modes 2-18
G.l
Selecting an Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . 2-18
G.2 The Default: Epson Emulation
OR Pro-
printer Emulation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
G.3 Selecting Another Emulation
........... 2-18
GA
Selecting Emulation Features ............
2-23
H Fonts 2-25
H.l The Default Fonts
.. .. . . .. .. . . .. .. . .. .. ~ .. 2-25
H.2 Selecting a Font .. .. . .. . .. ~ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 2-25
H.2.1 Changing the Current Font . . . . . 2-26
H.2.2 Changing Power-Up Fonts
......... 2-27
H.3 Download Fonts .. e .. " .. ..
~ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • ~ 2-28
HA Optional Font Cartridge . . . . . . .
.......
2-28
I Copy Count 2-28
1.1 The Default: Single Copies .. ~ .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
2-29
1.2 Changing the Copy Count
.................... 2-29
1.3 Copy Count Reset
..............................
2-29
J Form Feed Command 2-30
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J.l Sending the Form Feed . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-31
K Dual Interface 2-31
K.l The Default: Parallel Interface ... . . .. 2-31
K.2 Specifying Serial Interfacing. . . . . . . .. 2-32
L Using Software Commands 2-33
L.l The Default: <ESC> . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-33
L.2 Substituting Tilde ............... 2-34
M Things You Need To Know... 2-35
M.l When to Replace the Print Cartridge. 2-35
M.2 Paper Jam .................... 2--36
M.3 Print Quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2-36
MA Status and Error Codes 2-37
N For More Information... 2-38
III Printer Setup
3-1
A Groups 3-6
A.l
Options.
. . . ....... .. · . .. . .. 3-7
A.2 Printer Setup Keys . . .
....
· ..
. . . . . 3-7
A.3 Option 0 . . . . . .
.....
· . . . . ·
..
3-8
AA
How To Change a Printer Feature ·
..
3-9
A.5 Example: Changing Page Orientation ·. 3-10
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B ANSI
Command Mode Options (Group A)
3-12
B.1 Options land 2 - Units for Status Sum-
mary Sheet e e ....................... 3-12
B.2 Option 3 - ANSI Character Spacing . . . . 3-12
B.3 Options 4 and 5 - Line Spacing . . ~ . . . 3-13
BA Option 6 - Line Overflows. . . . . . 3-13
B.5 Option ? - Carriage Returns . . . . . 3-14
B.6 Option 8 - Line Feeds
............. 3-14
B.? Option 9 - Double-spaced Lines ....... 3-14
C Changing Fonts
(Group C) 3-15
C.l Font Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
C.2
Procedure e • • • • .. • • • • .. • • • • .. • •
~ • 3-16
C.3
Font Selection and the Option 0 Warm Restart
3-19
CA Automatic Font Selection . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20 \
,
D Diablo Emulation Options
(Group D) 3-20
D.l
~ptions land 2 - Diablo Character Spac-
Ing .........................
3-21
D.2 Option 3 - Carriage Returns . . . . . . . . . 3-21
D.3 Option 4 - Line Feeds .............. 3-22
DA
Option 5 - Upper CaselLower Case ....
3-22
D.5 Option 6 - Select Character Spacing 3-22
E Epson Emulation Options
(Group E) 3-23
E.l Option 1 - Epson Print Mode . . . .
3:"'24
E.2 Option 2 - Pica Print Quality . . . . . . . . 3-24
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E.3 Options 3 through 5 - International Char-
acter Sets .................... 3-25
E.4 Option 6 - Carriage Returns . . . . . . . ., 3-26
E.5 Option 9 - Printing Zeros .......... 3-26
E.6 Option A - Changing Epson Default Font 3-26
F Proprinter Emulation Options (Group I) 3-27
F.I Option I - Printing Zeros .......... 3-27
F.2 Option 2 - Automatic Line Feed . . . . .. 3-27
F.3 Option 3 - Character Set . . . . . . . . .
.. 3-28
F.4 Option 4 - Carriage Returns. . . . . . . .. 3-28
F.5 Option 5 - Pica Default Font . . . . . . .. 3-28
G Power-Up Landscape Font (Group L) 3-29
H Power-Up Portrait Font (Group P) 3-29
I Qume Emulation Options (Group Q) 3-30
1.1 Options I and 2 - Qume Character Spac-
ing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3-30
1.2 Option 3 - Line Spacing . . . . . . . . . .. 3-30
1.3 Option 4 - Carriage Return . . . . . . . .. 3-31
1.4 Option 5- Automatic Carriage ReturnILine
Feed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. 3-31
1.5 Option 6 - Select Character Spacing 3-32
J System Function Options (Group 0) 3-32
J.l Option I - Copy Count Reset. . . . . . .. 3-33

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1.2 Option 2 - Cancel Printing. . . . . . . . .. 3-34
J.3 Option 3 - Hex Dump ............ 3-35
J.4 Option 4 - Form Feed/Carriage Return .. 3-35
J.5 Option 5 - Printer Setup Reset . . . . . .. 3-36
1.6 Option 6 - Reset Translation Tables. . .. 3-37
J.7 Option 7 - Suppress Blank Pages ..... 3-37
1.8 Option 8- Suppress Status Summary Sheet
3-38
J.9 Option 9 - Immediate Command Transla-
tion Table Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. 3-39
1.10 Option A - Immediate Font Translation
Table Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. 3-40
K Selecting Emulation Mode and Page Size/
Orientation (Group
1) 3-41
K.1 Options 1, 2, and 3 - Emulation Mode .. 3-41
K.2 Options 4 through 6 - Paper Size ..... 3-42
K.3 Delay Before Form Feed . . . . . . . . . ., 3-43
K.4 Option 9 - Page Orientation . . . . . . . .. 3-43
K.5 Option A - Embedding the Escape Char-
acter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. 3-44
L Number of Copies (1 to 9 copies -Group 2) 3-44
L.1 Options 1 to 9 - Number of Copies ... , 3-44
M Number of Copies
(multiples of
10 -Group 3) 3-45
M.I Options 1 through 9 - Number of Copies 3-45
M.2 Copy Count Examples ............ 3-45
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N Page Margin Settings (Group 4) 3-46
N.1 Options 1 through 4 - Left Margin 3-46
N.2 Options 5 through 8 - Right Margin. . .. 3-47
N.3 Options 9 through C - Top Margin .... 3-48
N.4 Options D through F - Bottom Margin 3-49
o Common Interface Options (Group 5) 3-50
0.1 Option 1 - Interface Type .. . . . . . . .. 3-50
0.2 Option 2 - Online/Offline .. . . . . . . .. 3-50
0.3 Options 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 - Print Buffer .... 3-51
0.4 Option 8 - Print Buffer Magnification. .. 3-53
0.5 Options 9 and A - 8th Bit. . . . . . . . .. 3-53
P Serial Interface Options (Group 6) 3-54
P.I Option 1 - Parity Checking . . . . . . . .. 3-54
P.2 Options 2 and 3 - Parity Type ....... 3-55
P.3 Option 4 - Stop Bits ............. 3-56
P.4 Option 5 - Data Bits ............. 3-56
P.5 Options 6, 7, 8, and 9 - Bit Rate .... " 3-57
P.6 Option A - DTR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3-57
P.7 Option B - RTS ............. . .. 3-58
P.8 Option C - XON/XOFF ........... 3-58
Q Parallel Interface Options (Group 7) 3-59
Q.1 Option 1 - Printer Error . . . . . . . . . .. 3-59
Q.2 Option 2 - Set Printer Error . . . . . . . .. 3-60
Q.3 Option 3 - Set Fault Bit . . . . . . . . . .. 3-60
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Q.4 Option 4 - Off-Line on Error . . . . . . .. 3--61
Q.5 Option 5 - Busy on Off-Line . . . . . . .. 3-61
Q.6 Option 6 - Data Flow Control ....... 3--61
R Printer Alignment (Group 8) 3-62
R.l Options 1 through 4 - Horizontal Align-
ment
....................... 3-62
R.2 Options 5 through 8 - Vertical Alignment 3-63
S Diagnostic Options (Group 9) 3-63
S.l Option D - Debugger . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3--64
S.2 Option E - Diagnostic Page . . . . . . . .. 3--64
S.3 Option F - Enter Debugger Mode . . . .. 3-64
IV Printer Software
Commands 4-1
A Command Diagrams 4-2
B Changing Fonts/Overlays 4-3
B.l Command Diagram ...... . . . . . . .. 4-3
B.2 Using the Command. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4-3
B.3 Examples..................... 4-
C Changing Page Orientation 4-5
C.I Command Diagram .............. 4-5
C.2 Using the Command. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4-5
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C.3 Examples
.....................
4-6
D Selecting
Paper Feed and Paper Size 4-6
D.1 Command Diagram ..........................
4-6
D.2 Using the
Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
D.3 Examples .....................
4-7
E Selecting Number of Copies 4-7
E.1 Command Diagram
............................
4-7
E.2 Using the Command. . . . . . 0 0 0 • • • 0 •
4-8
Eo3 Examples 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 •• 0 0 •• 4-8
F Selecting Emulation Mode
4-9
F.1 Command Diagram ............................ 4-9
F.2 Using the
Command. . 0 • 0 0 0 • • 0 0 • 0 0 4-9
F.3 Examples 0 •••••••• 0 •••• 0 •••••• 4-10
G
Extended Printer Control Command
4-10
0.1 Command Diagram
...................... 0 ....
4-10
0.2 Using the Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
G.3 Examples .....................
4-11
H
Redefining Translation Tables
4-12
H.1 Command Diagram
............................
4-12
H.2 Using the Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12
H.3 Changing the Command Translation Table 4-13
HA
Changing the Font Translation Table. . . . 4-14
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H.5 Resetting Translation Tables ..... , . . . 4-15
H.6 Decimal Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4-15
H.7 Examples..................... 4-16
V Maintenance and
Troubleshooting 5-1
A Print Cartridge 5-2
B
C
D
E
F
G
XIV
A.I When to Replace the Print Cartridge. . .. 5-2
A.2 How to Replace the Print Cartridge 5-3
Fixing Assembly Cleaner 5-4
B.I Replacing the Fixing Assembly Cleaner 5-4
B.2 Cleaning the Fixing Roller . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Corona Wires 5-5
C.l Cleaning the Primary Corona Wire. . . . . 5-5
C.2 Cleaning the Transfer Corona Wire 5-7
Cleaning the Transfer Guide 5-8
The Separation Belt 5-9
E.l
Cleaning the Separation Belt
........
5-9
E.2 Replacing the Separation Belt . . . . . . . . 5-9
Clearing a Paper Jam
5-11
Troubleshooting 5-15
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G.l Status Codes .................. 5-15
G.2 Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.. 5-16
G.3 The Diagnostic Page. . . . . . . . . . . .
.. 5-17
G.4 Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . .. 5-18
H Placing A Service Call 5-21
Appendices
Appendix A A-I
Appendix B B-1
Appendix C
C-l
Appendix D
D-I
Appendix E
E-l
Appendix F
F-I
Appendix G
G-I
Appendix H
H-l
Appendix I 1-1
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