TallyGenicom 2150 User manual

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Table of contents
Printer at a glance 1
Paperways 3
Installation 4
Unpacking the printer 4
Placing your printer 5
Checking the printer voltage 7
Connecting the printer 9
Switching on the printer 11
The control panel 12
The LC display 13
Online mode 14
Offline mode 15
Setup mode 16
Messages in the LC display 17
Key functions when turning on the printer 18
Changing the ribbon cassette 19
Settings (I) 24
Paper path quick selection 24
Selecting character density and font temporarily 26
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Loading paper 28
Fanfold paper 28
Sin
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le sheets 34
Handling 37
Paper transport 37
Movin
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the paper to the tear position 38
Settings (II) 39
Settin
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the print head
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ap 39
Settin
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the tear position 41
Settin
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the first printin
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line (TOF) 42
The Menu 44
Pro
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rammin
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via the control panel 44
Enablin
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access to menu mode 45
Callin
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up the menu 45
Menu confi
g
urations 46
Status pa
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e46
Menu handlin
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48
Save settin
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s49
Selectin
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the LC display lan
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ua
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e50
Terminatin
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Setup mode 52
Menu structure 53
Menu description table 54

Extended settings 68
Test functions 68
Functions and Adjustments 69
Printer self-test (Rolling ASCII) 71
Exiting Rolling ASCII test mode 73
Interface test (Hex-Dump) 74
Printout in Hex-Dump 74
Terminating Hex-Dump 76
Mechanical adjustments to the printer 77
Setting the Formlen function 78
Setting the AGA function 80
Setting the Paphand function 81
Increasing the print head gap (Head up) 82
Paper width (Pagewid) 83
Left-hand area (Leftzon) 84
Right-hand area (Rightzo) 85
Physical left margin (Physlm) 86
Bidirectional parallel interface (CX-bid) 87
Line wrap (Wrap) / Beep at paper end (Sound) 88
Settings for paper with dark back (Pap.back) 89
Deactivate single sheet feeder (Single) 90
Setting for printing copy paper (HvyForm) 91
Reduced power consumption (SleepMod) 92
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Loading firmware 93
Troubleshooting 94
Troubleshooting 95
The display remains dark 96
The display is lit, but the printer does not print 97
Problems with the paper feed 98
Paper jam (fanfold paper) 99
Paper jam (single sheets) 100
Paper does not move to tear off position 100
Problems with the print quality 101
Print is too pale 101
Smudged print 101
Prints undefined characters 102
The first line is not completely printed out at the top 102
Dots within characters are missing 102
Error messages via the display 103
Load paper from ... 103
Printhead hot 103
Cover open 103
Parity Error 103
Frame Error 104
Hardware Alarm 104
Overrun Error 104
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Eject Error 105
Load paper from …105
Additional display messa
g
es 106
Press any key 106
Loadin
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Default 106
Only available in Epson mode 106
Park position 106
Tear paper off 106
Load paper from …106
Care and maintenance 107
Replacin
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the fuse 108
Cleanin
g
the housin
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109
Cleanin
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the interior 109
Platen 110
Ribbon 111
Upper friction 111
Carria
g
e shafts 111
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Emulations 112
General 112
Escape sequences 112
What are escape sequences? 113
MTPL sequences 113
What are control codes? 113
The $$ procedure 114
How are escape sequences used? 115
MTPL 116
Example in BASIC 116
Example in Pascal 117
List of available control codes 118
Barcode 137
List of available barcodes 137
US Postnet Barcode 139
LC printin
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140
List of additional command codes 141
Confi
g
urin
g
the printer for your computer 143
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Character sets 144
MTPL standard character set 145
MTPL international substitution
characters 146
OCRA character set 147
OCRB character set 148
Available character sets 149
Interfaces 156
Parallel interface 157
Connector assi
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nment 157
Serial interface V.24/RS232C 159
Connector assi
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nment 160
Interface cable (serial interface) 161
Input si
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nals 162
Output si
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nals 162
Memory mode XON/XOFF 163
Memory mode Robust XON/XOFF 163
Extended menu functions with the ENQ/STX, ETX/ACK and
ACK/NAK protocols selected 164
ENQ/STX protocol 165
ETX/ACK protocol 166
ACK/NAK protocol 166
Add entry to the AUTOEXEC.BAT 168
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Specification 169
Printer specifications 169
Interface specifications 175
Paper specifications 177
Options and Accessories 180
Options 180
Automatic single sheet feeder, front (ASF-F) 180
Automatic single sheet feeder, rear (ASF-R) 180
Tractor 2, front 180
Tractor 3, rear 181
Others 181
Automatic single sheet feeder, front (ASF-F) 182
Preparing the printer 182
Installing the ASF-F 183
Inserting paper 185
Automatic single sheet feeder, rear (ASF-R) 187
Preparing the printer 187
Installing the ASF-R 187
Inserting paper 191
Tractor 2 193
Preparing the printer 193
Installing the tractor 2 194
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Tractor 3 195
Preparing the printer 195
Installing the tractor 3 195
Paper specifications 197
Accessories 201
Ribbon cassettes 201
Serial interface adapter 201
Programmer’s application manuals 201
Index 202
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Printer at a glance
pull to open pull to open
Control panel
Front cover
Power switch
Power inlet and
fuse
Interface connector
Paper support Top cover Latches
Tear edge
Bottom cover
Single sheet feeder closed
Print head
Ribbon cassette
Rear cover

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➤Printer in fanfold paper mode ➤Printer in single sheet mode
pull to open
Tractor 1 Single sheet feeder open

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➤Paperways
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TTrraaccttoorr11
TTraracctotor 2r 2
Single sheetSingle sheet
AASSFF--FF
AASSFF--RR
Standard printer:
Tractor 1
Single sheet
Optionen:
Tractor 2
Tractor 3
ASF-F
ASF-R
If you install the ASF-F
feeder, the paper sources
Trac2 and Single are omitted.
Tractor 2 and tractor 3: option, modular

Installation
➤Unpacking the printer
Place your printer on a solid base (see Placing your
printer ).
Make sure that the “Up” symbols point to the correct
direction.
Open the packaging and take out the ribbon casset-
te. Pull the printer out of the cardboard box towards
you and remove the remaining packaging material.
Check the printer for any visible transport damage
and completeness. Apart from this CD-ROM (➀), the
Operator’s Manual (➁), the power cable (➂), the rib-
bon (➃) and the paper support (➄) must be included.
If you find any transport damage or if any accesso-
ries are missing, please contact your dealer.
➀
➁
➂
➃
➄
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➤Placing your printer
Place the printer on a solid, flat and non-slip surface
in such a way that it cannot fall down. Make sure to
facilitate access to the control panel and the paper in-
put trays and to leave sufficient space for the paper
ejected.
When selecting the printer location, observe the following additional in-
structions:
Never place the printer in the vicinity of easily inflammable gas or
explosive substances.
The power supply cable may be damaged
if the paper edges constantly chafe the
insulating sheath. The user must always
ensure that there is sufficient distance
between the power supply cable and the
paper.
STOP
STOP
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Do not expose the printer to direct sunlight. If you cannot avoid placing the
printer near a window, protect it from the sunlight with a curtain.
When connecting the computer with the printer, make sure not to exceed the
permitted cable length (see Technical specifications ).
Ensure sufficient distance between the printer and any heating radiators.
Avoid exposing the printer to extreme temperature or air humidity
fluctuations. Protect the printer from dust.
It may be recommended to install the printer in a place which is acoustically
isolated from the workplace because of the noise it may produce.
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➤Checking the printer
voltage Make sure that the device has been set to the correct voltage (e.g. 230 V in Europe, 120 V in the USA). To do this, check the type plate above the
power inlet at the back of the printer. Contact your dealer if the setting is
incorrect.
Never switch on the printer if the voltage setting is incorrect, since
this may result in severe damage.
You can set the printer to the correct mains voltage
yourself. To do this, cautiously tilt the printer to the
rear.
STOP
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Make sure that the fixing clips of the par-
allel connection are not bent STOP
STOP

Use a suitable object (e.g. a screwdriver, but never a
pencil) to set the slide switch on the left at the bot-
tom of the printer to the correct voltage.
120 V
Front side of the printer
Rear side of the printer
230 V
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➤Connecting the printer
Connect the power cable to the power inlet of the
printer. Connect the power cable plug to a mains
socket.

Make sure that the printer and the computer are
switched off and connect the data cable between the
printer and the computer.
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