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The Menu
Programming via the control panel 61

Calling up the menu 62

Enabling access to menu mode 62

Menu configurations 63

Menu handling 66

Save settings 66

Selecting the LC display language 67

Terminating Setup mode 69

Menu structure 70

Menu description table 71

Menu settings (example) 84

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The Menu
➤ Programming via the Apart from being able to control your printer via the applications software
control panel you use, you can also program the printer directly. There are two pro-
gramming options you can use:

Programming via the control panel and

Programming via the interface using Escape sequences or control codes

Settings made by escape sequences have priority over settings

made in menu mode; therefore they will override these.

Programming via the interface gives you far greater freedom for desi-
gning your printed pages, however, it is also a more sophisticated
method and requires some experience with programming languages and
printer control systems.

All programming via the interface is lost after you turn off the printer,
whereas the programming carried out using the control panel, is saved
and stored even after you turn off the printer.

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➤ Calling up the menu You can access the menu in the following way:

Press the Setup key. The printer switches to Setup mode. (The Setup
Adjust Paperway mode can be selected both in the Online and Offline mode.)
Menu Char Online

1 2 3 4 To access the printer menu, press the key directly underneath the word
Setup Menu (1).

➤ Enabling access to menu The menu may have been disabled at the factory for some country-speci-
mode fic models. You can enable acces to menu mode using the MenLock
parameter from within the menu itself. (The MenLock parameter is des-
cribed in detail in the Menu description table).

Switch off the printer for approx. 5 seconds; keep the Setup key pressed
when switching on again to unlock the menu.

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➤ Menu configurations Every printer is shipped with factory default settings. Basic settings such
as emulation, character size, form length etc., which many applications
make use of, are set. At the end of this chapter you will find a
menu printout which shows you the printer’s default settings.

Your printer allows you to set and use three independent menu configura-
tions. If one of your applications for example requires an IBM printer
while another program works better with an EPSON printer, you can set
an IBM emulation configuration with the desired settings, and set the se-
cond configuration as an EPSON emulation.

The active menu is always the one you used last. When you switch on
the printer for the very first time, menu no. 1 is loaded. Menu no. 1 only
remains active until you load another menu. Even after you turn off the
printer the menu that was active last remains the active menu and when
you switch the printer on again this menu is loaded automatically.

For example, to change from menu no. 1 to menu no. 3:

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Select Setup mode (press Setup key).

Online Tractor1
Tear Online

1 2 3 4
Setup

Select Menu mode (press key under Menu [1]).

Adjust Paperway
Menu Char Online

1 2 3 4
Setup

Select Menu again (press key under Menu [3] drücken).

Print Menu
Back Next Online

1 2 3 4
Setup

Now the following message appears in the LC display:

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Now press the < (2) or > (3) key repeatedly until Load Menu=3 appears.
Load Menu=1 * Then select menu no. 3 as the current setting using the Set key. After
Set Exit Online
you have completed this change the printer initialises itself and a corre-
1 2 3 4 sponding message is displayed in the LC display.
Setup

The currently active setting is marked with an asterisk ( ).

*

If changing menues it is possible that the printer initializes due to

different emulation settings.

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➤ Menu handling You can navigate in the current menu using the four function and selection
keys arranged below the LC display field. Each function and parameter dis-
played in the LCD is executed or selected by the corresponding key below,
respectively. Usually two parameter groups are combined at one level. In
the following example, these are the LPI and Skip parameter groups.

back to LPI Skip on to If you do not wish to change one of the two
the previous Back Next the next parameters you can either press the Next key (to
parameter groups parameter groups access the two following parameter groups in the
menu), or you can press the Back key (to access
6 LPI * Skip = 0.0 Inch * the two previous parameter groups in the menu). If
Set < > Exit Set < > Exit
you want to change a setting, (e.g. the line density),
then press the LPI key (LPI = lines per inch) to
access the actual parameter level. The currently va-
lid setting is marked by a (in the example below
*
the current setting is 6 lpi). With the < and > keys
you can view the other parameters available for this
setting.

➤ Save settings Once the desired parameter is displayed on the LC display, you can save it
by pressing the Set key. The parameter is then set and the printer auto-
matically displays the parameter groups again. With the Exit key you can
leave the sublevel without saving your changes.

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➤ Selecting the LC display This section describes how to make settings in the menu, using the se-
language lection of the national language as an example.

This example shows how to change from the English language to the
German language. The same procedure applies to the other languages
(french, Italian and spanish).

Select the Setup mode by pressing the Setup key.

Online Tractor1
Tear Online Menu mode may be disabled. Hold down the Setup key whi-
le switching on the printer to enable menu mode. If you
1 2 3 4
Setup want to enable access to this mode permanently, you need
to change the appropriate setting in the menu (see
Menu description table in this chapter).

Press the Menu key (1).

Adjust Paperway
Menu Char Online

1 2 3 4
Setup

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Press the Next key (4) several times until the display indicates
Print Menu Language.
Back Next Online

1 2 3 4
Setup

Press the Language key (3).

MenLock Language
Back Next Online

1 2 3 4
Setup

The display now changes to Parameter mode and indicates English in

English * the top line.
Set < > Exit Online

1 2 3 4 The lower line displays Set and Exit. The two arrows < (2) and > (3)
Setup represent the symbols for parameter selection (“<” indicates descending
and “>” ascending). Press the < (2) or > (3) key until the desired langua-
ge is displayed, in our example German.

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Save your selection by pressing the Set key (1). An acoustic signal
German * verifies this action.
Set < > Exit Online

1 2 3 4 You can exit Parameter mode without saving a setting by pressing the
Setup Exit key (4), the old setting is retained.

After saving your setting (Set), the display in our example indicates the
following text:

Ges.Men Sprache This setting is retained even after switching off your printer.
Rück Vor Online

1 2 3 4
Setup

➤ Terminating Setup mode Press either the Setup key to change into Offline mode or the Online
key to change to Online mode.

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➤ Menu structure
Back
MENU
Next

Print Menu FFmode PapOpt

Reset Quietm. Barcode Barmode

5)
Font CPI ColorOpt Width

LPI Skip Paper AutoTear

ESCChar Emulate Single5) Trac1

Bidir I/O ASF-14) ASF-24)

Serial Interf. Buffer Trac23) Trac32)

Baud Format MenLock Language

1) only if ENQ/STX, ETX/ACK or

Special1) Protocol DTR Auto-CR Auto-LF
ACK/NAK protocol is selected
2) only 2T model
CG-Tab CharSet Country Sl.Zero 3) only with optional tractor
4) only with optional ASF
5) not installed on some models.

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➤ Menu description table

Parameter group Parameter Description
Print (none) A list of the menus with the current parameters is printed. You will find an example of
a printout at the end of this table.
Menu Load Menu=1* A menu is loaded, you can choose between five menus.
Load Menu=2
Load Menu=3
Load Menu=4
Load Menu=5
Reset Reset Menu 1 The current menu returns to the default values (factory settings).
Reset Menu 1 No
Yes
Quietm. Off* Switches between normal and quiet mode printing. For all printing modes, the print-
On out is made with the bidirectional method in quiet mode printing. In the first step the
first row of pins is activated, during the second step the second row is used.
Font HIGH SPEED Selects the character style and its quality. Character styles marked with an I (for
DRAFT* example Courier I PS LQ) are IBM compatible fonts (PS = proportional font).
DRAFT COPY
ROMAN NLQ
ROMAN LQ
ROMAN PS NLQ
ROMAN PS LQ
SANS SERIF NLQ
SANS SERIF LQ
S SERIF PS NLQ
S SERIF PS LQ

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Parameter group Parameter Description

Font PRESTIGE NLQ
(continued) PRESTIGE LQ
SCRIPT NLQ
SCRIPT LQ
COURIER NLQ
COURIER LQ
OCRB NLQ
OCRB LQ
OCRA NLQ
OCRA LQ
COURIER I NLQ
COURIER I LQ
COUR I PS NLQ
COUR I PS LQ
Kix/Royal NLQ
Kix/Royal LQ
ORATOR NLQ
ORATOR LQ
GOTHIC NLQ
GOTHIC LQ
ROMAN/T NLQ scalable fonts (LQ2170 emulation)
ROMAN/T LQ
SANS SERIF/H NLQ
SANS SERIF/H LQ
CPI 5 CPI, 6 CPI, 7.5 CPI, Sets the characters per inch (character pitch). The higher the parameter the smaller
8.6 CPI, 10 CPI*, the character spacing.
12 CPI, 15 CPI,
17.1 CPI, 20 CPI

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Parameter group Parameter Description

LPI 2 LPI, 3 LPI, 4 LPI Sets the lines per inch (line density). The higher the parameter the smaller the line
6 LPI*, 8 LPI, 12 LPI spacing (random LPI can be selected via the ESC sequences).
Skip Skip = 0.0 Inch* Skips the perforation; 7 different values (in inches) can be defined.
Skip = 0.5 Inch
Skip = 1.0 Inch
Skip = 1.5 Inch
Skip = 2.0 Inch
Skip = 2.5 Inch
Skip = 3.0 Inch
Skip = 3.5 Inch
ESCChar ESCChar = ESC* Selects the start signal for control sequences: Escape signal only or Escape signal
ESCChar = ESC+$$ and two $ signs. A description can be found in the chapter Emulations.
Emulate Epson LQ-2550* Selects the emulation. MTPL is also active in IBM or Epson emulation mode.
Epson LQ-2170
IBM Propr. XL24
IBM ProXL24+AGM
MTPL
Bidir Bidir = On* Setting On: Printer prints in both directions (bidirectional).
Bidir = Off Setting Off: Printer prints only in one direction (from left to right).

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Parameter group Parameter Description

I/O
Serial
Baud Baud = 600 Selects the data transmission rate (baud rate; baud = bit per second).
Baud = 1200 Printer and computer must have the same baud rate.
Baud = 2400
Baud = 4800
Baud = 9600*
Baud = 19200
Format 7 Bit No 2 Stop 1. Sets the number of data bits
7 Bit Even 1 Stop 2. The parity test for received data bytes can be selected. NO causes transmission in
7 Bit Odd 1 Stop both directions without parity bit. If EVEN or ODD is selected, the bytes are
7 Bit Even 2 Stop checked if they have even or odd parity. The selection of MARK or SPACE causes
7 Bit Odd 2 Stop a data byte transmission with parity bit, but without checking the received data.
7 Bit Mark 1 Stop Transmission data with parity bit is always marked with 1 (MARK) or 0 (SPACE).
7 Bit Spc1 Stop 3. Selects one or two stop bits per data byte.
7 Bit Mark 2 Stop
7 Bit Spc2 Stop
8 Bit No 1 Stop*
8 Bit No 2 Stop
8 Bit Even 1 Stop
8 Bit Odd 1 Stop
8 Bit Mark 1 Stop
8 Bit Spc1 Stop
Special Only with serial interface and if the ENQ/STX, ETX/ACK or ACK/NAK protocol is set.
See Chapter Interfaces
ErrMode ErrMode = On Error handling; On replaces the incorrect character with ?, Off deletes the entire
ErrMode = Off* block.
Blockend Blockend = On End-of-block character definition: On = LF, FF, CR, VT, ETX, DEL, Off = ETX, DEL.
Blockend = Off*

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Parameter group Parameter Description

Remote Remote = On Signal feedback; On = RDY/BUSY available, Off = No RDY/BUSY control.
Remote = Off*
Handthr Handthr = On Affects the transparence of control sequences and block acknowledgement,
Handthr = Off* depending on the selected protocol.

Protocol XON/XOFF* Selects the protocol for data transmission; see Chapter Interfaces.
Robust XON/XOFF
ENQ/STX
ETX/ACK
ACK/NAK

DTR DTR = DTR* DTR signal is assigned to DTR line.

DTR = READY READY signal is assigned to DTR line.
DTR = Pin 20 on 25-pin female V.24 connector.
DTR = Pin 4 on 9-pin female V.24 connector.
Interf. Interf.= Share* Selects the interface. Printer is configured either for parallel or serial connection or in
Interf. = Parallel automatic change for both (Shared).
Interf. = Serial
Buffer Buffer = 0 KB Selects the size of the interface buffer.
Buffer = 16 KB With Buffer = 0 KB and serial interface selected, the actual buffer size is 512 bytes.
Buffer = 32 KB
Buffer = 48 KB
Buffer = 64 KB
Buffer = 80 KB
Buffer = 96 KB
Buffer = 112 KB
Buffer = 128 KB*

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Parameter group Parameter Description

CG-Tab CG-Tab = Graphic* Only available for Epson emulation. Either the Epson character set Italics or the IBM
CG-Tab = DLL graphics character set or a DLL (download) character set, as defined before, can be
CG-Tab = Italic activated in the code range from hex. A0 to hex. FE.
CharSet Standard Selects the IBM standard characters or the extended IBM characters.
Extended*
Country ISO USA Selects the national character set. These character sets can be used
ISO UK according to the selected emulation.
ISO France The character sets are not necessarily available for all fonts (see Character sets
ISO Germany chapter).
ISO Italy
ISO Sweden MTPL/ISO character tables (can also be used with the scalable fonts)
ISO Norway
ISO Spain
ISO Portugal

Epson USA Epson character tables (can also be used with the scalable fonts)
Epson France
Epson Germany
Epson UK
Epson Denmark
Epson Sweden
Epson Italy
Epson Spain
Epson Japan
Epson Norway
Epson Denmark II
Epson Spain II
Epson Latin America

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Parameter group Parameter Description

Country Epson Korea Epson character tables
(continued) Epson Legal

CRO-ASCII Special
Arabic Farsi
Arabic Urdo
Greek DEC
Greek ELOT 928

CP437 Latin US IBM character tables

CP737 Greek
CP850 Latin 1
CP851 Greek
CP852 Latin 2
CP857 Turkish
CP858 (IBM with )
CP860 Portugal
CP861 Icelandic
CP863 French
Canada CP864
Arabic
CP864 Arab.
Extended
CP865 Nordic
CP866 Cyrillic
CP866 Bulgaria

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Parameter group Parameter Description

Country Siemens Turkish Special
(continued) DEC Turkish

CP1250 Win Latin 2 IBM character tables

CP1251 Win Cyrillic
CP1252 Win Latin 1
CP1253 Win Greek
CP1254 Win Turkish

8859-1 Latin 1 MTPL/ISO character tables

8859-1 Latin 1 (SAP)
8859-2 Latin 2
8859-5 Cyrillic
8859-7 Greek
8859-9 Turkish
8859-15 Latin 9
(Euro)

BRASCII Special
Abicomp
Roman 8
Coax/Twinax(Hebrew)
New-437 (Hebrew)
New-DIG 850 (Hebr.)
Old-Code 860 (Hebr.)
Flarro 863 (Hebrew)
Table 865 (Hebrew)
Sl.Zero Sl.Zero = On Selects if normal zero (0) or the slashed zero (Ø) is printed.
Sl.Zero = Off*

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Parameter group Parameter Description

Auto-CR Auto-CR = On* Switches the automatic carriage return on or off after receiving the signal CR
Auto-CR = Off (carriage return).
Auto-LF Auto-LF = On Switches the automatic line feed (LF) on or off after receiving the signal CR (carriage
Auto-LF = Off* return).
MenLock MenLock = Off If MenLock = Menu is activated, the Setup menu is locked. If you select
MenLock = Menu* MenLock = All, the keys Paper, Font and CPI are also locked. In this case, the
MenLock = All Setup menu can only be called up by holding the key Setup while switching on the
printer.
Language English* The menu can be shown in five languages on the LC display.
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Paper Einzel Selects the paper parameters Formlen (form length), FormAdj (first printing
Trac1 position) and Head (print head gap).
ASF-1
ASF-2
Trac2
Trac3
Formlen Sets the form length via line formats.
Lines 18 Please note that the adjustment in Lines depends on the selected LPI. For example
: 8 LPI at a selected line number of 96 lines results in a formlength of
72* 12 inches. (96 lines/[8lines/inch]) = 12 inches)
: The selectable range is between 3 and 21 inches, i.e. for 2 LPI from 6 to 42 lines and
132 for 12 LPI from 24 to 262 lines.
If the form length is set it will not be changed by changing the LPI later on.

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Parameter group Parameter Description

Formlen No format* Selects the form length by standard formats.
Standard DIN A3 (420 mm) Using Standard, different paper formats can be selected directly, e.g. DIN A4, Legal,
DIN A4 (297 mm) Letter.
DIN A5 (210 mm) The LC display indicates No format if a value is selected by the Line function or
DIN B5 (250 mm) ESC sequences, which does not correspond to a standard format.
DIN B6 (176 mm)
DIN C6 (162 mm)
Executive 10.5"
Letter 11"
Legal 14"
FormAdj FormAdj = 0/72" Sets the first print position of a form in n/72 inch, separately adjustable for each
: paper path.
FormAdj = 12/72"* The settings made here reduce the height of the printable area.
:
FormAdj = 220/72"
Head Head = 0 Adjusts the printhead gap manually; separately adjustable for each paper path. Only
: if the AGA function of the printer is switched off
Head = 18* (see Setting the print head gap).
:
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Parameter group Parameter Description

AutoTear View/Tear = Off* The auto tear function or the auto view function can be selected as desired.
View = 1s When auto view is switched on, the last printed text is visible. As soon as data is
View = 3s received the paper moves to the “normal” print position.
View = 6s After printing the printer waits for the given interval to bring the paper once more to
Tear = 1s the auto view position.
Tear = 3s The paper is in the tear off position when auto tear is switched on, the perforation of
Tear = 6s the paper is positioned at the tear off edge of the printer. If data is received, the
Tear at TOF paper returns to the normal print position. After printing, the printer waits for the given
interval to bring the paper once more to the tear off position.
If the tear off edge is not aligned with the perforation of the paper then this can be
corrected.

If the parameter View Tear = Off is set, the paper can still be brought into a View or
Tear position via a specific sequence (see Emulations, MTPL sequences).

If the parameter Tear at TOF is set, the paper perforation is automatically positioned
at the tear off edge as long as the current print position TOF is activated.
Width Width = 8 Inch Selects the line length in inches.
Width = 13.2 Inch With the setting of 8 Inch, the printer operates like a printer with a width of only 8
Width = 13.6 Inch* inches.
ColorOpt Not installed* Sets the ribbon. Select the parameter Not installed for a printer without a colour
4 x Black option. All other options apply only for the multi-coloured version of the printer.
Red + 3 x Black
Red, Green ...
Yellow, Magenta ...

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Parameter group Parameter Description

Barcode On/Off* With this function selected it is posible to print different barcodes and LCP (Large
Character Printing). The definition and activation is performed by special sequences
through the interface. Since this selection is possible for all emulations it must be
noted that con-flicts in sequence conformity with the selected emulation may occur.
For this reason the barcode function can also be switched on and off by MTPL
sequences. (The possible barcodes, LCP characters and the operation of these
functions are described in the Barcode Programmer’s Application Manual).
Barmode Secured In secured mode, the space which the barcode characters require is “protected”. In
Unsecured* each line, other barcode or normal characters can also be printed.
These additional characters are printed in the line currently being printed and and in
the subsequent lines, without affecting the barcode which is already being printed.
Consequently, normal characters can be printed in every line to the right or left of the
barcode.
In unsecured mode, the required paper transport for printing barcodes and LCP is
carried out automatically, it is not possible to print more than one line of normal
characters in the barcode line.
All characters in the mixed line are printed such that their bottom edges are in a
straight line. This function may be switched on and off by sequences.
FFmode FFmode = Off* FFmode = On: If the paper is positioned in the first printing line, form feeds will be
FFmode = On ignored.
FFmode = Off: Form feed will be performed in all cases.

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Parameter group Parameter Description

PapOpt Controls the optional automatic single sheet feeder (ASF) and/or the optional tractor.
This parameter group is only available if an optional single sheet feeder or tractor is
installed.

AutoASF Off* If an ASF is not installed, Off is displayed (factory default). If an ASF is installed and
On the Off parameter is activated, only the selected source is supported (either via the
menu or an ESC sequence). If the selected paper source is empty, printing stops.
If an ASF is installed and you select On, the printer will load paper from the other
source if the selected one is empty.

If an optional tractor is not installed, Off is displayed (factory default). If an optional

AutoTRA Off* tractor is installed and the Off parameter is activated, only the selected tractor is
T1=T2 supported (either via the menu or an ESC sequence). If the selected tractor is out of
T1=T2=T3 paper, printing stops.
If an optional tractor is installed and you select T1=T2 (standard printer) or
T1=T2=T3 (2T model), the printer will load paper from the other tractor if the selected
one is empty.
For the 2T model, the selection priority is T2–T3–T1, i.e. if the selected T2 is out of
paper, the printer will first try to load paper from T3, then from T1. If the selected T3
is empty, the printer will first address T1, then T2. If T1 is selected and empty, first
T2, then T3 will be addressed.

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➤ Menu settings (example)

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