Document Outline

• FRONT MATTER
• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
  • Features
  • More about ESC/P2
  • Options
  • Finding Your Way Around
  • Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
  • Printer Parts
• CHAP 1-SETTING UP THE PRINTER
  • Unpacking the Printer
    • Checking the parts
  • Choosing a Place for the Printer
  • Assembling the Printer
    • Removing the protective materials
    • Installing the ribbon cartridge
    • Attaching the paper guide
  • Testing the Printer
    • Plugging in the printer
    • Running the self test
  • Connecting the Printer to Your Computer
  • Configuring Your Software for the Printer
    • Choosing from a menu
• CHAP 2-PAPER HANDLING
  • Selecting a Paper Feeding Method
    • Setting the paper-release lever
  • Using Single Sheets
    • Loading single sheets from the top
    • Loading single sheets from the front
  • Using Continuous Paper
    • Tractor position and available paper paths
    • Changing tractor positions
      • Installing in the push-tractor position—Installing in the pull-tractor position
    • Loading continuous paper with the push tractor
    • Removing continuous paper from the push tractor
    • Loading continuous paper with the pull tractor
    • Removing continuous paper from the pull tractor
  • Switching Between Continuous Paper and Single Sheets
    • Switching to single sheets
    • Switching to continuous paper
  • Printing on Special Paper
    • Paper-thickness lever
    • Multi-part forms
    • Labels
    • Envelopes
• CHAP 3-USING THE PRINTER
  • Control Panel
    • Lights
    • Buttons
    • Other control-panel features
  • DIP Switches
    • Changing a DIP-switch setting
    • DIP-switch tables
    • DIP-switch functions
      • International character sets—Character tables—Print direction---Printer mode---Input buffer capacity---Skip-over-perforation--
  • Micro Feed
    • Using micro feed
    • Adjusting the loading position
  • Tear Off
    • Tear-off mode
    • Using the TEAR OFF button
    • Adjusting the tear-off position
  • Typestyles
    • Character fonts
    • Character spacing
    • Condensed printing
  • Data Dump Mode
• CHAP 4-USING PRINTER OPTIONS
  • Cut-Sheet Feeders
    • Installing a cut-sheet feeder
    • Loading paper with the single-bin cut-sheet feede
    • Loading paper or envelopes with the high-capacity cut-sheet feeder
    • Assembling the double-bin cut-sheet feeder
    • Switching between continuous paper and the cut-sheet feeder
      • Switching to continuous paper—Switching to the cut-sheet feeder
  • Pull Tractor
    • Loading paper with the push tractor and the optional pull tractor
  • Interface Cards
    • Installing an interfacecard
    • The C823051 /C823061 serial interface card
      • Selecting a baud rate-Handshake timing—Error handling
• CHAP 5-MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPORTATION
  • Cleaning the Printer
  • Replacing the Ribbon
  • Transporting the Printer
• CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
  • Power Supply
  • Printing
  • Paper Handling
• CHAP 7-TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
  • Printer Specifications
    • Printing
    • Paper
    • Mechanical
    • Environmental
  • Interface Specifications
    • Specifications and pin assignments
    • Interface timing
  • Option Specifications
    • Cut-sheet feeders
  • Initialization
    • Default settings
• CHAP 8-COMMAND SUMMARY
  • Using the Command Summary
  • Commands Arranged by Topic
    • General operation
    • Paper feeding
    • Page format
    • Print position motion
    • Font selection
    • Font enhancement
    • Spacing
    • Character handling
    • Bit image
  • Graphics
• APPENDIX
  • Character Tables
    • Italic Character Table
    • Graphics Character Tables
  • International Character Sets
• GLOSSARY
• INDEX