Document Outline

• Panasonic
  • KX-P3124
  • Features
  • Operating Environment
    • • Do not use the printer under the following conditions.
    • •Power consumption:
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  • Assembling the parts
    • EZ set operator panel
    • 16-Character Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)
    • LOAD/PARK(*) Switch
    • SUPER QUIET (^) Switch
    • TOF SET (^) Switch
    • TEAR OFF (♦) Switch
    • ON LINE/FUNCTION Indicator
    • POWER/PAPER OUT Indicator
    • FF (PITCH) Switch
    • LF (SET) Switch
    • FUNCTION Switch
    • Printhead gap lever
    • Paper teed selector (o^ P. 23)
    • Attach one end of the parallel interface cable to your printer as shown, and the other end to your computer.
      • Note:
    • If the cable has a frame ground wire, connect it to the frame ground terminal.
    • Plug printer into a grounded 3 prong AC socket.
  • Installing the Ribbon Cassette
  • Removing the Ribbon Cassette
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  • Fanfold Paper; Push Tractor Mode—Rear Feed
    • O Turn the power on.
    • 0 Adjust the printhead gap lever for the thickness of paper you are using.
    • Set the paper feed selector to the “0 PUSH” position.
    • O Fold the smoked plastic cover forward by lifting tab on right side.
    • 0 Remove the top cover.
  • Fanfold Paper: Pull Tractor Mode—Bottom/Front Feed
    • O Unlock the tractors by pulling the tractor clamping levers forward.
    • 0 Slide the tractors to accommodate the approximate width of the paper being used.
    • Raise the upper tractor covers (A) only.
    • Remove the pull up roller unit as shown.
    • O Replace the top cover to its original position.
    • 0 Close the smoked plastic cover.
    • If ON LINE indicator is not lit, press [ON LINE) to get ready to print.
  • Single Sheets and Envelopes: Friction Mode—Top Feed
    • If ON LINE indicator is not lit, press (ON LINE) to get ready to print.
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  • Single Sheets and Envelopes: Friction Mode—Front Feed
    • O Turn the power switch on.
    • 0 Adjust the printhead gap lever for the thickness of paper you are using.
    • Set the paper feed selector to the position.
    • O Open the paper door.
    • 0 Insert one sheet of paper along the front paper guide until you feel resistance.
    • If ON LINE indicator is not lit, press (ON LINE) to get ready to print.
  • Characters Alignment
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    • When you use IBM Proprinter X24E/X24 mode;
    • Click OK
    • Highlight your Panasonic printer model.
    • Click OK .
    • Click “Set As Default Printer”.
    • Click Close
    • Exit the “Print Manager”.
    • Turning on the Super Quiet mode:
    • Turning off the Super Quiet mode;
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    • Form Feed
      • Pressing fFF] advances the paper to the next top of form position.
    • Line Feed
    • Micro Line Feed
      • Pressing (T^ once advances the paper one line.
      • Pressing [F0 while pressing [ON LINE] advances the paper one micro line
    • Reverse Micro Line Feed
      • Pressing [LFl while pressing [ON LINE] reverses the paper one micro line
  • Tear Off (Rear feeding only)
    • Tear off the page, using the tear bar.
    • Press [T] (TEAR OFF) again to reverse
    • the paper back to the top of form.
    • Replace the smoked plastic cover.
  • Paper Parking (Rear feeding only)
    • Parking the Fanfold Paper
      • Be sure power is on and the paper feed selector is in the “Q PUSH” position.
      • If the ON LINE/FUNCTION indicator is blinking, press [FUNCTION].
      • Tear off the printed page(s) of the fan- fold paper being used, (et P. 44—45)
      • Press (X) (LOAD/PARK) to reverse the fanfold paper to the parked position.
    • Loading Single Sheets or Envelopes
    • Reloading the Fanfold Paper
  • Top of Form Function
    • Press @ (TOP SET) to set the Top of Form for the current position.
      • Saved Top of Form
      • Temporary Top of Form
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  • Operation
  • Setting the Function Mode Items
    • Press iFUNCTION) to enter the Function mode.
    • Press (3 O'' E) to scroll to the appropriate Main menu topic (ex; PRINT STYLE).
    • Press to enter the Sub-menu.
    • Press (3 or (3 to scroll to the appropriate Sub-menu topic (ex; PITCH).
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    • (3 to enter the selection menu.
  • Direct Access to FONT and PITCH Setting
    • Press [FUNCTION] to enter the Function mode.
    • For font, press (ON LINE! (FONT).
    • For pitch, press fFF| (PITCH).
    • Press or El to view your desired font or pitch.
    • Press [lFI (SET) to set the new seiec- tion.
    • Press [FUNCTiON] to exit the Function mode.
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  • Setting POINT SIZE
    • Press [FUNCTION] to enter the Function mode.
    • Press (3 once to select “PRINT STYLE”.
    • Press (2 to enter the Sub-menu.
    • Press to enter the font selection menu.
    • Press (3 or El to select the desired SC font (ex; COURIER-SC).
    • Press (lQ (SET) to set the selection.
    • Press to enter the font selection menu.
    • Press @ or ® to select the desired point size.
    • Press [L0 (SET) to set the selection.
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  • PRINT SETTING Menu
    • (To Print Out the Function mode Settings)
  • PRINT STYLE Menu
    • (To Change the Font/Pitch)
      • FONT
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        • PITCH
        • • For direct access to font and pitch settings, see page 55.
        • POINT SIZE
  • EMULATION Menu
    • (To Change Your Printer’s Emulation)
  • PAGE FORMAT Menu
    • (To Change the Lines Per Inch/Page Format)
      • LINES/INCH
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  • PRINT MODE Menu
    • (To Change Print Direction etc.)
      • PRINT WIDTH
      • PANEL LOCK
      • Note:
  • TEXT ENHANCEMENT Menu
    • (To Enhance Your Text)
      • (Print Example)
      • Emphasized Printing
  • Double High
    • Shadow Printing
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      • ZERO FONT
    • CHARACTER SET Menu
      • (To Change the Character Set)
        • COUNTRY
        • CHR SET
        • CODE PAGE
    • INSTALL Menu
      • (To Control Initial Setup Conditions)
        • Alternate Graphics Mode
        • Automatic CR
        • Automatic LF
        • Automatic Paper Loading
        • Buzzer Sound Controi
        • Paper Out Detector
        • INSTALL Menu Super Quiet Printing
        • Reverse Feeding in Pull Mode
        • Automatic Tear Off
        • Cut Sheet Feeder Mode
          • CSF MODE
        • Download Buffer Control
        • Color Printing
          • COLOR
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    • DISPLAY LANGUAGE Menu
      • (To Select the Display Language)
    • INTERFACE Menu
      • (To Select Interface)
    • MACRO MODE Menu
      • (To utilize the MACROS)
        • SAVE MACRO
        • LOAD MACRO
        • POWER ON MACRO
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          • This Setup Disk can only be used in an IBM-PC or a compatible computer with a 3.5" floppy disk drive.
          • Note:
    • Running the Setup Program
      • Insert your Setup Disk into either drive A or B.
      • <For Dos>
        • Type A: (or B:) and press ( Enter),
        • Type SETUP
        • Press ( Enter).
      • <For WINDOWS>
        • Select Run from the File menu.
        • Type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP)
        • Click I OK I (or Press ( Enter]).
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    • Print Settings
    • Setting Selections on Setup Disk
      • In the <Menu> window, press [T] or m.
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      • Press @.
      • Press [T] or .
      • Press @.
      • Press C±] or (X) ■
      • Press {Enter ].
    • Save to Disk
      • Press [ F3 ].
      • Enter a file name (up to 8 characters, upper or lower case).
      • Press [ESC], [Y] to exit to DOS.
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    • Load from Disk
      • Press [~F4).
      • Use [T] or [T] to highlight your desired file name.
      • Press [ Enter ].
    • Send to Printer
      • Press (F10].
      • Press [T] Of ® ■
      • Press @.
      • Press [T] or [T] •
      • Press [ Enter).
      • Press ®.
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    • FACTORY Setting
    • Help
      • Press [fT].
      • Press ® ® / C±3 /
      • Press fEnter].
      • Press (ESC].
      • Press [ESC].
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      • Font Selection
      • Character Pitch Selection
      • Character Highlight Selection
      • Word Processing Mode Selection
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    • Character Set Selection
    • Bit Image (Graphics) Mode Selection
    • Bit Image (Graphics) Mode Selection
    • Paper Feed Selection
    • Page Format Selection
    • Tabulation—Horizontal
    • Tabulation—Vertical
    • Carriage Control
    • Data Control
    • Download Character Selection
    • Miscellaneous
    • Color Selection
      • Parameter
    • Font Selection
      • Function
      • Name
      • Parameter
    • Character Pitch Selection
    • Character Highlight Selection
    • Character Highlight Selection
    • Character Set Selection
      • Function
      • Name
      • Parameter
    • Bit Image (Graphics) Mode Selection
    • Bit Image (Graphics) Mode Selection
    • Paper Feed Selection
    • Page Format Selection
    • Tabulation—Horizontal
    • Tabulation—Vertical
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    • Carriage Control
    • Data Control
    • Download Character Selection
    • Miscellaneous
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    • Color Selection
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      • Insert the back-up disk into either drive A or B.
    • <For DOS>
    • <For WINDOWS>
      • Type A: (or B:) and Press [Enter],
      • Select Run from the File menu.
      • Type CMDREF
      • Type A:\CMDREF (or B:\CMDREF)
      • Press [Enter].
      • ^ Click |OK| (or Press [Enter]).
      • Press [tD of m.
      • Press [Enter].
        • Screen 2
      • Press ( Pg.Up] / [ Pg.Down]
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      • Press [Enter],
        • Screen 3
        • Screen 4
      • Press (E]*
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      • Ribbon Cassette
        • Note:
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    • Fanfold Paper
      • Note:
    • Single Sheet
    • Envelope
      • Note;
    • Printing Area
      • Fanfold paper
      • Single sheet and Envelope
    • Parallel Interfacing
      • Specifications:
      • Connector pin signals
        • STB...STROBE
        • DATA 1-DATA 8
        • ACK...ACKNOWLEDGE
        • BUSY
        • PO...PAPER OUT
        • SLCT...SELECT
        • AUTO FEED XT (AFXT)
        • SG...SIGNAL GROUND
        • FG...FRAME GROUND
        • PRIME
        • ERROR
      • Clear Buffer Function
        • Press [ON line] to stop the printing and enter the OFF LINE mode.
        • Press [lFI while pressing [FUNCTION) to clear the data in the receive buffer.
        • Press [ON LINE) to enter the ON LINE mode.
      • To enter the Hex Dump mode:
      • To release the Hex Dump mode:
        • Epson Italic Character Set (US)
        • Epson Graphic Character Set 2
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        • Epson Character Set 2 (Multilingual)
        • Epson Character Set 2 (Portugal)
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        • Epson Character Set 2 (Canada-French)
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        • Epson Character Set 2 (Turkey)
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        • IBM All Character Chart
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        • IBM Character Set 2 (Multilingual)
        • IBM All Character Chart(Multilingual)
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        • IBM Character Set 2 (Portugal)
        • IBM All Character (Portugal)
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        • IBM Character Set 2 (Canada-French)
        • IBM All Character (Canada-French)
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        • IBM Character Set 2 (Norway)
        • IBM All Character (Norway)
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        • IBM Character Set 2 (Turkey)
        • IBM All Character Set (Turkey)
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    • International Character Set
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    • Fanfold paper:
    • FF (Form feed): Fixed pitch printing;
    • Font:
    • FORTRAN:
    • Function:
    • Initialization:
    • Interface:
    • International character set:
    • I/O:
    • Italics:
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    • FOR USERS IN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES ONLY