Panasonic KX-P1123 User manual

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. e

eratng

Ins

ructions

Impact Dot Matrix Printer

Panasonic

Before

operating

this

unit.

please

read

these

instructions

comp

tely

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FOR

USE IN U.K.

IMPORTA

NT:

The

wir

e ma

s arc colo

ed in a

ordan

with

e following

code: Gr

n and ye

ow:

Ear

Blue: Ne

lltral

Bro

wn: Li

e colours

e w

e main le

of this apparatus may not

correspond with

loured markings identify

e terminalsill your plu

proceed as (allows:

•

re which is

loured gr

and

must be co

ted

terminal

the plug w

ch is marked

e le

er E

e s

ety earth

mbol

~or

colou

red

n or gr

-a

llo

•

e wire which iscolo

ed bluemust beconnected

eterminal which is

marked

wit

e letter N or coloured black.

• The wire which isco

lour

ed brown must

conn

ted to

e t

minal which

is marked with

e le

er L

coloured red.

WARNING:

This

para

s must be earthed.

• This equipment is produced to

8S800:

1988.

Any dcta

s givcn

ese

Opera

ting

struc

ons

e subj

t 10 chan

witho

noti

ce.

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WARNING

o Power source voltage

this unit

listed on the nameplate. Do

not fail to plug the printer into an outlet with the proper voltage.

o To

prevent

fire

shock hazard,

not expose this product to

rain

any type

moisture.

o When you operate this equipment, the socket-outlet shall be near

the equipment and shall be

easily

.accessible.

The serial number

the unit may be found on the label on the

rear

the

unit. For your convenience, nole this number"below.

and

retain this book, along with your proof

purchase, to serve as a

permanent record

your purchase

the

event

a theft,

for

future reference.

MODEL NO. KX-P1123 NAME OF DEALER

____

SERIAL NO.

___

_ DATE OF PURCHASE _ _ _ _

IBM and IBM PC are registered trademarks

International

Business

chines Corporation.

Proprinter is a trademark

International

Business

Machines

Corporation.

Microsoft is a registered trademark

Microsoft Corporation.

Apple is a registered trademark

Apple Computer, Inc.

Epson is a registered trademark

Seiko

Epson Corporation.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction Page

1.1

Product Overview

...

. .

. . . . . .

. . . .

I-I

1.2 Specifications

.......

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1.3 Parts

the Printer

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...

.•

...........

1-5

2. Set up

2.1

Site

Requirements......................

....

.....

2-1

2.2 Unpacking and Inspection

......

....

................

2-1

2.3 Power

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

.• . •

.•

. .

2-2

2.4 Mounting the Ribbon

Cassette............

...

.....

. 2-2

2.5 Paper Feed

Selection..

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-4

2.6 Control levers

..........

. . . . . .

. .

....

...

....

. 2-5

2.7 Paper Installation

.....

..............•.•

. . . .

•.

....

2-6

Fanfold Paper

.......

...

..•.

. . .

•.............

2-6

Rear

feeding..

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2-6

Boltom

feeding.

......

. .

........

.......

...

....

2-\

Single Sheets and Envelopes (Friction) . . . . . . . . .

2·13

2.8

Self

Test

................................

...

.......

2-16

2.9 Connecting to a

Computer....

.. .. .. .. ..

.....

.. ..

...

2-17

3. Operation

3.1 Front Panel

Switches....................

.........

3-1

3.2 ControL TabLe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .

. . .

3-3

FONT/PITCH/FORM LENGTH

....

. . . . . .

...

.....

3-3

ENHANCEMENT...............................

3-5

C. LEFT / RIGHT MARGIN

.....

................

3-6

MACROs...............

....

..............

3-7

FACTORy

........

. . . . .

....

•

...........

QUIET mode

...................................

3-11

3.3 Feeding the Paper

.............................

....

3-12

Perforation Cut (P.CUT)

........................

3-13

Automatic Paper Loading (LOAD/PARK)

.........

3-14

Paper Parking (In Rear feeding)

........

3-14

D. Top

Form function (TOF SET)

...

......

....

InitiaLSetup mode

.................................

3.5 Detecto

.............

.........

. . .

.........•......

3·25

3.6 Initializa

tion...

.......

. .

...

. .

.......

3-26

3.7 Hex Dump

....

...

....

......

. .

.....

..•.

....

3-27

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Table of Contents

Software

Introduction

Page

4.1 Introduction

................•....•......•....•.....

4·1

4.2 Control Codes .

....

...

..................

. .

4·1

4.3 Entering Control Codes

through Commercial Software Packages

............

4.4 Entering Control Codes Directly from the Keyboard .

4.5 Entering Control Codes

from Within a Basic Program

......

.......

. . .

4.6 Entering Hexadecimal Code

..................•.•...

4.7 Control Codes

...............................•.....

4.8 Special Code for IBM PC or Compatible

.....

...

KX·P1l23

Features

5.1 Print Feature Control

....

. .

.....

. .

......

5.2 Download Characters

........•......

..•

.•. .

........

Bit Image (Graphics)

..............................

6. Epson LQ·850 Mode Commands

................

7. IBM

Proprinter

X24 Mode

Commands

....

...

Interfacing

.....

............

....

...

.......

...

.....

9. Maintenance

............................

...

....

.. .. .

Appendix A Character Set Chart

................•.

.....

Appendix B Proportional Spacing Tables

........

....

Appendix C Structure

Index Table Entry

.........

Appendix D Download Character Matrix Blanks

...

....

Appendix E Paper Specifications

......

...........

...

Appendix F Printing Area .

....

. .

....

.....

.•..

.....

4-2

4-4

4-5

4-7

5-\

5-3

5-\4

6-1

7-1

8-1

9-1

A-I

B-\

C-I

D-I

E-I

F-I

Appendix G Glossary

........

.. ..

..............•.

....

: G-I

Index

...................................................

Index-I

OPTIONS

and

SUPPLIES

...

........

...

Inside back cover

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Introduction

1.1 Product Overview

This printer is a

versatile.

high quality

24-pin

dot

matrix printer which

designed

meet

the needs

your

office.

This

printer

features the EZ

Set

Oper

ator Pan

that lets you control

a wide variety

printing

conditions

quickly and conveniently from

the panel.

The

EZ Set

Operator

Panel allows you

contr

ol more than 20 func-

tions including:

.Font

selections

cluding 3

Draft

and 4

Leller

Quality (LQ) fonts

.Pit

ch selections

including

15,

characters

per

inch and

(Proportional

Spacing)

orm

Length

selections including 8, 8.5,

II,

2/3,

and

inches

.Enhanc

e me

nts:

Bold,

Italic,

uble

ight

Double

width,

Double strike and

Centering

ett

ing L

eft

and

Right

margins

etting

Quiet

mode which reduces printing noise

.Write

and

Read

MACRO

s which store the printing

format

T which raises the perforation to the lear bar;

eliminates

paper

waste

and

maximizes print

ett

ing Top

Form which stores the top margin

according

paper

path used

-And

more...

The

printer has landscape

sertio

capability

(up

to 11.7

inche

s) and

3 paths; rear, bottom and top.

-1

Introduction

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Introduction

The KX-P1123 offers bursl speeds up

240 cps (characters

per

sec-

ond)

aft mode

cps

in LQ (Letter Quality) mode.

The

printer is equipped with an internal 6K buffe

An optional 32K

buffer

available which expands the total buffer size to 38K. The

re buffer area can be used as a receiving buffer

a portion can

be used as a download font area. The buffer area assignment is se-

lected through the EZ Set Operator Panel; Initial Setup Mode.

For software compatibility, this printer has two command sets: Epson

LQ-850 and IBM Proprinter X24. Eith

set can be selected through

the EZ Set Operator Panel; Initial Setup Mode.

Introduction 1-2

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Introduction

1.2 Specifications

Power

req

uirement

c---

Frequency: --

ent:

Interface:

fonts:

Soft

ion:

._-

Char

acter sets:

f--

Dot configuration:

Dot

diamet

Matrix

or.

)

Dot pit

(Hor.)

(Ver.)

xim

numbe

arac

per

line (cpl

Printing speed

Icharacters per

second

).l

-3

Introduction

---

- _ .

...

Refer

the nameplate located on the rear

printer.

--_.

ntronics para

RS-232C / S

eria

terface b

[KX-

10,

-P

19]

ptio_n

c...

)

___

-I

3 Draft (Pica. Elite, Micron)

4 Letter Quality (Courier, Prestige, Bold PS, Sc

pt)

Epson LQ-8

ith

shadow & outline),

IBM

Propri

er X24

96 ASCII c

hara

cters

96 Italic

CII characters

32 [nternatianal characters- 13 counlfies and LEGAL

ernat

ional char

ters

[nt

8 IBM sp

-1

3 countries and LEGAL

ial c

haracter

I & 2

1/127 inch (0.2 mm)

lit

e/Micron)

x 8 / 24x7

Draft (

ca/

24 x9 / 24

1/120" (0.21

)

Y180" (0.14

:!..

)_ _ _

Pica [10 cpi

Elite (12 cpi(characters per

ch)]

)

cron ( IS c

)

Compressed (17 cpi)

te compressed

0 cpi)

ca elongated (5 cp

te elongated (6 c

)

Micron elon

Compressedgated

cpi)

elongated (S.5 cpi)

Elite compressed elongated (

Micron

Pica

Draft

240 cps

t92 cps

160

24 x 30

1/3

60" (0.07 mm)

1/180" (0. 14 mm)

cps

80 cpl

96cp

l ,

120 cpl !

137

cpl '

160cpl

40cp

48c

60cp

68 cpl

80 cpl

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Introduction

Printing

direction:

User selectable: Bidirectional or Unidirectional III

Line feed time: Approx. 100 msec

[with

1/6

inch (4.2 mm) line feeding]

Paper feed: Pull/Push (user selectable) Tractor feed

(with fanfold paper)

Friction feed (with single sheet or envelopes)

Paper used: Fanfold paper:

Width:

4-10

inches (102-254 mm)

Weight: pull mode:

16-24

Ibs

(53-90

gms/m')

push mode:16-241bs (53-90 gms/m')

Single sheet:

Width:

4-11.7

inches (102-297 mm)

Height: 5-14.3 inches (127-363 mm)

Weight: 14-241bs (41-90 gms/m')

Envelopes: Standard envelopes

ie:

#6, #10

(Referto

Appendix E)

Copies: Original + 3 non carbon copies

Paper thickness: Total thickness

sheets must be less than 0.013 inch

(0.32 mm)

Operating 50"F (IO'C) to

95'F

(35'C) temperature,

environment:

30-80% humidity

(Please allow the printer to stabilize at room

temperature within the operating temperature range

before operation)

Storage - 4

F'(-20'C)

140'F (60'C) temperature,

environment:

10-90% humidity

Head life: Approximately 100 million characters (200 million

strokes) in draft mode

Ribbon: Cassette seamless fabric ribbon

Ink color: Black

Yield: Approx. 3 million characters in draft mode

'(rolling ASCII)

Dimensions: 16.7 (W) x 13.4 (D) x 5.2 (H) in.

(423 X

341

133

mm)

Weight: Approx. 15.7 Ibs

(7.1

kg)

Introduction 1-4

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Introduction

111.3

Parts

the Printer

Front

View

ead

gap

C=::-:::

.::-.-.:::::::)

----

Smoked

pla

c coyer

Paper

guid

Pa(X:f

hail

relea

lever

Pap

er fe

lector

Pow

switch

EZSet

Operato

anel

Row

indicator

light

Column i

cat<II'lig

",'

Control

Table

QUIET switch

ON LINE/FUNCTION indioutor light

lQUIET mode indicator light

POWER/PAPER

OUT

indic.,or light

1-5 Introduction

ON LINE (SET) switch

FF (ROW) s

tch

LF (COLUMN) switch

FUNCTION switch

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