Tally T2040 User manual

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T2140

T2040

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Table of contents

Printer at a glance 1

Paperways 3

Installation 4

Unpacking the printer 4

Placing your printer 5

Connecting the printer 7

Switching on the printer 9

The control panel 10

The LC display 11

Online mode 12

Offline mode 13

Setup mode 14

Messages in the LC display 15

Key functions when turning on the printer 16

Changing the ribbon cassette 17

Settings (I) 22

Paper path quick selection 22

Selecting character density and font temporarily 24

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Loading paper 26

Fanfold paper 26

Single sheets 32

Handling 35

Paper transport 35

Moving the paper to the tear position 36

Settings (II) 37

Setting the print head gap 37

Setting the tear position 39

Setting the first printing line (TOF) 40

The Menu 42

Programming via the control panel 42

Calling up the menu 43

Enabling access to menu mode 43

Menu configurations 44

Menu handling 46

Save settings 47

Selecting the LC display language 48

Terminating Setup mode 50

Menu structure 51

Menu description table 52

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Test functions 66

Functions and Adjustments 67

Printer self-test (Rolling ASCII) 69

Exiting Rolling ASCII test mode 71

Interface test (Hex-Dump) 72

Printout in Hex-Dump 72

Terminating Hex-Dump 74

Mechanical adjustments to the printer 75

Setting the Formlen function 76

Setting the AGA function 78

Setting the Paphand function 79

Head up 80

Pagewid 81

Leftzon 82

Rightzo 83

Physlm 84

CX-bid 85

Wrap / Sound 86

Pap.back 87

Loading firmware 88

Loading the operating system for the first time 89

Troubleshooting 89

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Troubleshooting 90

The display remains dark 91

The display is lit, but the printer does not print 92

Problems with the paper feed 93

Paper jam (fanfold paper) 94

Paper jam (single sheets) 95

Paper does not move to tear off position 95

Problems with the print quality 96

Print is too pale 96

Smudged print 96

Prints undefined characters 97

The first line is not completely printed out at the top 97

Dots within characters are missing 97

Error messages via the display 98

Load paper from ... 98

Printhead hot 98

Cover open 98

Parity Error 98

Frame Error 99

Hardware Alarm 99

Overrun Error 99

Eject Error 100

Load Error 100

Additional display messages 101

Press any key 101

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Loading Default 101

Only available in Epson mode 101

Park position 101

Tear paper off 101

Load paper from single 101

Remove paper in xxx 101

Care and maintenance 102

Replacing the fuse 103

Cleaning the housing 104

Cleaning the interior 104

Platen 105

Ribbon 106

Upper friction 106

Carriage shafts 106

Emulations 107

General 107

Escape sequences 107

What are escape sequences? 108

MTPL sequences 108

What are control codes? 108

The $$ procedure 109

How are escape sequences used? 110

MTPL 111

Example in BASIC 111

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Example in Pascal 112

Printout 112

List of available control codes 113

Barcode 132

List of available barcodes 132

US Postnet Barcode 134

LC printing 135

List of additional command codes 136

Configuring the printer for your computer 138

Character sets 139

MTPL standard character set 140

MTPL international substitution

characters 141

OCRA character set 142

OCRB character set 143

Available character sets 144

Interfaces 145

Parallel interface 146

Serial interface V.24/RS232C 148

Connector assignment 149

Interface cable (serial interface) 150

Input signals 151

Output signals 151

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Memory mode XON/XOFF 152

Memory mode Robust XON/XOFF 152

Extended menu functions with the ENQ/STX, ETX/ACK and

ACK/NAK protocols selected 153

ENQ/STX protocol 154

ETX/ACK protocol 155

ACK/NAK protocol 155

Add entry to the AUTOEXEC.BAT 157

Specification 158

Printer specifications 158

Interface specifications 164

Paper specifications 166

Options and Accessories 169

Options 169

Automatic single sheet feeder, front (ASF-F) 169

Automatic single sheet feeder, rear (ASF-R) 169

Tractor 2, front 169

Tractor 3, rear 170

Others 170

Automatic single sheet feeder, front (ASF-F) 171

Preparing the printer 171

Installing the ASF-F172

Inserting paper 174

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Automatic single sheet feeder, rear (ASF-R) 176

Preparing the printer 176

Installing the ASF-R 176

Inserting paper 180

Tractor 2 182

Preparing the printer 182

Installing the tractor 2183

Tractor 3 184

Preparing the printer 184

Installing the tractor 3184

Paper specifications 186

Accessories 190

Ribbon cassettes 190

Programmer’s application manuals 190

Index 191

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Printer at a glance

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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