Table of Contents Table of contents
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4. Maintenance .......................................... 4-1
- Preferred Materials ..................................... 4-1
4.1 Cleaning the Platen and Surrounding Areas .................... 4-1
4.2 Cleaning Procedure ...................................... 4-3
4.3 User Replaceable Parts ................................... 4-4
- Replacement of the Print Head ............................ 4-4
- Print Head Removal .................................. 4-4
- Print Head Installation ................................. 4-6
- Replacement of the Platen ............................... 4-8
- To Remove the Platen ................................. 4-8
- To Install the Platen .................................. 4-9
5. Trouble Shooting and Diagnostics ......................... 5-1
- How to Use this section .................................. 5-1
5.1 Power-related Problems .................................. 5-2
5.2 Error Messages ......................................... 5-2
5.3 No Printout ............................................ 5-5
5.4 Operation-related Problems ................................ 5-6
5.5 Print-related Problems .................................... 5-7
5.6 Ribbon or Carriage-related Problems ......................... 5-9
5.7 Print Tests ............................................. 5-9
6. Colour Option ......................................... 6-1
6.1 Install the Colour Option .................................. 6-1
6.2 Installing the 4-Colour Ribbon .............................. 6-5
7. Technical Data ......................................... 7-1
Appendices
Appendix A System Interface Descriptions ........................ A-1
1 Serial Interface RS 232 C ............................... A-2
2 Transmission Protocols ................................ A-3
3 Parallel Centronics Interface ............................A-13
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4 Shared Operation .....................................A-16
Appendix B Print Samples of Resident Fonts ...................... B-1
Appendix C Character Set Tables ............................... C-1
Appendix D Philips GP Quick Reference ......................... D-1
Appendix E IBM ProPrinter Quick Reference ...................... E-1
Appendix F EPSON LQ 2550 / ESC/P2 Quick Reference ...............F-1
Appendix G Barcode Quick Reference ........................... G-1
Appendix H Miscellaneous .................................... H-1
S Part Numbers ....................................... H-1
S System Manager Information ............................ H-3
