Printek FormsPro4300 Quick Reference Manual

Brand: Printek

Model: FormsPro4300

Category: Dot matrix printers

Type: Quick Reference Manual

This manual is also suitable for

FormsPro 4500

Set-Up Guide

for

FormsPro

4300

4500

4503

Printers

FormsPro

4300

4500

4503

guide

Before You Setup Printer...

Setup of your Printek®FormsPro Series printer is quick and

easy. By following this guide, you will be able to set

parameters for up to ten unique form configurations and for

successful printer/computer communication.

All FormsPro printers come with Factory Default settings

already stored in memory (indicated by an asterisk). This

guide shows you how to change the parameter settings if

you need to customize your forms.

The following pages provide complete listings of all functions

under the Setup: FORMS, Setup: INTERFACE, and Setup: OPTIONS

menus, along with a brief description of each function and

possible values.

This guide has been provided as a quick reference tool to help

you setup your FormsPro printer. Please refer to your

Operator’s Manual for more complete instructions and

function descriptions.

To Access the Forms, Interface and Options Menus:

11..If your printer is online, take your printer offline by pressing

the Online button once.

22..Enter one of the three SETUP menus by pressing and

holding the SETUP button:

a.Hold for one beep for the SETUP: FORMS menu.

b.Hold for two beeps for the SETUP: INTERFACE menu.

c. Hold for three beeps for the SETUP: OPTIONS menu.

(Hint: by starting with the Options menu, you are able to change both

the Forms and Interface menu without exiting SETUP each time.)

3.Once in the desired menu, you can access its various

functions using the FUNCTION arrow keys.

4.Whenever you select a function, its current value will be

displayed. Use the VALUE arrow keys to change the value

or setting. The value displayed when you leave a function

will become the default value until you change it again.

5.Push SETUP button or the ONLINE button to store values

and exit SETUP menu.

READ ME FIRST

Printer

Control

Panel

setup

Defines Each Form’s Configuration

Forms Setup

allows you to

set print

parameters

for each of

the 10 form

templates 0-9.

*Factory Default Setting

F# (F0 - F9) = indicates which form is being configured

FORMS

forms

Form #: 0 through 9 Allows you to select the desired form to be

configured. Printer defaults to the currently

selected form.

F# Path: Front, Center, or Rear Assigns tractor path to be used for current form

(

Available on FormsPro 4503 only

F# Auto Cut: Yes or No* Available only when the

optional

FormsCutter

is installed. Will cut every form printed.

F# CPI: 10*, 12, 13.3, 15, Sets character pitch in characters-per-inch.

16.74, 17.14, or 20

F# Left Mar: 0* through 134 Sets left margin in columns (characters) from

left-most print position. Column width based

on CPI. Left margin must be less than right margin.

F# Right Mar: 1 through 255, or MAX* Sets right margin in columns (characters)

from left-most print position. A value of MAX

sets margin to the rightmost print position.

F# LPI: 6* or 8 Sets line pitch to 6 or 8 lines-per-inch.

F# Length: 1 through 227 (66*) Sets form length in lines at current line pitch.

F# Top Mar: 0* through 255 Sets top margin by adding specified number

of lines to top of form.

F# Btm Mar: 0* through 255 Sets bottom margin in lines from bottom of form.

F# Scroll+: 0* through 127 Sets distance in lines from top margin to first

print line of form (

Note: does not add lines to form

as top margin does

). Use Scroll with existing

software to take advantage of zero-waste

capability. If first line is printed too high on paper

after aligning edge with tear bar, use Scroll to

position it lower on page. Scroll does not modify

top of form position Not recommended for use.

in place of Top Margin.

F# Cut Adj: -85 to +84, 0*, or Auto Available only when

optional

FormsCutter is

installed.

F# Print Adj: -128 through 0*, or 0 Sets print position in 72nds (.01388”) of an inch

from top of form. May be used to align vertical

print position to match a preprinted form

which does not begin at an even number of

lines from the top edge of paper.

F# Font: FX FD, FX DF, FX LQ PC FD, Selects font to be used. (

Note: Fonts not

PC DF, PC LQ EB FD, EB DF,

installed will not be displayed

EB LQ, LA120FD, LA120DF,

LA120LQ, OCRA OQ, OCRB

OQ PCL2 FD, PCL2 DF PCL2 LQ

F# Draft: Normal* or Fast Selects the mode or quality of printing, either

“Normal” or “Fast”.

F# Impact: Norm* or High Sets character printing mode to normal or

high impact.

F# Lang: USA*, France, Germany, Sets character substitution table for alternate

England, Denmark, Sweden, language (

Note: Epson font must be selected for

Italy, Spain, or Japan

character substitution).

F# Zero: Normal* or Slashed Sets type of zero to be printed.

F# Unidir: Yes or No* Sets uni-directional printing instead of

bi-directional printing.

Functions Possible Values Description

Interface

Set-up

allows you

to set

your

printer

interface

parameters.

*Factory Default Setting

INTERFACE

Defines I/O Interface

Functions Possible Values Description

Mode:

Test, ANSI X3.64, Selects current emulation mode, barbermode, or

Epson*, Bar Codes, hex dump mode

(Test mode for factory use only)

Proprinter, LA-120, TTY,

Printek, Barberpole, or

Hex Dump

I/O: Parallel*, Serial, CX/TX or Selects active I/O port. If CX/TX interface is

IPDS (CX/TX & IPDS optional) installed, CX/TX also

selects Parallel port

(Not available when RS-422 or IPDS

interface is installed)

Baud Rate: 150, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, Selects baud rate for serial interface

(Not

4800, 9600*, or 19200

available when Parallel, CX/TX or IPDS is selected)

Data Bits: 7 or 8* Selects number of data bits in Serial character

frame and the number of significant data bits

in each character received via all other interfaces.

Parity: None*, Ignore, Odd or Selects parity checking requirements for Serial

Even data bits

(Not available when Parallel,

CX/TX, or IPDS is selected).

Busy: Low* or High Selects polarity of busy signal (pin 11 of RS-

232C interface). Available only when RS-232C

interface is installed and Serial is selected.

DTR: Power*, Online, or Busy Selects condition reflected by DTR signal (pin 20

of RS-232C interface). Available only when RS-

232C interface is installed and Serial is selected.

XON/XOFF: Off* or On Enables or disables transmission of XON and XOFF

characters from printer to host to control data

flow to printer

(Not available when Parallel, CX/TX

or IPDS is selected).

ETX/ACK: Off* or On Enables or disables ACK response to receipt of

ETX character

(Not available when Parallel, CX/TX

or IPDS is selected).

Auto CR: Off* or On Enables or disables automatic Carriage Returns

(CR) when a Line Feed (LF), Vertical Tab (VT), or

Form Feed (FF) is received.

Auto LF: Off* or On Enables or disables automatic Line Feed (LF)

when a Carriage Return (CR) is received.

Long Line: Wrap* or Trunk Sets whether characters beyond right margin

are wrapped to next line or truncated.

Left Edge: Fixed or Float* Sets whether left edge of line is printed 1/2” from

detected paper edge or is fixed at “0” on ruler.

FF at TOF: Yes* or No Sets whether Form Feed (FF) occurs when

received from host computer if paper is already

positioned at top of form (TOF).

Scroll Delay: 0, 1*, 2 through 15 Sets number of seconds to delay before

scrolling top of form to tear bar when printer

is idle and form boundary has been reached.

Fault: Break Pg*, Reprint Pg, Selects whether a paper-out condition causes

Finish Pg Page Break or allows you to reprint page.

Page Size: 256* or 512 through Sets page size in characters, when Page Reprint

28160 is selected. When you don’t use Page Reprint,

leave value set to 256.

Chars: Control* or Printable Selects whether certain control character

symbols are printed (emulation dependent) or

are treated as control characters.

interface

Functions Possible Values Description

Options

Set-Up

allows you

to set

operating

variables

and install

optional

products.

*Factory Default Setting

OPTIONS

Configures Options

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Setup: Forms Setup: Interface Setup: Options

(One Beep) (Two Beeps) (Three Beeps)

Max Form #: 0 through 9 Sets the last form number to be displayed by

operator selection with FORM SELECT button

or while in “Setup: FORMS” menu.

Ribbon Check: On* or Off Sets whether ribbon checking is active.

Turning off may limit the warranty on print

head. For more information, see “Using

Special Features” in User Manual and refer to

warranty in “Printer Specifications” appendix.

Ribbon Life: 23*, 5 through 30 Sets number of characters to be printed before

“Change Ribbon” message is displayed. For more

information, see “Using Special Features” in User

Manual.

Paper Cutter: Yes or No* Sets whether optional FormsCutter is installed.

Imager: Yes or No* Sets whether Imager or Imager Plus is installed.

Translation: Off* or On If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Free Format: Off* or On If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Terminator: LF* or CR If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Ignore Char: Off* or On If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Zero: Normal or Slashed* If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Ignore Col. 1: Yes or No* If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Control Char: If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Bar Codes: Hi-Res*, Med-Res, If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

Line Reg: Off or On* If Imager option is installed, refer to Imager Manual.

To access these menus, take printer offline and hold down the Set-Up button.

options

Printek printers have 10 different form templates to modify

to standardize your print jobs. Should you need to

troubleshoot your forms alignment, please try the following

suggestions:

Horizontal Alignment

1. If your print is too far right:

Adjust the left margin within your document, on the

computer. (i.e. MS Word document, change left margin

from 1.0 to .75 inches)

2. A Floating margin vs. a Fixed margin.

Eliminate user error and always keep the floating margin

option selected and adjust the printer margin through

your software Remember, the Fixed Margin option will

affect all 10 form templates and will disable the Auto-Align

feature.

Vertical Alignment

1.If your print is too high:

a. Use the Scroll Adjust in the Forms menu to move every

line on the page down on the page in “full line”

increments.

b.Use the Print Adjust on the page in “partial line”

increments.

2.If your print is too low:

Use Print Adjust in the Forms menu to move the printed

line up on the page in “partial line” increments. Add or

subtract 1/72'' (.01388'') to finely adjust print placement.

Note: “Top Margin” should not be used for vertical

alignment, as it will change how your computer counts the

number of lines per page.

Printek, Inc.

1517 Townline Road

Benton Harbor, MI 49022-9697

For technical assistance:

1.800.368.4636 (choose customer service at menu)

616.925.8539 (Fax)

Printed in U.S.A.

FORMS ALIGNMENT

troubleshooting

Printek FormsPro4300 Quick Reference Manual

Brand: Printek

Model: FormsPro4300

Category: Dot matrix printers

Type: Quick Reference Manual

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