CitizenメーカーGSX-190の使用説明書/サービス説明書
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USER'S MANUAL 9-WIRE DOT MATRIX PRINTER.
________________________________________________________ 2 CITIZEN ® GSX-190 User's Manual Citizen America Corporation 2102 Alton Parkway, Suite A Irvine, CA 92606-4907 Trademark Acknowledgement.
________________________________________________________ 3 Important Safety Instructions Provided by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. I. Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. 2. Follow all warnings and inst ructions marked on the product.
________________________________________________________ 4 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………6 GSX-190 Features………………………6 About this Manual………………………8 Service and Support Information……….
________________________________________________________ 5 Appendix A Options 57 Color-On Command TM 58 Sheet Feeders 64 Serial Interface 65 Printer Stand 66 Appendix B Maintenance 67 Cleaning 67 Alar.
________________________________________________________________ 6 Introduction Your new Citizen GSX-190 is a high-quality 9-wire printer well suited to the needs of your home or office. The GSX-190 blends sophisticated styling and Near Letter Quality output with versatile paper handling.
____________________________ ________________________________________ 7 Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ Command-Vue IIITM Control Panel * The Command-Vue III control panel clearly indicates the current state of the printer and menu settings.
______________________________________________________________________________ 8 About this Manual ______________________________________________________________________________ Option * Expand your printer's capabilities with an optional serial interface.
____________________________ ________________________________________ 9 Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ Service, Support and Supplies It is our goal to make your GSX-190 ownership experience a satisfying one.
________________________________________________________ 10 Chapter 1 Setup Before unpacking your printer any further, take a few moments to consider where you plan to put it. * Choose a flat, stable desk or printer stand that also accommodates your paper supply.
________________________________________________________ 11 Chapter 1: Setup ________________________________________________________________ All packing materials {carton, cardboard inserts} are 100% recyclable if you do not plan to save them. Carton Contents In your printer carton you should have received the six items shown in Figure 1-1.
________________________________________________________ 12 Unpacking and Setting Up the Printer ______________________________________________________________ ___ Figure 1-2. Printer Components Identifying Printer Components Figures 1-1 and 1-2 highlight the main components of the GSX-190 printer.
________________________________________________________ 13 Chapter 1: Setup _______________________________________________________________ Opening the Top Cover The top cover is a two-part hinged c over with a tear bar at one edge. You must open it to install and ch ange ribbons, and to make other adjustments to the printer.
________________________________________________________ 14 Installing the Ribbon _________________________________________________________ ________ Replacing the Top Cover Installing the top cover is also a two-stage process. Each half of the cover should click into place separately to ensure complete closure.
________________________________________________________ 15 Chapter 1: Setup _________________________________________________________ ________ 4. Slide the ribbon down into position between the printhead and the metal ribbon mask.
________________________________________________________ 16 Connecting to a Power Outlet _______________________________________________________________ Connecting to a Power Outlet First look at the on/off switch and be certain it is off. Plug the cord into a standard 120-volt grounded outlet {see Figure 1-6}.
________________________________________________________ 17 Chapter 1: Setup _______________________________________________________________________ Before making any connections, turn off both your printer and your computer. Connecting the interface cable to your printer is very simple.
________________________________________________________ 18 Chapter 2 Command-Vue TM III Control Panel The Command-Vue III control panel lets you easily control many of the GSX-190's features. To select a particular option, move one of the slide switches until the desired option is displayed in a window.
________________________________________________________ 19 Chapter 2: Command-Vue III Control Panel _________________________________________________________ ________ In most cases, a key acts like a toggle; pressing the key turns the displayed option on and off.
_______________________________________________________ 20 ON LINE Menu Group ______________________________________ ____________________ . ON LINE Menu Group Move the MENU slide switch to ON LINE to enter the ON LINE menu group. This menu group lets you select the paper handling and other functions most frequently used during printing.
________________________________________________________ 21 Chapter 2: Command-Vue Ill Control Panel _________________________________________________________ ________ On Line and Off Line Modes When the printer is "on line"—its normal operating mode—it can receive data from your computer and print.
________________________________________________________ 22 PITCH Menu Group _______________________________________________________________________ You can move the STYLE slide switch only when the MENU slide switch is at STYLE. The STYLE slide switch is locked out if the MENU slide switch is at ON LINE, INSTALL orVuePrint.
________________________________________________________ 23 Chapter 2: Command-Vue III Control Panel _________________________________________________________ ________ MODE MENU GROUP The MODE menu group is selected when the MENU slide switch is at STYLE and the STYLE slide switch is set at MODE.
________________________________________________________________ 24 Install Menu Group ______________________________________________________________________ .
________________________________________________________ 25 Chapter 2: Command-Vue Ill Control Panel _______________________________________________________________________ that describes the entire printer default environment.
________________________________________________________ 26 VuePrint TM Menu Group _______________________________________________________________________.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 27 Chapter 2: Command-Vue III Control Panel ______________________________________________________________ ___ To see a printout of the current default settings, press PRINT for three seconds.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 28 VuePrint TM Menu Group ______________________________________________________________ ___ Default settings are normally read during initial power up. The old default settings remain in effect until you turn the power off.
________________________________________________________ 29 Chapter 2: Command-Vue III Control Pane _________________________________________________________ ________ A few additional settings are available only through the VuePrint menu {or through software comm ands, which are explained in Appendix D}.
________________________________________________________ 30 Other Command-Vue Functions Code page {IBM emulati on only} Selects among code pages, a m ethod that DOS computers use t o display and print foreign-language characters.
________________________________________________________ 31 Chapter 2: Command-Vue III Control Panel _______________________________________________________________________ Table 2-8. Other Command-Vue Functions. (cont’d) Print demo page Switch to the VuePrint menu end press PRINT and SAVE for at least three seconds.
___________________________________________________________________ 32 Chapter 3 Paper Handling Your GSX-190 printer offers great versatility in the kinds of paper you can use and ways of loading and unloading them, This chapter discusses the detail of these features.
________________________________________________________ 33 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _______________________________________________________________________ Paper thickness lever position Number of copies {including original} -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 Not used Not used 1 o r2 3 4 or envelope Envelope Envelope Envelope Envelope Figure 3-1.
________________________________________________________ 34 Setting the Paper Select Lever _______________________________________________________________________ Setting the Paper Select Lever The paper select lever {Figure 3-2 on page 28} sets the GSX-190 for either continuous or single sheet paper.
________________________________________________________ 35 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _______________________________________________________________________ 4. Insert a piece of paper head in, face down, between the paper holders {as you would load paper in a typewriter}.
________________________________________________________ 36 The Tractor Unit _________________________________________________________ ________ Loading single sheets repeatedly is faster and more efficient with the automatic sheet feeder or manual sheet feeder.
________________________________________________________ 37 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _________________________________________________________ ________ Continuous Single-sheet Multi-copy* Labels Enve.
________________________________________________________ 38 The Tractor Unit _________________________________________________________ ________ Installing the Tractor in the Pull Position When the tractor is mounted in the pull position, it pulls the paper up from the bottom and sends it straight up past the platen.
________________________________________________________ 39 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _________________________________________________________ ________ 5.
________________________________________________________ 40 Printing on Continuous Paper _________________________________________________________ ________ Because of the advanced paper-handling features of the GSX-190 it is seldom necessary to turn the paper f eed knob.
________________________________________________________ 41 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _______________________________________________________________________ Figure 3-7. Installing the paper guide/sheet separator. Figure 3-6. Adjusting the tractor feeders.
________________________________________________________ 42 Paper Tear-Off _________________________________________________________ ________ 7. Move the paper holders from the sides into the middle of the paper guide. This prevents your printed output from becoming accidentally jammed in the paper guide on its way out of the printer.
________________________________________________________ 43 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _______________________________________________________________________ You must be printing on continuous paper with the tractor unit in the push position to use this feature.
________________________________________________________ 44 Paper Parking _________________________________________________________ ________ Occasionally, you may not want the paper to automatically advance to the paper tear-off. You can turn off this feature by changing TEAR OFF to OFF in the VuePrint menu.
________________________________________________________ 45 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _________________________________________________________ ________ To park your continuous paper: 1. After the current job finishes, tear off the paper after the last page.
________________________________________________________ 46 Printing on Envelopes _________________________________________________________ ________ Printing on Envelopes Single sheet feeding allows you to print on #10, #6¾, #7¾, and DL size envelopes with a paper weight of 12 to 20 lb.
________________________________________________________ 47 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _________________________________________________________ ________ 8. Wait a brief time {approxima tely half a second}. The envelope automatically feeds into the printer and stops when it reaches the correct position for the starting line of print.
________________________________________________________ 48 Printing on Envelopes We recommend that you set the VTOP option to +144 when printing on envelopes. This starts your printing on the envelope— not the flap. See "Top-of-Form Fine Adjustment" in this chapter for more information on VTOP settings.
________________________________________________________ 49 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _________________________________________________________ ________ Printing on Overhead Transparencies Your printer can also print in color on overhead transparencies for outstanding presentations.
________________________________________________________ 50 Printing on Multi-part Forms and Labels _________________________________________________________ ________ Figure 3-12. Bottom paper feeding. Follow these steps to load multi-part forms or labels: 1.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 51 Chapter 3: Paper Handling ______________________________________________________________ ___ Figure 3-13. Feeding paper into the bottom of the printer 7. Open the tractor feeder covers, position the forms or labels on the sprockets and close the covers.
________________________________________________________ 52 Top-of-Form Fine Adjustment _________________________________________________________ ________ 11. Replace the top cover. The transparent part of the cover rests against the tractor unit. 12.
________________________________________________________ 53 Chapter 3: Paper Handling _________________________________________________________ ________ 5. Press the PARK/LOAD ▲ key to adjust the paper upwards in 1/72-inch increments. Or, you can press the LF/FF ▼ key to adjust the paper downwards in 1/72-inch increments.
________________________________________________________ 54 Top-of-Form Fine Adjustment _______________________________________________________________________ Envelopes should not be used with -71 through -60 variable top-of- form settings. Paper feeding problems m ay occasionally occur.
________________________________________________________ 55 Chapter 4 Setting Up Commercial Software The GSX-190 is designed to work easily with many popular commercial software packages. The software is designed to print a file by sending codes for letters, numbers, punctuation, and so on in addition to activating various printer features.
________________________________________________________ 56 Chapter 4: Setting Up Commercial Software _________________________________________________________ ________ The printer models in Table 4-1 are listed in order of their similarity to {i.e., compatibility with} the GSX-190.
________________________________________________________ 57 Appendix A Options Figure A-1. Enhance your GSX-190 prin ter with any of these options..
________________________________________________________ 58 Appendix A: Options _________________________________________________________ ________ Color On Command TM With Citizen's exclusive Col.
________________________________________________________ 59 Color On Command TM _______________________________________________________________________ Figure A-3.
________________________________________________________ 60 Appendix A: Options _______________________________________________________________________ Figure A-4.
________________________________________________________ 61 Color On Command TM _______________________________________________________________________ You must use the menu to install the color option before using the printer to avoid damage to the printer.
________________________________________________________ 62 Appendix A: Options _________________________________________________________ ________ There is a short cut for turning on color when the printer is on line. Simply move the MENU slide switch to the INSTALL position and hold the COLOR RIBBON key for 3 seconds.
________________________________________________________ 63 Color On Command TM _________________________________________________________ ________ Correcting Color Mixing When you select colors, the printer chooses the proper color band on the color ribbon.
________________________________________________________ 64 Appendix A: Options _______________________________________________________________________ Figure A-5. Adjusting to correct color mixing Sheet Feeders Two automatic sheet feeders {or A.S.F.s} and a manual sheet feeder can be used.
________________________________________________________ 65 Serial Interface _________________________________________________________ ________ Serial Interface The serial interface permits your GSX-190 printer to communicate with a computer that requires an RS-232C serial interface.
________________________________________________________ 66 Appendix A: Options _________________________________________________________ ________ Baud rate Sw itch 3-1 Sw itch 3-2 Sw itch 3-3 *9600 ON ON ON 4800 ON OFF OFF 2400 OFF ON OFF 1200 ON ON OFF 600 OFF OFF ON 300 ON OFF ON 150 OFF ON ON Table A-2.
________________________________________________________ 67 Appendix B Maintenance Cleaning Periodically clean out paper dust and other stray particles that may find their way into your printer. It is a good idea to keep your printer covered when it's not being used.
________________________________________________________ 68 Appendix B: Maintenance _________________________________________________________ ________ Alarms When an alarm occurs, the indicator lights shown in Figure B-I will flash.
________________________________________________________ 69 Alarms _________________________________________________________ ________ Alarm: LF/FF and QUIET alternately flash. Cause: This is a warning that the printhead is hot, which can occasionally happen during times of heavy printing.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 70 Appendix B: Maintenance ______________________________________________________________ ___ Troubleshooting This section discusses some of the difficulties users sometim es encounter.
________________________________________________________ 71 Troubleshooting _________________________________________________________ ________ Problem: Paper does not feed. √ Is your continuous paper set in the tractor feeders correctly? √ Be sure the paper select lever is in the correct position.
________________________________________________________ 72 Appendix B: Maintenance _________________________________________________________ ________ Problem: Paper does not feed from the automatic sheet feed&. √ Is the paper select lever in the rear {single sheet} position? √ Be sure the A.
________________________________________________________ 73 Troubleshooting _________________________________________________________ ________ Printing Results Problem: Printer does not print at all.
________________________________________________________ 74 Appendix B: Maintenance _________________________________________________________ ________ Color Printing Problem: Printer will not print in color.
________________________________________________________________ 75 Troubleshooting _______________________________________________________________ √ Your word processing software m ay be sending a reset command that cancels this control panel setting.
________________________________________________________ 76 Appendix B: Maintenance ___________________________________________________ Hex Dump The hex dump is a useful tool for debugging programs. It shows the hexadecimal values of the codes actually sent by your computer, printing 16 codes on each line.
________________________________________________________ 77 Appendix C Specifications Printing Printing Speed Draft characters I5 CPI: 270 CPS I2 CPI: 216 CPS 10 CPI: 240 CPS {high speed} 10 CPI: 180 .
________________________________________________________ 78 Appendix C: Specifications _________________________________________________________ ________ Bit Image Modes 60, 72, 80, 90, 120, 144, and .
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 79 FCC COMPLIANCE STATEMENT This equipment has been tested and found to compl y with the lim its for a Cl ass B Digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC R ules.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 80 Appendix C: Specifications ______________________________________________________________ ___ ETAT DE CONFORMITE EMI A L'U.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 81 Appendix D Command Reference In the following tables, ESC indicates the Escape character. Braces around a number, for example 124}, indicates t hat you should use the character with that decim al value.
________________________________________________________ 82 Appendix D: Command Reference ______________________________________________________________ ___ Print Size Commands Pitch Pica ESC ~ 3 0 Elite ESC ~ 3 1 13.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 83 Epson FX-850 Emulation Commands ______________________________________________________________ ___ Epson FX-850 Emulation Comma.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 84 Appendix D: Command Reference ______________________________________________________________ ___ Horizontal Motion Commands Mov.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 85 Epson FX-850 Emulation Commands ___________________________________________________ Print Enhancement Commands Emphasized print.
___________________________________________________________________ 86 Appendix D: Command Reference ______________________________________________________________________________ Download Character C.
_________________________________ ___________________________________ 87 IBM Proprinter III Emulation Commands _______________________________________________________________________ Skip-over perform.
____________________________ ________________________________________ 88 Appendix D: Command Reference _______________________________________________________________________ Overscoring On ESC _ 1 O .
________________________________________________________ 89 Index A A.S.F. 64 Accessories, ordering 9 Alarms 68-70 ASF MODE key 24 Auto CR 30 AutoLF 30 Automatic sheet feeder 24, 28, 64, 71 B Bottom f.
________________________________________________________ 90 Fonts v, 21-22, 28 Foreign- language characters See Code page, Internat ional characters Form feed 20 Form lengt h 29 G Graphic dir 29 H Hex.
________________________________________________________ 91 POWER/PAPER OUT indicator 20, 36, 68 PRESTIGE key 22 PRINT key 25 Printer drivers 55—56 Printer stand 49, 66 PROPORTIONAL key 23 Push posi.
________________________________________________________________ 92 Citizen America, Inc. Limited Warranty Citizen America, Inc. hereby warrants that it will repair or replace, at its option, any part.
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