DMP-240 (260-2839) Control Panel and Menu Settings Faxback Doc. # 4353 PRINTING COLOR (COLOR) When you install the optional color ribbon, you can select any of seven colors, including black, with this menu. The setting in this menu is effective only when you install the color ribbon. You can make this selections directly in the on-line mode by quick setting. ALTERNATE GRAPHICS MODE (AGM MODE) Selects or cancels the alternate graphics mode (AGM) in IBM mode. The AGM mode has some special control codes that are similar to the Epson LP-800/1000 printers. PRINTING MODE (PRN MODE) GROUP The printing mode group contains: Copy mode (CPY MODE) Text printing direction (TEXT DIR) Graphics printing direction (GRPH DIR) Software command lock (SW LOCK) COPY MODE (CPY MODE) Selects either normal or copy mode. In copy mode, the print head makes stronger strokes so that it can make four copies, including the original. TEXT PRINTING DIRECTION (TEXT DIR) Selects either bidirectional or unidirectional text printing. The print- ing speed is higher in bidirectional printing. In unidirectional printing, the vertical alignment is exact. For control commands from the computer, see the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual. TEXT PRINTING DIRECTION (GRPH DIR) Selects either unidirectional or bidirectional graphics printing. The vertical alignment is exact in unidirectional printing, while the printing speed is higher in bidirectional printing. (SW LOCK) Protects the printing style settings by prohibiting override by control commands sent from the computer. Select OFF to enable computer controls to override the control panel settings. Select FONTS to protect only the font settings in the PRN STYL/FONT menus against control codes from the computer. Select ALL STYL to protect all the menu printing style settings against control codes from the computer. PAGE LAYOUT (PG LYOUT) GROUP The page layout (PG LYOUT) group contains: Line spacing (LIN SP.) Form length(FRM LNTH) Page skip (PG SKIP) Right margin (RT MARGN) Left margin (LT MARGN) LINE SPACING (LIN SP.) Changes the line spacing. If the printer receives a control command to select a line spacing value other than 6 or 8, the display shows HOST DEF. Also, refer to the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for software control. FORM LENGTH (FRM LNTH) Selects a page length. The selection must meet the actual form length for tear-off positioning. See "Perforation Tear Off". If the printer receives a control command to select a form length value other than those selectable in this menu, the menu display shows HOST DEF. See the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for software control. PAGE SKIP (PG SKIP) Enables or disables a one-inch skip between the last line printed on a page and the first line printed on the next page to avoid printing on a perforation. This menu is effective only in Epson mode. NOTE: Most application programs handle the bottom and top margins. Do not set this menu to ON when you are using such a program. See the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for soft- ware control. RIGHT MARGIN (RT MARGN) Determines the right margin in 10 CPI pitch. The value can range from 3 to 80. The default value of 80 is set at the factory. Even though the LCD can display 1 or 2, the DMP-240 does not accept any number below 3 for a right margin setting. See the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECH- NICAL REFERENCE manual for software control. LEFT MARGIN (LT MARGN) Determines the left margin in 10 CPI pitch. The value can range from 0 to 75. The default value of 0 is set at the factory. INSTALLATION (INSTALL) GROUP The installation (INSTALL) group contains: Ribbon (RIBBON) Automatic CR (AUTO CR) (IBM emulation mode only) Automatic LF (AUTO LF) Select In signal (SLCT IN) (Epson emulation mode only) Unique ESC commands (UNIQ ESC) Reverse line feed (REF LF) Page centering adjustment (PG CNTR) Paper out detection (PAPR OUT) Perforation tear off (TEAR OFF) RIBBON (RIBBON) Changes the setting to meet the ribbon installed. When you select NORMAL, the PRN STYL/COLOR menu is fixed to BLACK. AUTOMATIC CR (AUTO CR) Enables/disables automatic carriage return (CR) each time the printer receives a line feed (LF), vertical tab (VT), or ESC J command. This menu is effective only in IBM mode. Some computers send a CR code each time they send a LF code; other computers do not. If your print-out is double-spaced, set this menu to OFF. If the printer prints a line over the previous line, set this menu to ON. (AUTO LF) Enables/disables an automatic line feed each time the printer receives a carriage return (CR). See the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for software control. (SLCT IN) Instructs the printer to ignore or accept the Select In signal from the computer. This menu is only effective in Epson mode. On most computers the Select In signal should be ignored. If your com- puter uses this signal, set it to ACTIVE UNIQUE ESCAPE COMMANDS (UNIQ ESC) Effects (ON) or ignores (OFF) the unique ESC commands: ESC - 0, ESC - 1, ESC - 2, ESC - 3, ESC - 4, ESC -5, and ESC - B. See the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for de- tails of these commands. REVERSE LINE FEED (REF LF) Disables or enables the reverse line feed operation in the pull tractor mode. When this is disabled, the printer sounds an alarm and stops prin- ting if you send the reverse line feed command. See "Error Messages". PAPER CENTERING ADJUSTMENT (PG CNTR) Changes the print head centering position when feeding paper. The default value is the 40th column at 10 CPI. You might need to reset this menu when you use narrow paper. PAPER OUT DETECTION (PAPR OUT) Enables or disables the paper out alarm indicator. See "Error Messages" for details on the paper out alarm. PERFORATION TEAR OFF (TEAR OFF) Enables or disables the perforation tear off feature. When enabled, the printer automatically advances the perforation to the tear off position after receiving a FF code. CHARACTER TABLE (CHR TABL) GROUP The character table (CHR TABL) group consists of: Country code (COUNTRY) (Epson emulation mode only) Epson character set (CHR SET) (Epson emulation mode only) Code page character set (CODE PG) (IBM emulation mode only) IBM character set (CHR SET) (IBM emulation mode only) COUNTRY CODE (COUNTRY) The printer can print special characters of various languages (see Appen- dix B of the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual). With this menu you select which language's special characters will be used. This menu is effective only in Epson mode. See the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for soft- ware control. EPSON CHARACTER SET (CHR SET) Selects either italic or graphics characters for ASCII 128-255 in the Epson character set in Epson mode. See Appendix B of the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for the Epson character set. Also refer to the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for software control. CODE PAGE CHARACTER SET (CODE PG) In IBM mode, you need to select the matching code page character set with this menu, if you are using something other than the USA code page, since this printer does not accept the download function of the code page command (MS-DOS 3.3 or higher). For example, if you select multil- ingual code page (850) on your computer, but you do not set your printer to Multilingual, you will see "=" on the computer display for ASCII code 242, but the printer prints ">" for the same code. IBM CHARACTER SET (CHR SET) Selects IBM character set 1 or 2 in IBM mode. See Appendix B of the DOT- MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for the IBM character sets. Also refer to the DOT-MATRIX PRINTER DMP-240 TECHNICAL REFERENCE manual for software control. You cannot select the All Characters Chart in the setup menu. The settings in this menu are common to all four macros. OPTIONAL RAM (OPTN RAM) GROUP The optional RAM (OPTN RAM) group appears only when you define macros with the optional RAM chip installed, and it only has one menu, option- al RAM (OPTN RAM). The settings in this menu are common to all four macros. OPTIONAL RAM (OPTN RAM) MENU Specifies the use of the optional 32K-byte RAM area as an additional receive buffer or an IBM download area. If you select download in the Epson mode, the optional RAM area is disabled. To enter a special set group, start defining a macro first as described in chapter 4, and then press SELECT when SPECIAL/SET ? appears. Press SAVE until SAVED/MACRO # appears after selecting a set of OPTN RAM. NOTE: To make the setting effective, turn the printer off, then turn it on again. TOP OF FORM (TOF) FINE ADJUSTMENT The printer memorizes where to print the first line on each sheet. This is called the top-of-form (TOF) position. The default top-of-form posit- ion is approximately one inch, as measured from the top edge of the paper to the bottom of a character in the first line. You can tailor the top-of-form position to suit your applications, ad- justing it to within a range of 26/60 inch above the current position to two inches below the current position, in 1/60-inch increments. 1. Be sure that the printer's display shows ON LINE with two dashes under it and that paper is in a TOF or tear-off position (see "Perforation Tear off"). 2. Press either PARK LOAD or LF/FF for more than 1.5 seconds if you want to enter the TOF setting mode. The printer retracts paper to the cur- rent TOF position if the paper is in the tear-off position. The display changes to OFF LINE/VTOP 0. 'VTOP 0' indicates that the Variable TOP of form is set to 0, the de- fault value set at the factory. 3. Press the /\ (PARK LOAD) or \/ (LF/FF/JUMP) to move the paper up or down to the desired position. The number after VTOP on the display changes to show the current TOF setting in 1/60-inch increments. For example, 'VTOP 15' indicates that the paper has moved 15/60 inch up. 4. If you want to save the new TOF position into the printer's memory so that the printer always positions the paper there when it is turned on, press the SAVE button twice. The printer then memorizes the setting, displaying SAVED/VTOP 15 on the LCD for two seconds. For temporary set- ting only, press ON LINE. NOTE: You can set one VTOP for single sheets and another VTOP for fan- fold paper and save both settings in one macro. The DMP-240 senses which VTOP to use by the position of the paper lever. This convenience elimin- ates the need to change the top of form each time you switch between fan- fold paper and single sheets. In addition, since there are four macros and each one stores two VTOP settings, you can save up to eight different starting print positions. When you save a VTOP setting, it is saved to the currently-loaded macro. For more information on macros, refer to "Using Macros." The configuration printout shows the VTOP settings under PG LYOUT/VTOP C ("C" means continuous fanfold paper) and PG LYOUT/VTOP S ("S" means single sheet). (css 07/27/93)