Dascom Tally T2380

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The control panel User guide

Tear Paper off The user is requested to tear off paper

which has been advanced to the tear

edge.

AED Error AED sensor cannot locate paper trans-

port holes (only if a cut device is

installed).

Message Meaning

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Table of Contents3
Introduction11
Printer Features11
Symbols Used11
About this Manual12
Printer at a Glance13
Printer in Tractor Mode14
Paperway15
Installation17
Unpacking the Printer17
Placing Your Printer18
Checking the Printer Voltage19
Connecting the Printer19
Switching on the Printer20
Inserting the Ribbon Cassette21
Installing the Ribbon Cassette the First Time21
Changing the Ribbon Cassette27
Printer Drivers33
Installing a Printer Driver in Windows 95/98/ME33
Installing a Printer Driver in Windows 2000/2003/XP33
Installing a Printer Driver in Windows 735
Installing a Printer Driver in Windows Vista36
Other Operating Systems37
Changing Printer Settings38
Form Settings (Windows 2000/2003/Xp/Vista/Windows 7/2008)38
Loading Optional Firmware39
Troubleshooting39
The Control Panel41
The LC Display42
Online Mode43
Offline Mode43
Setup Mode44
Messages in the LC Display45
Key Functions When Turning on the Printer47
Paper Handling49
Loading Paper49
Paper Transport52
Moving the Paper to the Tear Position53
Removing Paper54
Settings55
Setting the Print Head Gap55
Setting the Tear Position56
Setting the First Printing Line (TOF)57
Selecting Character Density and Font58
Model59
Introduction59
Rear Tractor Paper Path59
Loading Paper into the Rear Tractor60
Paper Guiding Bracket62
Selecting the Rear Tractor62
The Menu65
Programming Via the Control Panel65
Enabling Access to Menu Mode65
Calling up the Menu65
Menu Configurations66
Menu Handling67
Save Settings67
Selecting the LC Display Language68
Terminating Setup Mode69
Menu Structure70
Menu Parameters71
Printing out Menu Configurations (Print)71
Loading Menu Configurations (Menu)71
Reset to Default Values (Reset)72
Quietmode (Quietm.)72
Selecting Font (Font)73
Setting Character Density (CPI)74
Setting Line Spacing (LPI)74
Skiping Perforation (Skip)75
Selecting Start Signal for Escape Sequence (Escchar)75
Selecting Emulation (Emulate)76
Bidirectional Printing (Bidir)76
Settings for Interfaces (I/O)77
Serial Interface (Serial)77
Data Transmission Rate (Baud)77
Data Format (Format)78
Further Settings (Special)79
Error Handling (Errmode)79
Block End Character (Blockend)79
Signal Feedback (Remote)80
Transparence (Handthr)80
Protocol (Protocol)81
Signal Processing (DTR)81
Selecting Interface (Interf.)82
Interface Buffer (Buffer)82
Ethernet Interface (ETH-INT)83
Setting IP Address (IP Addr)83
Setting Gateway Address (Gateway)84
Setting Subnet Mask (Subnet)84
IP Address Administration (IP Get M)85
Banner Page (Banner)85
Ethernet Speed (Ethspeed)86
Selecting Character Set (CG-Tab)87
IBM Character Set (Charset)87
National Character Set (Country)88
Slashed Zero (Sl.zero)88
Automatic Carriage Return (Auto-CR)89
Automatic Line Feed (Auto-LF)89
Menu Lock (Menlock)90
Language (Language)90
Paper Parameters (Paper)91
Form Length (Forml)91
First Printing Position (Formadj)93
Printhead Gap Manually (Head)93
View and Tear Position (Autotear)94
Line Length (Width)95
Barcode (Barcode)95
Normal Characters and Barcode (Barmode)96
Vertical Position after Oversized Barcode (Bartop)97
Vertical Position after Oversized Character (Lcptop)98
Form Feed Mode (Ffmode)98
Setting and Activating Options (Papopt)99
Activation of Tractors (Autotra)99
Activation of Automatic Sheet Feeder (Autoasf)100
Setting the Left Margin (Leftmrg)100
Setting the Right Margin (Rightmrg)101
Local Copy (Screen Print) from a Coax or Coax/Ipds (Ffaftlc)101
Enable/Disable Paper Handling Features (Paphand)102
Menu Settings (Example)103
Advanced Menu105
Test Functions105
Printer Self-Test (Rolling ASCII)106
Exiting Rolling ASCII Test Mode107
Interface Test (Hex-Dump)108
Printout in Hex-Dump108
Terminating Hex-Dump109
Advanced Settings110
Automatic Paper Motion Sensor (PMS)112
Form Length (Forml)113
Automatic Gap Adjustment (AGA)113
Paper Handling (Paphand)114
Increasing the Printhead Gap (Head Up)114
Paper Width (Pagewid)115
Left-Hand Area (Leftzon)115
Right-Hand Area (Rightzo)116
Physical Left Margin (Physlm)116
Bidirectional Parallel Interface (CX-Bid)117
Line Wrap (Wrap)117
Beep at Paper End (Sound)118
Deactivate Single Sheet Feeder (Single)118
Settings for Paper with Dark Back (Pap.back)119
Setting for Printing Copy Paper (Hvyform)119
Power Save Mode (Sleepmod)120
Automatic Paper Width Detection (APW)120
Automatic Detection of the Top Paper Margin (AED)121
Serial Number (Serialn)122
Asset Number (Assetn)122
Graphic Print Speed (Grspeed)123
Improvement of Graphic and Barcode Print Quality (Grfreq) (T2365 Only)123
Ignore Characters (Ignore)124
Ignore Character (Ignorchr)124
Activate PJL Language (Jobcntl)125
Troubleshooting127
General Print Problems128
The Display Remains Dark128
The Display Is Lit, but the Printer Does Not Print128
Problems with the Paper Feed129
Paper Jam129
Prints Not or Intermittent Not with the Internal Ethernet Interface (ETH-INT)130
Problems with the Print Quality131
Print Is too Pale131
Smudged Print131
Prints Undefined Characters131
The First Line Is Not Completely Printed out at the Top131
Dots Within Characters Are Missing131
Error Messages Via the Display132
Additional Display Messages136
Care and Maintenance137
Replacing the Fuse137
Cleaning the Housing138
Cleaning the Interior138
Cleaning the Platen139
Ribbon139
Cleaning the Upper Friction140
Carriage Shafts140
Specifications141
Printer Specifications141
Interface Specifications145
Paper Specifications146
Character Sets147
MTPL Standard Character Set148
MTPL, International Substitution Characters149
OCR-A Character Set150
OCR-B Character Set151
Available Character Sets and Fonts152
Emulations155
General155
Escape Sequences155
What Are Escape Sequences156
MTPL Sequences156
Control Codes156
The $$ Procedure156
Example156
How Are Escape Sequences Used157
Mtpl157
Example in BASIC157
Example in Pascal157
Printout157
List of Available Control Codes158
Genicom ANSI Emulation168
PJL Commands170
Barcode171
List of Available Barcodes171
US Postnet Barcode172
Royal Mail Customer Barcode172
KIX Barcode173
USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode173
Large Character Printing174
List of Additional Control Codes175
Interfaces177
Parallel Interface178
Connector Assignment178
Ethernet Interface179
Hardware179
Supported Operating Systems179
Supported Protocols179
Designation of IP Address179
Configuration179
Status179
Management179
Setup179
Physical Printer Port in Ethernet with TCP/IP180
Example of a Printer Connected to a Computer in an Ethernet180
Example of Several Devices in an Ethernet180
Optional Serial Interface V.24/RS232C181
Connector Assignment181
Interface Cable (Serial Interface)182
Input Signals182
Output Signals182
Protocols183
Memory Mode XON/XOFF183
Memory Mode Robust XON/XOFF183
Extended Menu Functions with the ENQ/STX and ETX/ACK Protocols Selected183
ENQ/STX Protocol184
ETX/ACK Protocol184
Options and Accessories185
Options185
Tractor 2, Front185
Autocut Facility185
Printer Pedestal185
ESD Brush185
Cable Cover185
Interface Modules186
Optional Firmware186
Accessories187
Ribbon Cassettes187
Programming Manuals187
Index189

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