User manual CITIZEN SWIFT 90X

[. . . ] User's Manual Swift 90, Swift 120D and Swift 90x Swift 240+ and Swift 240x Swift 330+ and Swift 330x 1 Contents Product Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 User Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About This Printer Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You should never need to use the paper feed knob for setting the top of form or feeding paper. All changes to the top of form can be made with the top of form fine adjustment feature. You can make minute modifications to the top of form on continuous or single sheets by following these steps: 1 2 3 4 5 With the printer on, set the paper select lever forward if you are using continuous paper or backward if you are using single sheets. If you are using single sheets the paper automatically advances to the top of form, so skip the next step. If you are using continuous paper press the PARK/LOAD key on the control panel. This step directly enters the function to change the top of form position. However, if you have just finished a print job and the paper is at the tear bar, this step first retracts the paper to the top of form position and into the top of form adjusting function. The current setting is the factory setting, which is approximately 8mm from the edge of the paper to the top of a normal height character. Press the PARK/LOAD key to adjust the paper upwards in 1/ 60 increments or you can press the LF/FF key to adjust the paper downwards in 1/60 inch increments. The up arrow (A) and down arrow (B) on the control panel remind you which key moves the paper in which direction Save your new top of form as the default setting by pressing the QUIET/SAVE key on the control panel. Press the ON LINE key to return to the online state. 6 7 You can set one VTOP for single sheets and another for continuous paper and save both settings. The printer senses which VTOP to use by the position of the paper select lever. This convenience eliminates the need to change the top of form each time you switch between continuous paper and single sheets. · · · Print quality in the top half-inch of the page may not be as good as the rest of the page. This depends on the type of paper used and the contents of the text or graphics printed. Depending on the type of paper used, occasional paper feeding problems may occur. Due to their characteristic thickness, envelopes should not be used with VTOP settings of 12mm or less. To avoid paper feeding problems, we recommend that text or graphics should not be printed in the first or last 1 inch of the first two lines of the page. · 21 Chapter 3 The Control Panel Your printer has a wide range of functions enabling you to control such things as different character sizes, fonts and styles, the positioning of the paper, and even how much noise the printer makes. Although there are a large number of these functions, you will find that they are very easy to use because of the unique design of the Command-Vue-III control panel. This switch is used to select the four main types of printer control: Setup Mode Install On Line As you move SW1 up and down, the small display windows above the switch show a menu of commands or options that you can choose in the selected mode. In most situations, you will never need to move the switch from the "On Line" position. However, the main use of the function switches beside each of the display windows is to select the command or option shown in the display window, though there are a few specialised functions that require you to press several switches at the same time. [. . . ] The stand can also be used to assist the insertion of paper into the bottom feed slot (see Chapter 2). The Serial interface Serial Interface Specification The serial interface is standard on the Swift 120D printer. With all other Swift printers, the interface is a user-installable option. 40 Serial Interface Setting Options The following available options can be set via the DIP switches on the interface: Baud Rate Parity Data Bit Stop Bit Protocol 19200, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200. 600, 300 or 110 None, odd or even 8-bit or 7-bit data length 2-bit or 1-bit XON / XOFF or DTR / DSR Warning: Before you make any connection be sure that the power to the printer and the computer is off. Serial Interface Installation Serial interface installation is a straightforward process. [. . . ]