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- Read_Me file for Citizen printers.
- ----------------------------------
-
- The following table shows which printer definition
- file to use with which Citizen printer, together
- with a brief indication of the DIP switch or
- control panel settings needed on the printer
- (don't select colour ribbon unless you have one
- fitted):
-
- Printer File DIP Switches/Control Panel
- ------- ---- --------------------------
- LSP-100 Epson.FX-85
- MSP-10/15/E Epson.FX-80
- MSP-40/45 Epson.EX-800 Not colour
- MSP-50/55 Epson.EX-800 Not colour
- MSP-20/25 Epson.FX-80
- Prodot 9/X Epson.EX-800 Not colour
- 120-D/D+ Epson.FX-85 Any Epson mode (DIP switches 3
- and 4 not both ON)
- 180E Epson.FX-80
- Swift 9 Epson.EX-800 Epson mode (switch 1-1 OFF),
- Colour ribbon (switch 2-8 ON)
- Swift 9X Epson.EX-800 As Swift 9 above
-
-
- 124D Epson.LQ-860
- HQP-40/45 Epson.LQ-860
- Prodot 24 Epson.LQ-860
- Swift 200 Citizen.Swift-24
- Swift 224 Citizen.Swift-24 IBM mode (switch 1-1 ON),
- Code Page 850 (switches 1-6, 1-7
- and 1-8 ON, OFF, OFF),
- Colour ribbon (switch 2-8 ON)
- Swift 24 Citizen.Swift-24 See below
- Swift 24X Citizen.Swift-24 As Swift 24 below
- Swift 24E Citizen.Swift-24 See below
- Swift 240/C Citizen.Swift-24
-
- Overture 106 Epson.FX-80
- Overture 110+ Epson.FX-80
- Overture 112 HP.LasJet-II
- Prolaser 12 HP.LasJet-II
- Proscript 12 Postscript
-
- To set the Citizen Swift 24E up, use the sequences
- described below for the Swift 24, with the
- exception that the Swift 24E has an extra category
- at the start of the menus (LANGUAGE) and so you
- will have to press JUMP twice rather than once to
- get to the MAC CTRL stage (ie. "MENU", "JUMP",
- "JUMP", "MENU" to get to MAC CTRL DEFN MAC).
-
- The "Citizen.Swift-24" printer definition file is
- somewhat unusual. It utilises the unique features
- of the Citizen Swift 24 to get the best results
- possible from this printer.
-
- Text printing is all done by switching the printer
- to IBM Emulation Mode to allow the use of Code
- Page 850 (Multilingual) which gives a very good
- mapping for the ISO Latin 1 character set.
- However, the printer does not support the escape
- sequence to switch code pages, so you must set the
- printer up to default to IBM emulation mode, code
- page 850 (multilingual). Additionally, you need to
- enable the colour upgrade if it is fitted. This is
- all done by using the printer control panel to
- redefine MACRO 1, which contains the default
- settings for the printer. This is detailed later.
-
- Graphics printing is done by software switching
- the printer to Epson Emulation Mode, except for
- the 360 DPI vertical resolution modes. For these,
- the NEC Emulation Mode is used as this is the only
- way to get the n/360 inch line spacing needed to
- perform the vertical interlacing. Note that colour
- printing should only be selected if you have
- installed the colour upgrade in your Citizen Swift
- 24 printer.
-
- The "Paper Y offset:" for this printer is 10 mm,
- which is greater than the top margin of the "A4
- (Generic DP)" paper size. This may cause graphics
- output to appear slightly too far down the paper -
- see the "Printers.Read_Me" file section on paper
- offsets for more information. Also to get this
- offset requires the printer VTOP (top of form) to
- be set to -26 rather than the default of 0 using
- the control panel. This is detailed later after
- the main configuration information.
-
- Although !Printers allows you to print in colour
- at all supported resolutions, it should be
- realised that resolutions above 180 by 180 DPI are
- interlaced which results in 8 or 16 head passes
- over the same line and on the second or subsequent
- interlace passes, the light ribbon colours are
- printed over dark colours already on the paper.
- This can cause contamination of the lighter ribbon
- colour.
-
- The steps to configure the Citizen Swift 24 if you
- do not have the colour upgrade fitted are given
- below. If at any stage you think you have made a
- mistake, switch the printer off and start the
- sequence again.
-
- Turn the printer on and place it in the OFF LINE
- state (press the "ON LINE" button unless the
- printer is already offline because it has no
- paper in it).
-
- Hold down the "SELECT" button, keep it held down
- and additionally hold down the "ON LINE" and the
- "PARK/LOAD" buttons. Keep all three held down
- until the LCD display shows a FACTORY INITIAL
- message. Release all three buttons and wait for
- the LCD display to show the OFF LINE message.
-
- Hold down the "SAVE" button, keep it held down
- and additionally hold down the "ON LINE" button.
- Keep both of them held down until the LCD display
- shows a BUFFER INITIAL message. Release both
- buttons and wait for the LCD display to show the
- OFF LINE message.
-
- Press "MENU", "JUMP" and then "MENU" - the LCD
- display should say MAC CTRL DEFN MAC.
-
- Press "SELECT" then "SAVE" - the LCD display
- should say LOADED MACRO 1.
-
- Press "MENU", "SELECT", "SELECT" again and "SAVE"
- - the LCD display should say EMLATION IBM.
-
- Press "JUMP" five times - the LCD display should
- say CHR TBL CODE PG.
-
- Press "SELECT", "SELECT" again and "SAVE" - the
- LCD display should say CODE PG MULTI.
-
- Press "SAVE" and "SAVE" again - the LCD display
- should say SAVED MACRO 1.
-
- Wait for the LCD display to say OFF LINE, and
- then switch the printer off. The printer will now
- configure itself correctly whenever you switch it
- on.
-
- The steps to configure the Citizen Swift 24 if you
- do have the colour upgrade fitted are given
- below. If at any stage you think you have made a
- mistake, switch the printer off and start the
- sequence again.
-
- Turn the printer on and place it in the OFF LINE
- state (press the "ON LINE" button unless the
- printer is already offline because it has no
- paper in it).
-
- Hold down the "SELECT" button, keep it held down
- and additionally hold down the "ON LINE" and the
- "PARK/LOAD" buttons. Keep all three held down
- until the LCD display shows a FACTORY INITIAL
- message. Release all three buttons and wait for
- the LCD display to show the OFF LINE message.
-
- Hold down the "SAVE" button, keep it held down
- and additionally hold down the "ON LINE" button.
- Keep both of them held down until the LCD display
- shows a BUFFER INITIAL message. Release both
- buttons and wait for the LCD display to show the
- OFF LINE message.
-
- Press "MENU", "JUMP" and then "MENU" - the LCD
- display should say MAC CTRL DEFN MAC.
-
- Press "SELECT" then "SAVE" - the LCD display
- should say LOADED MACRO 1.
-
- Press "MENU", "SELECT", "SELECT" again and "SAVE"
- - the LCD display should say EMLATION IBM.
-
- Press "JUMP" four times - the LCD display should
- say INSTALL RIBBON.
-
- Press "SELECT", "SELECT" again and "SAVE" - the
- LCD display should say RIBBON COLOUR.
-
- Press "JUMP" - the LCD display should say CHR TBL
- CODE PG.
-
- Press "SELECT", "SELECT" again and "SAVE" - the
- LCD display should say CODE PG MULTI.
-
- Press "SAVE" and "SAVE" again - the LCD display
- should say SAVED MACRO 1.
-
- Wait for the LCD display to say OFF LINE, and
- then switch the printer off. The printer will now
- configure itself correctly whenever you switch it
- on.
-
- Having configured your printer in this manner, it
- will no longer work with Ace Computing's
- !PrinterJX printer driver. This is because the
- printer now defaults to IBM mode, whereas the Ace
- driver expects it to be in Epson mode when using
- the Epson LQ-360 compatible graphics resolutions.
- There are two ways around this. The first is to
- use the Citizen Swift 24 control panel to manually
- switch it to Epson emulation mode. The second is
- to modify the PrData file inside !PrinterJX to
- include the control sequence to switch to Epson
- emulation mode in the job_prologue. The control
- sequence required is <27>~5<0>. An example PrData
- file entry for !PrinterJX using this is given
- below:
-
- .............................................................
-
- printer_name: Citizen Swift 24 (180 by 180 dpi)
- printer_number: 28
-
- pxres: 180 ; dots per inch
- pyres: 180
- pxres_halftone: 180/8
- pyres_halftone: 180/8
-
- dump_depth: 24 ; 24 pin printer
- job_prologue: "<27>~5<0>" ; Select Epson Emulation
- line_prologue: "<27>*<39>" ; 180 DPI graphics
- line_epilogue: "<27>$<0><0><27>J<24>" ; move down 24/180 inch
- job_epilogue: "<27>@" ; Reset printer
-
- .............................................................
-
-
- You now need to set the VTOP for the printer, such
- that auto paper feed of cut sheets feeds as little
- of the paper past the print head as possible.
- Switch the printer on, feed a sheet of paper into
- it, and put the printer ONLINE. Now hold down the
- LF/FF key for 1 second or more until the LCD
- display says OFF LINE VTOP 0. Hold down the LF/FF
- button. This will cause the paper to feed
- backwards and the 0 in the display will count
- down. On most printers it will stop at -26, when
- the LCD will say OFF LINE VTOP -26. This should
- correspond to a "Paper Y offset:" of 10 mm, which
- is what the Citizen.Swift-24 printer definition
- file is set up for. Some printers will let you set
- the VTOP further back by pressing LF/FF again and
- holding it down. If you do this you will need to
- use the "Printers.Top_Left" file in conjunction
- with !PrintEdit to change the "Paper Y offset:".
- Having set the VTOP to -26 (or some other number),
- press the SAVE button. The LCD display will say
- SAVE?, at which point you should press the SAVE
- button again to store the setting. Wait until the
- LCD display says ON LINE. The printer is now fully
- configured.
-
-