Epson EPL N2550 User Manual

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Changes the assignment for the paper source select command. 
When 4 is selected, the commands are set as compatible with the 
HP LaserJet 4. When 4K is selected, the commands are set as 
compatible with the HP LaserJet 4000, 5000, and 8000. When 5S is 
selected, the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 
5Si.
PS3 Menu
This menu allows you to make settings which affect the printer 
when it is in the PS3 mode.
Error Sheet
When you select On, the printer prints out an error sheet.
Image Protect
The printer employs lossy compression when Off is selected. The 
printer does not employ lossy compression when On is selected. 
Lossy compression refers to a data compression technique in 
which some amount of data is lost.
Binary
Specifies the data format. Select On for the Binary data and select 
Off for the ASCII data.
Item Settings (default in bold)
Error SheetOff, On
Image ProtectOff, On
BinaryOff, On
Text DetectionOff, On
 
						

							172Using the Control Panel Note:
❏Binary can only be used with network connection. 
❏You do not have to select On when using AppleTalk.
To use the Binary data, make sure your application supports 
Binary data and that SEND CTRL-D Before Each Job and SEND 
CTRL-D After Each Job are set to No.
When this setting is set to On, you cannot use TBCP (Tagged binary 
communication protocol) and Job Management in the printer 
driver settings.
Text Detection
When you select On, the text file is converted to a postscript file 
when printing. This setting is available only when you select PS3 
in the Emulation Menu.
ESCP2 Menu
This menu allows you to make settings which affect the printer 
when it is in the ESC/P 2 emulation mode.
 
						

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*Depending on whether Letter (62) or A4 (66) paper has been selected.
Font
Selects the font.
Pitch
Item Settings (default in bold)
FontCourier, Prestige, Roman, Sans Serif, Roman T, 
Orator S, Sans H, Script, OCR A, OCR B
Pitch10, 12, 15 cpi, Prop.
CondensedOff, On
T. Margin 0.40 ... 0.50 ... 1.50 inches in 0.05-inch 
increments
Text 1... 62/66*... 117lines
CGTablePcUSA, Italic, PcMultilin, PcPortugue, 
PcCanFrenc, PcNordic, PcTurkish2, 
PcIcelandic, PcE.Europe, BpBRASCII, 
BpAbicomp, Roman-8, PcEur858, ISO Latin1, 
8859-15ISO, PcSI437, PcTurkish1, 8859-9 ISO, 
Mazowia, CodeMJK, PcGk437, PcGk851, 
PcGk869, 8859-7 ISO, PcCy855, PcCy866, 
PcUkr866, PcLit771, Bulgarian, Hebrew7, 
Hebrew8, PcHe862, PcAr864, PcAr864Ara, 
PcAr720, PcLit774, Estonia, ISO Latin2, 
PcLat866
CountryUSA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark, 
Sweden, Italy, Spain1, Japan, Norway, 
Denmark2, Spain2, LatinAmeric, Korea, Legal
Auto CROn, Off
Auto LFOff, On
Bit ImageDark, Light, BarCode
ZeroChar0, (or the zero character with a slash)
 
						

							174Using the Control Panel Selects the pitch (the horizontal spacing) of the font in fixed pitch, 
measured in cpi (characters per inch). You can also choose 
proportional spacing.
Condensed
Turns condensed printing on or off.
T. Margin
Sets the distance from the top of the page to the baseline of the 
first printable line. The distance is measured in inches. The 
smaller the value, the closer the printable line is to the top.
Text
Sets the page length in lines. For this option, a line is assumed to 
be 1 pica (1/6 inch). If you change the Orientation, Page Size, or 
T. Margin settings, the page length setting automatically returns 
to the default for each paper size.
CG Table
Use the character generator (CG) table option to select the 
graphics character table or the italics table. The graphics table 
contains graphic characters for printing lines, corners, shaded 
areas, international characters, Greek characters, and 
mathematical symbols. If you select Italic, the upper half of the 
character table is defined as italic characters.
Country
Use this option to select one of the fifteen international symbol 
sets. See International character sets on page 327 for samples of 
the characters in each country’s symbol set.
Auto CR
 
						

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Specifies whether the printer performs a 
carriage-return/line-feed (CR-LF) operation whenever the 
printing position goes beyond the right margin. If you select Off, 
the printer does not print any characters beyond the right margin 
and does not perform any line wrapping until it receives a 
carriage-return character. This function is handled automatically 
by most applications.
Auto LF
If you select Off, the printer does not send an automatic line-feed 
(LF) command with each carriage-return (CR). If On is selected, a 
line-feed command is sent with each carriage-return. Select On if 
your text lines overlap.
Bit Image
The printer is able to emulate the graphics densities set with the 
printer commands. If you select Dark, the bit image density is 
high, and if you select Light, the bit image density is low.
If you select BarCode, the printer converts bit images to bar codes 
by automatically filling in any vertical gaps between dots. This 
produces unbroken vertical lines that can be read by a bar code 
reader. This mode will reduce the size of the image being printed, 
and may also cause some distortion when printing bit image 
graphics.
ZeroChar
Specifies whether the printer prints a slashed or unslashed zero.
FX Menu
This menu allows you to make settings which affect the printer 
when it is in the FX emulation mode.
 
						

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*Depending on whether Letter (62) or A4 (66) paper has been selected.
Font
Selects the font.
Pitch
Selects the pitch (the horizontal spacing) of the font in fixed pitch, 
measured in cpi (characters per inch). You can also choose 
proportional spacing.
Condensed
Turns condensed printing on or off.
Item Settings (default in bold)
FontCourier, Prestige, Roman, Sans Serif, Script, 
Orator S, OCR A, OCR B
Pitch10, 12, 15 cpi, Prop. 
CondensedOff, On
T. Margin 0.40 ... 0.50 ... 1.50 inches in 0.05-inch 
increments
Text 1... 62/66*... 117lines
CGTablePcUSA, Italic, PcMultilin, PcPortugue, 
PcCanFrenc, PcNordic, PcTurkish2, 
PcIcelandic, PcE.Europe, BpBRASCII, 
BpAbicomp, Roman-8, PcEur858, ISO Latin1, 
8859-15ISO
CountryUSA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark, 
Sweden, Italy, Spain1, Japan, Norway, 
Denmark2, Spain2, LatinAmeric
Auto CROn, Off
Auto LFOff, On
Bit ImageDark, Light, BarCode
ZeroChar0, (or the zero character with a slash)
 
						

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T. Margin
Sets the distance from the top of the page to the baseline of the 
first printable line. The distance is measured in inches. The 
smaller the value, the closer the printable line is to the top.
Text
Sets the page length in lines. For this option, a line is assumed to 
be 1 pica (1/6 inch). If you change the Orientation, Page Size, or 
T. Margin settings, the page length setting automatically returns 
to the default for each paper size.
CG Table
Use the character generator (CG) table option to select the 
graphics character table or the italics table. The graphics table 
contains graphic characters for printing lines, corners, shaded 
areas, international characters, Greek characters, and 
mathematical symbols. If you select Italic, the upper half of the 
character table is defined as italic characters.
Country
Use this option to select one of the fifteen international symbol 
sets. See International character sets on page 327 for samples of 
the characters in each country’s symbol set.
Auto CR
Specifies whether the printer performs a 
carriage-return/line-feed (CR-LF) operation whenever the 
printing position goes beyond the right margin. If you select Off, 
the printer does not print any characters beyond the right margin 
and does not perform any line wrapping until it receives a 
carriage-return character. This function is handled automatically 
by most applications.
Auto LF
 
						

							178Using the Control Panel If you select Off, the printer does not send an automatic line-feed 
(LF) command with each carriage-return (CR). If On is selected, a 
line-feed command is sent with each carriage-return. Select On if 
your text lines overlap.
Bit Image
The printer is able to emulate the graphics densities set with the 
printer commands. If you select Dark, the bit image density is 
high, and if you select Light, the bit image density is low.
If you select BarCode, the printer converts bit images to bar codes 
by automatically filling in any vertical gaps between dots. This 
produces unbroken vertical lines that can be read by a bar code 
reader. This mode will reduce the size of the image being printed, 
and may also cause some distortion when printing bit image 
graphics.
ZeroChar
Selects whether the printer prints a slashed or unslashed zero.
I239X Menu
The I239X mode emulates IBM® 2390/2391 Plus commands.
These settings are available only when the printer is in the I239X 
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*1Depending on whether Letter (63) or A4 (67) paper has been selected.
*2Depending on whether Letter (1) or A4 (2) paper has been selected.
Font
Selects the font.
Pitch
Selects the pitch (the horizontal spacing) of the font in fixed pitch, 
measured in cpi (characters per inch). You can also choose 
proportional spacing.
Code Page
Selects the character tables. Character tables contain the 
characters and symbols used by different languages. The printer 
prints text based on the selected character table.
Item Settings (default in bold)
FontCourier, Prestige, Gothic, Orator, Script, 
Presentor, Sans Serif
Pitch10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 24 cpi, Prop.
Code Page437, 850, 858, 860, 863, 865
T. Margin 0.30 ... 0.40 ...1.50 inches in 0.05-inch 
increments
Text 1 ... 63/67
*1... 117lines
Auto CROff, On
Auto LFOff, On
Alt. GraphicsOff, On
Bit ImageDark, Light
ZeroChar0, (or the zero character with a slash)
CharacterSet1
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							180Using the Control Panel T. Margin
Sets the distance from the top of the page to the baseline of the 
first printable line. The distance is measured in inches. The 
smaller the value, the closer the printable line is to the top.
Text
Sets the page length in lines. For this option, a line is assumed to 
be 1 pica (1/6 inch). If you change the Orientation, Page Size, or 
T. Margin settings, the page length setting automatically returns 
to the default for each paper size.
Auto CR
Specifies whether the printer performs a 
carriage-return/line-feed (CR-LF) operation whenever the 
printing position goes beyond the right margin. If this setting is 
off, the printer does not print any characters beyond the right 
margin and does not perform any line wrapping until it receives 
a carriage-return character. This function is handled 
automatically by most applications.
Auto LF
If you select Off, the printer does not send an automatic line-feed 
(LF) command with each carriage-return (CR). If On is selected, a 
line-feed command is sent with each carriage-return. Select On if 
your text lines overlap.
Alt.Graphics
Turns the Alternate Graphics option on or off.
Bit Image
The printer is able to emulate the graphics densities set with the 
printer commands. If you select Dark, the bit image density is 
high, and if you select Light, the bit image density is low.