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If theprintis faint,or uneven,checkthe following:
Check Possibleremedy
Is the ribbon properly in- Checkandreinstallif necessary.
Stalted?
Is theribbonwornout?
The ribbonhas a long life, but eventually will need
replacing.Fitanew ribboncartridgeif necessary.
If dotsaremissingin the printing,checkthe following:
Check
Possibleremedy
Are dots missing at random
in theprinting?
Isa line of dotsmissingcon-
sistently throughout the
printing?
Theribbonhas become slack causing it to get caught
up. Stopprinting,remove the ribboncartridge,reten-
sion andreplaceit.
Theprintheadis damaged.Stopprinting,andcontact
yoursupplierforanew printhead.
If your applicationsoftwarecannotprint the fontsor charactemselected,
checkthe following:
Check Possibleremedy
Is your applicationsoftware
Checkthesoftwareinstallation+andre-installthesoft-
pr@rly ‘titalled?
wareif necessq.
Are fontsnot being selected Check the software installation andinsert the com-
I properly?
I mandsnece.ssaryfor fontchanges into thesoftware.
Are characters other than
those
expected being
printed?
EitheryouareusingthewrongInternationalCharacter
Set (reset withDIPswitches orsoftwarecommands),
or you have the wrong characterset selected (for
example if charactersotherthanIBM block graphic
charactersarebeing printed).Correctthis with DIP
switches ortheappropriatesoftwaresequences.
If theprintoutisnot whatis expected:
I Check
I Possibleremedv
Is the printerinstalled cor-
rectly?
Is the printer not printing
anythingthatyouareexpect-
ing?
Yoursoftwaremay thinkthatit is drivinga different
emulationtotheone actuallvset. ChecktheDIPswitch
.
settingsto makesureyou havetherightemulation.
Use theHexDunmmodeto analvzetheouhmtfromthe
computertothep%nter.This will enableyou to deter-
mine that the right escape sequences, etc are being
transmitted.
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