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.