Re: Epson DFX 8500

On Wed, 2005-10-19 at 10:41 -0700, Paul Tykodi wrote:
> Hi Rich,
> 
> I'm located in North America and when I visit the
> Epson web site and choose North America, I have never
> been able to locate very much reference material.
> 
> Some years ago, I found that the Epson web site for
> the UK had a much better selection of user manuals
> available for download as pdf's. I typically use that
> Epson site to find a reference manual when I need one.
> 
> The ESC/P Reference Manual for the DFX-8500 can be
> found here:
> http://esupport.epson-europe.com/GettingStarted.aspx?lng=en-GB&data=35582DAC4A6741A85BFBC69A2EB2F5A3A61289B9767B0913049DCEB9BDD61F4D
> 
> The commands you need are as follows:
> 
> Select Back Tractor - 1B 19 42
> Select Front Tractor - 1B 19 46
Thanks Paul, you are a lifesaver.

> 
> If you have specific questions about how to enter the
> commands into a WSCST of the Epson driver you
> previously mentioned, let me know.
Um, er, um.  I've never done it.  I'll give it a try and if I can't
figure it out, I'll ask again.

Thank you.

> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> /Paul
> 
> >date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:16:24 -0500
> >from: Rich Duzenbury
> ><rduz-midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >subject: Re: Epson DFX 8500
> >
> >On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 12:23 -0700, Paul Tykodi wrote:
> >> Hi Rich,
> >> 
> >> In order to make this work, I believe there is a
> >> printer hardware pre-requisite. The printer
> >typically
> >> must have an automatic paper cutting feature
> >> installed. The purpose of the cutter is to burst
> >> continuous forms paper so that it can be retracted
> >> from the printer when you want to change to the
> >other
> >> tractor.
> >> 
> >> If this feature is installed, you can place the
> >Epson
> >> ESC/P2 printer control commands for the back and
> the
> >> bottom tractors into the input tray parameters in
> >the
> >> WSCST. Selecting a source drawer in the printer
> file
> >> will then determine which tractor feed will be
> >> activated at the printer to process the spool file.
> >Thanks Paul!
> >
> >I don't know what the control codes are, though I've
> >been doing some googling.  Do you have a pointer to
> >any appropriate reference material for figuring out
> >the printer commands.  Also, I'm a bit light on
> >>understanding how to add to the WSCST's!
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >> 
> >> HTH
> >> 
> >> Best Regards,
> >> 
> >> /Paul
> >> --
> >> Paul Tykodi
> >> Principal Consultant
> >> TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC
> >> 
> >> E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxxx
> >> 
> >> >date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:18:15 -0500
> >> >from: Rich Duzenbury
> >> ><rduz-midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >subject: Epson DFX 8500
> >> >
> >> >Hi all,
> >> >
> >> >I've got a customer with an Epson DFX 8500
> >installed.
> >>  >Though this printer is a dot-matrix type printer,
> >it
> >> >can be loaded with two types of paper.   One in
> >each
> >> >'form tractor'.
> >> >
> >> >Customer is asking me to send spools to the
> printer
> >> >and have it automatically select the proper form
> >> >tractor.
> >> >
> >> >According to the archives and IBM, the MFRTYPMDL
> to
> >> >use for this device is *EPDFX8000.  I did a
> >>RTVWSCST
> >> >and didn't see any special bits for
> >> >selecting the proper 'bin', 'drawer' or 'tractor'.
> >> >
> >> >Has anyone managed to make such a printer select
> >the
> >> >proper form tractor?  If so, how?
> >> >
> >> >Thank you.
> >> >
> >> >Regards,
> >> >Rich
> 
> Paul Tykodi
> Principal Consultant
> TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC
> 
> Tel/Fax: 603-343-1820
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> 
> 
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