Epson LQ-100 driver problem

[Mahdiarnt]

I have an old Epson LQ-100 ESC/P2 dot-matrix printer. I am using
Microsoft Window 2000. The driver winodws is endowed with, seems to be
buggous: any application leaves around 1 inch of free vertical space
between the first and
the second printed rows (in graphics mode of the printer).

I have looked at the bianry data the printer receives. There are
commands which I don't find in my printer manual:

ESC r 00
ESC r is not a command.

ESC 19 30
ESC 19 (ESC EM) is a command but the only argument the manual talks
about is R for sheet ejectin. There is no argument 30.

00 00
All commands in my printer manual begin with ESC (1B). So there is no
0000 command at all. However, I found
*Command: CmdEnableTIFF4 { *Cmd : "<0000>" }
*Command: CmdDisableCompression { *Cmd : "<0000>" }
in the EPLQ100.GDP file of my driver.

Any help is highly appreciated.

 

[Lukasz Spychalski]

---- Original Message ----
From: "Mahdiarnt" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Sent: 8 pazdziernika 2003 21:56
Subject: Epson LQ-100 driver problem

There are
commands which I don't find in my printer manual:

ESC r 00
ESC r is not a command.

It is a command ("select printing color" with parameter "black") , but lq100
ignores it.

ESC 19 30
ESC 19 (ESC EM) is a command but the only argument the manual talks
about is R for sheet ejectin. There is no argument 30.

hex 30 is a code for digit "0". This parameter ("exit cut sheet feeder
mode") is discarded and not recommended. Again it's ignored.

00 00
All commands in my printer manual begin with ESC (1B). So there is no
0000 command at all.

There are some single-byte commands (hex 07 - "bell" etc). 00h is a "null"
command and is ignored too .

I'm not sure, how to help you, but you can:
- check the "auto line feed" parameter in the printer's setup - it should be
"off".
- try to load the paper before printing with "load" button or even manually
through the slot located on the bottom side.
- switch the parallel port mode in mainboard's Bios to "normal" (SPP,
standard).

Best regards
Lukasz Spychalski

 

[Mahdiarnt]

Thanks for guidance.

It works correctly when I feed the papar first and then send the file
to the priner.

But this is rather awkward. Do you have any idea how this problem can
be totally overcome?

Thanks again.

 

[triturus]

Try removing the LQ-100 driver and installing an LQ-850 driver - it worked for me.