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Tally Dascom 1225 User Manual

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    User guide 1225 matrix printer.

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    Tally dascom 1225 i important safety instructions (english) read the following instructions thoroughly before starting up your printer. • never carry out maintenance or repair work yourself. Always contact a qualified service technician. • keep this operator’s manual in a place which is easily acces...

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    Tally dascom 1225 ii wichtige sicherheitshinweise (german) lesen sie bitte diese sicherheitshinweise durch, bevor sie den drucker in betrieb nehmen.  führen sie wartungsarbeiten und reparaturen keinesfalls selbst aus, sondern verständigen sie immer einen qualifizierten servicetechniker.  bewahren ...

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    Tally dascom 1225 iii consignes importantes de sécurité (french) lire attentivement les instructions suivantes avant de mettre l’imprimante en service.  ne jamais effectuer soi-même les travaux d’entretien et de réparations. Contacter toujours un dépanneur qualifié.  placer l’imprimante sur un sup...

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    Tally dascom 1225 iv indicazioni di sicurezza importanti (italian) prima di mettere in funzione la stampante, leggere attentamente le seguenti indicazioni. Non eseguire mai da sé gli interventi di manutenzione e riparazione, ma rivolgersi sempre a un tecnico di assistenza qualificato.  conservare l...

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    Tally dascom 1225 v instrucciones de seguridad importantes (spanish) lea las siguientes instrucciones con esmero antes de poner la impresora en servicio. Nunca lleve a cabo trabajos de mantenimiento o reparación ud. Mismo, sino consulte a un técnico de servicio calificado.  guarde las presentes ins...

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    Tally dascom 1225 vi Правила по технике безопасности. (russian) Прочитайте, пожалуйста, инструкцию по технике безопасности перед включением в работу принтера.  Не выполняйте технические работы и ремонт техники самостоятельно, но сообщайте о неисправностях квалифицированным сервисным техникам.  Дан...

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    Tally dascom 1225 vii instruções importantes sobre segurança (portuguese) leia as instruções de segurança antes de usar a impressora.  consulte sempre um técnico qualificado para executar uma reparação .  coloque a impressora sobre uma base sólida e nivelada, para que ela não sofra quedas.  jamai...

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    Tally dascom 1225 viii Önemli güvenlik talimatları (turkish) lütfen, yazıcıyı işletime geçirmeden önce bu güvenlik talimatlarını bütünüyle dikkatle okuyun.  bakım ve tamir çalışmalarını kesinlikle ve hiçbir surette kendi başınıza yapmayın; her zaman kalifiye bir uzman servis-teknisyenine haber veri...

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    Tally dascom 1225 ix trademark acknowledgements “ibm” is a trademark of international business machines corporation. “epson” is a trademark of epson america incorporated. “dec” is a trademark of digital equipment corporation. “centronics” is a trademark of centronics data computer corporation. “dos”...

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    Tally dascom 1225 x.

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    Tally dascom 1225 xi table of contents 1 unpacking guide ........................................................................................................................................ 1 p lacing the p rinter .....................................................................................

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    Tally dascom 1225 xii d iagnostic f unctions ................................................................................................................................... 42 f irmware u pdate .........................................................................................................

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    Tally dascom 1225 1 1 unpacking guide  place your packaged printer on a solid base.  make sure that the “up” symbols point in the correct direction.  open the packaging, lift the printer out of the cardboard box and remove the remaining packaging material.  check the printer for any visible tran...

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    Tally dascom 1225 2 placing the printer place the printer on a solid, flat, stable surface; ensuring that the printer is positioned in such a way that it cannot move, and that there is easy access to the control panel and paper input devices. Also ensure that there is enough space for sufficient ven...

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    Tally dascom 1225 3 component function gap lever controls printing impact or density. Adjusts the print gap lever according to the thickness of paper. Paper guides adjusts positioning of single sheet paper. Print head 24-pin printing mechanism cover protects print head and other components inside, a...

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    Tally dascom 1225 4 2 setting up printer install ribbon 1. Ensure the power to the printer is off and the print gap lever “a” is set to the furthest open position. Move the carriage to the centre of the print platen. 2. Install the recess positions on the ribbon cassette into the printer mounting. 3...

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    Tally dascom 1225 5 install the single sheet feeder install the single sheet feeder into the rear of the printer. Connecting the interface cable the 36-pin centronics parallel and usb ports are located at the rear of the printer. Important: make sure the printer and the computer are switched off bef...

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    Tally dascom 1225 6 connecting the mains power checking the printer voltage make sure that the device has been set according to your country’s power supply voltage. To do this, check the rating plate at the back of the printer. Contact your dealer if the setting is incorrect. Never switch on the pri...

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    Tally dascom 1225 7 installing the windows driver (windows 2000/2003/2008 server/xp/vista/7) 1. Your printer cdrom comes with windows drivers. Go to the drivers folder and run the installer “driversetup.Exe”. You will see the screen on the right. Click “next” to continue. 2. A list of ports availabl...

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    Tally dascom 1225 8 4. Here you can choose whether to set the driver as the system default driver, and whether you want to print the test page after installation is completed. If the driver had been installed before, it would be listed in the white box on the right. Select the listed driver (if any)...

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    Tally dascom 1225 9 7. Installation in progress. 8. After installation is completed successfully, you will see the message on the right..

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    Tally dascom 1225 10 3 paper installation guide the printer can handle either single sheets or continuous forms. Single sheets, also called cut sheets, include envelopes and non-continuous, multipart forms. Continuous forms include labels and multipart forms fed into the printer using the forms trac...

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    Tally dascom 1225 11 3. Raise the single sheet feeder until it locks into its mounting. Align the left paper guide with the mark on the left of the single sheet feeder. Adjust the right paper guide to the width of the paper used. 4. Insert a sheet of paper. Make sure that the bottom edge of the pape...

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    Tally dascom 1225 12 continuous paper placement 1. Place the printer on a solid base. The minimum suitable height of the solid base is 75 cm. 2. Left and right positioning: the direction of continuous paper should be parallel with the paper guide. The tolerance should be less than 3 cm . 3. Front an...

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    Tally dascom 1225 13 4 control panel operation there are 5 switches s1~s5 and 10 leds l1~l10. The meaning and application of each switch and led are described below. Led indicators “power/paper out” led: on: power on flashing: paper out flashing + buzzer: paper jam “online” led: on: the printer is i...

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    Tally dascom 1225 14 “lf/ff” key: pressing this key will feed paper one line forward. By holding down this key, the printer will initially feed a few lines, then perform a form feed (continuous paper mode) or eject the form (single sheet mode). “tear off” key: when online, this key will move any loa...

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    Tally dascom 1225 15 panel operation there are 3 states of operation: online, offline and power on. In the online state, the keys provide the following functions: go to tear off position, line feed/form feed, load/eject, and switch to offline state. In the offine state, the keys provide the followin...

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    Tally dascom 1225 16 online state function name switch operation led function description online {s5} l10 toggles between online and offline states load/eject {s4} -  load: automatically loads the paper (according to path selection) when no paper is on the platen.  eject: for rear tractor, it retr...

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    Tally dascom 1225 17 offline state function name switch operation led function description font {s1} l1~l4 selects the font. Pitch {s2} l5~l8 selects the pitch. Lf {s3} - feeds a line with every press of s3. Ff [s3] - by holding s3, the printer initially feeds a few lines; then feeds the form to the...

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    Tally dascom 1225 18 calibrate pe sensor sensitivity {s1}+[s2] -  out-of-paper: beeps once. Automatically loads a form in 10 seconds.  paper loaded: calibrates pe sensor with paper loaded and save the sensitivity value. Beeps 5 times when completed.  [note: there are 2 independent sensors for rea...

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    Tally dascom 1225 19 power-on state function name switch operation led function description menu setup / eds [s2] - allows for main menu setting changes. Please read the instructions printed on how to change settings when this mode is activated. (eds: electronic dip switch) hex dump [s4] - beeps onc...

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    Tally dascom 1225 20 restore factory defaults [s1]+[s2]+[s4] - restore settings to factory defaults except for change pin, vertical alignment and adjust page margin parameters. Firmware update [s2]+[s3]+[s4]+ [s5] -  alternate flashing of l9 and l10 indicates ready for firmware update from host.  ...

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    Tally dascom 1225 21 5. Printer setting changes in order to meet individual print requirements, the printer configurations may be changed as follows: hold down the tear off key while powering on the printer, release the tear off key when the print head starts to move. The printer will enter main men...

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    Tally dascom 1225 22 hs-draft on, off on: prints high speed draft when draft font is selected. Graphic speed normal, fast, ultra when printing 180x180 dpi graphics: normal – prints in 180x180 dpi, fast – prints in 90x180 dpi, ultra – prints in 60x180 dpi. Ibm set 1/2 set 1, set 2 selects the ibm cha...

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    Tally dascom 1225 23 30. Roman8 31. Coax/twinax 32. New-437 33. New-dig 850 34. Old-code 860 35. Flarro 863 36. 865 hebrew 37. Cp 1257 38. 866 ukraine 39. 866 kazakhstan 40. Kamenicky 41. Mazovia 42. Cp 775 43. Cro-ascii 44. Arabic farsi 45. Arabic urdo 46. Greek dec 47. Greek elot 928 character tab...

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    Tally dascom 1225 24 auto tear manual, 0.5s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s specifies the waiting time before feeding the page to tear-off position automatically. Manual: auto tear mode is off. (applies to tractor mode only) interface setup interface setup valid settings function interface auto, parallel, usb f...

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    Tally dascom 1225 25 german (deutsch) system setup valid settings emulation esc/p2, ibm 2390 plus auto cr (ibm) ja, nein auto lf ja, nein druck dir bi-dir, uni-dir, auto top druck dir bi-dir, uni-dir anschlag normal, stark ibm agm ja, nein druck setup valid settings font (andere) ocr-b,ocr-a,orator,...

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    Tally dascom 1225 26 ram nutzung ladbarer font, puffer erweitertes setup valid settings auto laden manuell, 0.5s, 1s, 1.5s, 2s papierstau vorbeugung ja, nein papierende detekt ja, nein formularlänge strg software, ignoriere zeichenteilung strg software, ignoriere font strg software, ignoriere qualit...

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    Tally dascom 1225 27 бумаги Отступ снизу для непрерывной бумаги 0/60"…10/60"...30/60" Длина формы для отдельных листов 3", 3.5", 11/3", 4", 5", 5.5", 6", 7", 8", 8.5", 11", 70/6", 12", 14", 17" Отступ сверху для отдельных листов 0/60" … 10/60"…99/60" Отступ снизу для отдельных листов 0/60"…10/60"......

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    Tally dascom 1225 28 zero 0,Ø hs-bozza si, no veloc. Grafica normale, veloce, ultra ibm set 1/2 set 1, set 2 set carat. Int. Usa, france, germany, uk, denmark, sweden, italy, spain, japan, norway, denmark ii, spain ii, latin am, korea, legal code page cp 437, cp 857… tab.Carattere tab. Grafica, ital...

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    Tally dascom 1225 29 emulation esc/p2, ibm 2390 plus rc-auto (ibm) oui, non sl-auto oui, non dir impr. Bidir, unidir, auto sup. Dir impr. Bidir, unidir frappe normal, forte ibm agm oui, non setup impression valid settings polices (autres) ocr-b,ocr-a,orator,gothic,souvenir densités caract. 10cpi, 12...

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    Tally dascom 1225 30 prévention bourrage qui, non détec.Fin de pap qui, non long.Formul.Strg software, ignorer densi.Caract.Strg software, ignorer police strg software, ignorer qualité strg software, ignorer vibrateur qui, non spanish (español) system setup valid settings emulación esc/p2, ibm 2390 ...

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    Tally dascom 1225 31 margen inf. Folios 0/60"…10/60"...30/60" rollo de papel si, no salto perforación si, no mover a posicióncorte manual, 0.5s, 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s interface setup valid settings interface auto, paralelo, usb i-prime si, no auto retraso 10s, 30s uso de ram font usuario, buffer advanc...

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    Tally dascom 1225 32 kod sayfası cp 437, cp 857… karakter tablosu grafik tablosu, İtalik sayfa düzeni ayarı valid settings baskı genişliği 13.6", 8" İ nç başına satır 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 sürekli-kağıt form uzunluğu 3",3.5",11/3", 4", 5", 5.5" 6",7",8", 8.5",11", 70/6", 12", 14", 17" sürekli-kağıt...

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    Tally dascom 1225 33 vertical alignment the vertical alignment function is used to resolve any vertical line misalignments in bi-directional printing. Adjust vertical alignment procedure: 1. Enter the service menu by holding down the【tear/off】and【lf/ff】keys while powering up. 2. Load paper. 3. The p...

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    Tally dascom 1225 34 printed above. 7. Once the setting which gives the best alignment is found, press 【online】 key to exit current level. Printer will print “save settings? Yes”. Press 【lf/ff】 key to save setting. Press 【online】 key a few times until the printer exits the service menu. Change pin f...

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    Tally dascom 1225 35 adjust physical margins adjust page margins allows for adjustments of physical left, top margins and tear-off position. Warning: once these settings are changed, resetting the printer to factory defaults will not initialize these settings back to the original settings; so it is ...

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    Tally dascom 1225 36 【 tear off】key: decrease 0.5mm 【 load/eject】key: increase 0.5mm 5. Press 【 lf/ff】 key, printer will print “save settings？yes”. Press 【load/eject】 key to choose yes or no，then press 【lf/ff】 key to confirm selection and exit “adjust page margins” mode by pressing 【 online】. The pr...

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    Tally dascom 1225 37 6 maintenance your printer requires very little care. Occasional cleaning and replacement of the ribbon cartridge are all that is required. Cleaning is recommended approximately every 6 months or 300 hours of operation, whichever is sooner. Lubrication of the printer is not usua...

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    Tally dascom 1225 38 4. To dry the platen, place a dry cloth against the platen and the rollers and manually rotate the paper feed knob..

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    Tally dascom 1225 39 7 troubleshooting your printer is extremely reliable, but occasionally problems may occur. This chapter provides information on some of the common problems you may encounter and how you may solve them. If you encounter problems that you cannot resolve, contact your dealer or ser...

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    Tally dascom 1225 40 paper handling problems and solutions problem solution paper cannot be loaded or fed. • make sure that the paper select lever located on the top right of the printer is set correctly. Move the lever to the front for single sheets or to the rear for continuous forms. • make sure ...

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    Tally dascom 1225 41 paper select lever error if paper is loaded and the paper select lever is moved to the incorrect position, the printer turns offline, and the buzzer sounds continuously. Switch the paper select lever back to its correct position. Printer failures a user cannot generally resolve ...

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    Tally dascom 1225 42 diagnostic functions the printer diagnostic functions are self-test page, hex-dump mode and print alignment adjustment.  self-test page: tells you whether the printer hardware is functioning correctly. If the printer hardware is functional, any problems you are having are proba...

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    Tally dascom 1225 43 firmware update sometimes it is necessary update the firmware to solve a problem. The latest firmware file may be obtained from your dealer or downloaded from our website www.Dascom.Com . Before upgrading firmware, it is strongly recommended to print the main menu page to keep a...

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    Tally dascom 1225 44 8 general specifications print system mono-chrome serial impact dot matrix print technology uni-/bi-directional logic seeking for text and graphics print speed pitch hs draft draft lq (cps/dpi) 10 cpi 375/80h 250/120h 83/360h 12 cpi 300/120h 300/120h 100/360h 15 cpi 375/120h 375...

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    Tally dascom 1225 45 built-in fonts bitmap fonts: 1. Draft 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi 2. Roman 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi, proportional 3. Sans serif 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi, proportional 4. Courier 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi, proportional 5. Prestige 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 cpi 6. Ocr-b 10, 12, 17, 20 cpi 7. Ocr-a 1...

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    Tally dascom 1225 46 code pages 21. 8859-1 22. 8859-1 (sap) 23. 8859-2 24. 8859-5 25. 8859-7 26. 8859-9 27. 8859-15 28. Brascii 29. Abicomp 30. Roman8 31. Coax/twinax 32. New-437 33. New-dig 850 34. Old-code 860 35. Flarro 863 36. 865 hebrew 37. Cp 1257 38. 866 ukraine 39. 866 kazakhstan 40. Kamenic...

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    Tally dascom 1225 47 line spacing 1/6", 1/8", n/60", n/180", n/360" paper specifications paper specifications cut sheet fanfold paper single ply multi-part width: 76.2mm～419.1mm （ 3"～16.5"） length: 101.6mm～363.2mm （ 4"～14.3"） width: 76.2mm～419.1mm (3"～16.5"） length: 101.6mm min (4" min) weight: 52～9...

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    Tally dascom 1225 48 ambient conditions temperature operating: +5 to +40 °c. Stand-by: -20 to +55 °c humidity operating: 10 to 90%rh (no condensation) stand-by: 10 to 90%rh (no condensation) dimensions 587 mm (w) x 333 mm (d) x 173 mm (h) weight 8.5 kg power supply unit type: switching mode power su...

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    Tally dascom 1225 49 9 interfaces parallel interface parallel interface pin assignment pin signal name signal transmission 1 strobe ¯¯¯¯¯¯ printer  computer 2~9 data printer  computer 10 ack ¯¯¯ printer  computer 11 busy printer  computer 12 pe printer  computer 13 select printer  computer 14 ...

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    Tally dascom 1225 50 10 character sets & code pages character sets standard character set 1 standard character set 2.

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    Tally dascom 1225 51 ibm character set 1 ibm character set 2.

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    Tally dascom 1225 52 international character sets international character set commands country command usa ＜ esc＞“r”chr＄（0） france ＜esc＞“r”chr＄（1） germany ＜esc＞“r”chr＄（2） uk ＜esc＞“r”chr＄（3） denmark1 ＜esc＞“r”chr＄（4） sweden ＜esc＞“r”chr＄（5） italy ＜esc＞“r”chr＄（6） spain1 ＜esc＞“r”chr＄（7） japan ＜esc＞“r”chr...

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    Tally dascom 1225 53 character tables italic.

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    Tally dascom 1225 54 graphic 1 graphic 2.

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    Tally dascom 1225 55 code page commands code page esc r parameter cro-ascii 3c arabic farsi 96 arabic urdo 97 greek dec 46 greek elot 928 6c cp437 latin us 80 cp737 greek 93 cp850 latin 1 82 cp851 greek 88 cp852 latin 2 87 cp857 turkish 8d cp858 (ibm with €) 9e cp860 portugal 84 cp861 icelandic 94 c...

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    Tally dascom 1225 56 coax/twinax(hebrew) 4f new-437 (hebrew) 81 new-dig 850 (hebr.) 83 old-code 860 (hebr.) 98 flarro 863 (hebrew) 99 table 865 (hebrew) 9a cp775 baltic a6 cp1257 baltic 77 mazovia (poland) 92 kamenicky (czech) 91 cp866 ukraine 8f cp866 kazakhstan 90

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    Tally dascom 1225 57 code page tables cp 437 (us) cp 737 greek.

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    Tally dascom 1225 58 cp 850 (multilingual) cp 851.

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    Tally dascom 1225 59 cp 852 (eastern europe) cp 857 (turkish).

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    Tally dascom 1225 60 cp 858 cp 860 (portugal).

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    Tally dascom 1225 61 cp 861 (iceland) cp 863 (french-canadian).

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    Tally dascom 1225 62 cp 864 arabic cp 864 arabic extended.

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    Tally dascom 1225 63 cp 865 (norway) cp 866 (cyrillic).

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    Tally dascom 1225 64 cp 866 bulgaria cp 1250 win latin 2.

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    Tally dascom 1225 65 cp 1251 win cyrillic cp 1252 win latin 1.

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    Tally dascom 1225 66 cp 1253 win greek cp 1254 win turkish.

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    Tally dascom 1225 67 8859-1 latin 1 8859-1 latin 1 (sap).

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    Tally dascom 1225 68 iso 8859-2 (iso latin 2) iso 8859-5 cyrillic.

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    Tally dascom 1225 69 iso 8859-7 (latin/greek) iso 8859-9 (turkish).

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    Tally dascom 1225 70 iso 8859-15 euro (code page 923) brascii.

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    Tally dascom 1225 71 abicomp roman 8.

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    Tally dascom 1225 72 coax/twinax (hebrew) new-437 (hebrew).

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    Tally dascom 1225 73 new-dig 850 (hebrew) old-code 860 (hebrew).

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    Tally dascom 1225 74 flarro 863 (hebrew) 865 hebrew.

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    Tally dascom 1225 75 cp 1257 866 ukraine.

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    Tally dascom 1225 76 866 kazakhstan kamenicky.

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    Tally dascom 1225 77 mazovia cp 775.

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    Tally dascom 1225 78 cro-ascii arabic farsi.

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    Tally dascom 1225 79 arabic urdo greek dec.

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    Tally dascom 1225 80 greek elot 928.

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    Tally dascom 1225 81 11 control codes summary epson emulation command list command sequence function bel beeper bs backspace ht tab horizontally lf line feed vt tab vertically ff form feed cr carriage return so select double-width printing (one line) si select condensed mode dc1 online dc2 cancel co...

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    Tally dascom 1225 82 esc : copy rom to ram esc ＜ unidirectional mode(1 line) esc > set msb to 1 esc = set msb to 0 esc # cancel msb control esc ？n m reassign graphics mode esc @ initialize printer esc ＼n1 n2 set relative horizontal print position esc a n set n/60″line spacing esc b…nul set/cancel ve...

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    Tally dascom 1225 83 ibm emulation command list command sequence function bel beeper bs backspace ht tab horizontally lf line feed vt tab vertically ff form feed cr enter so select double-wide mode si select condensed mode dc1 online dc2 select 10cpi dc3 offline dc4 cancel double-wide mode(one line)...

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    Tally dascom 1225 84 esc c nul n set page length in inches esc d select tab horizontally esc e select bold esc f cancel bold esc g select double-strike mode esc h cancel double-strike mode esc i n select printing mode esc j n perform n/180″or n/216″single line feed esc k n1 n2 v1 v2 …vn normal densi...

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    Dascom representatives germany dascom europe gmbh heuweg 3 d-89079 ulm deutschland tel.: +49 (0) 731 2075 0 fax: +49 (0) 731 2075 100 www.Dascom.Com united kingdom dascom gb ltd viewpoint, basing view, basingstoke, hampshire rg21 4rg, england phone: +44 (0) 1256 481481 fax: +44 (0) 1256 481400 www.D...