CitizenTM Notebook Printer II

Language: IBM Proprinter, Epson ESC/P

Speed: 105 characters per second

Graphics: 60,180,360 DPI

No. of Pins: 24

Color Capable Thermal Fusion

 FontsPaperSettingsInterfaces

Citizen Notebook Printer II Fonts

Internal Fonts

Typeface Quality Pitches CPI
Roman LQ 5,6,8.5,10,12,15,17,20,PS 20,17,15,12,10,8.5,6,5,2.5
Courier LQ 5,6,8.5,10,12,15,17,20,PS 20,17,15,12,10,8.5,6,5,2.5
Sanserif LQ 5,6,8.5,10,12,15,17,20,PS 20,17,15,12,10,8.5,6,5,2.5
Script LQ 5,6,8.5,10,12,15,17,20,PS 20,17,15,12,10,8.5,6,5,2.5
Orator LQ 5,6,8.5,10,12,15,17,20,PS 20,17,15,12,10,8.5,6,5,2.5

Citizen Notebook Printer II Paper Handling

Standard Feeders: 5-sheet auto feeder, Manual Feeding Bottom Slot

Optional: 30-sheet auto sheet feeder

Using the built-in sheet feeder:

The built-in sheet feeder allows you to load up to 5 sheets of paper. The paper is automatically fed into the printer by using either the control panel or when you print your document.

  1. Turn on the printer; the ON light will be lit.
  2. Be sure the paper release lever is in the rear position.
  3. Open the built-in sheet feeder, if it is closed.
  4. Pull up the paper supports an pull out support extensions.
  5. Press the LF/EJECT button.
  6. Load up to five sheets of paper (face down) and align to the adjustable paper width guides. Fan the sheets first and tap the edges on a flat surface before loading them.
  7. You can now either simply print your document, or load the first sheet by pressing the LF/EJECT button. You will need to select the automatic sheet feeder as the paper source in your software.

NOTE: The Notebook Printer II does not show a paper-out condition when your first turn on the printer. However, after you have loaded paper and the last sheet has been printed, the PE indicator will flash to tell you you're out of paper. Load more paper, press either the ON Line button to place the printer back online, or the LF/EJECT button to load the next sheet of paper, and then press the ON Line button to put the printer back online.

Using the Bottom Paper Feed Slot

You can load paper, labels, envelopes and transparencies manually into the bottom paper feed slot by following these steps:

  1. Turn the printer on.
  2. Be sure the paper release lever is in the rear position.
  3. Set the printer on its rear (where the built-in sheet feeder is located) so that you can see the paper feed slot in the bottom.
  4. Insert the paper, sheet of labels, envelope or transparency face-up into the bottom paper-feed slot. It will be automatically fed into the printer. You're ready to print.

Using the Optional Automatic Sheet Feeder

The optional automatic sheet feeder holds up to 30 sheets of paper.

Attaching the sheet feeder:

  1. Turn the printer off.
  2. Holding the sheet feeder at an angle, place the hooks at the bottom of the feeder into the slots on the bottom of the printer.
  3. Connect the two pieces making sure the small gear fits into the corresponding gear slot on the printer. Lock the sheet feeder into place.

Loading paper:

  1. Open the sheet feeder's paper tray.
  2. Pull out the paper supports and pull ip the paper support extensions.
  3. Load up to 30 sheets of paper into the sheet feeder, making sure the paper fits under the paper guides at each edge. Fan the sheets first and tap the edges on a flat surface before loading them.
  4. Turn the printer on; the first sheet will be loaded into the printer and stop at the top of form position when receiving data. You'll need to select the automatic sheet feeder option as the paper source in your software.

Citizen Notebook Printer II Settings

Printing Default Settings

The Notebook Printer II lets you print the current default settings. The menus are printed down the page. The items within each menu are printed across the page with the current default setting underlined.

To print the VuePrint default settings, press and hold the Charge button while turning on the printer.

 

Menu Option Description
LANGUAGE Selects the language the printer uses to print instructions using the VuePrint menu, including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch.
EMULATION Selects Epson LQ-860 commands or IBM Proprinter X24E commands.
STYLEWRITER Disables or enables the StyleWriter emulation. Disable this option when you are using the printer with your PC, enable it when printing with the Macintosh.
FONT Selects Roman, Sanserif, Courier, Script or Roman.
PITCH Selects 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi or proportional.
FONT LOCK Turns font lock on or off. When FONT LOCK is on, font-selection commands sent by your software are ignored; the printer uses the font you selected with the control panel.
COMPRESS Turns quarter-page or landscape printing on or off. Quarter-page printing allows you to print two physical pages on a single sheet of paper by reducing all printing to one-fourth its normal size. Landscape printing prints two landscape pages vertically on the page.
LINESPACING Selects 6 lines per inch (standard typewriter spacing) or 8 lines per inch.
FORM LENGTH Selects among several standard form lengths.
PAGE SKIP (Epson emulation only) Selects/cancels a bottom margin of one inch
SLASH ZERO Selects/cancels printing a slash through zeros so they are easily distinguished from the letter O.
CHARACTER SET Selects the character set.
INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER SET (Epson emulation only) Selects the international character set.
CODE PAGE (IBM emulation only) Selects code pages.
AUTO LF Automatically advances the paper one line after each carriage return command.
SPACE SKIP In order to conserve ribbon use, space skip is determined as follows:
If SPACE SKIP is disabled, the print cartridge is moved as follows: if the space length is less than four inches, the space is not skipped; if the space is greater than 4 inches, the space is skipped.
If SPACE SKIP is enabled, the printer cartridge is moved as follows: if the space length is less than .5 inch the space is not skipped; if the space is greater than .5 inch then the space is skipped.
POWER OFF Selects the amount of time before which the printer automatically turns off. Options include 3, 4, 5, 6 ot 8 minutes or disable which disables the power-off feature entirely. If the international power adapter is being used, the printer does not automatically turn off.

Citizen Notebook Printer II Interfaces

The interface connector is locating on the left side of the printer.

Parallel

Availability: Standard

Connection: Centronics

Activation: Automatic

Serial

Availability: standard

Connection: RS-422

Activation: Automatic