User's Manual

Tally Dascom DM-210/220
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2 Control Panel Operation
There are power indicator, paper end indicator, error indicator and feed key in the printer.
When pressing the Feed key, if the black mark detection is off, paper will be fed until Feed key is
released; otherwise, the paper will be fed to the next black mark and stop.
Indicator Illustration
That the green indicator is on indicates that the power is on. Here are the illustrations for error
indicators:
Error
indicator
Paper end
indicator
Indications Disposal
Blink On Memory Error
Check the SRAM chip, data bus,
address line and selected signal,etc.
Blink Off
The print head is
over-heated
Recover automatically until the
temperature drops down.
Blink Blink
The position of the
carriage is wrong
Check the stepper motor of the
carriage, transmission mechanism,
initial position sensor and drive
circuit, etc.
On Blink Paper end
Load paper.
Self-test Printing and Hexadecimal Dumping
Turn off the printer after the ribbon cartridge and roller paper are installed, hold the feed key while
power on, and then the printer will print out the self-test page.
After the self-test completed, if there feed key is pressed, the printer will enter bidirectional printing
adjustment state. If receiving data without pressing feed key, the printer will enter hexadecimal
printing state.
If you do not need to implement the alignment or hexadecimal printing, please switch off the printer
and restart the printer for printer normal operation.