Installing and Using the LQP02 Printer

This document is a user manual titled "Installing and Using the LQP02 Printer," published by Digital Equipment Corporation in January 1982.

The manual provides comprehensive instructions for setting up, operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting the LQP02 printer. Key sections include:

• Installation: Step-by-step guidance on unpacking, installing internal components (platen, printwheel, ribbon cartridge), connecting system and power cables, setting the voltage select switch, and manually inserting paper.
• Operation: Details on powering the printer on, understanding front-panel indicators and switches (e.g., Power, DSR, Printer Error, Ribbon Out, Paper Out, Pause, Form Feed), and installing optional tractor or sheet feeders.
• Printer Controls: An explanation of various physical controls such as the paper bail, paper thickness lever, edge guide, card guide, column indicator, paper release lever, platen knobs, and text recovery switch.
• Maintenance: Instructions for cleaning the printer (printwheel, platen, cradle, card guide) and a "Dos and Don'ts" section covering environmental considerations, paper, printwheels, and ribbon cartridges for optimal care.
• Troubleshooting: A guide to common operator corrections for printing issues and a procedure for performing a self-test.
• System Configuration: Detailed information on the printer's configuration (DIP) switches (SP1 and SP2 groups) for setting parameters like baud rate, stop bits, modem control, parity mode, RLSD timing, paper out sensor, status inhibit, and transmitted data settings, with a table of various worldwide configurations.

Additionally, the document includes technical specifications (electrical input, temperature, humidity, paper thickness) and information on how to order additional documents, accessories, and supplies. A reader's comments form is also included.