Compaq 5525B manual

5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer User’s Manual[...]

Software License Agreem ent CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE USING THIS P RINTER. USING THIS PRINTER INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PROMPTLY RETURN THE PRINT ER AND ALL ACCOMPANYING HARDWARE AND WRITTEN M ATERIALS TO THE PLACE YOU OBTAINED THEM, AND[...]

5525B/31/32 Line Matrix Printer User’s Manual P/N 422721-0 01[...]

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5 Table of Contents 1 I ntroducti on ..... ......... ....... ....... ...... ....... .... 11 Printer Over view ................. ............. ............ .................... ....11 The Printe r Family .............. ............. ............. .................11 Conventio ns in This Manual .................. ............. ........... 12 Warning [...]

T able of Contents 6 Set the Top-of -Form . ................... ............. ............. .............. 38 Procedure .... ............ .................... ............. ................... . 38 3 O peratin g th e Prin ter ............ .... ........ .... ... 41 Powering O n the Print er .............. ............. .................... ....... 4[...]

Table of Contents 7 Menu .. ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ..112 HOST INTERFAC E .... ............. ............. ................... ......... 113 Dataproducts Submenu ..... ............. ............. ............... 114 Serial Submen u ..... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... [...]

T able of Contents 8 Computer-a ided Co nfigurati on with ez setup or npconfi g ... ............ ............. .................... ............. ..... 151 Configurati on Through the Network wi th ARP ............ 15 2 Configurati on Through the Network wi th RARP .......... 154 Configurati on Through the Network wi th BOOTP .. ..... 15 5 Restoring[...]

Table of Contents 9 A Prin ter Spe cificat ions ......... ....... ..... ...... 207 Ribbon Specifi cat ion s ......... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... .. 207 Paper Spec ificatio ns ........... ................... ............. ............... 208 Printer Dimen sions ............. ............. ............ .................... ..[...]

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11 1 Intr oduction Printer Overvi ew This chap ter prov ides a genera l ove rview of your pr inter an d the conventi ons used within thi s manual . The Printer Family The Compa q series o f line mat rix prin ters con sist of 5 00, 1000, a nd 1500 line s per m inute ( lpm) m odels pa ckage d in var ious c onfigura tions . All of the model s offer s [...]

Chapter 1 Printer Ov erv iew 12 The printe r combi nes the us e of Flas h, RAM, and nonvo latile RA M for program ex ecution . The Flas h is used f or all pr ogram, font, and emulatio n storag e. New fon ts, emu lations, or prog ram updat es ca n be downlo aded to Flas h mem ory via the parall el or se rial in terface. The RAM is u sed for buffe rs[...]

Warnings and Special Information 13 W arnings an d Special Information Read and c omply wit h all i nformation highl ighted unde r spec ial headin gs: WA R N I N G Conditions that can harm you as well as damage the printer. CAUTION Conditions that can damage the printer or related equipment. IMPORT AN T Information that is vital to the operation of[...]

Chapter 1 Printer Ov erv iew 14 T aking Care of Y our Printer Your printe r will produc e high print quality job s if it is well taken care of. Period ic clea ning, h andli ng the pri nter pro perly, and using the co rrect printer suppli es such as pap er and r ibbons e nsur es optimu m performanc e. Chap ter 6 explains h ow to cl ean the pr inter,[...]

15 2 Setting Up the Printer Befor e Y o u Be gin Read this chapter c arefull y before in stall ing and o perating the print er. The printe r is easy to instal l. However , for yo ur safet y, and to p rotect valuable equip ment, pe rform all the proc edures in th is chap ter in the order pres ented. Power Re quirements The printer must be c onnected[...]

Chapter 2 Sele ct a Si te 16 Sele ct a Site Select a printer site tha t meets al l of the followin g requir ements: • Permits comp lete open ing of t he printe r co ver and d oors. • For cabinet models , allows at least three feet of clearanc e behind the prin ter. (T his per mits air to ci rculat e freely around th e printe r and prov ides ac [...]

17 Printer Dimensions Figure 1. Printer Di mensions (Cabinet Model) Figure 2. Printer Dimensions (Pedestal Model) 27.0 in. (68.6 cm) 27.0 in. (68.6 cm) 27.0 in. (68.6 cm) 41.0 in. (104 cm) 83.0 in. (210.8cm) 29.0 in. (73.7 cm) 57.5 in. (146.1 cm) m ) 24.6 in. (62.48 cm.) 30 in. (76.2 cm.) 48.0 in. (122 cm.) 25 in. (63.5 cm.) 10.5 in. (26.67 cm.)[...]

Chapter 2 Printer Component Locations 18 Printer Componen t Locations Familiariz e you rself with the name s and location s of the pr inter compo nents, sh own in Figure 3 , before continui ng with the rest of the insta llation p rocedur e. Figure 3. Printer Component Locations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13[...]

19 Legend: 1) Hub Latch 2) Ribbon Spool 3) Horizontal Adjustment Knob 4) Tra ctor Loc k 5) Paper Scale 6) Splined Shaft 7) Paper Suppo rt 8) Tra ctor 9) Hammer Bank Cover and Ribbon Mask 10) Vertical Position Knob 11) Forms Thickness Lev er 12) Ribbon Guide 13) Ribbon Loading Path Diagram Remove Packing Materi als CAUTION To avoid shipping damage, [...]

Chapter 2 Remove P acking Material s 20 1. Rais e the p rint er co ver. 2. Rem ove the c ardboar d packi ng ( 1 ). 3. O pen the tr actor doo rs. Push t he tra ctor lock s down. Sl ide the tractors outward as far as they will go . The forms thickn ess leve r ( 2 ) should b e in th e fully open (raised) positio n. 4. Rem ove the en velop e ( 3 ) cont[...]

21 5. Sl ide the pap er supp orts ( 4 ) outwa rd as far as t hey will go. Lift the hammer ba nk prote ctive foam ( 5 ) a nd remov e it from bet ween the ribbon m ask and t he platen. 6. Remo ve the foam str ips ( 6 ) an d the ta pe securi ng the foam strips . 7. Rotat e the form s thick ness le ver ( 7 ) downw ard to position “A”. 6 5 4 7[...]

Chapter 2 Remove P acking Material s 22 8. Rota te the p laten pro tective foam ( 8 ) toward the front of the p rinter and out from under the suppo rt shaft. Adjust the Paper Supports 1. Sl ide the pa per supp orts ( 1 ) inward un til they are ap proximatel y four inche s from th e tractor doors ( 2 ). 8 2 2 1[...]

Release the Paper C hains (Cabinet Model) 23 Rele ase the Paper Cha ins (Cabine t Model) 1. Op en the cab inet rear door. 2. Cut th e tie wraps ( 1 ) and release the paper chains ( 2 ) from the bags ( 3 ) a t the top rear of the print er frame. Rem ove the ti e wraps and bags. 3. Mak e sure each chain h angs freely, w ith no kink s or kn ots. 1 1 2[...]

Chapter 2 Remove P acking Material s 24 Remove T ags Cabi net Model Figure 4. Removing Tags (Left: 1000/1500 l pm models; Right: 500 lpm models) 1. Rem ove the ti e wrap ( 1 ) attached t o the pa ssive s tack er paper fenc e ( 3 ). It i s marked w ith a l arge, red ta g ( 2 ). 2. Clo se the ca binet re ar door. 1 1 2 2 3 3[...]

Remove Tags 25 Pedestal Model Remove the tie wr ap ( 1 ) attache d to the outp ut baske t ( 3 ). It is marked with a lar ge, red ta g ( 2 ). 1 2 3[...]

Chapter 2 Remove P acking Material s 26 Attac h t he Output B aske t (Ped estal M odel) 1. Pl ace the o utput ba sket in t he hole s in the b ack of th e printer. 2. Sc rew the g round wir e attache d to the output bas ket to the print er. $ $[...]

Cabinet Model 27 Conne ct the Interface and P ower Cords Before y ou connec t the inte rface and power c ables, v erify the v oltage source at the p rinter site c onforms to the req uiremen ts speci fied in “Power Requ ireme nts” on page 15 . Cabi net Mo del Legend: 1) Host Interface Connectors 2) I/ O Co ver 3) Cable-Routing Notches 4) AC Powe[...]

Chapter 2 Connect the Inte rface and Powe r Cords 28 1. Ma ke sure the printer po wer switch i s set to O (Off). 2. O pen the ca binet rea r door, and remov e the cov er from the selecte d I/O con nector. ( See “In terface Connection s” o n page 30 .) 3. Loc ate the ca ble r outing notc h in the lo wer left c orner of the b ack of the cabi net [...]

Pedestal M odel 29 8. Gu ide the power cord up through t he hole in the lower r ight ba ck corner of t he cab inet (see Fi gure 5 ). Thread the power co rd insi de the brack et where the gas s pring is a ttached. 9. Pl ug the p ower cord i nto the pr inter A C power co nnecto r, then i nto the AC power outlet. Pedestal Model Legend: 1) Parallel Con[...]

Chapter 2 Connect the Inte rface and Powe r Cords 30 Interface Connection s Legend: 1) Parallel (not present on Network-based models) 2) Auxiliary I/O 3) Diagnostic 4) Serial RS-232/RS -422 5) Dataproducts Standard Adapter Figure 6. St andard Interfac es (Left: Pedestal Model; Right: Cabinet Model) Legend: 1) Network 10Base2 2) Network 10Base-T 3) [...]

Attach the C ontrol Panel O verlays 31 Install Basic Componen ts The fol lowing proc edures describ e how to attach the p rinted o verlays to the contr ol panel a nd ins tall the printer ribbon a nd paper. Attach the Control Panel Overlays 1. Choo se the overlay l abels in the app ropriate l anguag e. 2. Cabi net Mod els: Open t he printe r cover ,[...]

Chapter 2 Install Basic Components 32 Load the Ribbon 1. Refe r to the r ibbon pat h diagram mold ed onto the s huttle c over (see “Printer Component Location s” on page 1 8 ). 2. O pen the printer cover . 3. Rai se the forms thickn ess lev er ( 1 ) as far as it w ill go. 4. O pen the tr actor doo rs ( 2 ). 5. Sq ueeze the right h ub latch ( 3 [...]

Load the Ribbon 33 6. Thr ead the ribbo n around the rib bon guid e ( 4 ) a nd along the ribbon path. Be sur e to threa d the ribbo n betwee n the hammer bank cov er and the ribbon mask. 7. Pl ace the em pty spool on the le ft hub. P ress t he spool down unt il the hub lat ch sn aps into p lace. Turn th e empty spool b y hand to make sure the ribbo[...]

Chapter 2 Install Basic Components 34 Load the Paper When you start th is proc edure, ver ify that t he printe r cover i s open, th e forms th icknes s lever i s raised, and the tractor doo rs are open. (S ee “Printer Component Location s” on page 1 8 ). Legend: 1) Edge Of Paper 2) Box 1. For cabinet models, a lign the p aper sup ply with the l[...]

Load the Paper 35 3. Pul l the pape r ( 4 ) abov e and behind the ribbon m ask, whi ch is a silver m etal str ip with a clear plastic ed ge prote ctor. Lo ad the paper on the left tractor sprockets and cl ose the tractor do or ( 5 ). CAUTION To avoid damage to the printer caused by pr inting on the platen, always position the left tra ctor unit dir[...]

Chapter 2 Install Basic Components 36 6. Ma ke su re the le ading e dge of t he first sheet of paper i s paralle l to the trac tor spline d shaft ( 8 ). If the p aper is misali gned, rel oad it onto the tractor s prockets until its ed ge is paral lel to the spli ned sh aft. 7. Sl ide the rig ht tractor to remove pa per slac k or to adjus t for vari[...]

Load the Paper 37 9. Lowe r the for ms thickne ss lever . Set it to match t he paper thic kness. (The A-B- C scale c orrespon ds appro ximatel y to 1-, 3 -, and 6-par t paper thi ckness.) NOTE: Do not se t the for ms thic kness l ever too ti gh tl y; exce ssive friction c an cause paper ja ms, rib bon jams with potenti al for ribbon d amage, sme ar[...]

Chapter 2 Set the Top-of-Fo rm 38 Set the T op-of-Form When pape r is lo aded i nto the pr inter, it must be to ld where y ou wan t the top of y our for m to be. This proce dure mus t be perfo rmed the f irst time pape r is in troduced into the pr inter, a s well as e very time new paper is loaded. Procedure 1. Be sure the forms th ickness leve r i[...]

Procedure 39 5. Loc ate the TOF i ndicator ( 3 ). I t is th e small tab locate d on bo th the right and left trac tor door. 6. Tur n the ver tical pos ition k nob ( 5 ) to a lign the top o f the firs t print line with the TOF i ndicator . For be st prin t quality , it is recom mended the top-of-f orm be set at lea st 1/2 inch bel ow the per foratio[...]

Chapter 2 Set the Top-of-Fo rm 40 7. Low er the forms thickn ess lev er. Set it to match the paper thickness . (The A- B-C sc ale corr esponds approximat ely to 1-, 3-, and 6-pa rt paper thickness .) NOTE: Do not set the forms thi ckness lever too tightly; exce ssive friction c an ca use paper j ams, ri bbon jams with poten tial fo r ribbon d amage[...]

41 3 Operating the Printer Powering On t he Pr inter When you power on t he printe r, it exe cutes a s elf-tes t. The defaul t power-up stat e is o nline . When the s elf-test com pletes and th e sof tware has initia lize d succes sfully , the status indicato r light tu rns on, ind icating the prin ter is onl ine. Th e default value of the ty pe of[...]

Chapter 3 The Control Panel 42 The curren t operatin g mode may be s elect ed via contr ol panel keys, or may res ult from routine ope rations such as power ing on the print er. The Control Panel Figure 9 and Figure 10 sh ow the key s, display s and ind icators as they appear on the con trol pane l. The follo wing sec tion prov ides des criptions o[...]

Control Panel Keys 43 Legend: 1) Message Display 2) Status Indicator 3) CLEAR 4) SHIFT 5) SE T TOF / L.P. I. ADJ. 6) ENTER / PAGE L. ADJ. 7) ON LINE 8) FF 9) LF 10) VIEW Control Panel Keys ON LINE Toggles the printer between on line a nd offline modes. If a fault conditio n exists , pressin g this k ey will cl ear the fau lt mess age and return the[...]

Chapter 3 The Control Panel 44 VIEW In offline or online mode, al lows you to vi ew and adju st the placem ent of data on the page, o r to rem ove peel-of f label s. With the p rinter online or offline, press and rele ase to move pape r forward for insp ection. Th e last dat a printed advan ces to the tractor area. Pr ess VIE W a second time to mo [...]

Control Panel Keys 45 SHIF T The printe r must be offline to perform the follo wing funct ions: • Press SHIFT+ CLEAR to reset the PCL -II emula tion. • Press SHIFT+ L.P.I. Adj to acce ss the li ne sp acing me nu. Pres s PREV or NEXT to sc roll th rough the options. • Press SHIFT+Page L. Adj to a ccess the form leng th menu in lines or inch es[...]

Chapter 3 The Control Panel 46 UP or DOWN ( = or > ) Moves u p and do wn between l evels in t he con figurati on menus a nd makes v ertical fo rms adjus tment. After p ressin g VIEW, p ress = or > to adjust th e paper u p or down i n 1/72 inc h incr ements for fine ve rtical forms align ment. After pressin g ON LI NE, pre ss = or > to move[...]

Reloading Paper 47 Operation al Procedur es This sec tion ou tlines cer tain bas ic proced ures whi ch need to be performed wh en nec essary i n order to k eep your printer o perating . Reloading Paper Follow th is proced ure when “ LOAD PAP ER” dis plays. (Thi s message occurs whe n the l ast sheet of paper passes through th e paper s lot.) Th[...]

Chapter 3 Operational P rocedures 48 4. Loc ate the pa per slo t and fee d the paper up thro ugh it (s ee Fi gu re 11 ). It may b e easier to feed on e corner o f the ne w paper up through th e slot first. W hen this c orner can be grasped from the top, rotate the paper ba ck to the normal p osition. NOTE: If you ar e using t hick, mu lti-part fo r[...]

Reloading Paper 49 9. Lowe r the for ms thickne ss lever . Set it to match t he paper thic kness. (The A-B- C scale c orrespon ds appro ximatel y to 1-, 3 -, and 6-par t paper thi ckness.) NOTE: Do not se t the for ms thic kness l ever too ti gh tl y; exce ssive friction c an cause paper ja ms, rib bon jams with potenti al for ribbon d amage, sme a[...]

Chapter 3 Operational P rocedures 50 Perform s teps 1 4 through 30 only i f you ar e unable t o load the new paper ov er the exis ting pape r in ste p 4. 14. Open both tr actor do ors. 15. Remove the pap er from t he tractors . Allow th e paper to f all in to the paper s upply area. 16. Feed the pap er up throug h the pa per slot ( 7 ) . Hold the p[...]

Reloading Paper 51 17. Pull the paper ( 8 ) above and beh ind the ribbon m ask. (The r ibbon mask lo cation is shown on the ribb on path diagram. ) 18. Load the pa per on the left trac tor and clo se the tr actor do or ( 9 ). CAUTION To avoid damage to the printer caused by pr inting on the platen, always position the left tra ctor unit directly to[...]

Chapter 3 Operational P rocedures 52 20. Move the paper suppo rts ( 10 ) as nec essar y to supp ort the pap er between the tractor s. 21. Unlock the right tractor ( 11 ). Load the pape r onto the sproc kets and close t he tracto r door ( 12 ). If nece ssary, slide the r ight tra ctor to remove paper sl ack or to adjust for various paper wi dths. Th[...]

Reloading Paper 53 23. On pedes tal model s: Using the vertic al positi on knob t o move the paper up, guide the paper ov er the lo wer paper gu ide ( 14 ) and thro ugh the slot in t he top cover. C lose t he platen a nd the p rinter co ver. 24. Press FF severa l times to make sure the paper feeds pr operly beyond the tractors and over the lower pa[...]

Chapter 3 Operational P rocedures 54 26. Locate the TO F indicator ( 15 ). It is t he small tab loc ated o n both the right an d left tra ctor door. 27. Turn the verti cal posi tion kno b ( 16 ) to align the top of the first print line with the TOF indi cator. For best print qua lity, it is recomm ended the top-o f-form b e set at le ast 1/2 in ch [...]

Unloading Paper 55 30. Press SET TOF. The to p-of-fo rm you h ave set m oves down to the print pos ition . If there are da ta in th e buffer, t he pape r moves forward t o the last prin t positio n on the nex t page . 31. Press ON LINE and close t he printe r co ver. Unloading Paper 1. Pr ess ON LINE to place the printer in offli ne mode, an d open[...]

Chapter 3 Operational P rocedures 56 7. To c ompletel y remove the pa per from the pri nter: a. Raise the forms thickne ss lever ( 1 ) as far as it will go, and op en both trac tor doors ( 2 ). CAUTI ON Be careful when pulling any paper backward through the paper path, especially w hen using a label stock . If you are not careful, labels can detach[...]

Replacing the Ribbon 57 Replacing the Ribbon 1. Pr ess ON LINE to place the printer in off line mode . 2. Op en the p rinter cover. 3. Remo ve the old ribbon: a. Rai se the for ms thickne ss lev er ( 1 ) as far a s it will go . b. Pr ess in on the hub la tches ( 2 ) and lift the ribbo n spools off the hubs. Lift the ribbo n out o f the ribb on path[...]

Chapter 3 Operational P rocedures 58 6. Ins tall the n ew ribbo n: a. Wi th the ri bbon to the outside, place the full spo ol on th e right hub ( 3 ). P ress do wn on the s pool u ntil the hu b latch s naps in place. b. Thr ead the r ibbon aro und the r ibbon gui de ( 4 ) and alon g the ribbon p ath. (Refe r to the r ibbon path diagram on the shutt[...]

Replacing the Ribbon 59 7. Lowe r the for ms thickne ss lever . Set it to match t he paper thickness . (The A- B-C scale corresp onds appr oximate ly to 1- , 3-, and 6-part p aper t hickness .) NOTE: Do not se t the for ms thic kness l ever too ti gh tl y; exce ssive friction c an cause paper ja ms, rib bon jams with potenti al for ribbon d amage, [...]

Chapter 3 Operational P rocedures 60 Canceling a Print J ob The proce dure to c ancel a print jo b depen ds on the p rinter emu lation and your applic ation soft ware. Conta ct your System Adminis trator for addition al info rmation. 1. If th e printe r is onlin e, press ON LINE t o place th e printe r in offli ne mode. 2. Fro m the hos t system , [...]

61 4 The Configuration Menus Config uration Ov ervie w In order to print data, the printer must respond corre ctly to s ignals and commands receiv ed from the host c omputer. Configura tion is t he process o f match ing the printer ’s operating c haracte ristic s to th ose of the host c omputer a nd to spec ific tas ks, su ch as pr inting l abels[...]

Chapter 4 Configuration Overview 62 Changing and Saving Parameter Settings You may chang e a printe r param eter sett ing, suc h as line s pacing or forms leng th, eith er by pres sing keys on th e control pa nel to co nfigure the prin ter’s residen t set of co nfigur ation me nus, or b y sen ding emulatio n contro l code s from a host attac hed [...]

Navigating the Menus 63 Navigati ng the Menus To manip ulate con figurati ons it is import ant to under stand ho w to navigate through th e menus. Re view the followi ng instr uctions before you be gin maki ng cha nges t o the pri nter. You must be offli ne to mov e within th e menus. When the p rinter i s onlin e, the LCD di splays ONLINE an d the[...]

Chapter 4 Configuration Overview 64 Chan gin g Pa rame ter s Ex am ple A config uration consis ts of sev eral param eters. The defaul t factory configur ation has a st arting set o f para meters. I n the confi guration menu abov e, and in all the configur ation me nus in thi s chapte r, the factory de fault val ues are indicate d by an as terisk ( [...]

Cha ngi ng Par am ete rs Exa mpl e 65 Step Press LCD Notes 1. Make sure the printer is on. Raise the printer cover . 2. OFFLI NE CONFIG. CONTRO L 3. ENTER SWITCH UNLOCKED Allows you to make configuration changes. OFFLINE CONFIG. CONTRO L 4. OFFLINE PRINTER CONTROL 5. PRINTER CONTROL Unidirectional 6. Unidirectional Disable* 7. Unidirectional Enable[...]

Chapter 4 Configuration Overview 66 The param eters you have changed remain active as long as th e printe r is on. W hen yo u turn off the print er, the par ameters a re eras ed from memory unless you sa ve them in a confi gura tion. If you do not save the configur ation, the prin ter reverts to the d efault va lues nex t time t he printer is power[...]

Saving Your New Configuration 67 Once you have saved a cust om confi guration u sing this optio n, it is not lost if y ou power o ff the pri nter. You can load a config uration fo r a specifi c print job (see “ Load Confi g.” on page 71 ). You c an also m odify and resa ve it. You ma y want to p rint you r con figurati ons (s ee “Print Config[...]

Chapter 4 Configuration Overview 68 8. Save Config. 2* The * indicates this choice is active. NOT E: It is recommended you print the configuration. To print the configuration go to Step 9. To skip this procedure and resume printer operation, go to Step 14. 9. CONFIG. CONTROL Save Config. 10. CONFIG. CONTROL Print Config. 1 1. Print Config. Current [...]

Main Menu 69 Mai n Me nu Figure 12. Configuration Main Me nu OFFLINE CONFIG. CONTROL page 71 ACTIVE EMULATION page 73 EMULATION page 74 MAINT/M ISC page 112 HOST INTERFACE page 113 Load Config. Save Config. Print Config. Delete Config. Power-up Config. Protect Configs. PCL-II LP PLUS IGP/PG L 1 IGP/VG L 1 PCL-II LP PLUS IGP/ PGL 1 IGP/ VGL 1 Hex Du[...]

Chapter 4 Configuration Overview 70 Brief d escrip tions follow for the firs t-leve l con figurati on menu option s: • CONFIG. CONTROL — Thes e optio ns allow you to save , print, load, del ete, nam e, and pr otect enti re sets of configu ratio n paramete rs, as w ell as sel ect the def ault po wer-up con figurati on. • ACTIVE EMULATION — T[...]

Menu 71 CONFIG. CONTROL The CONFIG. C ONTROL menu a llows you to control your pri nter’s config urations a ccordi ng to th e specif icati ons nece ssary for your p rint jobs. Men u Load C o nfig. The printe r can st ore numer ous co nfigurati ons in m emory. This parameter allows you to select and loa d a sp ecific config uration. CONFIG. CONTROL[...]

Chapter 4 CONFIG. CONTROL 72 Save Config. This opti on allows you to save up to eig ht unique configur ation s to meet differen t print job requ irements . This elim inates the need to change the paramete r settin gs for ea ch new job. The co nfigurat ions a re stored in memory , and will not be los t if you t urn off the printer . If the Protect C[...]

Menu 73 ACTIVE EMULA TION The ACTIVE E MULATION fu nction allo ws you to activate either the PCL-II or Li nePrin ter Plus emulati on, as wel l as the o ptional IG P/PGL or IGP/VGL em ulatio ns, if the y are in stalled. There ar e two method s for selecti ng the d esired emu lation . The first is by sel ecting th e emulati on directly f rom the pr i[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 74 EMULA TION The EMULATIO N men u is the g ateway to c onfigu re the em ulations availab le with y our printer . The contr ol code s for ea ch of th ese emula tions ar e descr ibed in t heir respect ive Program mer’s Refer ence Manuals . PCL-II Em ulation Hewlett-P ackard’s Printer Control Language th at is com patibl e wit[...]

PCL-II Emulation 75 PCL-II E mulation EMULATION (fr om page 74 ) Primary Char Set Secondary Char Set Page Length Rep. Graphics Density Perforation Skip Display Functns PTX Linefeed LPI Adjust Page L. Lines Page L. Inches Config. Print ID 0* - 109, xx Symbol Set (see next page) Pitc h 10*, 12, 13.3 15, 16.67, 20 Density Data Proc .* NLQ OCR-A OCR-B [...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 76 Primary C haracter Set You can select o ne of 92 pre-def ined char acter set s by ID ( although charac ter sets r ange from 0 - 109, not all s ets are ava ilable on the Compaq se ries pri nter), or y ou ca n select pi tch, s ymbol set, a nd typeface indiv idually. I f the combina tion y ou cho ose matc hes one of the 92 prede[...]

PCL-II Emulation 77 Page Leng th Represen tation • Inches/Page. Al l page le ngth calc ulations are based on the inc hes displayed on the p anel. • Lines/Page. All p age length calc ulations are bas ed on t he number of lines per page d isplayed o n the pa nel. For examp le, if the form i n use is 82 lines at 6 lpi, the pag e is physicall y 13.[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 78 PTX Linefeed • Disable. Th e default. L inefeed is p erformed as calculat ed from th e bottom of th e gra phics or b arcode, thereby d isrupting the ve rtical text ali gnment. • Enabl e. The Li nefeed mov es to the ne xt li ne as cal culated f rom the Top of Form position , thereby retaini ng vertica l text alignmen t. Wh[...]

LinePrinter Plus Emulation 79 LinePrinter Plus Emulation EMULATION (from page 74 ) Printer Protocol Print Char. Set CPI/LPI Select Font Attributes Page Format P-Series (see page 83 ) Proprinter XL (see page 87 ) Epson FX (see page 90 ) Select CPI 10.0 CPI* 12.0 CPI 13.3 CPI 15.0 CPI 17.1 CPI 20.0 CPI Select LPI 6.0 LPI* 8.0 LPI 10.3 LPI (see below)[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 80 Printer Protocol Select t he Line Printer+ protocol y ou wish t o use. Refer to th e LinePr inter Plus Programmer ’ s Refere nce Manua l for more informa tion. Pri nt Cha r S et When this selec tion is d isplayed a nd the E NTER ke y is pres sed, the curre nt charac ter set is pri nted. CPI/LPI Selec t This par ameter l ets[...]

LinePrinter Plus Emulation 81 • OCR-A / OCR-B . O ptic al charac ter r ecogni tion font s prin ting a t 120 dpi horizo ntally an d 144 dpi v ertically . Both fonts p rint only at 10 cpi. • High Speed . A dra ft quality font printin g at 120 dpi hor izontally and 48 dpi ve rticall y . The width of the font varies with the c pi. • NLQ Sans Seri[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 82 Slashed Zero This parame ter allo ws yo u to print the num eral “0” with or withou t the slash. This op tion appli es to al l characte r sets e xcept OCR- A and OCR-B. • Disable . Zero is printed wi thout a sl ash. • Enabl e . Zero is printed with a s lash. Page Format Margins • Left Margin . Set i n column s. Colu [...]

P-Series E mulation 83 P-Series Emulation Printer Prot ocol (from page 79 ) Control Code 06 Control Code 08 Define CR Code Auto LF Overstrike Define LF Code Select SFCC EVFU Select Alt. S et 8 0-9F Character Set SFCC d Command 6.0 LPI 8.0 LPI* 10.3 LPI Elongated* Backspace CR = CR* CR = CR + LF Disable* Enable Enable* Disable LF = CR + LF* LF = LF [...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 84 Control Code 06 Control C ode 06 d efines th e funct ion of AS CII code he x 06 (AC K). Y ou can sel ect an al ternate li ne spac ing of 6, 8 or 10. 3 LPI. Control Code 08 Control C ode 08 d efines th e funct ion of AS CII code he x 08 (BS ). Y ou can defi ne the code to outp ut an elong ated c haracter o r a back space. Defi[...]

P-Series E mulation 85 Overstrike • Enable . Com mon do ts appear darker i n characte rs printed over each other, as shown below . The prin t positio n move s one-h alf dot to the rig ht. Overs trike pri nting occur s at a dec reased s peed. • Disable . If yo u are usi ng a cont rol cod e for ove rstrike, but it is disabled in the pr inter c on[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 86 EVFU Select Controls how the pr inter ha ndles v ertical for matting. • Enabl e . Enab les th e VFU an d select s P-Se ries c ompati ble Electroni c V er tical For mat Unit ( EVFU). • Disable . Dis ables al l VFU proc essing. Alt. Set 80-9F Determin es whether the printe r processe s ASCII codes hex 80 through hex 9F as c[...]

Proprinter XL Emulation 87 Proprinter XL Emulation Defi ne CR Code This opt ion contr ols the actio n of the pri nter when it receiv es a Carriag e Return co de (hex 0D) from th e host compu ter . If t his featur e is en abled, each time the printer recei ves a Carria ge Return, it inserts an additiona l Line Feed cod e (hex 0A) in to the data stre[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 88 Auto LF This opti on defines the printer actions when pri nt data is receive d past the forms wi dth settin g. • Enabl e . Perfor ms an au tomatic c arriage r eturn an d line fee d when data is rec eived pas t the forms wi dth. • Disable . Dis cards any data pa st the for ms width. Define LF Code • LF = LF . Does not pe[...]

Proprinter XL Emulation 89 Alte rn ate Char Set This optio n deter mines if da ta in th e range o f hex 80 th rough hex 9F should be interpr eted as a control code or as a pri ntable c haracter . • Set 1 . Int erprets da ta in the rang e of hex 8 0 through hex 9F as a control code. • Set 2 . Prints data for the charac ters at hex locations 03, [...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 90 Epson FX Emulation Printer Prot ocol (from page 79 ) Define CR Code Auto LF Define LF Code Printer Select Character Set 20 CPI Condensed Alt. Se t 80 -9F CR = CR* CR = CR + LF Enable* Disable LF = LF* LF = CR + LF Disable* Enable Epson Set* ASCII (US A)* French German English Danish I Swedish Italian Spanish I Japanese Norweg[...]

Epson FX Emulation 91 Defi ne CR Code The Defin e CR Code opt ion co ntrols the action of the pri nter when it receiv es a Carri age Return code (hex 0D) from the host c omputer . If this featu re is en abled, eac h time the printer receive s a Carriag e Return, it inserts an additi onal Lin e Feed code (hex 0A ) into th e data stream. D o not use [...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 92 Character Set Specifi es a character se t. T o use one of thes e sets, choo se the desired charac ter set and p ress E NTER. Note that when O CR-A or OCR- B is selecte d as the pri nt langu age, the Font Attri bute T y peface op tion under the L inePrinter Plus m enu ( page 80 ) is changed to OCR-A or OCR-B, respecti vely . 2[...]

IGP/PGL Submenu 93 IGP/PGL Submenu The IGP/PG L emu lation is the softw are base d Intel ligent G raphics Processo r (I GP). It is bas ed upo n, and is comp atible wi th, the Printr onix IGP-100/20 0/400 bo ard usin g the Pri ntronix Graphics Language (PGL). The IGP/PG L graph ics pr ocessing f eature s are detai led be low. Features On-Line Form a[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 94 Rotated Alphanumerics perm it new conce pts in fo rm design. Norma l, expanded , and comp ressed charac ter string s ca n be rotate d 90 degrees clock wise or counte rclockw ise, or they ca n be pr inted ups ide down. Reversed P rint perm its highlig hting a nd contr asting by printi ng whit e charac ters on a da rk back grou[...]

IGP/PGL Submenu 95 EMULATION (from page 69 ) Define CR Code Define LF Code Autowrap Select SFCC PI Slew Range CR Edit Select Font Select LPI Auto Uppercase Skip Cmd Prefix Power On IGP/PGL Ext Execute Copy CR = CR* CR = CR + LF LF = LF* LF = CR + LF Disable* Enable 126* (1-255) 16* 15 Disable* Enable 0-32 6* 8, 9, 10 Disable* Enable Enable* Disable[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 96 Define CR C ode (Carriage Retu rn) This parameter fo rces the p rinter to i nsert an au tomatic L ine Feed code into the da ta strea m whenev er a Carr iage Retur n code occ urs. This is to be used only if the hos t compute r does n ot send Li ne Feeds to the printer . • CR = CR. Does n ot perfor m a line f eed. The next pr[...]

IGP/PGL Submenu 97 PI Slew Range You can s pecify how many l ines the paper wil l feed. • 15. A p aper slew o f 1-15 will move 1-15 lin es. A pap er sle w of 0 will move 1 li ne. • 16. A paper slew of 0-15 wil l move 1- 16 lines . CR Edit This par ameter de termines if a c arriage r eturn wi ll be fo llowed by a line feed. • Disable . The pr [...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 98 Select LPI This is the number of lines to be pr inted per inch. For exampl e, at 6 lpi there is 1/6 inch from the top of one print line to the top of the nex t print line. Auto Uppercase This parame ter enabl es the pr inter to print tex t in all upperca se when using th e ALPH A com mand. • Disable . The pr inter will prin[...]

IGP/PGL Submenu 99 Extended Execute Copy • Disable . Dyna mic data, overlay data, etc . are not a llowed if the optional Fo rm Count p arameter (number o f forms to print) is specifi ed as part o f the Execut e com mand. (This s ettin g is IG P-100 compa tible.) • Enable . Dyn amic data , overlay data, etc. ar e allowed within a for m in which [...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 100 Select Cha racter Instructs the IGP/P GL whic h decima l cha racter (0-2 55) to ig nore fro m the host. IGP100 Compatbl. This opti on instruc ts the IG P/PGL t o behav e simi lar to th e IGP-1 00 with respect to certain comm ands. All new users with ne w applic ations should s elect th e “Disab le” opti on. Selec ting th[...]

IGP/VGL Emulation 101 IGP/VGL Emulation Code V Gr aphics langu age (VG L) is a n Intellig ent G raphics Printi ng (IGP) so ftware emul ation des igned for your li ne matrix pr inter . The IGP Code V emul ation of the QMS  Code V V er sion II prog ramming language p roduces on-lin e forms, bar cod es, and al phanum eric text- generatio n. The gra[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 102 Logos are easil y create d using alp hanume ric comm ands and a v ariet y of print and shadi ng featu res, prov iding a “customi zed” ap pearance fo r forms, rep orts, an d labels . The regis tered tr ademark, copyrig ht, TUV ® , GS-Mar k, UL ® , and CSA ® symbols are p rovide d as stan dard design s on the Code V , a[...]

IGP/VGL Emulation 103 EMULATION (from page 69 ) SFCC & Pwrup LPI Graphics Options Error Handling Ignore/DB8 Setup ISO Char Set PI Control Control Character 94* (17-255) Ignore Mode Disable*/Enable Free Format Disable*/Enable Mgnum Convers ion Disable*/Enable 6* 7, 8, 9, 10 (see next page) Error Msgs Enable*/Disable Error Ma rkers Enable*/Disabl[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 104 SFCC & Pwru p This opti on has se veral s uboption s which d efine the S FCC and p ower- up confi guration used with Code V . Control Ch arac ter This option s elects the Special Function C ontrol Code ( SFCC). The default v alue is the caret ^ (decim al 94). V alid values are 17 thr ough 255. Throu ghout th is section ,[...]

IGP/VGL Emulation 105 Igno re Mo de • Disable . The def ault. • Enable . S elects th e igno re mode a s the power -up defa ult, and selects the grap hics mod e ^PY as the powe r-up defaul t. All charac ters are i gnored un til a ^A c ommand is receive d. Free Format • Disable . The def ault. • Enable . S elects fr ee forma t mode as the pow[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 106 Ignore Dots • Disable . The de fault. • Enabl e . Caus es the Code V to exp ect posi tion v alues to b e specifi ed in only 1/ 10ths of an inc h. If the dot posi tion is als o given, it is tr eated as t ext. Append Rotated • Disable . Logo s and alphanume ric str ings are treated as separa te elements . • Enabl e . A[...]

IGP/VGL Emulation 107 UPC Descenders • Disable . UPC/E AN bar code s are printed without des cender s if there is no human r eadable data. • Enable . UP C/EAN bar codes a re printed with des cenders, even i f there is no human r eadable data. Rot. Char Size • Adjusted . Rotate d (cloc kwise/cou ntercloc kwise) , expand ed charac ters have a d[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 108 Absorb After ^PN • Disable . All line termina tors that immed iately fo llow the ^P N command are sent to the p rinter and proces sed. • Enabl e . All li ne termi nators t hat immedi ately fol low the ^PN command ar e igno red. IGP 1 10 Compatbl. This opti on instruc ts the Code V to be have si milar to the IGP-1 10 with[...]

IGP/VGL Emulation 109 Offpage E rrors • Disable . Does not report e rrors for element s that s tart or end beyond the right ed ge of the page. • Enable . Rep orts er rors for el ements that start or end b eyond the right edg e of the pag e. Barcode E rrors • Enable . A n error me ssage wi ll prin t when inv alid bar code data is encounter ed.[...]

Chapter 4 EMULATION 110 NOTE: Data bit 8 i s inter preted as ei ther data bit 8 o r PI si gnal, but never b oth. When e nabled as data b it 8, da ta bit 8 has priority over the PI sign al, and all data above hex 7F is used to access charac ter data a nd not to i nterpret PI line d ata. Conversel y , when dat a bit 8 is disable d and th e PI sig nal[...]

IGP/VGL Emulation 111 Host PI • Disable . The hos t does no t send PI signa ls. • Enable . The host send s PI si gnals . The Data Bi t 8 conf iguration option mus t be disa bled t o transmit th e PI line to the p rinter . Max PI 16 • Enable . A paper sl ew of 0-1 5 will mov e 1-16 l ines. • Disable . A pa per sle w of 1-15 will mov e 1-15 l[...]

Chapter 4 MAINT / MISC 112 MAINT / MISC Menu Hex Dump Mode A hex c ode prin tout (or hex dump) tr anslate s all in coming d ata to hexadec imal equi valents . A hex d ump li sts eac h ASCII data character received from the h ost comp uter , together with its c orrespon ding two - digit hex adecima l code. He x dum ps can be used to troubl eshoot so[...]

Menu 113 HOST INTERF ACE The Host Interface Menu enab les you to selec t and confi gure one of many type s of i nterfaces b etween t he printe r and yo ur host com puter . The currentl y se lected i nterface is indi cated with an ast erisk on th e control panel message display . E ach in terface has it s own sub menu with a set of interfa ce param [...]

Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE 114 Dataproducts Submenu Data Bi t 8 • Enabl e . Allows ac cess to the extended ASCII cha racter set. • Disable . The pr inter inte rprets bit 8 of each inc oming da ta charac ter as a zero, r egardle ss of its actua l setting . PI Ignored The PI (P aper In struct ion) si gnal i s used to control vertic al paper motion.[...]

Dataproducts Submenu 115 Da ta P ola rity The Data Pol arity paramet er must b e set to m atch the da ta polarity of your hos t compute r . • Standard . Does not e xpect the host compute r to inv ert the data. • Inverted . E xpects the data receive d on th e data li nes from the host compu ter to be i nverted . Ones be come z eros, a nd zero s [...]

Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE 116 Bu ffe r S ize in K Configur es the amo unt of m emory allo cated for the Data product s paralle l port bu ffer . Y ou c an specify between 1 and 16 K bytes, in 1- Kbyte increm ents. Serial Submenu Serial (from page 113 ) Interface Type Data Protocol Baud Rate Word Length Stop Bits Parity Data Term Ready Request To Send[...]

Serial Submenu 117 Interface T ype This param eter allow s you to sele ct either th e RS-232 or RS-422 serial port interface. Data Protocol Y o u can se lect one of the following s erial int erface proto cols to mee t the host interfa ce requi rements . • XON / XO FF . The printe r contr ols the fl ow of comm unicati on from the host by turning t[...]

Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE 118 Baud Ra te Sets the baud rate of the seria l interfa ce in the printer . Baud rate is the speed at w hich serial data is tran sfer red betwee n the host compu ter and the pr inter . The choic es for th e RS-232 and RS-42 2 interfa ces are 600, 1200, 2400, 48 00, 960 0, 19200, an d 38400 Baud. NOTE: If you se lect a ba u[...]

Serial Submenu 119 Reques t to S end This confi gura tion is pa rt of h ardware f low co ntrol and determin es whe n the Requ est to Sen d (RTS) signal i s gener ated. This signal i ndicates whether or no t the pr inter is ready to receive d ata. • On-Line and BNF . Asserts the RTS sign al when the printer is onli ne and th e int ern al se r ial [...]

Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE 120 IEEE 1284 Parallel ( Bidirectional) Submenu The IEEE ® 12 84 inter face supp orts bid irectiona l commun ication. Configur ation of thi s int erface is control led from the host. Pri me Si gna l • Enabl e . The pa rallel port will pe rform a warm start ( reboot) if the host ass erts the Prime Signa l. • Disable . T[...]

Ethernet Submenu 121 Ethernet Su bmenu The Ethe rnet interfa ce allow s you to l ocate the prin ter on a LAN r ather than attach the hos t directly into the print er . The de tailed c onfiguration of this op tion is g iven in t he Print Net User’s Manua l . Buffer Size in K This opt ion co nfigures the a mount of memor y alloca ted for the Ethern[...]

Chapter 4 ETHERNET PARAME TERS 122 ETHERNET P ARAMETERS Menu The ETHERNET P ARAMS m enu enable s you to config ure you r printe r to commun icate on a network . For informat ion on as signin g the IP Addr ess, Gatew ay Add ress, Subn et Mask an d MAC Addr ess, refe r to the PrintNet Us er’s Manual . ETHERNET PARAMS (from page 69 ) IP Address Gate[...]

Menu 123 PRINTER CONTROL Unidirectional The Unidi rectional feature a ffects both print qua lity and prin ting spee d. By setting t his fe ature, yo u can co nfigure t he printe r to pri nt in both directions of the shuttle sweep (bid irecti onal), or to pr int in one dir ection only (u nidirec tional ). • Disable . The prin ter will prin t all d[...]

Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL 124 Slow Paper Slew • Disable . The pr inter will slew and stack p aper at m aximu m speed. • Enabl e . Caus es the pap er to sta ck at a slo wer rate. This ensu res that cer tain form s will stac k neatly . Power Saver T ime Power Save r is al so referred to as E NERGY S TAR ® Office Equip ment Program. Th e Power S [...]

Menu 125 DIA GNO STIC S Pri nt er T est s These tests are us ed to chec k the pr int quali ty and ope ratio n of the printer . NOTE: Y o ur author ized ser vice repres entative will typically run the tests. They are des cribed in more deta il in the Maintenan ce Manual . • Shift Recycle . A slid ing al phanum eric pa ttern whic h identif ies miss[...]

Chapter 4 DIAGNOSTICS 126 • E’ s + TOF . A p attern of a ll E’s followed by a form fe ed to the nex t page top- of-form , which id entifies paper mo tion or fe eding problem s. • All H’ s . A pat tern of al l upperc ase H’s used to dete ct miss ing charac ters, mi splace d dots, smear ed char acters, or improp er phasing . • All Under[...]

Menu 127 T est Width Set this p arameter to run th e self-tests at full wi dth or 80 col umns. Pap er O ut D ots This para meter is used to a djust the paper out dista nce from the perforation ; you can specify where th e last li ne on t he page wil l print when there is a pape r out co nditio n. Setting this parame ter cor rectly prevents pr intin[...]

Chapter 4 RIBBONMINDE R 128 RIBBONMINDER RibbonMi nder™ is a user-de finabl e softwar e feature which noti fies the user whe n a ribbon s hould be change d. It doe s this b y monitor ing ink consump tion an d alerts y ou when the print quality falls be low a lev el you de signate. Th is is es peci ally im portant if you ar e printi ng bar co des [...]

Menu 129 New Ribbon Whenever you ins tall a n ew ribbon , you mus t reset the r ibbon li fe to 100%. Once yo u inst all the ne w ribbon , work yo ur way thro ugh the configur ation menu s until “New Ribbo n” appears on the LCD. Pr ess the ENTER key to r eset the ribbon life to 100%. Ribbon A ction • Disable . Remov es the in k co nsumpt ion d[...]

Chapter 4 RIBBONMINDE R 130 Ribbon S ize The standa rd ribb on size is 60 yard s for the pedestal model and 100 yards f or the cab inet mo del. These a re the factory default setting s. You can use the R ibbon Size o ption to specify the ri bbon leng th in one-yard increm ents, w ith a m aximum o f 255 y ards. Ribbon A djust Adjust t he numb er of [...]

131 5 Interfaces Overview This chap ter desc ribes the host inte rfaces provid ed with the prin ter. The printer inter face is the poin t where the data line from the hos t computer plugs in to the pri nter. The i nterface processe s all c ommunica tions signals and data to and fr om the hos t compute r. This chap ter desc ribes the interf aces pro[...]

Chapter 5 Dataproducts Long Line Interface 132 Data products Long Line Interface The length of th e data ca ble from the host comp uter to the pr inter must not exce ed 492 feet (150 m eters). T able 3. Dataproducts Long Line Interface Connector Pin A ssignments (with a 50-pin AMP HDH-20 Da ta Cable Connector) Input Signals Output Signals Misce lla[...]

Dataproducts Long Line Interface Signals 133 Dataproduc ts Long L ine Interface Signals Dataproduc ts-compa tible inte rface s ignals b etween the h ost comp uter and the printer are defi ned as follow s: Data Lines 1 through 8. Pr ovides eight sta ndard or inverted l evels fr om the hos t that spe cif y char act er da ta, p lot data , or a cont ro[...]

Chapter 5 IEEE 12 84 Paralle l Interface 134 IEEE 1284 Parallel Interfac e The 1284 s upports t hree oper ating modes, wh ich are determin ed by negotiati on betwe en the printe r and the host. Compatibilit y Mode This mode prov ides com patibili ty with Centr onics  -li ke host I/O. Data is transferr ed from t he host to the printe r in 8- bit [...]

Signals 135 Signals Table 4 lists ea ch of the sig nals as sociated with th e corres ponding pins on the 1284 inter face. Desc riptio ns of the s ignals follow. T able 4. 1284 Signals Pin Source of D ata T ype of Mode Compatible Nibble Byte 1 Host nStrobe Hos tClk Host/C lk 2 Host/Pr inter Data 1 (LSB) 3 Host/Print er Data 2 4 Host/Print er Data 3 [...]

Chapter 5 IEEE 12 84 Paralle l Interface 136 NOTE: The length of the da ta cable from the h ost co mputer to the printer s hould not excee d 10 me ters (32 fe et). 19 Signal Ground (nStrobe) 20 Signal Ground (Data 1) 21 Signal Ground (Data 2) 22 Signal Ground (Data 3) 23 Signal Ground (Data 4) 24 Signal Ground (Data 5) 25 Signal Ground (Data 6) 26 [...]

Signals 137 Host Clock / nWrite. Driven by ho st. Dat a transferred from host to printer. When pr inter se nds data, two types are avai lable. If Nibble Mode, sig nal is s et high. If Byte Mode , signal is set l ow. Data 1 throu gh Data 8 . These p ins are host-driv en in Com patibi lity Mode and bi direct ional in Byte M ode. The y are not us ed i[...]

Chapter 5 IEEE 12 84 Paralle l Interface 138 Host Logic High — Driven b y the hos t. Whe n set to hi gh, the hos t indicat es all of its signal s are i n a valid state. When set to low, the hos t indicat es its power i s off or i ts sign als are in an i nvalid state. nInit —Reset s init inter face fr om the h ost. T erminating Resistor Configur[...]

Terminating Resistor Configurations 139 The shippi ng kit for this pr inter inc ludes 22 0 ohm p ull-up and 3 30 ohm pull-do wn alternate termin ating resi stors. If you insta ll the 220 ohm pul l- up resisto r, you mus t also ins tall the 330 ohm pul l-down res istor. Table 5 lists the three terminati ng resi stor co nfigur ations y ou can i nstal[...]

Chapter 5 RS-232 and RS- 422 Ser ial Interfaces 140 RS-232 and RS-422 Ser i al Interfaces NOTE: The RS-23 2 and RS- 422 seri al inter face circ uit charac teristic s are com patible with t he Ele ctronic In dustry Associ ation Specifi catio ns EIA ® -232-E and EI A-422-B. The RS-23 2 and RS- 422 se rial inter faces en able the pr inter to op erate[...]

RS-422 141 Received Dat a (RD). S erial data strea m to the printer. Transmitted Data (TD). Serial data str eam from the printe r for transmittin g statu s and co ntrol in formation to the h ost. Subj ect to protocol select ion. Request To Send (RTS). Contr ol sign al from t he printe r. Subje ct to config uration. Clear To Send (CTS). S tatus sign[...]

Chapter 5 Host System Configuration 142 Host System Configuration The Comp aq series of line ma trix prin ters do not suppor t the Tandem Asynchr onous Pr otocol (T AP), or Tran spar ent Tande m Asynchr onous Protoc ol (T-T AP). Dataproducts Long Lines Parallel Interface SYSGE N - Use th e 5518 mac ro name. For a com plete lis t of att ributes for [...]

Serial Configuration 143 Se rial Co nfigu rat ion SYSGE N - Use the ASYNC_P RT macro n ame. CHAR8 S YSGEN m odifie r is highl y re commende d. SPOOL COM - DE VTYPE should b e blan k. NOTE: DEVSUBTY PE SYSG EN modi fier mus t be se t to 32. ETX/ACK - Protocol is not r ecommend ed. CURRENT LOOP - Supported only when usin g a Current Loop to RS232 ada[...]

Chapter 5 Internal Ethernet Adapter Config uration 144 For a com plete list o f attribut es for no nstandar d serial p rinters, r efer to the Sys tem Gener ation manual fo r Termin als and P rinters (P /N 107875). Internal Ethernet Adapter Configuration There are two ways that the Inte rnal Eth ernet Ad apter can be configur ed, eithe r throug h th[...]

Ethernet Configuration Using the Printer Front Panel 145 8. Asteri sk (*) indica tes this choice is acti ve. 9. Scr oll through to change numbers . 10. An aster isk ( *) app ears ne xt to your choice. This sele ction is active . 11 . 12. Selecti ng xxx to chan ge. 13. Repea t steps 8 throug h 1 1 to change the va lue for x xx. 14. Selecti ng yyy to[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 146 Configuring t he Internal Ethern et Adapter f or TCP/IP The Comp aq line m atrix pri nter has an Interna l Ethern et Adapter install ed and will b e referr ed to as such for the remaind er of th e cha pter. This secti on is ex clusivel y devoted to the c onfigur ation of th e Inter [...]

Compiling Host Software 147 Compiling Host Software Some com pilation may be ne eded be fore addi ng setups to your host unless y ou have Sun  OS 4.1 . x, Sola ris  2.x, or SCO U NIX  . Pre - compiled binari es are p rovided for these. npconfig c an be u sed to do the compi lation , or you can try and co mpile ea ch pr ogram independe ntly[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 148 T able 9. npconfig/ezsetup Ma in Menu Option Description Configur e New Uni t Add an In ternal E thernet A dapter P rint Serv er to your n etwork. This option pr ovides for: IP na me, IP addres s, hardwa re addres s, netm ask, and for root and gues t passwor ds ( ezse tup also) . Co[...]

Compiling Host Software 149 T able 10. npconfig Detailed Configuration Options Submenu Option Description Select P rint Serv er Select t he Print Server you want to conf igure. Configure Print Ser ver Destin ation Config ure the Int ernal Et hernet Ad apter des tination settings : name, I/O port, mo del, lo gpath, sta te, and ser vice (s). Configur[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 150 Configur e Print S erver’s Permane nt Setting s For Print Server s ettings, q uery status and stor e changes to/from E EPROM and factory defaul ts. Manage Hos t Softw are Install manual pa ges, com pile sou rce cod e, and instal l binaries and scri pts prov ided on th e host softw[...]

Computer-aided Configuration with ezsetup or npconfig 151 When the In ternal E thernet Adap ter is ini tially i nstalled on a TCP /IP network, you are unab le to c ommunic ate with it sinc e its netw ork parameters are not i nitiali zed. Du ring co nfiguration, the fol lowing parameters are ini tialize d and sav ed in E EPROM: • IP addres s (mand[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 152 4. Tra nsfer the c ompress ed tar fi le from t he media o nto the host: tar xvf /dev/ devicename device name is us uall y fd0 for a dis kette. 5. Unc ompress this file. En ter: unco mpres s npdist. tar.1 .Z 6. Unta r the fil e. Enter: tar xvf pndist.tar.1 A list of fil es dis plays [...]

Configuration Through the Network with ARP 153 5. telnet to th e Internal E therne t Adapter. This will b ring up a login screen . telne t ipnam e 6. Log on to th e Print Ser ver as root . 7. At t he passwo rd prompt, p ress <Enter> . No password is required at this po int as the Inte rnal Eth ernet Ada pter i s stil l unco nfigured . NOTE: T[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 154 Configuration Through the Network with RARP The RARP da emon prov ides a m echanis m for dy namic IP addres s assign ment. When a RARP -configur ed TCP/IP ho st boot s, it broadca sts a RARP request for an IP addre ss. Your net work must have this dae mon runni ng on som e host . If[...]

Configuration Through the Network with BOOTP 155 Configuration Throu gh the Network with BOOTP BOOTP i s a prot ocol for co nfiguri ng the In ternal Et hernet Adap ter as i t boots. Dur ing the bo ot sequ ence, the Print S erver can broadca st a BOOTP req uest a nd if a BO OTP ser ver is r unning on the net work config ured to res pond to the requ [...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 156 Host Configuration When se tting up a print destinati on on a UNIX host, you ha ve the opt ion of using a compute r-aided s cript suc h as ezsetu p , npconfig , or perform ing the appropria te ste ps man ually. If you us e one of the insta llation s cripts pro vided, s elect Configu[...]

Direct Printing Without Spooler 157 npwr i te The data t ransfer pr ogram npwrite is provid ed with the host s oftware shipped w ith yo ur 5525B /31/32 In ternal Ethe rnet Ne twork prin ter. It sends d ata to th e prin ter over a TCP con nection. Data is read from a fil e or, if no f ile is spe cified, f rom stan dard inpu t. The forma t of the dat[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 158 wher e spike is the In ternal E thernet A dapter’s IP name and d1prn is the de stina tion. Printing V ia the Spooler Once you k now y our commun ications are cor rect and y ou ca n succes sfully print di rectly to the printer , you can integr ate the s pooler. Interfac e scripts p[...]

Custom Interface Scripts 159 Custom Interface Scripts You ha ve three choices of in terface s cripts: • npr.if provided in the h ost softwa re • A pre-defi ned scr ipt for y our partic ular pri nter • A script y ou hav e crea ted yours elf The npr.if me thod is explaine d throug hout thi s sect ion. Howev er, if y ou have a pr e-define d prin[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 160 #filter the job ) | rcmd spike lp -d d 1prn wher e spike is the name of the Intern al Etherne t Adapter and print jo bs are bein g sent to i ts desti nation d1prn by remote ly executi ng the Internal Ethernet Adapter’s lp print comm and. NOTE: Even if you ha ve a ve ry simp le sc [...]

BSD UNIX 161 The cont rol f ile us ual ly con tai ns val id inf orm ati on ab out or ig inati ng us er and host. Th e contents are onl y used to gather l og inform ation on th e printed j obs. Sin ce the co ntrol file may no t arrive b efore the data file i n the curren t LPD stand ards, fu lly detai led ba nners cann ot be guarantee d. Setting u p[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 162 nprb sd.if Name of the inter face sc ript widt h Width of page i n characte rs leng th Lengt h of page in inch es inde nt Number o f character s of ind ent from l eft margi n logi n Lo gin na me of user originati ng print request host Na me of ho st where the print job orig inates a[...]

BSD UNIX 163 When d efining th ese v ariable s, remem ber each is case se nsiti ve . Define them as illu strated i n thes e descrip tions. NPDIR_PATH (mand atory) Define the d irectory locatio n of chr , banner , onlcr , and npscramble b inaries. Usual ly /usr/ loc al /bin . These bina ries mu st be cop ied over from the host soft ware. CO MM_P ROG[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 164 System V UNIX Printing in a S ystem V envir onmen t requires the us e of an interfa ce file. It also cons ists of: • the lp pri nter inter face progr am • the lpsched printing schedul er • a set of pr ograms ac ting as interfac es between the sc heduler an d printin g devi ce.[...]

System V UNIX 165 Setting up an Interface Script The foll owing step s ar e the inst ructio ns for setting u p your h ost wit h npr.if . NOTE: The comm ands p rov id ed represen t a p rint setu p inv olving a printer nam ed hp , an I nternal E thernet A dapter na med spik e , and a printer a ttached to the Print Se rver’s com2 port. 1. Copy the n[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 166 For exam ple: #END _MARK _1 NPDI R_PAT H=./usr /loc al/bi n COMM _PROG =rcmdsh UNIT _NAME =spike LP_D EST=d 1prn PRIN TER_T YPE=hp BANN ERPAG E=1 #STA RT_MA RK_1 NOTE: Addition al va riables can als o be i dentified within this var iable sect ion as i ndicated by BANNERP AGE=1 . Som[...]

npd Pseudo-device Interface 167 Starting the npd daemon is all that is ne eded to utili ze npd . Integrating any specia l appl ications c an be d one anyti me therea fter. Use the fol lowing syntax to s tart npd : npd dev icefi le i pname p ortna me where : devic efile Name for a pseudo- tty pair’s slave devi ce acqui red by npd ipnam e Internal [...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 168 npd locks As npd acqu ires an exclus ive loc k on the In ternal E thernet A dapter port, it i s possibl e to lock out ot her daemo ns that ma y resi de on o ther UNIX hosts. Ther efore, npd is designed to timeout and r elease th e lock if the ps eudo-t ty pair is idle for a spe cifi[...]

npd Pseudo-device Interface 169 where: pid Process ID of npd daem on ipnam e Internal Ethernet Adapter IP addres s or IP name servi ced by npd port Internal Ethernet Ada pter I/O port u sed by npd (i.e . prn ) maste rfile Master d evice used by npd slave file Slave de vice used by npd devic efile Name link ed to the s lavefil e by npd 153 s pike pr[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for TCP/IP 170 4. Cr eate a new q ueue de vice to do the o ne-to-one m apping with the printer an d speci fy the b ackend p rogram for the qd aemon to s end print jobs to. En ter: mkqu edev -d lp0 -q q ueue2 -a ’back end = /us r/lib /lpd /piobe’ NOTE: Somet imes /usr/l ib/lpd/piobe is the l oc[...]

Other TCP/IP Methods 171 Other TCP/IP Methods NCSA NCSA is a freeware pa ckag e availa ble on the Internet at zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu in the dire ctory /PC/Tel net/msdos/ contributions . The file is tel23bin.zip . I t contains an lpr client for DOS that is c ompatible with th e Internal Etherne t Adapt er. You can s end jobs with the fo llowing s ynta[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell 172 Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell This chapter introd uces the Internal E thernet A dapter’s configur ation possibil ities al ong with the var ious met hods o f printing availab le wi thin a Novell env ironment. The Internal Ethernet Adapter w orks with d iffere[...]

Internal Et hernet Adapter 173 2. To ob tain root acc ess to the unit, type: supervisor A standar d log in screen is di spla yed prom pting you for th e login na me and password. 3. Logi n to th e unit as a root user. root NOTE: Root users r equire the use of a passwo rd as c onfigured in the unit’s user list. 4. Ent er the pas sword. I f this pa[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell 174 Host Configuration The Interna l Ethern et Adapter can ac t as eithe r a PSER VER or as an RPRINTER in a Nove ll envir onment. It suppo rts enc rypted pass words and it is capa ble of ser vicin g up to 16 file s ervers and 32 queues a s a PSERVE R. One Internal Et hernet Ada pter ca[...]

PSERVER Se tup (P re-NetWa re 4) 175 PSER VER Setup (Pre- NetW a re 4) This proc edure conf igure s the Nov ell file server to use an Int ernal Ethernet Adapte r as a PSE RVER in a non-Ne tWare 4 e nvironmen t. Please se e “NetWa re 4 Options ” on page 180 for mo r e o n a N et W ar e 4 setup. NOTE: The Internal E thernet Adap ter replace s a d[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell 176 1 1. Select PRI NT SER VER CO NFIG URA TION . This men u displa ys. 12. Select P RINTER CONFIGURA TION. A list of config ured print ers is displa yed . 13. Select th e first i tem lis ted as NO T INST ALLED an d press <Enter> . The PRINTER N CONFIGURA TION window c omes up wh [...]

RPRINTER Setup (Pre -NetWare 4) 177 RPRINTER S etup (Pre -Net W are 4 ) This pro cedure associates an e xisting PS ERVE R with a rem ote Inte rnal Ethernet Adapter act ing as an RPRINTER in a pre-Net Ware 4 environmen t. It is the PSER VER’s responsib ility to get job s from th e queue and t o pass them off to the Inte rnal Eth ernet Ada pter act[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell 178 CAUTI ON If you are using a configura tion file and you have changed the name of the Internal Ether net Adapter, you must change t he name of t he di re cto ry co nta inin g th is fi le . To set up th e unit as an RPRIN TER in a pre-NetW are 4 en vironm ent, follow the procedu re ou[...]

RPRINTER Setup (Pre -NetWare 4) 179 14. Press < Escape> until yo u are at th e PRINT SERVER CON FIGURA TION menu aga in. Display s this menu. 15. Select Q UEUES SERVICED BY PRINTER . A list of defined print ers for thi s print serv er i s s hown. 16. Select the printer you pre viously defined and press <Enter> . An empty qu eue li st co[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell 180 NetW ar e 4 Options NetWare 4 introdu ces ND S and som e new fram e types. The Interna l Etherne t Adapte r can be used in a NetWa re 4 envir onment with either of these o ptions: • Set the Int ernal Et herne t Adapter up as a P SERVER • Set the Int ernal Et herne t Adapter up a[...]

NetWare 4 O ptions 181 T able 13. PSE RVER Setup (NetWare 4) Step Action Result of Action 1. Log in to Novel l as supervisor . Gives y ou super visor righ ts. 2. Enter PCONSOLE . PCON SOLE’s Main M enu displ ays. 3. Press F4 . Puts yo u into bindery emula tion m ode and dis plays Main Men u. 4. Select PR INT QUEU ES. List of c urrently define d q[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring The Internal Ethernet Adapter For Novell 182 15. Press <En ter> at this fi eld a nd then sele ct DEFI N ED ELS EWHER E. If DEFIN ED ELSE WHERE is n ot availabl e, cho ose P ARALLE L. Bring s you back to the pr inter’s window . 16. Press <En ter> on the Prin t Q ueues Assigned field. List of avail able q ueues is [...]

Print Methods Overview 183 Configuring t he Int ernal Et hernet Adapt er for Windows This sec tion dis cusses the Internal Ethernet Adapte r’ s suppor t for Windows. The Inter nal Ether net Adapte r provides suppor t for Windows NT  , Windows for Work groups (WfW), and Wind ows 95  . Examples are provi ded for ea ch of t hese e nvironm ents[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for Windows 184 Your c hoice dep ends e ntirely on what is av ailabl e with your particu lar Windo ws sof tware. The fo llowing i s a lis t of what is suppo rted in e ach: • Windows NT and NT/AS - LPR and N etBIO S (“net us e” and Print M anager) • Windows fo r W orkgroups - Net BIOS (“n[...]

TCP/IP Setup 185 5. Sel ec t Add New Software . 6. Sel ect TCP/IP Protocol and Components . 7. Cli ck on Continue . 8. Sel ect TCP/IP Printing Support fr om the TCP/I P compon ents list that displays. You may als o want to selec t Connectivity Utilities . 9. Cli ck on Continue . W indow s N T Ne tBIOS Networ k S oftw are Installation 1. Go to the M[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for Windows 186 NOTE: At this p oint, you will be p rompted wi th a dial ogue bo x asking for the TCP /IP networ k settin gs (i.e. IP addre ss and ne tmask) for this W fW sta tion. Fill these in at this ti me. Wind ows 95 NetBIOS Network Software Installation Make sure that File and Printer Sharin[...]

Configuring TCP/IP 187 The foll owing secti ons will detail ho w you con figure TCP /IP se ttings on the differ ent Windo ws pla tforms. W indow s NT IP Ad dres s and Netm ask Co nfigu ration 1. Go to the Main program group. 2. Doub le cl ic k on Co ntr ol Pane l . 3. Doub le cl ic k on Netw ork . 4. Sel ect TCP/IP Protocol from Installe d Network [...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for Windows 188 Internal Ethernet Adapte r IP Ad dress an d Netm ask Configur ation Since TCP /IP is b eing util ized, the Interna l Ethernet A dapter’s configur ation invo lves st oring an IP add ress an d a netm ask. To configur e the Inter nal Ethe rnet Ada pter with its networ k settin gs, f[...]

Host Configuration 189 11. Test the equipment and co nfigurat ion afte r insta llatio n is complete. Enter at t he shell prompt: ping ipadd ress Once yo u have configure d this unit, y ou will n otice the STAT LE D flashing . This mean s the I nternal Ethe rnet Ada pter is c onfigur ed and recogni zable on the netw ork. At this po int, y ou can now[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for Windows 190 NetBIOS Using Print Manage r Method NOTE: In order to use th is method , you mus t first con figure th e Inter nal Etherne t Adapte r with a M icrosoft N etworks Workgrou p name. This can be done by telnetin g to the Internal Ethernet Adapter, startin g an npsh session with the un [...]

Host Configuration 191 NetBIOS Using P rint Manager Metho d NOTE: In order to us e this me thod, yo u must fir st confi gure the In ternal Ethernet Adapte r with a Mic rosoft Ne tworks Wor kgroup nam e. This can b e done by telneti ng to the In ternal E thernet A dapter, st arting an npsh sessio n with the unit, an d issuin g the foll owing comma n[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for Windows 192 Wind ows 95 NetBIOS Using Print Manage r Method NOTE: This setup a ssumes that yo u have already c reated a local printer using th e Add a New Printer icon in the Settings:Printer folder. You can us e any po rt here suc h as LPT1 or LPT2 w hen creatin g this prin ter. NOTE: In orde[...]

Host Configuration 193 10. A list of des tinations (e.g. d1p rn) with N etBIOS ser vice enabl ed will appear. Thes e are read di rectly fr om the Inte rnal Ether net Adapter . Select on e of the m. 11. Click on OK to exit the Browse for Printer dialogue box. 12. Click on OK to exit t he Properties di alo gue box. This pri nter is now a vailabl e fo[...]

Chapter 5 Configuring the Internal Ethernet Adapter for Windows 194[...]

195 6 T r oubleshooting Cleaning Req uirements Clean the p rinter e very six m onths o r after eve ry 1000 hours of operation , which ever oc curs firs t. If the pri nter is lo cated in a dusty a rea or is used for heav y duty pr inting, clean it more often . WA R N I N G Disconnect the power source be fore cleaning the printer. W ARNUN G Vor dem S[...]

Chapter 6 Cleaning Requirements 196 Interi or Cleanin g Over tim e, particl es of paper an d ink accum ulate in side impac t printe rs. This is nor mal. Pap er dust a nd ink bu ild-up must be pe riodicall y remove d to avoid degraded print qu ality . Most pap er dust a ccumul ates around th e ends of the pla ten and ribbo n path. Legend: 1) Base Ca[...]

Interior Cleaning 197 To clean th e interi or of the p rinter per form the following steps. 1. Pow er off the p rinte r and unp lug the pr inter po wer cord. 2. Op en the p rinte r cover . Fu lly ra ise th e forms t hick ness le ver. Unload paper . 3. Unl atch both r ibbon s pools and carefully lift them off the hubs. Raise the ribbon ou t of the r[...]

Chapter 6 Diagnosing Problems 198 Diagnosing Pr oblems This secti on is des igned to h elp the user rec over from any prob lems which ma y arise wi th normal printer operation. Printing a Hex Dump A hex c ode prin tout (or hex dump) i s a transl ation o f all hos t interfac e data to its hexa decim al equiv alent, listing all A SCII char acter d at[...]

Printing a Hex Dump 199 Figure 15. Hex Dump Sample[...]

Chapter 6 Diagnosing Problems 200 Fault Messag es If a fault c ondit ion occu rs in the pr inter, the status indicat or on the control panel fla shes on and off a nd the mes sage dis play in dicates the specifi c fault. Fa ult mess ages are summar ized in Table 15 . Displayed faults fal l into one of two categor ies: • Operato r correc table • [...]

Fault Messages 201 T able 1 5. LCD Message T roubleshooting T able Displayed Message Can User Correct? Explan ation Solut ion 8.5V PWR F AIL* No Internal power failure. Contact your authorized servic e representative. 1 15V CTL F AIL* No Control ler voltage failure. Contact your authorized service representative. 1 23.5V CTL F AIL* No Control ler v[...]

Chapter 6 Diagnosing Problems 202 COIL HOT Y es One or more ham mer coils are hot. Check printer environm ent. If too hot or dusty , relocate printer . May occur normally on graphically intense print jobs. CTL VOL T F A IL* No Controll er voltage failure. Contact your authorized service representative. 1 DRVR CIR BAD* No Hammer coil count t est fai[...]

Fault Messages 203 HMR BANK F AN FL T Y es Sensors cannot detect current in fan circuit. Check that fan cable is connected. Check for obstruction of vents and fan airway ; remove any obstructions. Check for items beneath the printer blocking cabinet vents. Power back on the printer . If this message recurs, contact your authorized service represent[...]

Chapter 6 Diagnosing Problems 204 P AP ILLGL ST* No Fatal firmware error on controller board. Contact your authorized serv ice representative. 1 P AP INCMPL ENER* No Fatal firmware error on controller board. Contact your authorized serv ice representative. 1 P AP INVLD C MD* No Fatal firmware er ror on controller board. Contact your authorized serv[...]

Fault Messages 205 POWER SA VER MODE N/A Status message: printer is in low-energy idle state, all fans and higher voltages are of f, only +5Vdc logic circ uits are active. No action required. PRINTER HOT Y es Controller board sensors report high temperatures on the board. Check printer environment. If hot or dusty , relocate printer . Contact your [...]

Chapter 6 Diagnosing Problems 206 SOF TW ARE ERROR * No Application software tried to perform illegal printer function, or damaged logic circuits found on controller board. Contact your authorized serv ice representative. 1 ST ACK OVERFLOW * No Fatal firmware error on controller board. Contact your authorized serv ice representative. 1 TCB CORRUPTE[...]

207 A Printer Specifications Ribbon Spe cifications NOTE: Only cabi net mod els sup port 100-y ard rib bons. Ped estal models m ust use 6 0-yard ri bbons. E ach kit co ntains s ix ribbons. Extended Life T ext Ribbo n Kit (6 0 yards) P/ N 55R034 Extended Life T ext Ribbo n Kit (1 00 yards) P/ N 55R036 Bar Code Ribbon Kit (60 ya rds) P/N 55R 035 Bar [...]

Appendix A Pape r Spec ific atio ns 208 Paper S pecificatio ns Labels T ype: E dge-per forated, fa n-fold, 3 to 17 inches (7.62 to 43.1 8 cm) wide, 2 to 16 in ches (5 .08 to 4 0.64 cm) long. Thickness : Single-p art: 15 to 100 poun d (6.80 to 45.36 kg ) stock ; Multi- part: 1- to 6 - part forms (maxi mum 12 lb [5.44 k g] ply of u pper pli es) Sheet[...]

209 Printer Dimensions Cabinet Model: Height: 42.5 in ches (1 08 cm ) Width: 27 inches ( 68.6 cm) Depth: 29 inches ( 73.7 cm) Weight: 225 lbs. (10 2.1 kg ) unpack aged 285 lbs. ( 129.3 kg) pac kaged Pedestal M odel: Height: 35 inches (88.9 c m) Width: 24.6 inch es (62.5 cm) Depth: 20.7 in ches (5 2.6 cm ) Weight: 105 lbs. (47.6 k g) unpac kaged 1 1[...]

Appendix A Environme ntal Character istics 210 Environme ntal Characteris tics Energy Star The printe rs descr ibed in this User’s M anual comply with the requireme nts of the E NERGY S TAR  Offic e Equipm ent Progr am of the U.S. En vironm ental Pr otection Agency. When in t he red uced-po wer idle state, the print er di splays “Power Save [...]

211 Electrical Character istics Input V oltage Power C onsum ption Line V oltage Design Range Line Frequency 500/1000 LPM 1500 LPM 88-135 V RMS 47-63 Hz 6A @ 100 V 8A @ 100 V 178-270 V RMS 47-63 Hz 3A @ 200 V 5A @ 200 V Operating Mode Units Power Consumptio n 500 LPM 1000 LPM 1500 LPM Standby 1 W atts 30 (60) 30 (60) 45 (80) BTU/Hour 100 (2 05) 100[...]

Appendix A Interfaces 212 Interfaces Printing Rates The printi ng speed of tex t is meas ured in lines pe r minute (lpm), and is a functio n of the selecte d font an d the ver tical do t density . Printing speed is indepen dent of t he numb er of cha racters con figured i n the charac ter set rep ertoire. P rint rates for line s contai ning attr ib[...]

213 B Downloading Firmwar e Loading Flash M emory Flash m emory is contai ned in i n-line m emor y module s (SIMM s) loc ated on the CMX c ontroll er boar d. (Shown in the Maintenan ce Ma nual. ) Printer em ulatio n and o perating system software are loade d into fla sh memory a t the facto ry, but y ou will i nstall s oftware i n the foll owing si[...]

Appendix B Loading Flash Memory 214 6. Con nect the par allel data c able to the defa ult parall el port (LPT1) of an IBM or IBM-c ompatible persona l compute r using the PC-DO S, MS-DOS , Windows 3.x or Windows 95 operat ing sys tem. NOTE: You can connect t he cab le to the LP T2 port i f the LPT1 po rt is already i n use. Yo u can a lso download [...]

215 RS232-38 .4K (RS-232 serial , 38400 bau d) RS422-96 00 (RS-422 serial, 96 00 baud ) RS422-19 .2K (RS-422 serial , 19200 bau d) RS422-38 .4K (RS-422 serial , 38400 bau d) 17. When the printe r download port you want to use is displ ayed on the LCD, press ENTER . “WAITING DOWN LOAD / P ORT = < your selec tion >” app ears on the display [...]

Appendix B Loading Flash Memory 216 T able 16. Flash Memory Message G uide Message Ex planat ion Required Action CLEARING PROGRAM FROM FLASH The progr am su ccess fully lo aded into p rinter R AM and the chec ksum matched. The old p rogram is now being del eted from flash me mory . None DIAG NOSTI C P A SSED The p rinter pas sed its memory and hard[...]

217 ERROR: FLASH NOT DETECTED The printer could not find an y flash memory . Call your service represent ative. ERROR: NVRAM F AILURE The sec urity P AL is no t presen t or the non- volat ile memory has failed . Ca ll your servi ce represent ative. ERROR: PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM The prin te r requ ires more DRAM memory i n order to run the download[...]

Appendix B Loading Flash Memory 218 ERRO R: WRONG CHECKSUM The p rinter re ceived the compl ete program bu t the c hecksum did not match. The data wer e corrupt ed during d ownload. Downlo ad the program a gain. If the messag e occu rs again, c all your servic e represen tative. LOADING PROG RAM FROM POR T XX% The new program is loading into printe[...]

219 C ASCII Character Set KEY ASCII Character Name ESC 33 27 1B OCTAL equivalent DECIMAL equivalent HEX equivalent B7 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 B6 0 B5 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 COLUMN 0 1 2 3 45 67 BITS ROW B4 B2 B3 B1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 0 0 0 0 00 1 0 00 1 0 00 1 1 01 0 0 01 0 1 01 1 0 01 1 1 10 0 0 10 0 1 10 1 0 10 1 1 11 0 0 11 0 1[...]

Appendix C 220[...]

221 D Communication and T rademark Information Communication Notices Federal Co mmunicati ons C ommissi on (FCC ) Stateme nt: This equipment has been t ested a nd found to compl y with the limi ts for a Class A digital d evice, pursu ant to Part 15 of the FC C Rules. The se limits a re designe d to pr ovide reas onable pr otectio n again st harmf u[...]

Appendix D Communication Notices 222 Canadian D epartm ent of Comm unica tions Com pliance Stateme nt: This Class A digital apparat us meets all requ irements of the Canadian Interferenc e-Causi ng Equip ment Reg ulations . Avis d e confor mité au x norme s du mi nistèr e des C ommuni cations du Canada: Cet apparei l numéri que de la cla sse A r[...]

223 Geräte d ürfen an O rten, für d ie sie n icht a usreichen d entstört sind, nu r mit beson derer G enehm igung de s Bunde smin esters f ür Po st und Teleko mmunik ation ode r des B undesa mtes f ür Post und Teleko mmunikati on bet rieben werd en. Die Genehmi gung wird erteilt, wenn kein e elektr omagne tischen Stö runge n zu erwart en sin[...]

Appendix D Trademark Acknowledgments 224 Epso n is a regi ster ed tradem ark of S eiko E pson Cor porat ion. Etherne t is a tra demark of Xerox Cor poratio n. FTP Softwar e is a r egistered t radem ark of FTP Software, Inc. Hewlett-P ackard, P CL, HP, a nd HP-UX are reg istered tr ademark s, and PCL is a trademar k of Hewle tt-Pa ckard Comp any. IE[...]

225 Index Nume rics 021 RECEIVE BU FFER OVERR UN VERIFY CONFIGURATION message, 201 1284 Pa rallel interfac e, 134 15V PWR FA IL * mess age, 20 1 20 CPI Conde nsed, 89, 92 23.5V PW R FAIL * m essage, 201 48V PWR FA IL * mess age, 20 1 8.5V PWR FA IL * mess age, 2 01 A A TO D OVERU N * mes sage, 201 Absorb after ^PY, 10 6 ACCESS NUL L PTR * message, [...]

Index 226 RS- 2 32 serial inte rface, 1 41 CLEA RING PROGRAM FR OM FLASH, 216, 218 CLOS E PLAT EN mess age , 201 Code char t U.S. ASCII, 219 COIL HOT, 202 Communic ation IEEE 1284 para ll el (b idir ec tio nal ), 134 Compatibil ity M ode IEEE 1284 interfac e, 134 Compiling Host Soft ware pre-co mpiled bi naries adding se tups, 1 47 Component l ocat[...]

Index 227 Cord conn ections , 27 CPI/LPI Select, 80 CR Edit, 97 CTL VOLT FAIL * message, 202 D Data Bit 8, 109, 114 Data Carrier Detect (DCD) signal RS- 2 32 serial inte rface, 1 41 Data lines 1 throug h 8 signa l Dataproduc ts Long Li nes inte rface, 133 Data Polarity, 115 Dat a P rot ocol , 117 Data Set Ready (DSR) signal RS- 2 32 serial inte rfa[...]

Index 228 ERROR DRAM AT ADDRESS XXXXXX XX, 2 16 ERROR EC PROGRAM NOT VALID, 216 ERROR EC STOPPED AT STATE XXXX, 216 ERROR FLASH NOT DETECTE D, 217 Error Han dling, 108 Error ma rke rs, 108 Error mes sages S ee Fault m essages , 200 ERROR NO DRAM DETECTED, 21 6 ERROR NVRAM FAILUR E, 2 17 ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM, 217 ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE FL[...]

Index 229 ONLINE 834 4 FAILED, 20 3 PAP BAD TA BLE *, 203 PAP BS Y TOO LNG *, 203 PAP FIFO OV ERFL *, 2 03 PAP FIFO UNDRFL * , 203 PAP ILLG L ST *, 204 PAP INCMP L ENER *, 2 04 PAP IN VLD CMD *, 2 04 PAP INVL D PARM *, 204 PAP NOT SCHE D *, 204 PAP NT AT SPEED *, 204 PAP UNEX P INT *, 204 PARITY ERROR, 204 PLAT I NV CMD * , 204 PLAT I NV PAR M *, 2[...]

Index 230 217 ERROR WRONG CHECKSUM , 218 LOADING PROGRAM FROM PORT XX%, 21 8 RESETTING . . . / PLEA SE WAIT, 21 8 RESTORING BOOT CODE, 21 8 SECURITY CODE VIOLATION, 218 SENDING PROGRAM TO E C PROCES SOR, 2 18 TABL E MI SMATCH DO WNLOAD AGAIN, 21 8 Font Attrib utes, 80 Format C onvention s, 41 Forms Len gth, 82 Forms Wi dth, 82 FRAMING ERROR mes sag[...]

Index 231 ribbon, 3 2 site req uirement s, 16 INTAKE FAN FAULT message, 203 Int erf ace s peci fic ati ons, 212 Int er f ace T ype , 11 7 Interfaces, 131 IEEE 1284, 134 Optional Inte rfaces, 30 Standard interfac es, 30 L L.P.I. AD J. key, 45 Labels, s pecific ations, 208 Latch Data On , 115 LF key, 43 Line Termi nator, 77 LinePrinte r Plus Emulatio[...]

Index 232 Page Lengt h Repr esentatio n, 77 PAP BA D TABLE * mess age , 203 PAP BSY TOO LNG * message , 203 PAP FIFO OVERFL * messa ge, 2 03 PAP FIFO UN DRFL * message , 203 PAP ILLG L ST * message, 204 PAP INCMP L ENER * messa ge, 204 PAP INVL D CMD * message, 2 04 PAP INVL D PARM * mess ag e, 2 04 PAP NOT S CHED * mes sage, 204 PAP N T AT SPE ED [...]

Index 233 sp ec ificati ons , 207 temperatu re requir ements, 16 PRINTER CONTROL Men u, 123 Printer Dimensi ons Settin g Up the Pr inter, 17 PRINTER HOT * message , 205 Printer Protoc ol, 80 Printer Sele ct, 91 Printe r Tests, 1 25 printing conv entions manual, 12 Printout s hex code , 198 Proprinter XL Emu lation, 87 Protect Configs, 7 2 PROTEC TE[...]

Index 234 RS-232 serial in terface Clear To Send (CTS), 14 1 Data Carrier Detect (DCD), 141 Data Set Rea dy (DSR), 141 Received Data (RD), 14 1 Request To S end (RTS), 1 41 Transmitt ed Data ( TD), 141 RS-422 serial in terface receiv ed data (R D), 141 tr ansmit te d dat a (TD) , 141 S Save Config, 72 Saving You r New Confi guration, 66 Seco nda r [...]

Index 235 TCP/IP LAN Co nfigurat ion Host Syst em Configu ration, 142 Spoolcom , 142 Termin ating res istor configur ation, 138 Test Wi dth, 12 7 TOF Action, 11 5, 120 Top-of-form , 38 Transmitt ed Data ( TD) sig nal RS- 2 32 serial inte rface, 1 41 RS- 4 22 serial inte rface, 1 41 Truncate A lpha, 106 U U.S. ASCII C haracter Set, 219 Unidirec tion[...]

Index 236[...]

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