Black Box PC118C-R2 manual

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1 FCC ST A TEMENT FEDERAL COMMUNICA TIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTR Y CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE ST A TEMENTS This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio-frequency energy, and if not installed and used properly, that is, in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may cause interference to radio communication. It ha[...]

2 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY ST A TEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para referencia futura. 3. Todas las advertenc[...]

3 NOM ST A TEMENT 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos, poniendo particular atención a los contactos y receptáculos donde s[...]

4 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc. CG Century Schoolbook, CG Omega, CG Times, CG T riumvirate, and Microstyle are trademarks of Agfa Corporation. Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Corporation. W ordPer fect is a registered trademark of Corel Corporation. S[...]

5 T ABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications ........................................................................................... 7 2. Introduction ............................................................................................ 9 3. Quick Start .....................................................................[...]

6 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Contents (continued) Chapter Page 7. Advanced Features .............................................................................. 55 7.1 Command Pass-Through ........................................................... 55 7.2 User -Defined Command Strings ............................................... 56 7.3 User -Defined [...]

7 CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications System Hardware Required — Host: IBM AS/400 or System/34, /36, or /38; PC: IBM A T ® , PS/2 ® , PC/XT™ or compatible with available parallel port and using the ASCII code set; Printer: Any Hewlett-Packard printer with MIO inter face port Cable Required — Host side: DB9-to-twinaxial auto-terminat[...]

8 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Processor — Z80H CMOS Inter nal Memor y — 8 KB static RAM, including: Dual 256-byte buffers for received twinax data; 16-byte twinax command buffer; 1-byte parallel data buffer; 2-KB HP MIO dual- port communications buffer; NVRAM for storing configuration settings and user -defined strings User Controls — Printer’ s op[...]

9 CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2. Introduction 2.1 General Overview The HPIIISi T winax Card is a twinax inter face that can be installed in a Hewlett-Packard ® printer with an MIO inter face port, such as the HP ® LaserJet ® IIISi, 4, 4 Plus, 4Si, 4V , 5, DeskJet ® 1200 or 1600, etc. With the Card installed, your printer will emulate an IBM ® 3812[...]

10 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 3. Quick Star t CAUTION The HPIIISi Twinax Card is static-sensitive. Make sure you do not damage the Card with static electricity. Take precautions as you would with any static-sensitive device. When one is available, stand on an anti- static mat or use an anti-static work surface when installing the Card. T ake these steps t[...]

11 CHAPTER 3: Quick Start A self-test will print out immediately . A sample page is shown in Figure 3-1 on the next page of this manual; the values shown for the options are the factory defaults. Alternatively , if your printer doesn’t have a front panel, you can print a printer self-test: The T winax Card’ s settings will print on the bottom p[...]

12 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Figure 3-1. Sample page of the T winax Card’s self-test. Twinax - H.P. MIO Interface Copyright (c) 1995 SDE Version 2.00 RAM OK ROM OK #00 - Twinax Address.....................: 0 #01 - Alt. CPT Start Delimiters..........: &% - 50 6C #02 - Alt. CPT End Delimiters............: &% - 50 6C #03 - Host Port Timeout......[...]

13 CHAPTER 4: Installation 4. Installation CAUTION! The HPIIISi Twinax Card is static-sensitive. Make sure you do not damage the Card with static electricity. Take precautions as you would with any static-sensitive device: Be aware that some work surroundings, such as carpet, floor mats, dry air from winter heating, etc., can cause static buildup. [...]

14 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD No special training is needed to install the Card. A Phillips and a flat-blade screwdriver are the only tools you’ll need. If you need assistance, call your supplier . 4.1 Putting the Card into the Printer T ake the following steps to install the Card in your printer . Consult your HP printer’ s operator’s manual for mo[...]

15 CHAPTER 4: Installation 10. Tighten the bracket’ s screws. 11. Make sure the printer’ s power switch is in the OFF position, then replace the power cord. 12. T urn on the printer . After the printer is READY , per form an inter face self-test (to verify the Card’ s operation) by selecting that option through the print-er’ s front panel. [...]

16 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 4.3 Connecting to a PC If you also want to use the printer from a PC, take the following steps to connect the printer through the Card. (Y ou will need a standard parallel- printer cable with a DB25 connector on one end and a 36-pin Centronics ® on the other .) 1. Attach the printer cable’ s DB25 connector to the PC. 2. At[...]

17 CHAPTER 5: Configuration 5. Configuration After installation and self-test, the Card is ready to operate in most environments. The factory-default configuration settings are satisfactory for many applications. The Card can also be configured to meet the special needs of an application using the printer’s front panel (see Section 5.1 ) or host-[...]

18 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 3. Press the Item button to display the changeable options for the Card. Go to Step 4 on the next page. 4. Press the “+” or “-” to scroll forward or backward through the available settings. An asterisk (“*”) will be displayed next to the active setting. 5. To change the active selection, press ENTER MENU when the [...]

19 CHAPTER 5: Configuration 3. Type the number of the command you want to use, as shown in the examples in Section 5.3 . Always use two digits for the command number (“&%Z05,” for example). 4. Type a comma. 5. Type the argument (the value) representing your desired selection. No spaces are allowed. A space or invalid character in a command [...]

20 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 5.3 The Commands In Detail This section describes each of the host-download commands, including all available arguments (options). (Any argument that represents a factory- default value is marked with an asterisk.) Examples are also included for each command. Command: 00, Twinax Address Description: Determines the Card’s ad[...]

21 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 02, Alternate CPT-End Delimiter Description: Creates an alternate end delimiter for command pass-through. Its characteristics are the same as those of the alternate start delimiter defined with command 01, except that it cannot be used as an alternate host/PC download delimiter. As with the start delimiter, the [...]

22 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 04, User-Defined Strings Description: Creates user-defined strings to be sent to the printer. Place up to 25 pairs of hex codes, corresponding to your desired printer commands, inside a pair of parentheses following the main command argument (the string number). Each numbered string is stored in the Card’s memory. [...]

23 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Possible Results (cont’d): Arg’s (cont’d): 08 France 09 Italy 10 Japan 11 Japan (English) 12 Portugal 13 Spain 14 Spanish Speaking 15 United Kingdom Example: “ &%Z05,00” selects the multinational character set. Command: 07, Print Orientation Description: Determines the print orientation if it has not alread[...]

24 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 08, Automatic Print Orientation Description: Use this command to turn Automatic Print Orientation (APO) ON or OFF. If you turn APO OFF, the Card uses the setting of command 07 to determine print orientation. Refer to Section 6.4.8 for a detailed discussion of APO. Possible Results: Arguments: 0 APO OFF *1 APO ON Exam[...]

25 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 10, Line Spacing Description: Use this command to select compressed LPI (lines per inch), true LPI, or a type of line-space handling that is compatible with the Xpoint Twinax Controller. If you are using one of the popular electronic-forms packages from companies such as Xpoint, Eclipse, Formula One, etc., selec[...]

26 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 13, Paper Drawer 1 Description: Matches the host’s “Paper Drawer 1” command with a physical paper source on the printer. When the host tells the printer to feed from paper drawer 1, the printer will feed from the paper source assigned with this command. Consult the printer’s manual for the available paper sou[...]

27 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 15, Paper Drawer 3 Description: Matches the host’s “Paper Drawer 3” command with a physical paper source on the printer. When the host tells the printer to feed from paper drawer 3, the printer will feed from the paper source assigned with this command. Consult the printer’s manual for the available pape[...]

28 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 17, Character Set Description: Use this command to select which character set should be used as the underlying ASCII table for EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation when both Roman 8 and Code Page 850 are available for the desired font. Consult your printer’s manual to verify that the printer supports the character set and f[...]

29 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 19, Starting Horizontal Position Description: Use this command to adjust (in increments of 1/60" [423.3 µm]) the starting horizontal print position in the upper left-hand corner of the page, for this job and all subsequent jobs. Possible Arguments: Results: –127 to 127 Sets new horizontal starting positi[...]

30 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 21, User Font Strings Description: Use this command to assign a printer font-setup string to a host’s font ID. The first argument for this command is the number of the font string, the second argument is the host’s font-ID number, and the third argument (enclosed in parentheses) is the string itself (a string of [...]

31 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 32, 11" x 17" (A3) Printing Description: Forces the printer to print on 11" x 17" (A3 size) paper, even when the host sends requests for smaller paper sizes such as letter, legal, A4, or Executive. This command only applies to printers such as the HP LaserJet 4V that are capable of printing o[...]

32 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 42, Start/Stop EBCDIC Hex Dump Description: Use this command to start or stop an EBCDIC hex dump. Once you initiate this kind of hex dump, the Card sends all host data, starting with the next buffer received, directly to the printer as hexadecimal print data. The hex dump continues until you stop it with this command[...]

33 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 50, Sharing-Port Timeout Description: Use this command to select the sharing port’s timeout value (the time in seconds that must elapse before the Card automatically switches from the parallel sharing port to check for data from the host). Possible Arguments: Results: 01 to 60 Sets new timeout value in seconds[...]

34 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 98, Restore Defaults or Print Configuration Description: Either restores the factory-default configuration settings, prints out a copy of the active configuration settings, or loads the configuration settings stored in permanent nonvolatile memory as the new active configuration. If you print a document using tempora[...]

35 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 99, Save All Current Settings Description: Saves all current configuration settings as established by host/PC-download commands in permanent memory. Possible Result: Argument: 0 All current configuration settings are saved to NVRAM Example: “&%Z99,0” saves all current settings.[...]

36 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 5.4 Restoring the Factory Defaults You can replace the HPIIISi Twinax Card’s current configuration with the factory-default configuration settings by sending the host-download command “&%Z98,0” (see the entry for command 98 in the previous section) or by taking these steps: 1. After the printer is READY, use the “[...]

37 CHAPTER 6: Operation 6. Operation With the HPIIISi T winax Card, your printer can automatically switch between print jobs from an attached twinax host and an attached PC or LAN ser ver . The Card uses a timeout between each print job to select the next job without your having to change cables or switches. Make sure your printer is loaded with pa[...]

38 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 2. Make sure you have defined your printer correctly in the software program you are using (refer to the manuals for the software and printer). 3. Reinitialize the printer . Y ou can set up an initialization string (see Section 6.1 ) to automatically reinitialize the printer before each job. 4. Send a print job to the printer[...]

39 CHAPTER 6: Operation fixed pitch fonts. For proportionally spaced (typographic) fonts, the user must specify the font that is to be printed. Like an IBM 5219 printer , the 3812 printer is configured with a default font ID on the host. Configure the most commonly used font as the system default, then change the font as necessary with a font-chang[...]

40 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T o select a different font that is not a resident scalable font, type in a font- change command “ ¬Q nnnnn ”, where “¬” is a “logical not”, “Q” indicates a font change, and “ nnnnn ” is the font ID. T o select a resident scalable font with a specific point size, type in a font- change command “ ¬F nn[...]

41 CHAPTER 6: Operation 6.4.4 F ORMA TTING THE P AGE The printer prints up to 66 lines at 6.25 LPI (the line spacing is compressed slightly to fit). The System/36 allows only 65 lines per page. If you get one or two lines at the top of the next page, it’ s usually because you have formatted more lines per page than can be printed. 6.4.5 P APER S [...]

42 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD The System/38 sends margins and other format specifications to a printer only when they are different from the previous document or when the printer has been turned off. T o choose a different paper size, take these steps: 1. Select a paper size in the host program. 2. Install the correct paper size in the printer . 3. Power [...]

43 CHAPTER 6: Operation T o change the physical tray assigned to the theoretical paper drawer (#1, #2, or #3), take these steps: 1. Select the paper drawer with host/PC-download command 13, 14, or 15. 2. Select the number representing the physical tray listed in the printer’ s manual. By changing the paper drawer on the host, up to three differen[...]

44 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 6.4.8 P RINT O RIENT A TION When operating the printer and the HPIIISi T winax Card in IBM 3812-1 emulation mode, the print orientation of the host document or report is determined by a variety of factors. These factors are, in order of their impact on the final print orientation: 1. Page Rotation specified in the print file [...]

45 CHAPTER 6: Operation 2. If the dimensions of the print job are 8.5 x 14" or smaller , the Card compares the width to the height and automatically rotates the print job to portrait (if the height is larger than the width) or landscape (if the width is larger than the height). Figure 6-1. Printing with Computer Output Reduction. ST ART Page O[...]

46 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD The dimensions of a word-processing document are specified directly through the document-format menu. The dimensions of a data-processing report are calculated in the following manner: • Width = Page Width (in no. of columns) divided by CPI • Length = Page Length (in no. of lines) divided by LPI 6.4.8.C Print-Orientation [...]

47 CHAPTER 6: Operation T able 6-3. Page-Rotation and Print-Quality Settings Host System Page-Rotation Setting Print-Quality Setting Causing Portrait Orientation AS/400 *DEVD (print file) *NLQ, *STD AS/400 *AUTO (OfficeVision/400) NLQ, Test S/36 not specified Text - Yes S/38 not specified *NLQ, *STD COR is defined as printing in landscape or ientat[...]

48 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T able 6-6. Settings for Differ ent Print Orientations Card Card Setting Setting for Print Result Host Setting f or APO Orientation Data processing: Degree of Page ON COR Print reports with a Rotation... width of 80 columns *AUTO or less (at 10 CPI) in in portrait AND print reports with a width of 132 (at 10 CPI) or 198 (at 1[...]

49 CHAPTER 6: Operation 6.4.9 V IEWING AND C HANGING P AGE -R OT A TION S ETTINGS Before changing page-rotation settings, first verify the current settings. In OfficeVision/400 and DisplayW rite/36, take these steps to view (and change) page-rotation settings: 1. Press [F20], “Format options.” 2. Press [1], “Document options,” then [ENTER].[...]

50 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 6. Move the cursor to the beginning of the dashed line and enter the desired selection. 7. Press [ENTER] to activate the selection and exit the print-file menu. T o override the print file: 1. T ype “OVRPR TF” on the command line of the host, then press [ENTER]. 2. T ype the name of the print file to be changed. 3. Press [...]

51 CHAPTER 6: Operation 6.6 Printing Letters and Envelopes from the Same Document (Host Only) Y ou can print a letter and an envelope from DisplayW rite/36 or AS/400 Office in the same document by following this procedure: 1. Set the format for your letter . Enter your letter file. On the first typing line, press [CMD20] for “Change Format.” 2.[...]

52 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD NOTE The printer might eject a blank page when you change printing orientation. If the Buffer LED and Ready LED on the printer’s operator panel remain steady, press the Print/Check button on the operator panel to eject the last page of the previous document. 6.7 Duplex Printing Some printer models can print both simplex (si[...]

53 CHAPTER 6: Operation d. Set the Card to duplexing mode through the printer’ s front panel. The available selections are “no duplexing,” “long-edge,” and “short- edge” (tumble). e. Set the Card to duplexing mode through host/PC-download command 33. The possible arguments are: 0 = simplex; 1 = duplex, long-edge; and 2 = duplex, short[...]

54 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T able 6-2. Other Print Commands Command Function ¬E Sends an ASCII ESC command to the printer ¬TY Enables true LPI printing ¬TN Disables true LPI printing ¬I Ignores all host formatting commands ¬S Stops ignoring host formatting commands[...]

55 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7. Advanced Features The HPIIISi T winax Card has several advanced features for accessing special printer functions that are not normally available on the IBM 3812-1 printer . These features, which include command pass-through, user- defined strings and fonts, color and bar -code printing, and a proprietary graphics [...]

56 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD This is an &%1B26643044&% underlined&%1B266440&% word. The printer will print the sentence above as: This is an underlined word. Only characters from 00 to FF are recognized (letters must be in upper case). Errors in the command pass-through sequence will cause the Card to ignore the command and printing will [...]

57 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Some commands, such as emphasized ( bold ) printing, may stay in effect until another string is encountered that returns printing to normal, or , for some host systems, until the next page is sent to the printer . The Card’ s self-test prints out a list of command numbers and the command strings assigned to them. 7[...]

58 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 7.4 Color Printing The HPIIISi T winax Card allows printing of color on the HP Color LaserJet, DeskJet 1200C, or DeskJet 1600C printer . Simply insert the color command in front of the text you want to print in color . Return to the “normal” black color by inserting ¬C00. The color commands are: ¬C00 - Black ¬C01 - Blu[...]

59 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7.5 Printing Bar Codes 7.5.1 T HE C OMMAND L INE Using the HPIIISi T winax Card’ s “bar code” feature, the bar codes in T able 7-1 can be easily printed. T able 7-1. Printable Bar Codes T ype Bar Code 1 Code 3 of 9 2 Code 128 3 Interleaved 2 of 5 4 POSTNET 5 UPC A 6 EAN 8 7 EAN 13 T o print any of these bar cod[...]

60 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD <width> : Specifies the width of a bar -code module. A module is defined as a specific combination of bars and spaces used to represent a human-readable character . By changing the width parameter (it can range from 1 to 9), you can determine the width of the module and the thickness of the bars and spaces. T o determin[...]

61 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features T able 7-2. Module W idth in mm (Inches) Width 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Code 3 2.6 3.6 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.4 9.4 10.4 of 9 (.1) (.14) (.18) (.22) (.25) (.29) (.33) (.37) (.41) Code 2.2 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.6 6.4 7.3 8.1 8.9 128 (.09) (.12) (.15) (.19) (.22) (.25) (.29) (.32) (.35) Inter- 2.3 3.2 4 4.9 5.8 6.6 7.5 8.4 9.3 leaved 2 (.[...]

62 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD <hr> : Identifies whether human-readables are printed or not. Human-readable characters are printed underneath the bar code. V alid values are: 0 = Do not print human-readables. 1 = Print human-readables. <chkd> : Indicates whether the Card automatically calculates a check digit and causes it to be printed. Some b[...]

63 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features will print “Invalid Data” in the place of the bar code. BAR-CODE NOTES 1. Valid values must be entered for each of the parameters specified above, even if the parameter is irrelevant for the type of bar code being printed. 2. If an invalid parameter value (other than invalid data) has been entered, the Card will [...]

64 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD bar-code print ends. 7.5.2 O VERVIEW AND E XAMPLES The examples shown on the following pages give an over view of the supported bar -code types. Note that the “maximum number of data characters” does not include start/stop characters and check digits. Code 3 of 9 Maximum number of data characters: 30 V alid numeric charac[...]

65 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features UPC A Required number of data characters: 10 V alid numeric characters: 0 through 9 V alid alphanumeric characters: N/A V alid other characters: N/A Example: ¬B5,5,1,1,1,0,0123456789¬B Figure 7-3. UPC A. EAN 8 Required number of data characters: 7 V alid numeric characters: 0 through 9 V alid alphanumeric character[...]

66 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD EAN 13 Required number of data characters: 12 V alid numeric characters: 0 through 9 V alid alphanumeric characters: N/A V alid other characters: N/A Example: ¬B7,3,1,1,1,0,012345678912¬B Figure 7-5. EAN 13. Interleaved 2 of 5 Maximum number of data characters: 30 V alid numeric characters: 0 through 9 V alid alphanumeric c[...]

67 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Code 128 Code 128 has three unique character subsets—codes A, B, and C—which are shown in Table 7-3 on the following pages. When you enter data representing a Code 128 bar code, follow these two steps: 1. Define which code set you want to use: Type “A” to represent code A, “B” to represent Code B, or “C[...]

68 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T able 7-3. Character Subsets of Code 128 Symbol- Data Character Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 00 SP SP 00 0 1 !!0 1 0 2 ""0 2 0 3 ##0 3 0 4 $$0 4 0 5 %%0 5 0 6 &&0 6 0 7 ''0 7 0 8 ((0 8 0 9 ))0 9 1 0 **1 0 1 1 ++1 1 1 2 ..1 2 1 3 --1 3 1 4 ..1 4 1 5 //1 5 1 6 001 6 1 7 111 7 1 8 221 8 1 9 [...]

69 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features T able 7-3 (continued). Character Subsets of Code 128 Symbol- Data Character Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 2 8 <<2 8 2 9 ==2 9 3 0 >>3 0 3 1 ??3 1 3 2 @@3 2 3 3 AA3 3 3 4 BB3 4 3 5 CC3 5 3 6 DD3 6 3 7 EE3 7 3 8 FF3 8 3 9 GG3 9 4 0 HH4 0 4 1 II4 1 4 2 JJ4 2 4 3 KK4 3 4 4 LL4 4 4 5 MM4 5 4 6 NN4 6 4[...]

70 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T able 7-3 (continued). Character Subsets of Code 128 Symbol- Data Character Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 5 6 XX5 6 5 7 YY5 7 5 8 ZZ5 8 5 9 [[5 9 6 0 6 0 6 1 ]]6 1 6 2 ^^6 2 6 3 __6 3 64 NUL ` 64 65 SOH a 65 66 STX b 66 67 ETX c 67 68 EOT d 68 69 ENQ e 69 70 ACK f 70 71 BEL g 71 72 BS h 72 73 HT i 73 74 LF j 74 75 [...]

71 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features T able 7-3 (continued). Character Subsets of Code 128 Symbol- Data Character Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 84 DC4 t 84 85 NAK u 85 86 SYN v 86f 87 ETB w 87 88 CAN x 88 89 EM y 89 90 SUB z 90 91 ESC { 91 92 FS | 92 93 GS } 93 ~0 RS ~ 94 ~1 US DEL 95 ~2 FNC3 FNC3 96 ~3 FNC2 FNC2 97 ~4 SHIFT SHIFT 98 ~5 CODE C C[...]

72 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 7.6 The Card’ s Proprietar y Graphics Language The HPIIISi T winax Card understands a proprietar y graphics language (we’ll refer to it as “the GL” for short). By using this graphics language, you can print graphical elements and charts. The GL is independent of the Card’ s other features, such as internally generat[...]

73 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features T able 7-4. The Card’s Graphics Language: Commands Graphical Element GL Command String Line ¬GL<line width;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end> Box ¬GB<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end>; <% shading> Circles ¬GC<line width>;<x ce[...]

74 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T able 7-5. The Card’s Graphics Language: Parameters Parameter Description Units of V alid Measurement V alues 'text' text to be rotated or to be N/A any included in the GL program printable as a comment character % shading percentage of shading percentage 0-100, integers # of number of segments to be each 1 to 9,[...]

75 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features T able 7-5 (continued). The Card’s Graphics Language: Parameters Parameter Description Units of V alid Measurement V alues radius radius of a circle or pie chart n/300 inch positive integers segment value to be represented by a integer 0 to 100 value n pie chart segment value n a value to be represented by a any po[...]

76 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T able 7-5 (continued). The Card’s Graphics Language: Parameters Parameter Description Units of V alid Measurement V alues y start y coordinate of start position n/300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers; incl. 0 y end y coordinate of end position n/300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers; incl. 0 y-increment [...]

77 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7.6.2 H ELPFUL H INTS 1. All x,y values (start, end, center , increment) are measured in n/300 of an inch. The origin of the x,y-coordinate system is the top left-hand corner of the printable area of the page (see Figure 7-8). The printable area of the page may vary with the printer model and paper size being used. R[...]

78 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD The printer inter face will interpret the “ ,” to be the end of the parameter (so that, for example, “50,000” would be interpreted as two values: value 1 = “50”, value 2 = “000”). International users should also be aware that commas used to represent decimal points for line width in mm (as in “1,5” for “[...]

79 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Box— ¬GB<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end>; <% shading>6 Draws a box from the specified x,y start to the x,y end. The box cannot be rotated. <line width> is specified in mm; <% shading> can range from 0 to 100. For example: ¬GB2;300;300;600;600;30 draw[...]

80 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Circle —¬GC<line width>;<x center>;<y center>;<radius>; <% shading> Draws a circle with the specified radius (in n/300 inches) and line width (in mm) around the x,y center . For example: ¬GC2;900;2400;300;70 draws a circle with a radius of 1 inch (300/300 inches), as shown in Figure 7-11. NOT[...]

81 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Figure 7-11. Example of a cir cle. Arc —¬GA<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x center>;<y center>; <angle of rotation> Draws an arc around the x,y center , starting at x,y start and ending when the angle of rotation is completed. (Angle is measured clockwise from the theoretical[...]

82 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Color/Shading —¬GS<# of values>;<color 1>;<% shading 1>;<color 2>; <% shading 2>;... Defines the color and shading of pie-chart and bar -chart segments. The first value entered in the pie- and bar -chart commands will be printed in color 1 with shading 1. The second value entered in the pie- a[...]

83 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Pie Char t —¬GP<line width>; <x center>;<y center>;<radius>;<# of segments>;<segment value 1>;<segment value 2>;.... Draws a pie chart around the x,y center with the specified radius (in n/300 inches), number of segments (maximum of 9), and segment values. Segment values a[...]

84 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD For example: ¬GS3;01;20;02;50;04;80 ¬GP5;900;2400;600;3;10;20;30 draws a three-segment pie chart. If the attached printer is a PCL color printer , the first segment will be blue (01), the second segment will be red (02), and the third segment will be green (04). The segments will be shaded at 20%, 50%, and 80% respectively [...]

85 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Bar Char t (Histogram) —¬GH<line width>;<x start>;<y start>; <x-increment>;<y-increment>;<bar width>;<# of entries>; <value 1>; <value 2>; ... Draws a bar chart. X,Y start specifies the bottom left-hand corner of the first bar (the origin on the chart’ s x,y [...]

86 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Each bar is 1 ⁄ 3 ( 100 ⁄ 300 ) of an inch wide. The distance from the left side of one bar to the left side of the next bar is one inch ( 300 ⁄ 300 "). This allows other bars to be added through a separate command. Bar 1 will be 1 2 ⁄ 3 " (500 x 1 ⁄ 300 ") high, bar 2 will be 2" (600 x 1 ⁄ 300[...]

87 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Run Char t —¬GR<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x-increment>; <y-increment>;<# of entries>;<value 1>;<value 2>; ... Draws a run (line) chart. The x,y start specifies the origin of the chart’ s x,y scale (x,y axes are not drawn). The x-increment specifies the horiz[...]

88 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD T ext —¬GT<x start>;<y start>;<angle of rotation>;<'text'> Prints the word “text” in the active font, with the specified rotation and specified x,y start. T ext will be rotated counterclockwise. For example: ¬GT1000;1000;90;'TEXT' prints the word “TEXT” in the active fon[...]

89 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7.7 The Graphics Language in Action 7.7.1 G ENERAL S TEPS The HPIISi T winax Card’ s graphics language can be used in many different ways. It can enhance the appearance of standard host reports with a few simple graphical elements such as lines, boxes, and circles; or it can be used to present pertinent data throug[...]

90 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 7.7.2 T UTORIAL : P RIMARY B AR C HARTS This section describes how multiple GL elements interact to create a bar chart like the one shown in Figure 7-18. Figure 7-18. Finished bar chart. 1. Following the general steps listed in Section 7.7.1 , we first determined the makeup of this bar chart. The example consists of four GL e[...]

91 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Figure 7-19. Placement of the bar chart. Origin of Chart 1 inch 5 inches 10 inches 4 inches Approximate Area of Bar Chart[...]

92 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 4. Next, determine the approximate maximum height and width of the chart. In the example, 40 was the expected maximum number of calls. W e chose to have one inch represent 10 calls, resulting in a total maximum height of four inches (not including the title and subtitle.) Similarly , each day was represented by one inch, resu[...]

93 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features The bar representing Boyd’ s calls for T uesday was to be printed one inch to the right of Monday’ s bar . The resulting <x-increment> was 300 (x 1 ⁄ 300 " = 1"). Since the maximum height of a bar was specified at four inches, the resulting value for the <y-increment> was 30 (x 40 max. cal[...]

94 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Bar Char t—Shawn Shawn’ s bar chart was to be printed directly to the right of Gar y’ s. The resulting horizontal starting position <x start> was: 375 (Gary’s) + 75 (Bar width) 450 The parameters are: ¬GX'bar chart Shawn' ¬GS5;04;50;04;50;04;50;04;50;04;50 ¬GH1;450;3000;300;30;75;5;15;16;21;20;13 7.[...]

95 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7.7.4 T UTORIAL : L ABELS , T ITLE , S UBTITLE , L EGEND All text was created through text-rotation command strings. T ext was always printed in the selected font. In the example, Univers Medium was used in different point sizes (¬Q...). The legend consists of three separate boxes followed by text-rotation commands.[...]

96 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 7.8 Linking Graphical Output to a Host Application There are several ways to link the graphical output to a host application. One method is to simply add the GL commands to the application code. This means that whenever the application is used and sent to the printer , the GL commands are also sent. Another method is to desig[...]

97 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Generally , a macro stored in nonvolatile memor y is called up by sending the command “¬E&f#y3X”, where “#” is the macro ID. A PCL command used to reposition the stored image on a page is “¬E&l#u#Z”, where the first “#” (in “l#u”) specifies the “Left Offset Registration” (horizontal [...]

98 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8. T roubleshooting This chapter provides instructions for per forming diagnostic tests on the HPIIISi T winax Card. It also contains a problem-resolution guide that describes possible causes of, and solutions to, problems that can occur with the Card and printer . If you are unable to solve a problem by following the procedu[...]

99 CHAPTER 8: T roubleshooting Follow the steps below to start the self-test from your host, PC, or LAN ser ver: 1. V erify that the printer is connected properly to the Card and in “READY” mode. 2. T ype the “&%Z98,1” host/PC-download command on the screen. (Refer to the entry for this command in Section 5.3 .) 3. Send that command to [...]

100 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8.3 EBCDIC Hex Dump The HPIIISi T winax Card can be set up to print its buffer in hexadecimal EBCDIC code. This can be useful for a technician to diagnose problems with the Card or the printer . The EBCDIC hex data is printed on a grid corresponding to the data’ s position in the buffer . If the hex data represents a print[...]

101 CHAPTER 8: T roubleshooting 8.4 ASCII Hex Dump The HPIIISi T winax Card can also be set up to print the buffer in hexadecimal ASCII code. This differs from the EBCDIC hex dump in that the buffer is first translated into ASCII code before it is printed. This can be useful to diagnose problems with the Card or the printer . T o start the ASCII he[...]

102 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8.5 Self-Diagnostics Y ou can set up the HPIIISi Laser Card to per form a complete analysis of its own functions. The Card transmits data to itself and then analyzes how that data is processed. If the Card detects an error , it prints an error message on the printer . Follow the steps below to per form the Card’ s self-dia[...]

103 CHAPTER 8: T roubleshooting 8. Reinstall the Card and reconnect all cables to the printer and the Card. 9. T urn ON the printer . The Card now per forms its self-diagnostics and prints the message TEST SEQUENCE COMPLETE The diagnostics repeat and each full page is printed until you turn the printer OFF . The first page may take several minutes [...]

104 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8.6 Problem-Resolution Guide T able 8-2. T ypical Problems. Problem or Message Probable Cause Action “Printer not ready” Printer not in a ready Make sure the printer message at host. status. is on line, has paper, etc. Printer loses host Improper or damaged Check twinax communication (drops cabling. cabling for off line)[...]

105 CHAPTER 8: T roubleshooting T able 8-2 (continued). T ypical Problems. Problem or Message Probable Cause Action Form length is incorrect. Form length incorrect Change form in software. length. Incorrect configuration Make sure the host at the host. configuration matches the printer’s. Printer won’t change Incorrect typestyle Make sure the f[...]

106 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8.7 Calling Y our Supplier If you determine that your HPIIISi T winax Card is malfunctioning, do not attempt to alter or repair the unit. It contains no user -ser viceable parts. Contact your supplier . Before you do, make a record of the history of the problem. Y our supplier will be able to provide more efficient and accur[...]

107 APPENDIX A: Font Reference Appendix A: Font Reference The following chart lists the HP LaserJet IIISi and HP LaserJet 4 resident fonts and the HP font cartridges that are available, along with the font ID number used to select the font. For more information on selecting fonts, refer to Chapter 6 . Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Resi[...]

108 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID CG Times Bold R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4625 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 8 4626 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 10 4627 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 12 4628 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 14 4629 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 18 4631 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 24 4634 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 30 4645 CG Times Italic R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4645 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 8 46[...]

109 APPENDIX A: Font Reference Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Univers ® Medium R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4805 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 8 4806 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 10 4807 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 12 4808 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 14 4809 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 18 4811 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 24 4812 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 30 4813 Univers Medium It R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4825 R-8/850 P[...]

110 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Univers Medium R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4865 Condensed It R-8/850 P/L Prop. 8 4866 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 10 4867 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 12 4868 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 14 4869 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 18 4871 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 24 4874 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 30 4877 Univers Bold R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4905 R-8/850 P/L[...]

111 APPENDIX A: Font Reference Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Univers Bold R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4945 Condensed R-8/850 P/L Prop. 8 4946 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 10 4947 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 12 4948 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 14 4949 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 18 4951 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 24 4954 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 30 4957 Univers Bold R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4965 Condensed[...]

112 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID ProCollection Cartridge Courier Italic ASCII P/L 12 10 92 Courier Legal P 10 12 51 Courier Bold Legal P 10 12 52 Courier Italic Legal P 10 12 53 Courier Legal P 12 10 93 Courier Bold Legal P 12 10 94 Courier Italic Legal P 12 10 95 Prestige Elite ASCII P/L 15 7 220 Prestige Elite AS[...]

113 APPENDIX A: Font Reference Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID ProCollection Cartridge Times Roman Legal P Prop. 10 174 Times Roman Bold Legal P Prop. 10 192 Times Roman Italic Legal P Prop. 10 176 Times Roman Legal P Prop. 12 177 Times Roman Bold Legal P Prop. 12 178 Times Roman Italic Legal P Prop. 12 170 Helvetica ® ASCII P Prop. 8 1[...]

114 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID WordPerfect Cartridge CG Times Bold DskTop P Prop. 18 4711 CG Times Bold DskTop P Prop. 24 4714 Univers DskTop P Prop. 14 4789 Univers DskTop P Prop. 18 4791 Univers DskTop P Prop. 24 4794 Microsoft ® Cartridge Helvetica R-8 P Prop. 8 34102 Helvetica R-8 P Prop. 10 34103 Helvetica [...]

115 APPENDIX A: Font Reference Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Polished Worksheets ® Cartridge Prestige Elite R-8/850 P/L 15 7 221 Prestige Elite R-8/850 P/L 12 10 86 Prestige Elite Bold R-8/850 P/L 12 10 111 Prestige Elite Italic R-8/850 12 10 112 Prestige Elite Legal P/L 15 7 219 Prestige Elite Legal P/L 12 10 97 Prestige Elite Bold L[...]

116 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Persuasive Presentations ® Cartridge Letter Gothic ASCII P/L 10 14 49 Letter Gothic Legal P/L 10 14 48 Presentation Bold ASCII P/L 10 14 5 Presentation Bold Legal P/L 10 14 7 Presentation Bold ASCII P/L 8.1 16 434 Presentation Bold Legal P/L 8.1 16 431 Presentation Bold ASCII P/L 6[...]

117 APPENDIX A: Font Reference Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Bar Codes & More ® Cartridge Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 15 9.5 230 Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 12 12 87 Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 10 14 40 OCR-A OCR-A P 10 12 19 OCR-B OCR-B P 10 12 3 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 P 8.1 12 60 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 P 4.6 12 240 EAN/UPC 10 Mil UPC P Prop. 12 170 EAN/U[...]

118 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID Pretty Faces Cartridge Microstyle™ ASCII P Prop. 18 5910 Microstyle Bold ASCII P Prop. 36 5920 Hobo Medium ASCII P Prop. 30 5930 Hobo Medium ASCII P Prop. 14 5940 Thunderbird ASCII P Prop. 54 5950 Signet Roundhand ASCII P Prop. 18 5960 Signet Roundhand ASCII P Prop. 14 5970 ITC Za[...]

119 APPENDIX B: Character Sets Appendix B: Character Sets The IBM 3812-1 printer emulation uses either Code Page 850 or Roman 8 character sets. Refer to your printer’ s manual for illustrations and information on character sets. An EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation table is printed at the bottom of the inter face self-test printout as shown on the foll[...]

120 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Figure B-1. Code Page 850 Character Set. ∂ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ • ↕ !! ↓ → ← ↔ ▲ ▼ ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y [...]

121 APPENDIX B: Character Sets Figure B-2. Roman 8 Character Set. p b 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF CR SO SI DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN ETB CAN EM SUB ESC FS GS RS US SP ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W [...]

122 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Appendix C: Parallel-Por t Pinouts T able C-1 shows the pinouts for the parallel printer connector on the HPIIISi T winax Card. DIRECTION is the direction of signal flow from the inter face. RETURN PIN is the twisted-pair return, to be connected at signal ground level. For the inter face wiring, be sure to use twisted-pair c[...]

T able C-1. Parallel-Interface Specifications. Parallel Signal Return Cable Pin Pin Signal Pin Direction Description 1 19 STROBE 1 IN Strobe pulse to read data in. Pulse width must be more than 0.5 µsec. at the Card. 2 20 DATA1 2 IN These signals 3 21 DATA2 3 IN represent infor- 4 22 DATA3 4 IN mation in bits 1-8 of 5 23 DATA4 5 IN parallel data. [...]

T able C-1 (continued). Parallel-Interface Specifications. Parallel Signal Return Cable Pin Pin Signal Pin Direction Description 14 — AUTO 14 IN This signal is NOT FEED supported. Defined by many printers to add a LF to each CR. The IBM 5250 protocol does not support this signal. 15 — NC — — Not used. 16 — GND 19 — Logic Ground. 17 — [...]

125 APPENDIX D: HP MIO Resident Scalable Font Numbers Appendix D: HP MIO Resident Scalable Font Numbers Font Font ID No. Letter Gothic 410 Letter Gothic bold 420 Letter Gothic italic 430 Courier 460 Courier bold 470 Courier italic 480 Courier bold italic 490 Symbol 3400 Wingdings 3500 Dingbats 3600 CG Omega 4919 CG Omega bold 4939 CG Omega italic 5[...]

Font Font ID No. Clarendon condensed 8779 Marigold 8887 Albertus medium 12855 Albertus extra bold 12875 Times New 16951 Times New bold 16971 Times New italic 17079 Times New bold italic 17099 Antique Olive 33335 Antique Olive bold 33355 Antique Olive italic 33463 Univers medium condensed 33591 Univers bold condensed 33601 Univers medium condensed i[...]

127 APPENDIX E: T ransferring Power to Pin 18 Appendix E: T ransferring Power to Pin 18 The HPIIIsi T winax Card has the ability to supply 5 VDC at up to 350 mA to an external device attached to its PC parallel (“Auto Sharing/Parallel”) port. If you want the Card to supply this power on Pin 18 of this port, you have to close the Card’ s J6 ju[...]

128 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8. Reinstall the Card and reconnect all cables to the printer and the Card. 9. T urn the printer back ON. 10. T o stop the Card from providing power on Pin 18, repeat Steps 1 through 3 ; then remove the plastic jumper from the J6 pins and put it back on its original pin, or back on only one of the J6 pins (shown as “J6 OPE[...]

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