Xerox FS 5250 инструкция обслуживания

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Table of Contents Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 3 - Table of Contents 1. Introduction to the Xerox FS 5250 ............................................................. 6 1.1. What is the Xerox FS 5250? ................................ ............................ 6 1.2. Printer Driver Selection ................................ ..................[...]

Introduction Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 4 - 11.1. Paper Size ................................ ................................ ..................... 38 11.1.1 Trays ................................ ................................ ................. 38 11.1.2 Changing paper size ................................ ......................... 38 11.1[...]

Introduction Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 5 - Duplex selection example, PCL ................................ ......... 69 Duplex selection example, XES ................................ ........ 69 11.8. Output Data ................................ ................................ ................... 70 11.9. Port Share Option ...................[...]

Introduction Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 6 - 1. Introduction to the Xerox FS 5250 This manual applies to the Xerox FS 5250 protocol converter. The Xerox FS 5250 supports twinax Centronics and RS232 inputs. The default output is Centronics. NOTE: Both products: “ Xerox FS 5250” and “Xerox FS 5250 IPC” will be referred to as “ Xerox FS [...]

Introduction Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 7 - NOTE: PCL = factory default. "A" position Note Operation mode is outside the B, A, T position. If you wish to operate in PCL mode, do not change the default position of the switch! XES 1 ) = "B" position. Note To change the driver from default PCL to FSL, you must follow the instr[...]

Items Supplied... Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 8 - 2. Items Supplied... Please check that your Xerox FS 5250 kit is complete. The complete contents of the kit consists of the following items: • Xerox FS 5250 box • Wall plug power supply • Parallel printer cable • Auto-terminating twinax T-cable • Xerox FS 5250 /Xerox FS 5250 IPC, User&[...]

Product Features Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 9 - 3. Product Features Non-IPC • Support of 5224, 5225, 5256, 4234 printer emulations as alternatives to 3812/5219/3816 • Twinax setup via share port or twinax port • Flash prom allowing downloading of new firmware via the twinax o r the Centronics port • Support of ida PSS • Automatic inp[...]

Supported Control Units Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 10 - 4. Supported Control Units The Xerox FS 5250 will connect to the following control units : • IBM /34 • IBM /36, all models • IBM /38, all models • IBM AS/400 • IBM 5294 and 5394 remote controllers[...]

Installation Requirements Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 11 - 5. Installation Requirements This chapter gives a short description of the requirements for the installation of the Xerox FS 5250. When you have made certain that all the components have been included and you have carried out the pre-installation tasks (see below) according to your need[...]

Installation Requirements Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 12 - 275 Brazilian 276 Canadian French 277 Danish/Norwegian 278 Finnish/Swedish 280 Italian 281 Japanese (English) 282 Portuguese 283 Spanish Speaking 284 Spanish 285 English (UK) 297 French 500 Multinational 871 Iceland NOTE: Factory default depends on your initial order. 5.1.2 EU or US Set[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 13 - 6. Connections and Installation of the Xerox FS 5250 This chapter starts with an overview of the functionality of the rear panel. Then follows a description of how you connect the Xerox FS 5250 box to a printer and finally how to connect it to a System . NOTE: Before you start the in[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 14 - The serial input port is connected to the serial output on a PC or similar source able to share the printer with the host. For this connection you need a cable ending in a 25-pole RS connector (order no. 999010 030). To use the serial input, Function 24, " Data Input/Output Port[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 15 - If you wish to operate in default PCL mode, the box is ready to operate when delivered. It is important that you do not change the position of the address switch. Note that operation mode is outside of the B, A & T positions. If you wish to select XES , you must follow the instru[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 16 - E.g. %Y37,5224% will select emulation 5224 An option for dual printer emulation is also available for the Xerox FS 5250 when equipped with an IPDS upgrade module. See below for a description of dual printer emulation. This chart provides information on the emulations which can be sel[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 17 - 4. When the Xerox FS 5250 is ready, it will eject a page with the follo wing message: "Current emulation is xxxx" 5. Set the desired emulation by turning the address switch to the position defined in the chart in the following: Non-IPDS IPDS Selection Emulation Selection Em[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 18 - 6.2.3 Address Setting via the address switch To select the desired address using the rotary address switch follow these steps. The steps 1 through 4 are mandatory, whereas the steps 4 through 6 are optional. 1. Power off the Xerox FS 5250. 2. Disconnect the T-cable 3. Set the address[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 19 - NOTE: The device address (n2) must be different from the address switch setting or this command will only modify the primary printer emulation without creating a secondary. One non-IPDS and one IPDS emulation can be defined. The secondary printer device will be deleted if you attempt[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 20 - With IPDS as primary emulation, you have now selected 3812 as second emulation to answer on address 1. NOTE: If you wish to define 2 emulations, you are recommended to set the primary emulation to non-IPDS. 6.3. Upgrading to IPDS If you need to upgrade your Xerox FS 5250 with the IPC[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 21 - 6.4. Connecting the Xerox FS 5250 to the Printer CAUTION: All connections to the Xerox FS 5250 protocol con verter should be made while the power is switched OFF to both the printer and converter. 6.4.1 Connecting via Centronics output Connecting the Xerox FS 5250 to the printer is d[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 22 - 6.5. Connecting the Xerox FS 5250 to the System After a successful test printout has been generated to establish that the connection between the Xerox FS 5250 converter and the printer is working correctly (see previous sections), you are now ready to connect the Xerox FS 5250 to the[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 23 - 6.5.1 TEST Function The test printout pages can be generated in two ways - via the address switch or via the line by activating the T function . For details on the T function, please see the section "Quick Reference Guide of the Supported FSL Functions". Test via the addres[...]

Connections and Installation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 24 - 6.5.2 Timeout The Xerox FS 5250 enables printer sharing between the system and a PC. For this purpose it is possible to specify a timeout period. If the printer is receiving input on the parallel port, for example, and there is a break in the transmission of data, the other input por[...]

Operation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 25 - 7. Operation of the Xerox FS 5250 The Xerox FS 5250 top panel has been designed to register the operation of the box via the four following indicator LEDs : • CU (contact to control unit) • PAR (parallel input) • SER (serial input) • READY (printer) 7.1. Top Panel of the Xerox FS 5250 7.1.1 CU [...]

Operation Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 26 - 7.1.3 SER (Serial input/output) The indicator LED has 3 states State Indication ON Indicates that the box is processing data from the RS- 232 Serial input BLINKING Indicates that the box has defined the RS-232 as output for the box. OFF Indicates that the box is idle or is processing data from the twin[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 27 - 8. Function Selection via the Line NOTE: This section is a brief description of how to set up the interface from the line using FSL Functions. The guidelines in this section are very basic and limit themselves to what you need to know. For further details on the supported FSL func[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 28 - 8.2. The Escape Character The Xerox FS 5250 is managed by special es cape se quences sent to the printer via the line. Escape se quences are com mand se quences preceded by a defined escape character. When an escape character appears in the data stream, the printer will inter pret[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 29 - 8.3. Defining a Temporary Escape Character No escape character is defined when you receive the printer. If you wish to change the settings of the printer from the host system, you will have to define the escape character. See below how to define "%" as the tem porary esc[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 30 - 8.5. Defining a Permanent Escape Character The paragraph "Defining a Temporary Escape Char a ct er", only described the saving of the escape character in the temporary memory . If you wish to define and save a permanent escape character in the printer, you will have to u[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 31 - >Y48,00> &&??% %X1 Syntax of the command strings to remove the permanent escape character (">"). "%" is defined as temporary escape character.[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 32 - 8.7. Commands for Storing and Restoring Settings The commands listed below permit you to read and save the settings in the NVRAM area. You may also read the factory defaults. Please observe that when one of the commands below are used, the temporary escape character, if any, will [...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 33 - 8.8. Pass-Through Mode Pass-through transparency mode is implemented to offer an extended support for applications that require greater flexibility than offered by the double escape transparency mode . PCL only Pass-through mode can be defined in 2 ways: 1. pass-through mode where[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 34 - 8.8.1 Pass-through mode - XES 1. Syntax of pass-through of 1 byte of hex data to the printer: <ESC>hex pair E.g. %1B 2. Pass-through of more bytes of hex data to the printer can be done in 2 ways. Either way, you must follow these rules: Hexadecimal data must either in hex p[...]

Function Selection via the Line Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 35 - NOTE : When this pass-through option (with the lead-in/lead-out sequences ) is used, it should be noted that apostrophe notation cannot apply. Only EBCDIC characters 0-9, A-F, a-f and spaces are accepted after a lead-in sequence. Control codes are suppressed. Other characters will[...]

IPDS Programming Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 36 - 9. idaSetup - IPDS Programming NOTE: This chapter only applies to the converter when mounted with an IPC module. idaSetup is a program developed with the purpose of setting up the wide range of IPC protocol converters via a PC share port or from a host. For details on how to configure the IPDS p[...]

Programming - Non-IPDS Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 37 - 10. Programming the Xerox FS 5250 - Non-IPDS The Xerox FS 5250 works using a large number of internal Setup Functions (FSL Functions) 3 . FSL setup functions can be sent either from your IBM system or from a PC. When the protocol converter has been installed and connected to a printer, you[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 38 - 11. Selected FSL Functions In this chapter, only the most basic functions are described, such as paper size, paper tray and font selection. Appendix A: Quick Reference Guide to the FSL functions lists all the supported FSL functions with syntax and parameter For detailed information on the[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 39 - The paper size command has two parameters 4 . The first parameter (n1) establishes the paper size to be used, the second (n2) tells the interface in which tray the paper type is. If you use the n2 option together with an n1 option, you can connect one paper size to a specific paper tray. Y[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 40 - 11.1.3 Saving the command When you have tied a paper size to a specific tray, you can tell the interface to remember these commands. In this way you only need to change paper tray in the future. This will automatically mean a change of paper size. You do this by adding the %X1 to the comma[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 41 - 11.2. Paper Trays Function 11: Paper Path NOTE: In XES, function Y62 must be programmed for this function to become effective. This chapter describes how you select paper trays on your printer. This facility has many different uses. If your printer has more than one paper tray, you can sto[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 42 - This will make the printer use the tray 2 (Y11,3), save the settings permanently, and erase the escape character (X1). NOTE: This command also erases the escape character. 11.2.3 Other commands Other commands that can be used in connection with paper tray selection, are: Y10, Page Format Y[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 43 - Note: The option 2, COR, is printed in Landscape orientation with reduced vertical and horizontal spacing. Vertical spacing is 70 % of normal, thus reducing as follows: 10 pitch fonts will be converted to 13 pitch 12 pitch fonts will be converted to 15 pitch 15 pitch fonts will be converte[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 44 - 11.3.3 Changing page format example &&??% %Y10,2,3% %X1 This will set the default value for page format to COR for tray 2 (Y10,2,3), will save the settings permanently and erase the escape character (X1). 11.3.4 Other commands Other commands that can be used in connection with page[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 45 - 11.4. Automatic Page Orientation Function Y98: Automatic Page Orientation Selecting this function will activate and deactivate the automatic page orientation for the trays. Automatic Page Orientation (i.e. APO) works in connection with FSL Y98. The factory default value is Y98,1 (i.e. APO [...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 46 - 11.4.1 Automatic Page Orientation Chart Below follows a navigation chart for automatic page orientation. The section following will describe how automatic page orientation operates. Automatic Page Orientation[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 47 - Explanation to the chart on Automatic Page Orientation Initially, the system will make a request as to the determination of the page orientation. Indicated in the chart as "STO Used?" The system has 4 different orientation options: - Portrait - Landscape - Computer Output Reducti[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 48 - If there is no STO command, no valid page size specified for Function Y98: Automatic Page Orientation, and the selected tray is set to COR, portrait orientation can be selected by setting the following parameters: System /38 CL: PRTQLTY (*STD) or (*NLQ) PAGRITT System /36 OCL: TEXT -YES RO[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 49 - 1. The system and system software will not know that you have changed font. This means that data will be transmitted to the printer as before the font change. This will give you format and position problems. Changing font The font change command has one parameter, the GFID value . You can [...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 50 - 11.5.2 Default GFID Table The factory default GFID Table below lists all the predefined fonts which are supplied with the interface GFIDs (GFIDs 1 - 399) 6 . Fonts with GFIDs above 400 (i.e. scaleable fonts) are described in the section "Scaleable Fonts" below. For further detail[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 51 - In the table below, an asterisk (*) after the GFID number denotes a simulated IBM GFID. GFID Font Type- face Attri- bute Symbol Set Point Size Translate Table 3* OCR B 0 0 7 12 7 11* Courier 3 0 1 12 0 12* Prestige 8 0 1 10 1 18* Courier 3 2 1 12 1 19* OCR A 0 0 6 12 6 38* Presentation 11 [...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 52 - 11.5.3 Scaleable Fonts NOTE: Only applies to printers running PCL Level 5 . The Xerox FS 5250 allows GFID access to all the scaleable fonts found in the printer. These GFIDs are in the range 400 - 65535. Typeface, typeface attributes and point size have been linked together using the syste[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 53 - Possible attribute values are: Style Strokeweight 0 Medium upright 1 Bold upright 2 Medium italic 3 Bold italic %Y96,4815% This is 48 point, Helvetica Compressed, bold upright %Y96,1301% This is 13 point, Times Roman, bold upright Font examples Other relationships between IBM GFID and prin[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 54 - The parameters of the font definition command are as follows: n1 is the GFID number n2 is the typeface n3 is the attribute n4 is the symbol set n5 is the point size n6 is the translate table (optional) What you need to know When you define the GFID for a font, you will need the following i[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 55 - The attributes of the font You can select between the following attributes (the examples are all 12 point fonts): Value Attribute Example 0 No attribute This is Courier, fixed spacing, no attribute 1 Bold This is Courier, fixed spacing, bold 2 Italic This is Courier, fixed spacing, italic [...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 56 - NOTE: The symbol set and the translate table should be set to the same value, e.g. both to 3 ECMA 94. If you select value 3 as symbol set and 1 as translate table, you will probably have problems with sev eral characters.[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 57 - The typeface of the font Value Typeface 0 Line Printer 1 Pica 2 Elite 3 Courier 4 Helvetica 5 Times Roman 6 Letter Gothic 7 Script 8 Prestige 9 Caslon 10 Orator 11 Presentations 12 Helv Condensed 13 Serifa 14 Futura 15 Palatino 16 ITC Souvenir 17 Optima 18 ITC Garamond 19 Cooper Black 20 R[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 58 - Font definition example &&??% %Y91,521,6,5,1,18,1% %X1 This will define GFID 512 as a Helvetica, proportional bold, Roman 8 symbol set, point size 18, and translate table 1 (Roman 8). It will then save settings permanently and erase the escape character (X1). Other commands Other c[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 59 - 2. If you only send a font change without also changing Lines Per Inch and/or Characters Per Inch, you could have format problems. Changing font The font change command has one parameter, the GFID value . You can change the contents of this parameter, if you wish to use a font that is not [...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 60 - 11.5.6 Defining Fonts - XES NOTE: The procedures in this chapter can only be used, if you have se lected the XES option on the interface (see the chapter on Installation). All printers have a number of internal fonts . The more sophisticated the printer is, the more fonts it has. But in ad[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 61 - XES GFID Font (strings sent) Orientation 3 1B,'+1OCRB10 -P',0D,0A,1B,'1' portrait 3 1B,'+1OCRB10 -L',0D,0A,1B,'1' landscape 5 1B,'+1Spokesman10 -P',0D,0A,1B,'1' portrait 5 1B,'+1Spokesman10 -L',0D,0A,1B,'1' lan[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 62 - GFID Font (strings sent) Orientation 70 1B,'+1SerifText12X1 -P',0D,0A,1B,'1' portrait 70 1B,'+1SerifText12X1 -L',0D,0A,1B,'1' landscape 71 1B,'+1SerifText121X1 -P',0D,0A,1B,'1' portrait 71 1B,'+1SerifText121X1 -L',0D,0A,[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 63 - GFID Font (strings sent) Orientation 204 1B,'+1GothicText13X1 -P',0D,0A,1B,'1' portrait 204 1B,'+1GothicText13X1 -L',0D,0A,1B,'1' landscape 221 1B,'+1LetterGothic15iso -P',0D,0A,1B,'1' portrait 221 1B,'+1LetterGothic15iso -L&[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 64 - CPI / GFID Relation CPI GFID GFID Range 5 245 240 - 249 10 11 1 - 65 12 85 66 - 153 15 223 211 - 239 17.1 254 250 - 259 PS 158 154 - 200 COR CPI / GFID Relation CPI COR CPI GFID Range 10 13.3 201 - 210 12 15 211 - 239 15 20 280 - 284 XES only: 11.6. Optional Scaling Printing fonts in a CPI[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 65 - Example 1 Using a 12 CPI font for GFID 11 (logical 10 CPI): %Y97, 11,1B,’+1Titan12iso-P’,0D,0A,1B,’1’;16,15% For details on “Optional Scaling”, refer to the Programmer’s Guide, D62081. Font definition example &&??% %Y97,1,1B,'+1Titan10Biso-P',0D,0A,1B'1[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 66 - 11.7. Duplex Printing Function Y19: Duplex Printing NOTE: In XES, function Y62 must be programmed for this function to become effective. Duplex printing means that the printer can print on both sides of a piece of paper. NOTE: You can only use this facility, if you have a duplex printer. I[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 67 - You can reset the interface by sending the following commands: &&??% %X4 &&?? (will reset the interface to power up defaults) (Use if power up default is non- duplex) or &&??% %Y19,0% &&?? (will reset the interface to non-duplex printing) 11.7.3 Binding opti[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 68 - 11.7.4 Selecting duplex printing The duplex command (Y19) has one parameter with three different settings: Setting Description 0 No duplex printing 1 Duplex, long-edge binding 2 Duplex, short-edge binding See the paragraph below on how to select duplex printing. You send the command as fol[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 69 - The second parameter has 6 settings: Setting Description 1 Tractor 2 Tray 1 3 Tray 2 4 Manual feed 5 Envelope feed 6 Tray 3 Duplex selection example, PCL &&??% %Y19,2% %Y10,1,3% &&?? This will select duplex printing, short-edge binding (Y19,2) and landscape orientation for [...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 70 - 11.8. Output Data The Xerox FS 5250 supports the following printer languages: PCL (see the section: "Printer Driver Selection" for details) XES - XDPM ISO - XDPM EBCDIC - XPPM EBCDIC - XPPM ASCII XDPM (Xerox Distributed Print Mode) is based on the data stream for Xerox 2700 and i[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 71 - The chart below shows the relation between data streams, translation and function settings: DATA STREAM TRANSLATION MODE FUNCTION SETTINGS OUTPUT Y70 Y36 Y2 XDPM XES ISO Normal 10 3|4|6|8 Vertical Formatting by Printer 100 Suppress IBM Controls 1 1 Suppress IBM Multibyte Controls 1 3 Suppr[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 72 - For details on Operating Modes (i.e. function 70 and function 36), DJDE and Metacode Handling, you are referred to the Programmer's Guide, doc. no. D62081 11.9. Port Share Option This section will describe share timeout and how to specify the timeout string via function Y100. Function[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 73 - Timeout is specified in FSL Function 100 . This function has the following syntax (where "%" is the escape character): %Y100,<timeout>[,user string]% Timeout: 0 to 255 indicating number of seconds Factory default = 20 seconds User string: Optional - string in HEX to be sent[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 74 - The new setup must be saved in the NVRAM 9 with the following command (where "%" is the escape character): %X1 NOTE: %X1% will delete the temporary escape character. The FSL string above was split up into several lines for reasons of clarification to simplify the explanation of t[...]

Selected FSL Functions Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 75 - 11.9.2 Sending the commands from the PC The easiest way to send the string from the PC to the Centronics or RS-232 port is to write the command string on a blank screen at the root, and then make a "print screen". If you have a PC edi tor program, you can of course also use that [...]

Programming via Shareport Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 76 - 12. Programming via Shareport In order to ease customisation of the Xerox FS 5250, FSL parame ters for twinax input can be programmed directly via the interface's Centronics or serial (RS-232) port using the Engineering Function Y249. The Engineering Function enables the system to [...]

Programming via Shareport Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 77 - If you have defined % as Escape Character, you activate the engi neering function by typing: %Y249,n% n = password. As this is sensitive information, system operators can contact their point of purchase for password details. 12.2. Deactivating the Y249 Engineering Function The function [...]

PC Support Virtual Printer Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 78 - 13. PC Support Virtual Printer In addition to its normal use in connection with a midrange computer, the inter face may also be used as an ordinary PC printer by a PC equipped with a 5250 communication card and software. This facility is called the IBM PC Support Virtual Printer . Prin[...]

Error Messages Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 79 - 14. Error Messages Errors fall into two categories: the operator-recoverable errors and the non- recoverable hardware errors. The error messages listed below are all printed on paper when the error situation arises (provided the printer is on-line). You correct the errors from the host system in a[...]

Error Messages Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 80 - ESCAPE SEQUENCE ERROR TRANSLATE TABLE LOAD CHARACTER IS OUT OF RANGE VALIDATION VALUE IN NVRAM IS WRONG VALUES ARE NOW OVERWRITTEN WITH FACTORY DE FAULTS ESCAPE SEQUENCE ERROR ILLEGAL SEPARATOR FUNCTION (NO) IS NOT SUPPORTED ESCAPE SEQUENCE ERROR ESC Y Hardware error in NVRAM MULTISTRIKE STRING IS[...]

Error Messages Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 81 - THERE IS NO SPACE LEFT IN THE DYNAMIC AREA THE USER ADDRESS STRING IS TOO LONG TERMINATOR NOT ACCEPTED ESC Z IS WRONG Validation value in NVRAM is wrong YOU CANNOT LOCK THE NVRAM BEFORE YOU HAVE PROGRAMMED IT 14.2. Non -Recoverable Hardware Errors The following recovery attempt can be made: • Tu[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 82 - Appendix A: Supported Setup Functions XES Mode No. Description Y2 LPI Y3 CPI Y8 LU1 Language Y10 Page Format Y11 Paper Path Y12 Paper Size Y15 Baud Rate for Serial Input Y16 Number of Data Bits for Serial Input Y17 Parity for Serial Input Y18 Number of Stop Bits for Serial Input Y19 Duplex Printing Y2[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 83 - No. Description X Save/Overwrite Settings X1 Store Settings in Permanent Memory X3 Restore Factory Default Settings X4 Restore Settings from Permanent Memory Z Send User String S Send User String P Program Flash Prom ESC Transparency Features: ESC Special transparent feature (single paired HEX transpa[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 84 - PCL Mode No. Description Y2 LPI Y3 CPI Y8 LU1 Language Y10 Page Format Y11 Paper Path Y12 Paper Size Y15 Baud Rate for Serial Input Y16 Number of Data Bits for Serial Input Y17 Parity for Serial Input Y18 Number of Stop Bits for Serial Input Y19 Duplex Printing Y21 Horizontal Compression and Vertical [...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 85 - No. Description T5 Printout Translate Table T6 Cancel ASCII Hex Dump X Save/Overwrite Settings X1 Store Settings in Permanent Memory X3 Restore Factory Default Settings X4 Restore Settings from Permanent Memory Z Send User String S Send User String W Send Bar Code (as defined in Y59) P Program Flash P[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 86 - Quick Reference Guide to the Supported FSL Functions In this section the supported FSL Functions in twinax will only be described with their syntax and parameters. The notation below will apply to the following FSL Functions table: % is the defined escape character * factory default < > mandator[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 87 - No. Name Syntax Parameters Deviations 2 LPI %Y2,<n1>% 0 = No LPI sent to printer 3 = 3 LPI 4 = 4 LPI *6 = 6 LPI 8 = 8 LPI PCL: N/S 3 CPI %Y3,<n1>% 5 = 5 CPI *10 = 10 CPI 12 = 12 CPI 15 = 15 CPI 16 = 16.7 CPI 8 Language %Y8,<n1>% NOTE:Factory default depends on your initial order. 37 [...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 88 - No. Name Syntax Parameters Deviations 12 Paper Size %Y12, <n1>[,n2,n3]% NOTE:Factory default depends on your initial order n1 (Physical paper size) 1 = A4 2 = Legal *3 = Letter 4 = Executive 5 = Letter (Monarch) 6 = Business 7 = International DL 8 = International C5 9= B5(182mmx257mm) 10 = A3 11[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 89 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 15 Baud Rate for RS232 interface %Y15,<n1>% n1 0 = 300 baud 1 = 600 baud 2 = 1200 baud 3 = 2400 baud 4 = 4800 baud *5 = 9600 baud 6 = 19200 baud 16 Number of Data Bits %Y16,<n1>% n1 7 = 7 bits *8 = 8 bits 17 Parity %Y17,<n1>% n1 0 = odd parity *1 = no parit[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 90 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 36 Ignore IBM Control Codes %Y36, <n1>% *0 = Honour IBM Control Codes 1 = Suppress IBM Control Codes 2 = Suppress IBM Multibyte Control Codes 3 = Suppress IBM Multibyte Control Codes 4 = Suppress IBM Multibyte Controls and FF 5 = Suppress IBM Multibyte with bold offset[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 91 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 48 Permanent Escape Character Selection %Y48,'<n1>'% or: %Y48,<n1>% ----------------- %Y48, <n1>[;n2;n3]% '<n1>' = value can be entered by means of an apostrophe notation or: = HEX value of the character selected from the table ---[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 92 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 51 User- Defined String(s) at Power- Up %Y51,<n1>% 0-7 = One or more strings stated in the form: (n1),(n2) ,....(nx) in ascending order The strings must be pre- defined in FSL 61 59 Bar Code Type Defini- tion %Y59,<n1>,<n2>, <n3>,<n4>[,n5]% n1 N[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 93 - No. Name Syntax Parameters Deviations 73 Select Translate Table %Y73,<n1>[,n2]% ----------------- %Y73,<n1>% n1 (Translate Table) *1 = Roman-8 2 = IBM PC-8 3 = ECMA Latin 1 5 = US ASCII 6 = OCR A 7 = OCR B 8 = PC 850 n2 (Symbol Set) *1 = Roman-8 2 = IBM PC-8 3 = ECMA Latin 1 5 = US ASCII 6[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 94 - No. Name Syntax Parameters Deviations 75 User Defined Translate Table %Y75, <n1>,<n2>,<n3>% n1 (EBCDIC) 40-FF = corresponds to position in translate table n2 (Symbol Set) 00 = no change 01-08 = printer symbol set string no. as specified in Y74 n3 (ISO - in HEX) 00-FF = up to 16 bytes[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 95 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 90 User Escape String Defini- tion %Y90,<n1>,<n2>% n1 0 = Erase strings 01-FF = Hexadecimal user Esc. string no. n2 = String contents in apostrophe notation.[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 96 - No. Name Syntax Parameters Deviation 91 Font Defini- tion %Y90,<n1>,<n2>, <n3>,<n4>,<n5> [,n6]% n1 (IBM GFID) 1-65535 = IBM GFID no. n2 (Typeface) 0-255 = Pre-program- med typeface value n3 (Attribute) 0 = Remove all current attri- butes 1 = Bold 2 = Italic 3 = Bold and I[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 97 - No. Name Syntax Parameters 93 Font Attribute Defini- tion String %Y93,<n1>,<n2>% n1 10-255 = String no in decimal n2 00-FF = String contents in HEX Y93: PCL only 94 Font Typeface Defini- tion String %Y93,<n1>,<n2>% n1 10-255 = String no in decimal n2 00-FF = String contents in [...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 98 - No. Name Syntax Parameters Deviation 100 Port Sharing Option %Y100,<n1>[,n2]% n1 0-255 = Timeout in seconds *20 n2 00-FF = Optional string in HEX to be sent to printer before transmission of data when printer is selected by sharing unit 119 Auto- configu- ration Select %Y119,<n1>% *0 = Dis[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 99 - No. Name Syntax Parameters Deviation T Initiate Tests %T# 1= On-line hex dump 3= ASCII hex dump 4= settings printout 5= printout translate table 6= cancel ASCII hex dump X Save/ Overwrite Settings %X# 1= store RAM in NVRAM 3= factory default to RAM 4= restore settings to power up defaults S Send User [...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 100 - Appendix B: Test Printout XES Xerox FS 5250 XES Firmware version: 140.002 /00971002 Boot id: 80023102 Current escape code = 00 in hexadecimal as Character = ' ' Dipswitch: National character set = Multinational Switch: Device address = 00 Function 2: Default LPI 6 Function 3: Default CPI 10[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 101 - PCL Xerox FS 5250 PCL Firmware version: S20 140.002 /00970002 Boot id: 80023102 HW id: Current escape code = 00 in hexadecimal as Character = ' ' Dipswitch: National character set = Multinational Line Set Up : Addr. 0 3812 model 1. Function 2: Default LPI 6 Function 3: Default CPI 10 Functi[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 102 - Appendix C: Use of Xerox FS 5250 Serial Port (Out) The following connections are available in the serial plug: pin 1: N.C. pin 2: RX data pin 3: TX data pin 4: DTR pin 5: GND (signal) pin 6: DSR (busy) pin 7: RTS (always high) pin 8: N.C. pin 9: N.C.[...]

Appendices Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 103 - Appendix D: Related Manuals For details on how to program the Xerox FS 5250, kindly refer to this manual: Laser 5250, Programmer's Guide Document no. D62081 The Xerox FS 5250 supports IPDS module. For information on IPDS functionality, you are referred to: IPDS, Programmer’s Guide Document no.[...]

Index Xerox FS 5250, User’s Guide - 104 - Index A attributes, 55 C control units, 10 COR, 42 D Default GFID table, 50 duplex, 66 binding option, 67 landscape printing, 67 portrait printing, 67 selecting, 66 duplex printing, considerations, 66 E emulation, 14 via address switch, 16 error messages, 79 non-recoverable hardware, 81 recoverable, 79 ES[...]