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1. Front Panel O peration Copy the FLASH Memory Card TheAXIS AFP MIO interface can be used to copy the FLASH memory card Thisis very useful in an organisation with morethan oneAXIS AFP M10 printer to distribute software updates to all the printers To copy the FLASH memory card Meni With the printer off line press the M enu gt key several times until MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU is displayed Reset Item Press the dtem gt key and CFG N O is displayed Continue Press the lt gt function key until C FG FLASH CPY is displayed Press the lt Enter gt function key to start the FLASH memory card copy procedure Online Press the lt O n Line gt key anytime to terminate the Copy procedure AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 37 Section 3 Front Panel O peration 38 T he following messages will appear in the display T he display will only be updated every time you press the lt Enter gt key Display CHECKING 7 READING CARD REMOVECARD INSERT COPY ERA SIN G J PROGRAMMING RESULT OK G Display NO CARD i SAME CARD MEM IN USE b ERASE ERR i PROGRAM ERR WRT PROTECT Action Checking that a FLASH memory card is inserted Reading the FLASH memory card Remove the FLASH memory card Insert the FLASH memory card that you want to copy to Erasing the FLASH memory card Programming the FLASH memory card FLASH memory card programmed Error Indication No FLASH memory ca2. IBM H os Software Supporting IPDS Product Certifications Environment B IPDS Font Summary IBM 3812 Emulation Fonts IBM 4028 Emulation Fonts C Front Panel Menu AUX IO Options Twinax Options Printer Options IPDS Options Serial O ptions D RS 232C Interface E IBM Cabling System F Howto contact Axis Internet and W orld W ide W eb T he Axis offices Europe M iddle Eag South America Africa Australia North amp Central America Japan H ong Kong Asia except Japan amp M iddle East AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 47 47 47 48 48 48 vii viii G Related Publications Index 57 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 1 General Information Section 1 General Information Introduction TheAXIS AFP MIO provides truelBM AFP IPDS capability on your HP printer without the loss of the PC connectivity It consists of a high speed RISC based printer controller and a 1 M Byte FLASH memory card containing micro code and the resident fonts and an auto terminating T cable assembly T he interface should be installed in the M odular 1 0 accessory slot of the H P printer T his unique solution gives you high speed AFP IPDS printing independent of the complexity of the printjob provided that the communication lines are fast enough IPDS Thelntelligent Printer D ata Stream IPD S is the host to printer data stream for Advanced Function Printing AFP subsystems It is part of IBM s System Application Arch
3. Page Version Resource Memory Size IPDS Exception Control Duplex Enable AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 15 Section 2 Installation and Configuration 16 Printer options The Printer options are used to change printer rdated items in the configuration An example of a printer related item is margins T he following Printer options are available for configuration Top Margin for Front Left Margin for Front Top Margin for Back duplex only Left Margin for Back duplex only Top Margin for Envelope Left Margin for Envelope Primary Cassette Third Cassette MAIN Cassette Paper Size ALT Alternate Cassette Paper Size OPT Optional Paper Size ENV Envelope Cassette Paper Size MAN Manual Feed Paper Size Output Tray Serial options T he Serial options are used to set up the RS 232C port of the AXIS AFP MIO interface T he following Serial options are available for configuration Enable Serial Timeout Baud Rate Protocol DTR Polarity Data Bits Parity Stop Bits AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configuration IPDS Options CFG IPDS OPT N ote Emulation C odepage Verdon IPD S Exception Control T he valid values for each option are listed and the default settings are indicated by a bullet Changes to any of the options described will only take effect at the next printer Power on Emiulab OM ws ee ee ee oka ee ee IE BESEM UL T his option selectsthelBM pr
4. alternate cassette is Executive A3 Paper size for alternate cassette is A3 Bsiz Paper size for alternate cassette is ANSI B size AXIS AFP MIO T winax User s Manual 23 Section 2 Installation and Configuration OPT Optional Optional Cassette Paper Size ie se ee ae ee PAPER OPT Cassette Paper Size Selects paper size for the optional cassette Value OPT Cassette Paper Size AA Paper size for optional cassette is A4 LET Paper size for optional cassette is Letter LEG Paper size for optional cassette is Legal EX EC Paper size for optional cassette is Executive A3 Paper size for optional cassette is A3 Bsiz Paper size for optional cassette is ANSI B size ENV Envelope Envelope Cassette Paper Size ie se se oe PAPER ENV Cassette Paper Size per Selects paper size for the envd ope cassette Value ENV Cassette Paper Size NONE Envelope feeder not installed MON Paper size for envelope feeder is Monarch COM Paper size for envelope feeder is CO M 10 DL Paper size for envelope feeder is DL C5 Paper size for envelope feeder is C5 24 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configuration MAN Manual Manual Feed Paper Size ie se ee ke Ge ek ke Ge ek Re Ge PAPER MAN Feed Paper Size Value NONE A4 LET LEG EX EC A3 Bsiz MON COM DL C5 cA4 cLET cLEG cEXE cA3 cBsz Selects paper size for the manual feed MAN Cassette Paper Size Manual paper feed not used Paper size for m
5. s175 b 175 b 160 s159 s155 s 230 s 230 s 230 s 86 s 230 b 244 b 252 Equivalent IBM font 12 Pitch Courier bold 12 Letter gothic bold 12 Prestige bold 12 Prestige Italic 12 Boldface Italic Modern Boldface Essay Essay Italic Essay bold Essay light Document Boldface Boldface Italic Gothic text 13 Prestige 15 Gothic 15 Courier 15 Math symbol 15 Serif 15 Gothic text 15 Courier 5 Courier bold 5 Courier 17 Courier bold 17 Courier 17ss APL 20 Gothic text 20 Gothic text 27 Sonoran serif 8pt Sonoran serif 10pt Sonoran serif bold 10pt Sonoran serif ItaliclOpt Sonoran serif 12pt Sonoran serif bold 16pt Sonoran serif bold 24pt b created by bolding algorithm s simulated by substitution 44 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix B IPDS Font Summary IBM 4028 Emulation Fonts Axis font IBM font ID CPI Point Size Equivalent IBM font OCR B 3 10 12 O CR B Courier 11 10 12 Courier Prestige Pica 12 10 12 Prestige Pica Courier Italic 18 10 12 Courier Italic OCR A 19 10 12 OCR A Courier Bold 46 10 12 Courier Bold APL 76 12 10 APL Courier 85 12 10 Courier Prestige Elite 86 12 10 Prestige Elite Courier Italic 92 12 10 Courier Italic Prestige Elite Bold 111 12 10 Prestige Elite Bold Prestige Elite Italic 112 12 10 Prestige Elite Italic Boldface 159 PS 12 Boldface Prestige 164 PS 12 Prestige Prestige 221 15 9 Prestige Courier 223 15 9 Courier Cour
6. 0 500 International Set 5 21 97 France ol 37 USA C anada English 22 500 Reserved 2 500 Reserved 23 361 International T ypographic 3 500 Reserved 24 437 Personal C omputer 4 260 Canadian French 25 OT Alternate Portugal 5 273 Austria G er many 26 871 Iceland 6 274 Belgium 27 892 O CR A 7 275 Brazil 28 893 OCR B 8 277 Denmark N orway 29 500 Reserved 9 278 Finland Sweden 30 500 Reserved 10 280 Italy 31 037 C anadian Bilingual 11 281 Japan English 32 500 Swiss Bilingual 12 282 Portugal 33 284 Spanish 13 284 Spanish Speaking 34 500 Reserved 14 285 United Kingdom 35 500 Reserved 15 286 Alt Austria G ermany 36 500 Reserved 16 287 Alt D enmark N orway 37 1026 Turkish 17 288 Alternate Finland Sweden 38 500 Reserved 18 289 Alternate Spain 39 905 Turkish 19 290 Japan K atakana 40 Reserved 20 293 APL AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 19 Section 2 Installation and Configuration DeviceAddres DeviceAddresS ii ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee DEV ADDR Important T winax Timeout 20 U se this option to select the station address you wish to assign to your IPDS printer Value Device Address 0 6 Valid values 0 Default Device Address M ake sure that the printer has the desired D evice Address before connecting to the host system Please consult your system administrator T winax TIMOQUt cs ESE OR EE EE GE Re Se EE gs T TIMEOUT T his option specifies for how long the AXIS AFP MIO interface will be waiting for
7. EDS SER CARD Slt LENS ial FLASH lt gt RT lt gt GET lt gt OPT lt gt P lt gt DFLT lt gt BEY lt gt LD lt gt or next or next or next or next or next or next or next or next lt item gt for MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU sltem for Printer O ptions sltem for Twinax O ptions lt Enter gt for IPDS O ptions lt Enter gt for Serial O ptions lt Enter gt for Default O ption Values see page 34 lt Enter gt to copy the Flash Card see page 37 lt Enter gt to load new Micro Code see page 35 Twinax Options Press lt gt lt gt to change value lt Enter gt to save dtem gt for next COUNTRY DEV T TIMEOUT 30s ADDR 001 Country Code see page 19 000 Device Address see page 20 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Twinax Timeout see page 20 47 Appendix C Front Panel Menu Printer Options Press lt gt lt gt to change value lt Enter gt to save dtem for next FMARG TOP 000 Top Margin for Front see page 21 FMARG LEFT 000 Left Margin for Front see page 21 BMARG TOP 000 Top Margin for Back see page 21 BMARG LEFT 000 Left Margin for Back see page 21 EMARG TOP 000 Top Margin for Envelope see page 22 EMARG LEFT 000 Left Margin for Envelope see page 22 PRIM CASS MAIN Primary C assette see page 22 ALTER CASS ALT Alternate Cassette see page 22 THIRD CASS NONE Third Cassette see page 23 PAPER MAIN A4
8. HIGH LOW Data Bits DataBitS ee ee ek ee Re ee ee ee Re ee ee Ee DTR Polarity DTR active high DTR active high bestee DATA BITS Sets the number of data bits word length for the serial port Value 7 8 28 Data Bits Use seven data bits Use eight data bits AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configuration ie AA te RE OO PARITY Sets the parity for the serial port Value Parity N one No parity Even Even parity O dd Odd parity Mark Mark parity Space Space parity Stop Bits Stop BIS EE SE ee ee et eers ST OP BITS Sets the number of stop bitsfor the serial port Value Stop Bits ol Use one stop bit 2 Use two stop bits AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 29 Section 2 Installation and Configuration 30 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 3 Front Panel O peration Section 3 Front Panel Operation Front Panel Keys and Indicators T he installation of the AXIS AFP MIO interface adds new functions to the front panel of your HP printer T his chapter describes how to operate the front panel when the interface is installed in an H P Laser amp 4 printer The front panel of the H P LaserJet 4 consists of a 16 character Plasma display eight function keys and three indicator lights The following explains how to use the front panel to customize the AXIS AFP MIO interface A schematic overview ca be found in Appendix C Front Pand M enu OnLine
9. Left Margin for Front Top M argin for Back ike ee EE oe Ge NE SR GE Ee Ede ee NE BM ARG TOP U sed for duplex back pages Refer to Top M argin for Front for a description Left M argin for Bas ees ee LBM ARG LEFT U sed for duplex back pages Refer to Ldt M argin for Front for a description AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 21 Section 2 Installation and Configuration Top Margin for Envdope Left Margin for Emvdope Primary Cassette Alternate C assette 22 N ote T op Margin for Envelope eee LEM ARG TOP Refer to T op M argin for Front for a description Left M argin for Envelope ees se se oe se EM ARG LEFT Refer to Ldt M argin for Front for a description Primary C asetta pae Ee EE SR ED acetate mses PRIM CASS Selects paper source for the primary cassette Value Primary Cassette MAIN The main paper source lt ESC gt amp I1H ALT The dternate cassette source lt ESC gt amp l4H OPT The optional large source lt ESC gt amp I5H ENV The envelope feeder will be used as primary cassette MAN The manual feed will be used as primary cassette Alternate C assete ee ee ve ee Re Ge Ke RR ee RR Ke Gee ALTER CASS Selects paper source for the alternate cassette Value Alternate Cassette ALT The dternate cassette source lt ESC amp l4H MAIN The main paper source lt ESC gt amp I1H O PT The optional large source lt ESC gt amp I5H ENV The envelope feeder will be used as primary cass
10. MAIN Cassette Paper Size see page 23 PAPER ALT A4 ALT Cassette Paper Size see page 23 PAPER OPT A4 OPT Cassette Paper Size see page 24 R R PAPER ENV NONE ENV Cassette Paper Size see page 24 PAPER MAN NONE MAN Cassette Paper Size see page 25 OUT TRAY DEF Output Tray see page 25 ERROR BEEP NO Error Beep see page 26 IPDS Options Press lt gt lt gt to change value lt Enter gt to save lt ten gt for next IPDS EMUL 3816 Emulation see page 17 CP VERSION 0 Codepage Version see page 17 EXCEPTION 0 IPDS Exception C ontrol see page 17 CNT UPDATE 0 Stacked Page Counter see page 18 RESOURCE NORM Resource Memory Size see page 18 DUPLEX PRT NO Duplex Enable see page 18 PRINT AREA 3816 Print Area see page 18 Serial Options Press lt gt lt gt to change value lt Enter gt to save lt ten gt for next SER ENABLE NO Enable Serial see page 27 S TIMEOUT 30s Timeout See page 27 BAUDRATE 9600 Baud Rate see page 28 PROTOCOL ROBU Protocol see page 28 DTR POLARI HIGH DTR Polarity see page 28 DATA BITS 8 Data Bits see page 28 PARITY NONE Parity see page 29 STOP BITS 1 Stop Bits see page 29 48 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix D RS 232C Interface Appendix D RS 232C Interface TheAXIS AFP MIO serial RS 232C interface has the following pin configuration Pin no Description Received data RxD Transmitted data T
11. Preface About Axis N etwork CD ROM Servers Network Print Servers IBM Mainframe and S 3x AS 400 Printer Interfaces T hank you for purchasing theAXIS AFP MIO Printer Interface O ur goal in developing this product is to enable you to connect your H P printer to your IBM IPDS environment allowing you to take full advantage of both the IPD S functions and your H P printer capabilities Axis Communications founded in 1984 is one of the world s fastest growing companiesin the printer interface and network print server market T he head quarters are located in Lund Sweden with subsidiaries in Boston Tokyo and H ong Kong Axis Communications has a distributor network operating in more than 60 countries world wide marketing three product lines CD ROM servesprovidea flexible and cost efficient solution for sharing CD ROM s acrossthenetwork They areavdilable in Ethernd AXIS 850 851 and T oken Ring AXIS 950 951 versions with or without built in drive option T hese intelligent Ethernet and Token Ring print servers support a wide rangeof LAN protocols TheAXIS N PS 530 532 550 and AXIS 150 are Ethernd print servers and the AXIS NPS 630 632 and 650 are Token Ring print servers T heseproductsincludea wide range of plug in interfaces and freestanding box products such as the Cobra and the AFP IPD S to PostScript converter AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Revision 1 0 Part No 14362 Dated October 1995 Cop
12. T he On Line gt function key is used to take the printer off line or return it ed to the on line setting T he n Line gt light indicator lights when the printer is on lineT he printer will not print any pages when off line AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 31 Section 3 Front Panel O peration Setting the Twinax Address 32 Menu Reset Item Continue Item Continue OnLine Important With the printer off line press the M enu gt key several times until MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU is displayed Press the dtem gt key and CFG N O is displayed Press the lt gt key until C FG TW IN O PT is displayed Press the lt Enter gt key until COUNTRY X X X is displayed Press the dtem gt key until DEV ADDR lt x gt is displayed N ow you have the following possibilities to change the D evice Address T he lt gt key will get you thenext valid value T he gt key will get you the previous valid value T he lt Enter gt key will store the displayed address An asterisk indicates that this value is now stored Use the following key to leave the configuration menu Press the lt O n Line gt key anytime you want to leave the configuration menu Changing the D evice Address will have no effect until the next Power on AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 3 Front Panel O peration Changing the IPDS Twinax Serial or Printer Options Menu Reset Item Continue I
13. anual paper is A4 Paper size for manual paper is Letter Paper size for manual paper is Legal Paper size for manual paper is Executive Paper size for manual paper is A3 Paper size for manual paper is AN SI B size Paper size for manual paper is Monarch Paper size for manual paper is COM 10 Paper size for manual paper is DL Paper size for manual paper is C5 Paper size A4 with auto continuation Paper size Letter with auto continuation Paper size Legal with auto continuation Paper size Executive with auto continuation Paper size A3 with auto continuation Paper size AN SI B size with auto continuation Note Auto continue means that the H P Laser 4 printer will NOT stop and wait for the On Line key to be pressed when using manual feed Recommended settings for the H P4 printer are MP TRAY CASS LOCKMP MANUALFEED OFF Output Tray Output T ray 2 Eie ER ee ee ee ge LOUT TRAY O utput tray options Value Output Tray DEF Use output tray selected from the front panel TOP Face down output SIDE Face up output AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 25 Section 2 Installation and Configuration Error Beep Error BED besete ske seks are ee ee tees es ee ERROR BEEP Acoustic warning when error Intervention Required Value Error Beep eNO No acoustic alarm when printer error ONE 6 beeps one time CONT 6 beeps continuosly 26 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configuration Serial Op
14. aserJet H P Desk et 1200C 1600 C A total of minimum 2 M bytes of memory is required in the H P printer 4 M bytes memory is recommended to get optimal performance IBM AS 400 IBM S 3X IBM 5294 remote controller IBM 5394 remote controller IBM 5494 remote controller T winax cable Dynamic sharing between an IBM host and a standard PC using RS 232C interface AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 41 Appendix A Technical Specifications Emulation Resource M emory Size Configuration Examples of IBM H ost Software Supporting IPD S Product Certifications Environment 42 Either IBM 3816 compatible including the standard 35 resident fonts functional equivalent to thelBM fonts or IBM 4028 AS1 3912 16 3112 16 compatible including the standard 32 resident fonts functional equivalent to thelBM fonts All IPD S towers supported D uplex is available in both emulations M orethan 1 M byte of PD S resource memory dependent on the configu ration i e paper size U pgradable with standard SIM M memory module 1 2 4 or 8 M bytes Configured from the printer front panel e Systen 36 R dease 5 1 or later e Systen 38 Release 8 or later e AS 400 Rdease 2 or later CE EN 50082 1 EN 55022 1987 FCC ClassA Safety All safety regulations according to HP printer specifications Temperature 5 40 C 40 105 F H umidity 10 90 RGH non condensing Technical specification information is subject to chang
15. ayed Reset Item Press the dtem gt key and CFG N O is displayed Continue Press the lt gt function key until C FG FLASH LD is displayed Press the lt Enter gt function key to start the load procedure Onli Press the lt n Line gt key anytime to terminate the load procedure AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 35 Section 3 Front Panel O peration 36 T he following messages will appear in the display Important T he display will only be updated every time you press the lt Enter gt key Display WAITING SER BLO CKS nnnnn REMOVE CARD INSERT CARD ERA SIN G PROGRAMMING RESULT OK Display NO CARD MEM IN USE ERASE ERR PROGRAM ERR WRT PROTECT Action Start load from the PC by entering AFPMLO AD with the required parameters nnnnn indicates the number of 192 bytes blocks transmitted Remove the FLASH memory card Insert aFLASH memory card It is recommended not to use the original FLASH memory card in case of failing load of the new soft ware Erasing the FLASH memory card Programming the FLASH memory card FLASH memory card programmed Turn the printer OFF ON to activate the new software Error Indication No FLASH memory card in the slot The AXIS AFP MIO is using the RAM to prepare pages for printing Error erasing the FLASH memory card Error programming the FLASH memory card The FLASH memory card is write protected AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 3
16. depage Version 17 IPDS Exception Control 17 Stacked Page Counter 18 Resource M emory Size 18 D uplex Enable 18 Print Area 18 T winax O ptions CFG T WIN OPT 19 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual V Vi Country Code 19 D evice Address 20 T winax Timeout 20 Printer O ptions CFG PRT OPT 21 Top M argin for Front 21 Left M argin for Front 21 Top M argin for Back 21 Left M argin for Back 21 Top M argin for Envdope 22 Left M argin for Emvdope 22 Primary Cassette 22 Alternate C assette 22 Third C assdte 23 MAIN Cassette Paper Size 23 ALT Alternate Cassette Paper Size 23 OPT Optional Cassette Paper Size 24 ENV Envelope Cassette Paper Size 24 M AN M anual Feed Paper Size 25 Output T ray 25 Error Beep 26 Serial O ptions CFG SER OPT 27 Enable Serial 27 Timeout 27 Baud Rate 28 P rotocol 28 DTR Polarity 28 D ata Bits 28 Parity 29 Stop Bits 29 3 Front Panel Operation 31 Front Panel Keys and Indicators 31 Setting the T winax Address 32 Changing the IPDS T winax Serial or Printer O ptions 33 Resetting to D efault O ption V alues 34 Printing aPrinter Self T est Page 34 Load N ew Software via the RS 232C Interface 35 Copy the FLASH M emory Card 37 Printer Status M essages 39 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual A Technical Specifications H ardware Compatible Printers Printer M emory Reguirements 5250 Attachment Physcal Attachment H og PC Sharing E mulation Resource M emory Size Configuration Examples of
17. e without notice AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix B IPDS Font Summary IBM 3812 Emulation Fonts 10 11 12 13 14 wa IBM font ID 3 5 11 12 13 18 19 20 26 30 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 60 66 68 69 70 71 72 80 84 85 86 87 91 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual subs bold ID sll sll s 12 s 40 sll DES b40 s40 s40 s 68 b11 b12 b 66 s66 s 68 s69 s 86 s112 Appendix B IPD S Font Summary Equivalent IBM font O CR B O rator 10 Courier 10 Prestige 10 Artisan 10 Courier Italic 10 OCR A Pica10 Matrix Gothic 10 Math symbol 10 O rator bold 10 Gothic text bold 10 Gothic text 10 Roman text 10 Serif text 10 Serif text Italic 10 Katakana gothic 10 APL 10 Courier bold 10 Prestige bold 10 Gothic text 12 Gothic text Italic 12 Gothic text bold 12 Serif text 12 Serif text Italic 12 Serif text bold 12 Math symbol 12 Script 12 Courier 12 Prestige 12 Letter gothic 12 Light Italic 12 43 Appendix B IPD S Font Summary 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 IBM font ID 107 108 110 111 112 155 158 159 160 162 163 173 175 176 177 204 221 222 223 225 229 230 244 245 252 253 254 280 281 290 751 4407 54 1051 4407 66 1053 4427 66 1056 4535 66 1351 4407 78 1653 4427 108 2103 4427 162 subs bold ID s85 b 85 b 87 b 86
18. erence Using the IBM Laser Printer 4028 Model AS 1 with the Application AS 400 and System 36 IBM LaserPrinter 4028 Model AS 1 IPDS Handbook Using the IBM Pageprinter 3812 with an IBM System 36 or S 38 IBM Pageprinter 3812 IPDS Handbook IBM 3812 and 3816 Page Printers Font Reference HP LaserJet 4 User s Manual HP Paint Jet XL300 Color Printer User s Guide AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Part no 544 3417 544 4262 544 4260 544 3343 544 3102 GA34 2111 55 Appendix G Related Publications 56 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Index A Anonymous FT P 53 Axis offices 53 C Cassettes 22 Code Page Version 19 D D efault O ption Values 34 D evice Address 20 Duplex 18 E Error Beep 26 F FLASH M emory Card 37 Font Summary 43 IBM 3812 43 IBM 4028 45 Front Pand 31 47 l IBM 3270 environment 13 IBM Cabling System 51 Internet 53 IPDS 9 Options 17 M M argins 21 M edia Sizes 11 M emory Requirements 10 Interface 10 Printer 10 SIMM modules 11 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Index P PC Sharing Feature 10 Printer Emulation 10 Printer O ptions 21 R RS 232C Interface 49 S Serial O ptions 27 80 SERVICE XXXX 39 Software 35 T T echnical Specifications 41 T est Page Printer 34 T winax Address 32 T winax O ptions 19 W World Wide W eb 53 57
19. ette MAN The manual feed will be used as primary cassette On the H P Laser et 4 the MP tray will be the bottom cassette if the optional lower cassette is not installed AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configuration Third Cassette Third Cassette css ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ae THIRD CASS Selects paper source for the third cassette Value Third Cassette NONE No third cassette MAIN The main paper source lt ESC gt amp I1H ALT The dternate cassette source lt ESC gt amp l4H OPT The optional large source lt ESC gt amp I5H ENV The envelope feeder will be used as primary cassette MAN The manual feed will be used as primary cassette MAIN Cassette Main Cassette Paper Size se se ee se ee PAPER MAIN Paper Size per Selects paper size for the main cassette Value MAIN Cassette Paper Size Ad Paper size for top cassette is A4 LET Paper size for top cassette is Letter LEG Paper size for top cassette is Legal EX EC Paper size for top cassette is Executive A3 Paper size for top cassette is A3 Bsiz Paper size for top cassette is AN SI B size ALT Alternate Alternate C assdte Paper Size ie se PAPER ALT Cassette Paper Size ad Selects paper size for the alternate cassette Value ALT Cassette Paper Size Ad Paper size for alternate cassette is A4 LET Paper size for alternate cassette is Letter LEG Paper size for alternate cassette is Legal EXEC Paper size for
20. etween resource and output buffer memory LESS Allocate less memory to resources This frees more memory for out put buffers MORE Allocate more memory to resources at the expense of output buffer memory Duplex Enable ss sek ek oe Ve GR Ge ea Ee ee ds ie eg DUPLEX PRT When the printer has the duplex option installed this option is used to enable duplex in the PDS emulation Value Duplex Enable YES Reply to host system indicates support for duplex printing eNO Duplex not supported Print AT Gas AGE iceman Ee Re ee be ee PRINT AREA T his option controls what Printable Area is reported in the Ob Printer Characteristics reply in the 4028 emulation Value Print Area 3816 Printable Area and the paper size is the same 4028 Printable Area is smaller than the paper size PRTP Supports 4028 Print Page option This option causes the upper left corner 0 0 of the Logical page to be forced inside the 4028 Printable area T his option has no effect in the 3812 16 emulations AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Twinax Options CFG TWIN OPT Section 2 Installation and Configuration T he valid values for each option are listed and the default settings are indicated by a bullet Note Changes to any of the options described will only take effect at the next printer Power on Country Code Country Code se ek Ge means COUNTRY U se this option to select the default code page in IPDS mode Value CP Country Value CP Country
21. gned to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a commercial environment O per ation of this equip ment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the inter fer ence Shielded cables should be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class A limits E urope This digital equipment fulfils the requirements for radiated emission according to limit B of EN 55022 1987 and the requirements for immunity according to EN 50082 1 1992 residential commercial and light industry Compliance is not valid for unshielded network and printer cables Trademark acknowledgements Hewlett Packard and IBM are registered trademarks of the respective holders AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual jii AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Table of contents Preface i About Axis i About this manual ji Emission notices iii T rademark acknowledgements iii Table of contents v 1 General Information 9 Introduction 9 IPDS 9 IBM Printe Emulation 10 PC Sharing Feature 10 Printe M emory Requirements 10 Interface M emory Requirements 10 M edia Sizes 11 Fonts 11 2 Installation and Configuration 13 Contents of This D divery 13 Installation 14 Configuring the AFP Printer 15 T winax Options 15 IPDS Options 15 Printer options 16 Serial options 16 IPDS Options CFGSHPDS OPT 17 Emulation 17 C o
22. ier 254 17 1 85 Courier Prestige 256 17 1 85 Prestige Letter Gothic 281 20 75 LetterG othic Nimbus Roman 5687 Typo 6 Times Roman N imbus Roman 5687 Typo 8 Times Roman N imbus Roman 5687 Typo 10 Times Roman N imbus Roman 5687 Typo 12 Times Roman N imbus Roman Bold 5707 Typo 10 Times Roman Bold N imbus Roman Bold 5707 Typo 12 Times Roman Bold N imbus Roman Bold 5707 Typo 14 Times Roman Bold N imbus Roman Bold 5707 Typo 18 Times Roman Bold N imbus Roman Bold 5707 Typo 24 Times Roman Bold N imbus Roman Italic 5815 Typo 10 Times Roman Italic N imbus Roman Italic 5815 Typo 12 Times Roman Italic N imbus Roman Bold Italic 5835 Typo 10 Times Roman Bold Ital O CR B 3 10 12 OCR B PS Proportional Spaced Typeface Typo Typographical T ypeface Times Roman is a registered trademark of Linotype AG and or its subsidiaries N imbus Roman is a functional equivalent of Times Roman AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 45 Appendix B IPDS Font Summary 46 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix C Front Panel Menu Appendix C Front Panel Menu All AXIS AFP MIO options are found under the MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU With the printer off line press the lt M enu gt key several times until MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU is displayed AUX 10 Options Whe MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU isdisplayed press the d tem gt key to get to the top leva of the AXIS HP M IO options CFG CFG CFG CFG CEG CHG CFG CFG NO SPIRE TWIN
23. input of the HP printer T he printer will switch between host and PC mode on a timeshare basis W hen the RS 232C port on the AXIS AFP M10 is active the red indicator on the back pand will be lit T o prevent a possible timeout on the parallel printer port of your PC while waiting for the printer to finish IBM host printing and switch to PC mode use the following DO S command to set the timeout value to infiniteon your PC MODE LPT1 P A total of minimum 2 M bytes of memory is required in theH P printer 4 M bytes memory is recommended to get good performance 4 M bytes is recommended as minimum memory resource for duplex printing Any additional upgrade to the memory will increase the performance of your printer A total of minimum 4 M bytes of memory is installed on the AXIS AFP MIO card The memory is used for software resident fonts and IPDS resources T his should be sufficient for most applications If you encounter a speed drop due to major IPDS resource downloading fonts overlays it can propably be solved by adding more memory to the AXIS AFP MIO T he added memory can be allocated for resource memory or interface output buffer by the Reource M emory Size option Note that for instance duplex printing uses the printer memory and not the AXIS AFP MIO memory In most cases adding memory to the printer it self has the greatest effect AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 1 General Information Note Thememo
24. inter to be emulated Value Emulation 3816 IBM 3816 4028 IBM 4028 AS 3916 IBM 3812 16 3112 16 Codepage Verson N RE ES GE ee CP VERSION T his option selects between the old and the new version of some of the codepages Value Codepage Version 0 Use version 1 New 1 Use version 0 IPD S Exception Control ss ee N Ee ide EXCEPTION It is often practical to suppress exception reporting on undefined characters and position errors printing outside valid printable area Value IPDS Exception Control 0 No suppression of exceptions 1 Exception reporting for position errors is suppressed 2 Exception reporting when an undefined character is found is sup pressed 3 Both position errors and undefined character exceptions are sup pressed T his option overrides the EH C control in the IPDS data stream AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 17 Section 2 Installation and Configuration Stacked Page Counter Resource M emory Size D uplex Enable Print Area N ote 18 Stacked Page COUN siese ee Re ee ee CNT UPDATE U sed to select maximum printing speed early update or maximum security concerning recovery if the printer is powered off while printing a job Value Stacked Page Counter 0 Early updating of page counters in the IPDS replies 1 Late updating Resource M emory SIZE ee nance Ee sk Ge EE RESOURCE Determines how much memory is used for resources Value Resource Memory Size NORM Normal split b
25. itecture SAA T helPD S architecture is functionally divided into eight towers of command sets each representing a major printer capability Five data towers T ext IM Image IO Image Graphics and Bar Code and three resource towers Page Segment O verlay and Loaded Font With IPDS it is possible to e use theall points addressable printing capability of the page printer to print text graphics images or bar codes at any point on the page e use images and vector graphics to print line drawings pie charts bar charts graphics logos signatures etc e combine dl kinds of data on the same page e print in all rotations either on separate pages or on the same page e electronically store and later print forms and letterheads e electronically store and later print host fonts AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 9 Section 1 General Information IBM Printer Emulation PC Sharing Feature 10 Printer M emory Requirements Interface M emory Requirements TheAXIS AFP MIO solution is plug compatible with eather the IBM 4028 AS1 3912 16 3112 16 page printer or thelBM 3816 page printer IPDS only An IPDS option selects the BM modd to be emulated Refer to IPD S Optiong When using the AXIS AFP MIO interface your H P printer can automatically be shared between an IBM host and aPC ThePC has to beconnected to theR S 232C input port on the AXIS AFP MIO interface or to the standard Centronics paralld and or the serial
26. more data on the twinax port before it will change printer access Value Twinax Timeout 15s 15 seconds 20s 20 seconds 30s 30 seconds 45s 45 seconds 60s 60 seconds 90s 90 seconds 2min 2 minutes 3min 3 minutes 5min 5 minutes AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configuration Printer Options CFG PRT OPT N ote Top Margin for Front Left Margin for Front Top Margin for Back Left Margin for Back T he valid values for each option are listed and the default settings are indicated by a bullet Changes to any of the options described will only take effect at the next printer Power on Top M argin for EORDEs ES costs salen RE Ee Re ee ee ed FMARG TOP U sed for simplex pages and duplex front pages Top M argin can be used to adjust the top margin if the normal setting does not fit the printer or if a special requirement is needed The top margin is located at the leading edge of the paper Value Top Margin for Front 99 155 Valid values 0 Default Top Margin for Front Left M argin for FONE sesse ses ve se se se ee FM ARG LEFT U sed for simplex pages and duplex front pages Left M argin can be used to adjust the left margin if the normal setting does not fit the printer or if a special requirement is needed The left margin is located at the edge of the paper to the left of the leading edge Value Left Margin for Front 99 155 Valid values 0 Default
27. ration Configuring the AFP Printer N ote T winax O ptions N ote IPD S Options To customize the AFP printer to your applications the AXIS AFP MIO has fivesets of options T winax options IPD S options Printer options and Serial options Changes to any of the options described will only take effect at the next printer Power on T he options are split into two groups Group A Printer and Serial options includesthe printer dependent options T hese options are rdated to the specific printer and the connecting environment This group of options can be changed from the front panel only Refer to Changing the IPDS Twinax Serial and Printe Serial Optiong Group B T winax and IPD S options is used to modify the function of the basic emulation T hese options are rdated to the host system environment T his group of options can be changed from the front panel or loaded from the AXIS AFP MIO FLASH memory card Refer to C hanging the IPD S T winax Serial and Printer Serial O ptionsor Resetting to D dault O ption Values T he following T winax options are available for configuration Country Code Device Address Timeout If cassette linking is required usethe LO CK NONE option in the PCL PRINT MENU T hel PDS options change the way IPD S operates T hese options are not available on the BM 4028 AS1 or the BM 3816 printer T he following IPD S options are available for configuration Emulation Stacked Page C ounter Code
28. rd in the slot The software on the inserted FLASH memory card is identical to the original The AXIS AFP MIO is using the RAM to prepare pages for printing Error erasing the FLASH memory card Error programming the FLASH memory card The FLASH memory card is write protected AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 3 Front Panel O peration Printer Status Messages Refer to the User s manual of the specific H P printer for printer error or service messages A 80 SERVICE XX XX indicates that the AXIS AFP MIO hasa fatal error T ry to power off the printer wait for at least 3 seconds and then power on the printer again If the error reappears please remember the error code and refer to Appendix F C utomer Support AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 39 Section 3 Front Panel O peration 40 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix A T echnical Specifications Appendix A Technical Specifications Hardware Compatible Printers Printer M emory Reguirements 5250 Attachment P hysical Attachment H os PC Sharing A RISC based printer controller including a1 M byte PCM CIA Flash Card to beinstalled in the M odular I O accessory slot of the new genera tion of printers from H ewlett P ackard and an auto termination T cable assembly TheFLASH memory card contains software and the resident fonts HP Laserjet 4 4Si 4 4V and IIISi HP PaintJet XL300 HP DesignJet 600 and 650C HP Color L
29. ry SIM M modules used for the AXIS AFP MIO isthe same as for the printer it self Order the memory SIM M modules d your local H P dealer Media Sizes Whe using your H P printer as an AFP printer the following paper sizes are supported for the paper cassettes A4 210 x 297 mm Letter 8 5 x 11 inches Legal 8 5 x 14 inches Executive 7 25 x 10 5 inches A3 297 x 420 mm ANSI B size 11 x 17 inches TheH P printers have physical limitations i e the actual printable area is approx 4 mm inside the edges of the paper Fonts TheFLASH memory card contansa total of 67 resident fonts 32 IBM 4028 fonts and 35 IBM 3816 fonts T hefonts are functionally equivalent to the standard IBM 4028 AS1 and the IBM 3816 fonts Refer to Appendix B Resident F ontsfor a full listing of the resident fonts AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 11 Section 1 G eneral Information 12 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configuration Section 2 Installation and Configuration Contents of This Delivery TheAXIS AFP MIO interface package consists of these parts 1 x AXIS AFP MIO Twinax interface main board Part no 0055 2 1 x AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s M anua Part no 14362 1x 1M byte PCM CIA Flash Card Part no 14357 1 x Twinax D B9 Twinax T bar cable AFP MIO Part no 14382 Optional 1 x 3 5 floppy disk Part no 14356 T he disk contains a PC based software download program Optional 1x PC Hos
30. store the default option values Online Press the d n Line gt key to leave the configuration menu Important Changing the options will have no effect until the next Power on Printing a Printer Self Test Page Menu With the printer off line press the lt M enu gt key several times until TEST MENU is displayed Reset ia Press the dtem gt key and SELF TEST is displayed Continue Press the lt Enter gt function key to print the printer self test page 34 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 3 Front Panel O peration Load New Software via the RS 232C Interface T he software of AXIS AFP MIO interface can either be updated by replacing the original FLASH memory card with anew preloaded card or by loading the new software from a standard DOS PC using serial RS 232C communication The AXIS AFP MIO interface then erases and reprograms the original FLASH memory card T he software is distributed on a floppy disk containing two files R60 xxxx BIN T he binary compressed software file xxxx indicates the version AFPMLOAD EXE Load utility program Please use the following command to get information on how to usethe program A gt AFPMLOAD H Refer to Appendix D RS 232C Interface for pin assignment of the serial connector To load the new software to the AXIS AFP MIO interface Menu With the printer off line press the lt M enu gt key several times until MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU is displ
31. t D ownload Serial link cable Part no 14408 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 13 Section 2 Installation and Configuration Installation Important Caution N ote 14 To install the AXIS AFP MIO interface 1 aN OU A W T ry to take antistatic precautions If awristwrap isnot available then touch something grounded aradiator or aPC cabinet before handling the PCB board Power off the printer and unplug the power cord Failure to power off the printer before installation may permanently damage parts of the AXIS AFP MIO product or printer LocatetheM IO interface slot Remove the plate covering the slot or the current interface in the slot Install the AXIS AFP M10 interfacein the empty slot Secure the board using the screws Insert the FLASH memory card in the slot of the AXIS AFP MIO interface M akesurethat the printer hasthe desired D evice Address see page 32 before connecting to the AS 400 or S 3X Consult your system administrator Connect the communication cables T he autotermination T cable and the T winax cable and the power cord 10 P ower on the printer T he green indicator on the back panel will be lit if the connection with the host was succesful Y our printer isnow ready for AFP IPD S printing Cables are not included in the AXIS AFP MIO package they have to be ordered separately AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Section 2 Installation and Configu
32. tem Continue Item Continue OnLine Important With the printer off line press the M enu gt key several times until MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU is displayed Press the dtem gt key and CFG N O is displayed U se the lt gt or lt gt function key to select between IPDS Twinax Serial and Printer options Press the lt Enter gt key to select the desired option Press the dtem gt key to sdect the IPD S Twinax Serial or Printer option you want to change N ow you have the following possibilities to change the selected option T he lt gt key will get you the next valid value T he gt key will get you the previous valid value T he lt Enter gt key will store the displayed value An asterisk indicates that this value is now stored U se the dtem gt key to select the next option Use the following key to leave the configuration menu Press the lt O n Line gt key anytime you want to leave the configuration menu Changing the options will have no effect until the next Power on AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 33 Section 3 Front Panel O peration Resetting to Default Option Values Mena With the printer off line press the M enu gt key several times until MIO MENU or AUX IO MENU is displayed Reset Item Press the dtem gt key and CFG N O is displayed Continue Press the lt gt function key until C FG CARD DFLT is displayed Press the lt Enter gt function key to re
33. tions CFG SER OPT T he valid values for each option are listed and the default settings are indicated by a bullet Note Changes to any of the options described will only take effect at the next printer Power on Enable Serial Enable Serial oo ee ie se ee ek ee LOSER ENABLE Enables or disables the serial port Value Enable Serial MES RS 232C RS 422 input enabled eNO RS 232C RS 422 input disabled Timeout PUM GOUT ss itt Raritan nena niet ee ee cies S TIMEOUT T his option specifies for how long the AXIS AFP MIO interface will be waiting for more data on the serial port beforeit will change printer access Value Timeout 15s 15 seconds 20s 20 seconds 30s 30 seconds 45s 45 seconds 60s 60 seconds 90s 90 seconds 2min 2 minutes 3min 3 minutes 5min 5 minutes AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 27 Section 2 Installation and Configuration Baud Rate Baudrate ee ee ee ee an tse BAUD RATE Sets the baud rate for the serial port Value 300 600 1200 2400 4800 9600 19200 Protocol Protocol ee ee ee RR Ge Re ee ee ee Re ee ee Ee Baud Rate 300 baud 600 baud 1200 baud 2400 baud 4800 baud 9600 baud 19200 baud ME PROTOCOL Selects the handshake protocol Value e Robust Xon H W DTR Polarity DTR Polarity serere Protocol Robust handshake X on X off handshake Hardware handshake annn DTR POLARI Sets the DTR polarity for the srial port Value e
34. ts You can also down load on line manuals tools such as the Acrobat R eader for different platforms and the latest versions of the software utilities You can also get files and information through anonymous ftp log in to ftp axis se and go to the pub axis directory The Axis offices Europe M iddle East South America Africa Ausralia If you want to contact an Axis office choose the one nearest to your region Axis Communications AB Schedevagen 16 S 223 70 Lund Sweden Phone 46 46 19 18 00 Fax 46 46 13 61 30 Email info axis se AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 53 Appendix F How to contact Axis 54 North amp Central America Japan H ong Kong Ada except Japan amp M iddleE ast Axis Communications Inc 4 Constitution W ay Woburn MA 01801 1030 USA Phone 1 800 444 AXIS 617 938 1188 Fax 617 938 6161 Email info axisinc com Axis Communications KK 8th Center Plaza 5F 1 10 16 N ihombashi H oridome cho Chuo ku Tokyo 103 J apan Phone 8 13 3663 8801 Fax 8 13 3663 8802 Email info axiscom co jp Axis Communications LT D Room 602 Asian H ous 1 H ennessy Road Wanchai Hong Kong Phone 852 2836 0813 Fax 852 2573 5935 Email info axis com hk AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix G Related Publications Appendix G Related Publications For additional information please refer to the following publications Title IBM Intelligent Printer Data Stream Ref
35. xD Data Terminal Ready DTR Signal Ground SG Data Set Ready DSR Request To Send RTS Youn BU ND AFP MIO PC COM port 9 pin D sub 25 pin D sub FG 1 1 FG TxD 3 RxD RxD 2 TxD SG 5 SG DTR 4 DSR RTS CTS uUuRhONNW FE AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Direction In Out Out In not used O ut pulled high AFP MIO PC COM port 9 pin D sub 9 pin D sub TxD 3 _ 2 TxD RxD 2 3 RxD SG 5 5 SG DTR 4 gt 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 49 Appendix D RS 232C Interface 50 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix E IBM Cabling System Appendix E IBM Cabling System When using the AXIS AFP MIO on an IBM cabling system the twinax lines areterminated in the cross field In this case you will need a dummy twinax plug so that the auto termination T cable will not terminate T his plug is available from your local dealer distributor AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual 51 Appendix E IBM Cabling System 52 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Appendix F How to contact Axis Appendix F How to contact Axis If you need technical support please contact your dealer If they can t help you they will forward your request through the appropriate channels Internet and World Wide Web If you are connected to Internet havea look at the Axis WWW Home Page at http www axis se H ere you can find information about the company and our produc
36. yright Axis Communications AB 1995 AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual i About this manual G eneral Informati on Installation and Configuration Front Pand O perati on T hismanual will guide you through a simple step by step installation and setup procedure It is divided into three sections About the AXIS AFP MIO Printe Interface how it works where to use it and its main features H ow to install your AXIS AFP MIO into your printer and how to configure it in your AFP printing environment H ow to operate the H P printer s front pand when the AXIS AFP MIO is installed T he manual applies to theAXISAFP MIO with firmware release 1 00 and subsequent releases until otherwise notified Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual if you detect any inaccuracies or omissions pleaseinform us at the address on the back cover Axis Communications AB cannot be held responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior notice AXIS AFP MIO Twinax User s Manual Emission notices USA This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause interference to radio communica tions It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pur suant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules which are desi
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