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1. upper part of the forms rack For details refer to M304X Series Line Printer Operator s Guide Figure 2 6 shows the paper puller Figure 2 6 Paper puller 2 10 B02P 1500 0001A 05 Zed Forms Specification Continuous fanfold forms single copy or multiple copy amp Te used for the printers The forms must have pin feed holes evenly lined up on both sides and horizontal perforations that run perpendicular to the forms feed direction See Figure 2 7 Forms width Horizontal perforations Pin feed hole Vertical d perforations ae a 1 6 0 L o 0 0 o 0 0 o 0 0 Figure 2 7 Forms When selecting forms for this printer the user must conform to the following forms specifications 2 5 1 General note about forms This section describes paper quality and shape of the forms container 1 Paper quality paper used for forms should be of good quality opaque not too elastic and suitable for printing The paper must also be free from dirt wrinkles and tears Torn paper can cause printing trouble Curled forms es shown in Figure 2 8 will not be fed or stacked correctly after printing Do not use curled forms Perforations Figure 2 8 Curled forms BO2P 1500 0001A 05 2 11 2 Forms container If the forms catch on container lids when being fed feed errors may occur Therefore arrange the lids as shown in Figure 2 9 Allowable Unallowable Figure 2 9 For
2. The ESC code is used to switch the line spacing 6 LPI or 8 LPI from the host The host issues the ESC code before loading the FCB data The ESC code is required only if the line spacing must be switched The line spacing is specified in one byte after the ESC code as follows ESC X lB 6 X 36 Set to 6 LPI ESC X 1B 8 X 38 Set to 8 LPI ESC X IB 0 X 30 Reset to the line spacing specified on the operator panel The ESC code function can be disabled by setting on the operator panel Start code X 1D and stop code X 1E The start and stop codes are used to load the forms feed format in the FCB Within 300 ys after it receives the start code the printer sets the Busy signal to 0 enabling FCB data to be received For details on FCB data reception see Section 5 4 1 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 5 13 4 DC1 code X 11 and DC3 code X 13 When it receives the 201 code the printer goes online and can receive data from the host The DCl code is the only code receivable when th printer is in the busy state Busy signal s 1 In online mode the printer sets the Select signal to 1 and turns on the START STOP lamp on the operator panel When it receives the DC3 code the printer goes offiine deselect state In offline mode the printer sets the Select signal to 0 and turns off the START STOP lamp 5 DEL code X 7F When it recevies the DEL code the printer clears the PDB a
3. Reverse Channel Received Data Note For to and to QD see Table 6 3 Figure 6 4 Reverse Channel line protocol DTR Constant On mode 6 10 B02P 1500 00014 05 Ring Request to Send Clear to Send Transmitted Data Received Data Note For a to see Table 6 3 Figure 6 5 XON XOFF protocol Drop DIR in START STOP mode and Half duplex mode Ring Indicator 5 minal MSS Request to Send Transmitted Data Received Data Note For to H and see Table 6 3 Figure 6 6 XON XOFF protocol Drop DTR in START STOP mode and Full duplex mode BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 11 Data Terminal Ready Received Data Note For to m and Gr see Table 6 3 Figure 6 7 DTR line protocol Ring Indicator Data Terminal l errem Ready Request to Send Received Data Note For A to H see Table 6 3 Figure 6 8 RTS line protocol Drop DIR in START STOP mode 6 12 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 2 Interface cable A pair of shielded cables must be used as the interface cable The cable length must be 25 feet 7 5 m or less 3 Connector and pin assignment A 25 pin standard interface connector female type is used The connector cover is made of metal and is connected to the FG of the cabinet The interface connector cover is completely shielded Printer Shielded cable Plated interface connector Connecte
4. oa f x 410 i 700 i 340 6170 22 57 0347 1 550 157 17 0 Maintenance area for 113043 with powered stacker attached TT ae 5u0 3 3 ej wg Si 1 ze DEI M 16 1 27 6 an 1 450 157 19 Figure 2 4 Operation and maintenance areas with the powered stacker 2 8 802P 1500 0001A 05 2 Long line interface unit B02B 1500 0004A The long line interface unit can transmit and receive differential mode interface signals via signal lines which can be up to 150 m in length 3 FCT units B02B 1500 00024 0003A The FCT unit reads format control data from the FCT and sends the data to the printer Table 2 6 lists the FCT unit specifications Figure 2 5 shows the FCT unit Table 2 6 FCT unit specifications Item Specification Rated voltage 6 to 12 VBC Current 0 4 A maximum Tape speed 75 to 200 mm s Dimensions To be supplied Figure 2 5 FCT unit 4 Line counter B02B 1500 0001A The line counter counts up by one every time 100 lines are printed B02P 1500 00014 03 2 89 5 Paper puller B02B 1500 0061A 0062A The paper puller installed in the forms rack pulls printed forms to improve forms folding The paper puller is supplied only as a parts kit B028 1500 0061A or as an assembly BO2B 1500 0062A with a forms rack The paper puller is operated in the same way as the power stacker that is by using the panel installed at the
5. stream the TOF code is Start code Line i Channe TOF Line gt Line 5 Line 6 Vertical Tab Channel gt Line 10 Line 1 Vertical Tab Channel 4 Line 5 Line 56 Line 60 Line bl Channels 12 BOF Line 62 Line 63 Line 64 Line 65 Line 66 Line 67 Channel TOF Stop code Figure 5 10 Loading the data in the FCB B02P 1500 0001A 05 5 15 5 4 2 Loading from an FCT to the FCB he FCT is a looped paper tape with punched holes and sprocket holes for feeding There are 2 types of FCT amp channel and l2 channel The punched hole data is read by the FCT unit and loaded in the FCB The FCT is read automatically when the printer is turned on or when the RUN switch on the FCT unit is pressed in offline mode The RUN switch enables a new FCT to be read Because the FCT unit determines that channel 1 of the FCT is the start position the FCT unit reads punched hole dara starting from channel 1 to the next channel 1 detected and sends the read data as a forms feed format See Section 4 4 2 for the method for making an FCT 5 4 3 Format specification from the operator panel The number of lines per page is used to specify the page length from the operator panel Thus a page length specified with 6 LPI differs from that specified with 8 LPI even if the form is the same length The number of lines skipped to avoid printing on or too near a perforation can be specified from the oper
6. However the weight of each part should be that given in Table 2 8 according to the number of parts When forms ar too thick density fading between the top and bottom of each character will occur When forms are too thin they will be damaged and a feed defect will occur 4 Forms causing feed defects The following forms are likely to cause feed defects excluding those described before Multiple part forms with layers whose thickness or number varies by section such as shown in Figure 2 16 Image area Pa Glued portions Glued portions Figure 2 16 Multi part forms with layers of different thickness Multiple part forms with layers glued in the print area Printing should not be done on the glued portions Carbon paper which is covering pin feed holes of multiple part forms see Figure 2 17 Pin feed hole Carbon paper Figure 2 17 Carbon paper covering pin feed holes Self adhesive label form with labels whose all sides are cut see Figure 2 18 Such forms are likely to peel off The forms feed direction side of every label must be perforations to prevent peeling B02P 1500 00014 05 2 17 Forms feed direction relative humidity 30 to 70 humidity 30 to allowable Unallowable Figure 2 18 Self adhesiv label forms 2 5 4 Ambient conditions for forms The following are the ambient conditions in storage and usage 1 Storage Temperature should be with 10 C to 30 C and 2
7. Table 2 5 Powered stacker specifications Item Specifications Forms 76 2 tm 3 to 431 8 mm 17 available Length 177 8 mm 7 co 355 6 mm 14 for folding No of parts 1 to 5 6 only for carbonless paper Capacity 3000 sheets 1 part 17 lbs bond maximum or forms stacked 32 cm high Power consumption 60 V maximum powered stacker only 700 mm 27 56 width x 960 mm 37 80 height x 417 m 16 42 width Weight Powered stacker only 60 kg 133 bs M3040 to M3042 with powered stacker attached 2 0 kg 441 lbs M3043 with powered stacker attached 220 kg 485 1bs 2 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 700 990 27 56 m 1 M3040 u M3041 M3042 M3040 N F M3041 M3042 1050 41 34 M3043 M3043 SHENI Figure 2 3 Outer dimensions with the powered stacker The powered stacker can be operated using top of the stacker For switch panel Printer Operator s Guide switches on the switch panel at the operation refer to M304X Series Line BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Operation area for M3040 M3041 M3042 with powered stacker attached de __ 500 119 7 3900620 990 ary SER t i t f 300 700 340 11 8 137 6 13 47 1340 52 77 1 Operation area for M3043 with powered stacker attached 2250 88 4 127 6 1340 52 11 8 13 47 Ty Maintenance area for M3040 M3041 M3042 with powered stacker attached 2190 86 2
8. WSB WIF1 VIF8 VIF P PI Data stable 4 L Undefined BCLR Figure 4 4 Timing of signals in data transfer BO2P 1500 0001A 05 4 5 4 2 2 Physical specifications of interface signals The physical specifications of DPC compatible interface signals consist of electrical characteristics interface cable specifications and connector pin assignment specifications 1 Electrical characteristics Signal levels must be within the following ranges Low level 0 0 to 4 0 v High level 2 4 to 5 0 V Note The signal levels above are at the interface connector Incorrect signals may be sent in power on and power off The interface signal driver and receiver must be the same as those shown in Figure 4 5 Driver V 220 Printer 2 To user system SN7406 or equivalent Receiver 5V Printer From SN7414N or user system 4709 equivalent Figure 4 5 DPC compatible interface signal driver and receiver 2 Interface cable Twisted pair cables with a shield must be used for the interface cable The cable length must be 50 feet 15 m or less 4 6 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 3 Connectors and pin assignment Either an Amp type or Winchester type connector is available for the interface connector of the printer Figures 5 6 and 5 7 show Amp type and Winchester type connector pin assignment 00000000000000000 33 o0 000000000000000 18 00000000000 000000 Signal name Sig
9. lines contain control codes other areas contain character codes ASCII codes The table shows character codes for 8 bit mode In 7 bit mode character codes X 00 to X 7F can be used Character codes with an asterisk vary with the print band for each country as shown in the lower table Table 5 2 Character ASCII and control codes LLLI Control code area 0 lo 0 0i1010 9 1 PISO E 1 B 0 so 1 33 8010 0 11 5 11 0 E 1 817 7i io O O 5 GP O Cho 0 1 0 1 0 i 0 1 8 G A 5 C ib BE F BR ERE E dii EEE ERE EEE PO ou cg F2 REE Ea PERENE i i l X 60 i X 7B X 7C X 7D iR 7E q SPI EN nos IIE FR Ee e _ a 5 a Denmark Aid A lod se 64 1 Note Codes with an asterisk in the table above vary with the print band for each country as follows 802P 1500 00014 05 1 5 5 3 1 Character codes The ASCII code is used as standard the character code If the printer receives a character code not specified in the character code table or not included on the print band the code is changed to the space code X 20 or to a character code specified by setting and no character is printed If a character code from X AO to X FE is received in 7 bit mode the Data Bit 8 signal can be ignored regarded as 0 by setting and a character corresponding to each code from X 20 to X 7E is printed For the setting method refer to Operator s Guide When receiv
10. 1 Operation Quit Iste ce eas eot vb ex ea des a Die Beta E be d Wane wis 4 2 Interface Signals doa gon eg e e XO ea OX eene d 4 2 1 Interface Srgnal LINES Wadi RN UA re ee 4 2 2 Physical specifications of interface signals 4 3 Ch racker and Control Codes raten aaa 4 3 1 Character Codes sense ti E le a 4 3 2 Control 26006847 ues ae ss c 9 eee eX D ER hs ee a at RR RS 4 4 Format Control erosita niesi rekata naar len VIRA EU 4 4 1 Definition of the top of forms TOF and the bottom ob font BOR ou aee x S Shee ka yew E ER o NU e BOLSOS RAE OUR 4 4 2 Specification of a forms feed format es 4 4 3 Skip and Space commands Ces kenn Lei CHAPTER 5 CENTRONICS COMPATIBLE INTERFACE ooo 541 Operation Outline Sa anti Vv EE es gag gn Bid Interface Signals oa O quae ee en dasa ya re oa aes 5 2 1 Interface signal lines cece cece ee eee eee eee eee eens 5 212 Physical specifications of interface signals 553 Character and Control Codes iud a EEUU ae el Character 0068 ae ine kr ERU en 5 342 Control codeso wks ed 5 4 RS 5 4 1 Loading from the mainframe to the VFU e cece eects 5 4 2 Loading from an FCT to the VEU wee ccc cece cece eee eee eens 5 4 3 Format specification from the operator panel 5 5 VFU Commande TIT i a ne Ne aaea er ee ee or oe e he se rae e Gone are il LIRE Skip CODD me ean aed ae ICE CP SA 555 2 Skip to
11. 12 5112 7 12 9 12 or 11 12 inches FUSE fhe fuse was blown HMRCHK A hammer error occurred Hammer error Call a Fujitsu customer engineer FAX The fan inside rhe printer stopped Blower error FORM The forms are out Forms end STACKR me stacker is full of forms Stacker full JAM Forms jam occurred Forms jam RIBBON Ribbon jam occurred or no ribbon has not been set Error Ribbon error vet INTRLK The throat or band cover was opened Interlock IILKER me throat or band cover was opened during printing Error Interlock error The cop cover was opened Error ES F BAND The band speed is abnormal Lrror Band speed check SYNCH The control circuit lost band synchronous control Error Band sync error BAND When the band was operated it did nor rotate Error Band error A band error other than the above error occurred FCTERR FCT was nor correctly read FCT error Not top of forms Channel 1 was not in the Load FCB EVFU data NOCHNL The printer tried to execute the Skip to Channel n Channel selected command but the channel was not in the FCB but channel not loaded B02P 1500 00014 05 Table 6 6 Printer status continued Error Printer status Description Status NOCHNL The printer tried to execute the Skip to Channel n Channel selected command but FCB EVFU was not loaded but FCB Not loaded NOCHNL The printer tried to execute
12. 123 45 67 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Horizontal tab stop Y Y Data ABCDEFGHIJ K 09 L M N Printing ABCDEFGHIJ K L M N 6 16 8028 1500 0001 5 If horizontal tab data is loaded and there is no right tab stop of the current horizontal print position within the horizontal tab stops specified in the horizontal tab data this code is also converted to a space code X 20 Example 2 Column luz 374 5677 Bs a ig oo 2021222324 29 25 Horizontal tab stop Y Y Data ABC DE FG 8 1 acces ABC 09 DEF Printing ABC DEE GH Px 65 A B C DEF 4 LF X 0A code The LF code directs the printer to feed one line If the printer is receiving print data before receiving this code it prints the data then feeds one line Example Column 1234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Data ABCDEFG QA HI J K L M N QA 0 P QR Printing ABCDEFG H IJKLMN C P QO R If the setup L TERM is set to CR FF the printer does not return the horizontal print position to colum 1 However if the setup is set to PRTCMD the printer returns the position to column 1 after printing 5 VT X OB code When receiving the VT code the printer feeds forms up to the first channel line specified from the operator panel If the printer is receiving print data before receiving this code it prints the data then feeds forms This channel can be selected from channels 2 to 12 by setting For example if channel 2 is specif
13. 1500 0001A 05 4 3 Table 4 1 DPC compatible interface signal lines Positive logic continued Signal name f Direction Contents System Printer Write 5V Information Parity WIFP 0 Even parity signal for data from mainframe Odd parity is also available by setting This signal can be ignored by setting Write Check 5 2060 Z If a parity error occurs in WIF signals from the system this signal is logical 1 Paper Moving This signal is logical l when the paper moves Bottom of Form When che last line on a page is being printed this signal is logical 1 Top fo Form When the first line on a page is being printed this signal is logical 1 IDENT 0 This signal indicates the type of print band IDENT 1 IDENT 1 IDENT 0 0 0 Undefined 48 character set print band 1 1 0 1 64 character set print band 1 0 96 character set print bend Signal level 1 Active Signal level 0 False Negative logic is also available by setting except for Connect 1 2 signals These signals can always be set 0 by setting 4 4 8022 1500 0001 6 WMR Online The START STOP switch is pressed INN A code to A code to start printing start printing SIF8 De I oe 1 l Data transfer Data t transfer mc Forms feed operation operation operation Figure 4 3 Basic data transfer operation I Online Max 1 2 u
14. 4 11 is an example of the FCT and shows the relationship between a forms feed format and punched holes Channel number I 0 Perforation i hannel Channel 1 Channel 1 Top of fom N Channel3 t Channels 5 and 7 l 9 Es t m SANE i cane l See i 2 va pia Punched hole Channel3 0 Channell2 gt i A Cut here rx eee ra ny re ae Perforation o I Sprocketh 5 Figure 4 11 An example of FCT and forms feed format B02 1500 00014 05 4 17 4 18 There are 2 types of FCT 8 channel and 12 channel Figure 4 11 shows a 12 channel FCT where each FCT sprocket hole corresponds to each line of the form Punched holes called channels indicate special positions of the forms and are used for forms feed control by software This is the same as for 8 channel FCTs When a new forms feed format is used the old FCT must be replaced with one for the new forms feed format The FCT is read automatically when the printer is turned on or when the RUN switch on the FCT unit is pressed in offline mode The RUN switch enables a new FCT to be read Because the FCT unit determines that channel 1 of the FCT is the start position the FCT unit reads punched hole data starting from channel 1 to the next channel 1 detected The data from the FCT unit is sent tto the interface control IFC microprocessor Then the IFC microprogram loads
15. 5 DC3 code receive timing ees cese es Een er ea Figure 5 6 Skip 15 Lines command receive timing chart Figure 5 7 VFU data receive timing chart ccce ec e nex eres Figure 5 8 Centronics compatible interface signal driver receiver B02P 1500 00014 05 CO Co ho ho r2 FE c5 Fate pa pa pa pa coo 1 O0 O1 4 A 1 an UNE I Oot 600 Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure Figure vi DADO ve co Centronics compatible interface connector pin ASSTIONMENE irna camera Gy Ren Xaov ERR ee Be ek ER Loading the data in the VEU Se a RS 232 C interface circuit NA RS 232 C interface signal transmitter and receiver Reverse channel line protocol Drop DIR in START STOP mode sen Ys ae nets Reverse channel line protocol XON XOFF protocol Drop DT Half auplex Mode esce nen XON XOFF protocol Drop DI aoro ro ror n gon Full auplex mode DIR Constant On mode R in START STOP mode and IR in START STOP mode and RO Eo Eoo Eod dodo dog dog dodo dog dod dod do dodo do ro dog dog dg ong WO Fo doo Eod dodo dog dog dog dog dod dod dodo go do do dog dog dog DIR line protocol RTS line protocol Drop DTR in Interface cable connector RS 232 C interface connector pin ass ignment START STOP mode
16. 76 1 Figure 2 2 Operation em NIE i gt pod i i i i 5 i NS i Bie t f Soi N b es 1 J i 1 i LEER 8 13 39 14 96 1420 Se 155 91 and maintenance area with the forms rack BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Maintenance area for M3040 M3041 M3042 113 39 Table 2 4 Environmental conditions Condition M3042 M3043 M3040 M3041 Ambient Temperature range 5 Ct o 4O C 41 t o 104 F tions Maximum wet bulb 29 C 84 2 F temperature when Temperature range 20 C to 50 C 4 t o 122 F nor Temperature gradient 15 C h 27 F h or below ope rating Relative 10 to 90 RH Without condensation Maximum wet bulb 29 C 84 2 F I temperature Heat dissipation 64 character set 360 kcal h 440 kcal h 5 3 0 kcal980 kcal h 136 column printing I I I 7 m3 min 5 m min 2 4 Optional Unit This section gives specifications of printer optional units such as the powered stacker long line interface unit format control tape FCT unit line counter and paper puller 1 Powered stacker B02B 1500 00054 The powered stacker enables folding and stacking of forms Table 2 5 lists the powered stacker specifications Figure 2 3 and 2 4 show the outer dimensions and the operation and maintenance areas for printers with the powered stacker attached
17. AN Sata p IM data Strobe Br on ek me fo Acknowledge s to 500 us EE 9 m sormore As to 5 5 us 5 OE Ug jy 9 en Np Figure 5 2 Character code transfer timing Select Control code Data Bit 1 A Transferred V 8 2 l 7 data X Undefined ata Bit 8 Strobe Control code operation Ea Acknowledge PER A 1 ys or more B s or more E c 1 sor more E 2 5 ps to 5 5 ps H 3us The control code is the CR LF FF VT DEL BEL or ESC code Figure 5 3 Control code receive timing B02P 1500 0001A 05 5 5 DC1 code Data Bit 1 2 Data Bit 8 Strobe Busy Acknowledge Select Fault 1 As or more 1 us or more l us or more 10 us or more 2 5 us to 5 5 us 40 us or more TM O WI gt OH p mg oO y Note This is the timing chart for when the DCl code is received while the Select signal is 0 When the DCl code is received while the Select signal is 1 the Select signal is ignored Figure 5 4 DCl code receive timing chart 5 6 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Data Bit 1 tPF Undefined Data Bit 8 Z Transferred data Undefined y AAA 22000 CH Strobe Busy Acknowledge Select Fault 2 5 Us or more 1 A 2 5 B 100 us or less Note When receiving the DC3 code the printer goes offline and does not issue the Acknowledge signal Figure 5 5 DC3 code receive
18. B02P 1500 0001A 05 Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Tabl Tabl Tabl Tabl Tabl Table able o 00 0 0 Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table Table BOB BB BR BA BO DO po DO N DO co wow YD OB CQ P5 HM BO FC O00 000 DAOF TABLES Perforation dimensions Recommended bond weight of forms DPC compatible interface signal lines Positive logic Skip commands Centronics compatible interface signal lines Character ASCII and control codes eee eee eee ee eee eee MS LENS SKIP COMMAAAS 55v a jene Skip to Channel n Commands Hals da Mec ae N RS 232 C interface signal lines lees Operation by the RTS and CTS combination ees Printer statuses rast ra a ed rs ear aceti re do a E Character ASCII and control codes eens Commands and their control sequences eee Printer Status xs x RUE ow dh ook ren a E CR a re a ES B02P 1500 00014 05 Printer specifications esses AE GI RS IUE O Ribbon spectfications toda veux e Rn Y rue e Se Electrical specifications WD eee cece eee eee ee eee eee eee eee Environmental EOHILETONS nase Br Ir BR DE wie ss Powered stacker specifications ede eee eee eee eee eee e PCT unit specifications ers ovate a EAUX RH EAS ERES Ch
19. E FARSER asl ee ee mE REISE ES SOE EMEND REESE eee ss ER NEE EEE ER x 25 m4 REC 5 5 DU D TL HEC E LC Ip bep PBETHHSERG BO2P 1500 0001A 05 4 9 4 3 1 Character codes The ASCII code is used as the standard character code If the printer receives a character code not specified in the character code table or not included on the print band the code is changed to the space cod X 20 and no character is printed for the code If a character code from X AO to X FE is received in 7 bit mode the WIF8 signal can be ignored regarded as Q by setting and a character corresponding to each code from X 20 to X 7E is printed For the setting method refer to Operator s Guide When receiving character codes the printer sequentially loads them in its internal buffer IBF Characters corresponding to the loaded character codes are printed after a control code is received The IBF is cleared after printing The character code received next is for colum 1 4 3 2 Control codes The line feed LF form feed FF and carriage return CR codes are control codes indicated in the area enclosed with a boldfaced line in Table 4 2 The printer starts an operation such as printing and forms feed when the control code is received 1 LF code X 04 When receiving the LF code the printer starts printing characters corresponding to the received character codes from colum 1 Aft
20. FCT 2 20 B02P 1500 00014 05 CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION The printer consists of the mechanical unit control unit forms rack rear door and cabinet The top cover and front door are included in the cabinet The operator panel control circuit board and power supply are included in the control unit Figure 3 1 shows their locations Forms rack Top cover Mechanical unit Rear door Operator panel Power suppiy Control circuit Front door board Figure 3 1 Printer configuration 8028 1500 0001 3 Sed Sl Mechanical Unit The mechanical unit consists of the following Base unit includes the print band drive section Print unit Forms feed unit Ribbon unit 1 Base unit The base unit is fixed to the cabinet frame A platen a print band drive motor a pair of band pulleys and a variable reluctance transducer for detecting each type location are in the base unit The print band drive section has a simplified structure for easy print band replacement by the operator Print unit The print unit is attached to the base unit and consists of four hammer magnet assemblies and a print unit frame The print unit can slide horizontally to the base unit by using a lever on the base unit to make the forms path wider so that an operator can easily load forms The hammer magnet assemblies consist of magnet assemblies and hammer assemblies with hammers for 136 print positions To improve print qu
21. Usage Temperature should be within 10 C to 30 C and relative 70 If the conditions where it is stored and used ar the paper for more than 48 hours in the environment where before using it 2 5 5 Purchase order for forms When ordering forms specify the following items Forms dimensions The number of parts Bond weight of each part Perforation position Perforation dimensions tie and cut for horizontal and Carbon paper position If carbon paper is used Carbon backed position If carbon backed paper is used Fastening method for multiple part forms Color of each part Type of carbon paper If carbon paper is used Carbon color If carbon paper or carbon backed paper is Copy color If carbonless copy paper is used Preprint on forms For more detailed specifications specify as required When forms prepare a sample in advance and test it Order after will work different keep it will be used vertical ones used specifying special confirming that it 2 6 Format Control Tape FCT The 8 and 12 channel format control tapes FCT are used for loading vertical format control data into the forms control buffer FCB of the printer using the FCT unit FCTs must conform to the following FCT specifications 2 6 1 Medium quality Medium used for the FCT should be Total thickness 0 100 to 0 110 mm 0 0039 to 0 0043 Light transmittance 5 or less The FCT made up of a polyester resin film and pa
22. been loaded the TOF is the line to which channel 1 is first specified in the FCB data When the FCB data has not been loaded or when channel 1 is not contained in the FCB data the TOF is the first line on the page BO2P 1500 0001A 05 4 11 2 BOF The BOF is defined as follows When the FCB data has been loaded the BOF is the line to which the BOF channel is first specified in the FCB or FCT The BOF channel can be specified with any channel number at the operator panel For the channel specification method refer to Operator s Guide When the FCB data has not been loaded or when the BOF channel is not contained in the FCB the BOF is the last line on the form page without the skip over perforation specification That is if the number of lines skipped to the perforation is specified using the skip over perforation feature the BOF is the last line not skipped For the setting method of the skip over perforation feature refer to Operator s Guide 4 4 2 Specification of a forms feed format The forms feed information must be loaded into the FCB before forms feed except when a control code LF code or CR code is specified The FCB data is loaded from the mainframe via the I O interface or from the optional FCT unit The loaded FCB data is used for forms feed control by the FF code or by the Skip command transferred after print data Form page length and line spacing 6 8 LPI are set at the operator panel For the
23. channel l is specified however the printer prints received data and feeds forms up to the TOF line B02P 1500 0001A 05 6 3 5 A channel other than channels 1 to 12 is specified Parameters are not defined Under the conditions above the printer regards the control sequence as invalid and prints received data and feeds one line Move Horizontal Position command The Move Horizontal Position command moves the horizontal print position according to the following calculation The horizontal print position column count specified in the parameter The parameter is defined as follows X 31 1 column X 31 30 30 m 100 columns X 32 2 columns X 33 3 columns X 31 31 34 134 columns X 31 31 35 135 columns X 39 9 columns X 31 31 36 136 columns X 31 30 10 columns X 31 31 1 1 columns X 39 39 99 columns Example 1 Column 1234561 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Data ABCDEF 9B 31 3061 GH I OA BRAD GERNE n patet LF code Printing ABCDEF G H If the value obtained by adding the value specified in the parameter to the horizontal print position exceeds the right margin value the printer performs one of the following operations a If the New Line on Right Margin function is set The printer performs the New Line on Right Margin function to print data and feed one line and sets the f
24. channels specified for a forms feed format Table 4 4 lists the FCB data It is assumed that the BOF is set to channel 12 in the printer 4 14 B02P 1500 0001A 05 Perforation Line 4 TOF ch 1 Line 7 ch 5 Line 1 1 ch 4 ch 10 Line 2 1 ch 6 66 lines Line 42 ch 10 Line 51 ch 1I ch 8 Line 60 BOF ch 12 Perforation Run a a ey ye pam ness Figure 4 10 Channels specified for a forms feed format B02P 1500 00014 05 4 15 Table 4 4 VFU data example Data Data Line Channel l sequence hex 12 11 10 9 3 211 1 i 4 i i pT i 6 LPI start code Ez 00 i SIBI D bus P Data meaning l4 10 7 o o Channel 5 15 o 16 21 00 8 10 D g 22 04 1 o o Channels 10 and 4 23 08 25 41 00 12 20 NERDS E o Channel 6 43 00 o Channel 7 o aa IIIIII 84 00 42 0 Channel 10 85 08 86 101 00 43 50 102 00 BRUN Channels 11 and 8 mcus m fas BOF Channel 12 134 6F Stop code 4 16 BO2P 1500 O001A 05 2 Format specification by format control tape FCT The FCT is a looped paper tape with punched holes and sprocket holes for feeding The punched hole data is read by the FCT unit and sent to the printer to notify it of a forms feed format Figure
25. layers 27 3 Tie dimension 4 0 7 mm 0 0276 to 3 0 mm 0 1181 about 1 2 about 1 3 about 1 2 about 1 3 and 5 Cur dimension 80015 3 4 1 8 mp 0 0787 9to0 i1 mm 0d co Use weak or medium perforations shown in Table 2 7 The dimensions of horizontal perforation should be 2 mm 0 0787 or less If the dimensions of horizontal perforations exceed 2 mm the portion sticking out h in Figure 2 13 at the cutting edge becomes large and feed error or forms damage may occur If separation at the perforations fold between each part is too great the forms may be damaged or ink stain may result The raised part at the fold H in Figure 2 13 must be 2 mm or less with the bottom layer kept flat by force Figure 2 13 shows the protrusion and separation of the outer layer at the perforation of multiple part forms Dimension Pull Pull o H 9 Perfora N o tion 3 Expended cross Perforations sectional view of A A Figure 2 13 Protrusion and separation of the outer layer at the perforation of multiple part forms 2 14 B02P 1500 0001A 05 2 5 3 Multiple part forms This printer utilizes up to 6 part forms Interleaved carbon paper utilizes 6 part forms and is not included in the number of parts Forms with interleaved carbon paper carbon backed forms and forms using carbonless copy paper are available as multiple part forms Each part of multiple part forms must
26. line is a frame ground line between the host and printer If this signal is set to be effective the DIR is set 0 when this signal is 0 This signal is set to 0 for 0 5 to 0 7 sec and after the DIR and DSR are set to 0 successively this signal is kept at 1 If the DSR is not used this signal is kept at 1 after the DTR is set to 0 If an error or operator intervention request does not occur in the printer the printer turns on When transmitting data to the printer the host sets this signal on 0 The host keeps this signal at 0 during data transmission If this signal is 1 the printer ignores data on the RD line Data on the RD line can be alidaced by setting whether this signal is 0 ot Le This signal is Set to 0 when the local loopback test is performed The printer performs this test when the host responds by setting this signal on 0 The priner always keeps this signal at 0 during this test Table 6 1 RS 232 C interface signal lines Continued Signal Signal name level Direction Functions 1 0 Systen Printer I Test Mode 3 3 f the host detects that the LL signal is on and TM the local loopback rest is executable it sets this signal on 0 f the host turns this signal on in response to the LL signal being an the host does not set this signal off 1 until the LL signal is Set to 1 f this signal is not set to 0 within 2 sec after the printer sets the IL on 0 the p
27. satisfied for the printer Power has come on and all voltage levels are normal The print unit is closed The end of forms is not detected Initialization process has been completed The hammer drive system is normal An error is nor detected This signal enables information to be transmitted with the system connected to the printer and goes high when the following conditions are satisfied Write machine Ready WMR is 1 The START STOP switch is pressed Ihe print band is rotating nomally A synchronizing signal for data transferred from the system and is high when data from the system can be accepted This is a strobe signal for Write Information to the printer The printer resets its Data Request signal when the leading edge of this strobe signal is received This is the input data from the system For ASCII 71 bit codes WIF8 can be ignored by setting The data for one line stored in the buffer of the printer is cleared by this signal This signal is used for confirming the connection of the interface connector When the interface connector is connected the Connect 1 and Connect 2 lines are connected This signal is high when forms control is performed by the system When this signal is logical 1 the input data on the WIF lines is stored in the FCB This signal is checked by the printer at the timing of the Write Strobe signal in the same way as WIFL to WIFE For derails see Section 4 4 2 BO2P
28. shown in Table 4 5 the printer IFC microprogram determines that the data indicates a Skip command The relationship between Skip command data and specified channel numbers is shown in Table 4 5 B02P 1500 0001A 05 4 19 Table 4 5 Skip commands WIF da ta i He 87654321 Xe 02 03 5 Specified channel XXX00010 Channel 3 XXX00100 Channel 4 XXX00101 0 Channel 5 06 Channel 6 Channel Channel 8 Channel 10 xxx01010 Channel 11 xxx01011 channel 12 Xx xx d 14070 xxx 149 Error no specified channel xxx0 1110 l see 36 017 11 d TL x Do not care After the printer receives a Skip command and prints all characters in the PDB the printer feeds forms up to the line with the specified channel number If the Skip command is received before the 132nd or 136th character code the remaining characters are treated as spaces If the Skip command is received without character codes the printer does not print it only fees forms If there are several channels with the same channel number in the FCB after printing the printer feeds forms up to the nearest line with the specified channel number Therefore if the forms are positioned at the line with the specified channel the printer feeds form up to the next line that has the same channel number specified Even though signals WIF6 to WIF8 are ignored if the WIF data is X 6C X 6D or X 6E the start code for FCB loading the d
29. the data into the FCB in the internal buffer Make an FCT as follows 1 Punch a hole at the first colum on the center line of the first sprocket hole channel 1 as the top of form as shown in Figure 4 11 or subsequent lines punch holes according to the forms feed format ote that colums 1 to 12 1 to 8 for an a channel FCT correspond to hannels 1 to 12 1 to 8 for an 8 channel FCT For example punch a O O D gt Q le at the third column on the center line of the fourth sprocket hole when channel 3 is specified for the fourth line in the forms feed format For more examples punch holes at the fifth and seventh columns on the center line of the eighth sprocket hole when channels 5 and 7 are specified for the eighth line in the forms feed format Figure 4 11 shows these examples 3 Punch a hole at the first column channel 1 on the sprocket hole center line corresponding to the last line of the print form and cut the FCT there 4 Align the center lines of the first sprocket hole A in Figure 4 11 and the last sprocket hole A in Figure 4 11 of the FCT glue these ends together and confirm that no punched holes are covered Notes 1 Because channel 1 is defined as the BOF there must be one hole which indicates channel 1 per print form 2 The FCT should not exceed 255 lines 3 An FCT must be longer than 10 inches so that the FCT can be installed in the FCT unit When the form length i
30. to 0 with the following riming No error occured and The START STOP switch was pressed This signal is set to 1 with the following timing An error occurred in the printer or The START STOP switch was pressed Notes 1 Printer start state means that the printer is printing data received from the host or is ready to print it is not actually printing if the interface buffer is empty 2 When the DTR protocol is used this signal does not operate as described above For details see Section 6 4 3 Table 6 1 RS 232 C interface signal lines Continued Signal Signal name level Direction en her Reverse 3 157 channel SCA SRS Received Line 3v 3v Signal Decector RLSD Local 3v 3 V Loopback LL 6 6 8022 1500 0001 5 Ring 3 V 3v Indicator 34 i 3V RT Functions f the Reverse Channel line protocol is not selected by setting at the operator panel this signal stays at 1 If selected the signal state is as follows This signal is set to 0 when DIR is 0 or the interface buffer is empty or almost empty threshold is ser at the operator panel This signal is set to 1 when the interface buffer is almost full threshold is set at the operator panel or before DIR is set to 1 The time from when this signal is set to 1 to when it is set to 0 is more than 200 ms The active polarity of this signal can be set This line is a signal ground line between the host and printer This
31. 00 2930 T137A UK ASCII 64 char B300 2930 T603A UK ASCII 64 char OCR B B300 2930 T607A UK ASCII 64 char I font B300 2930 T138A K ASCII 8300 2930 T601A K ASCII B300 2930 T608A K ASCII B300 2930 T123A char B300 2930 T619A char OCR B B300 2930 T641A German ASCII 64 char OCR A B300 2930 T124A German ASCII 96 char B300 2930 T614A German ASCII 96 char Pica 10 B300 2930 T620A German ASCII 96 char OCR B 8300 2930 T215A French ASCII 64 char B300 2930 T216A French ASCII 96 char 8300 2930 T127A Swedish ASCII 64 char B300 2930 T617A Swedish ASCII 64 char OCR B B300 2930 T128A Swedish ASCII 96 char B300 2930 T618A Swedish ASCII 96 char OCR B B300 2930 T129A Danish ASCII 64 char B300 2930 T130A Danish ASCII 96 char 7 2 Standard Character Sets US ASCII 64 char Specification No 8300 2930 1112 Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0112A 1 2 B02P 1500 00014 05 US ASCII 64 char Specification No OCR B B300 2930 T604A Reference type catalog No 8301 2930 0604 US ASCII 64 char Specification No I font B300 2930 T605A Reference type catalog No B300U 2930 0605A US ASCII 64 char Specification No Pica 10 B300 2930 T609A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0609A 0 gt 8916 8 7 7 56 5 C BEL 4 3 lt ZZEI FILE I 0 7 40 US ASCII 64 char Specification No 50 60 64 U GT SNMRILQ KPZJOPIQN OCR A B300 2930 T637A R
32. 01A 05 Table 5 1 Centronics compatible interface signal lines Signal name Contents Data Bit 1 to These signals are data character code FCB data Data Bit 8 control code input from the lost to the printer DB1 DB8 DB8 is used when the 128 character set print band is used For ASCH i bit codes DB8 can be ignored Data Strobe This signal is a synchronizing clock for reading DBI DB8 input to the printer The data is read at the rising edge of this signal Input Prime This signal initializes the printer When it receives this signal the printer clears the FCB PDB and control functions and goes offline After clear TOF is the first line and BOF is the last line When this signal is received during printing or forms feed the settings are cleared after the operation When this signal is 1 the printer is not ready to receive data This signal is issued in one of the following cases During printing During forms feed During offline state including the TEST and SET UP modes When the printer is inoperable fault state When the printer responds to a control code except the 201 code When the printer responds to each VFU data byte following to the start code X 1D Acknowledge This signal is sent to the mainframe when the printer can receive data This signal is used to nhibit sending signal by the host until the printer operation such 48 loading the received code This signal is sent with a 2 5 to 5 5 us widt
33. 25A 3300 2930 T126A 8300 2930 T127A 8300 2930 T128A B300 2930 T129A B300 2930 T130A B300 2930 T601A 8300 2930 T602A 8300 2930 1603A B300 2930 T604A Print band B300 2930 T605A Print band Print band Print band Print band Print band Print band Print band Print band Print band Print band Print band 8300 2930 T606A B300 2930 T607A B300 2930 T608A B300 2930 T609A B300 2930 T610A B300 2930 T614A B300 2930 T617A B300 2930 T618A B300 2930 T619A B300 2930 T637A 8300 2930 T641A B300 2930 0110A B300 2930 0111A B300 2930 0112A B300 2930 0113A 8300 2930 0137A B300 2930 0138A 8300 2930 0123A B300 2930 0124A B300 2930 0125A B300 2930 0126A B300 2930 0127A B300 2930 0128A B300 2930 0129A B300 2930 0130A 8300 2930 0601A B300 2930 06024 8300 2930 0603A 8300 2930 0604A 8300 2930 0605 amp B300 2930 0606A B300 2930 0607A 8300 2930 0608A B300 2930 0609A B300 2930 0610A B300 2930 0614A B300 2930 0617A 8300 2930 0618A 8300 2930 0619A B300 2930 0637A B300 2930 0641A BO2P 1500 0001A 06 64 characters 128 characters 64 characters 96 characters UK 64 characters UK 96 characters German 64 characters German 96 characters France 64 characters France 96 characters Sweden 64 characters Sweden 96 characters Denmark 64 characters Denmark 96 characters OCR B OCR B OCX B OCR B I font UK 96 characters UK 96 characters UK 64 characters UK 64 characters UK 64 character
34. 33 TEL 1 416 6734666 FAX 416 673 8677 FUJITSU HONG KONG LIMITED TLX 968132 R M 1831 Sun Hung Kai Came 30 Harbour Road HONG KONG TEL 852 5 8915780 FUJITSU EUROPE LIMITED FAX 8 742917 Roval Trust House 54 Jermyn Street London S W 1 ENGLAND TLX 62667 TEL W 1 408 0043 FAX 1 29 9826 TLX 263871 FUJITSU OEUTSCHLAND GmbH Rosenheimerstra e 145 D 8000 M nchen 80 F R GERMANY TEL 49 89 413010 FAX 8941301100 TLX 5213994 ii B02P 1500 0001A 06 CHAPTER 1 Ll Introduction CHAPTER 2 SPECIFICATIONS INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Deal Printer Sp cifications aaa ar Os ee a a a EE 2 2 Ribbon Specrflcablons rare ved eb nein ae ated su 2 3 Installation CONGLELONS en sve en a RG 2 4 Qptional Unit ee an RR eR oe ate a ER ease Denn 2 8 Forms SPECIE CALTON uaren areh Dur naar ont nase a nn nh deh ocean oe 29 1 G n ral note about forms rien 6G nei Ds Died DONC TOES M s ctp Vd ve erroe vts stt eM Sie peter Uter etu pM e eee Rte 2 0 53 Multiple part POLS a N ng 2 5 4 2 P rch se order for Toms wks RE 2 6 Format Control Tape ECT naeh 2 6 1 Medium quality hen a a re ea a and ae aes 235012 DL CHAPTER 3 CONETGURA TON as a ee lee Riek Sa Goa tee Jal Mechanical UME ns EI ai elle 3 2 Control JU NnLE em Re Re ERR RE ee ha che CHAPTER 4 DPC COMPATIBLE TNIERFACH 24353 94763 639 3 9 REA ensure 4
35. At that time the printer feeds forms determining that the H byte not received data of channel 7 to 12 for the last line is X 00 and that the total number of lines on a form page is n lines If n is 1 an error occurs because there must be 2 or more lines on a page If n is greater than 255 that is more than 255 lines are specified for a page an error occurs and data from the 256th line and after is lost because the FCB holds only 255 lines The printer feeds forms for a maximum of a 255 line page storing up to L which corresponds to 255 255 line 255 in the FCB The stop code is required because the printer continues FCB data loading until it receives this code FCB data must be loaded after character codes of a previous line are received printed and cleared because character codes are destroyed and data is loaded into the FCB incorrectly if the printer has unprinted character codes in the PDB before the FCB load start code Line must be set to the print line of the printer before or immediately after FCB data loading because the FCB address counter is reset to 1 after FCB data is received that is the printer treats line 1 as the print line after FCB data is loaded If the printer receives start codes other than X 6C X 6D and X 6E it feeds forms as though it had received a Skip or Space command Example of FCB data Line spacing 6 lines inch Form length 66 lines Figure 4 10 shows the
36. Channel commands eek mem ann aie ete nern BO2P 1500 0001A 05 ewN HH Co TS B MME wwr ES pp E 5 WWW oo Du onner J o J N 44 1 fF Boc 111 CHAPTER 6 RS 232 C INTEREACE aus le Han 6 1 Qu A Operation SOUL bf ec caries sete e vaut bes sim iba ere ae hares Pas Su 6 2 Interface Signals users tace hese ot Dh SACRE GURE EG Eg Eu 3 a 6 4 6 2 1 Interface Signal lines lxv esit ei EA REA ENS 6 4 6 2 2 Physical specifications of interface signals 6 8 6 3 Character and Control COd68 ves vue MIR Wa IC na OS EN 6 14 6 3 1 Character Od keller UR ERIS D Oe eR UR EARS CORR 6 16 6 3 2 Control 300068 wis Pr E WWE DEIRA 6 16 6 1 Message Pr tsesle Ligas Rec EOE TETEE YA 6 19 6 4 1 XON XOFF Protocol anne in nei en i 6 19 6 4 2 Reverse Channel line protocol sve pow eene enixe Uo Sane Ie RR eos 6 19 6 4 3 DIR lunes 3O0f0EOGOl ea E PRI CE caca zt 6 20 6 4 4 RIS ues VDPGbSCQU aaa Se eR IR rn sd Reed a Sd beds ded 6 m 20 6 5 CO 6 21 6 6 IE 6 28 CHAPTER 7 PRINT BAND SPECIFICATIONS oe T 7 1 Standards Print Band BISE unse nee heces MMC RR dn DEN dnce 1 2 Standard Character Sets ie eR na m RR EU ERR RU 0 10 Tue Catal g e
37. FAG an I imi 7 i ABCDEEGHIUKE MNOPARSTUVUX YZ1234567890 12 4 gt lt 8 237495 27 8 55 KOU BO2P 1500 0001A 05 ABODEFGHIJKL B30U 2930 0620A ABCDEFGHIJKE MNOPARSTUVW 71234567890 yz 7C 3 0 17 325527228225 585535 1 M ABCDEEFGHIJKE MNOPQRSTUVWX 121234567890 SettCVSarx lt e 1 Pa TAREE RRA 226 abedefghijkt mhoparstuvwx 22508825 Swedis band specification B300 2930 T127A 63 characters B300 2930 T128A 94 characters i 5 1 M no TE N 1 ae v L i 71234567890 THERESA LAA BELQRET RT at fat tor 6 abedefghijkt mhopqrstuvwx 72868800 B02 1500 00014 05 ABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUVWX Note Following characters are provided only for B300 2930 T130A abcdefghijkt nnopaqrst vux 02888368 CHAPTER 8 SPECIFICATION LIST This chapter shows specifications of print bands supplies BO2P 1500 0001A 06 options and expendable 8 1 Print Bands Specification Description With case tem Remarks Band only 30 Print band B300 2930 T110A int band Print band t band int band t band t band t band int band t band t band int band band band band band band band Print Print Print Print Print 8300 2930 T111A B300 2930 T112A B300 2930 T113A 8300 2930 T137A B300 2930 T138A B300 2930 T123A 8300 2930 T124A 8300 2930 T1
38. M304X SERIES LINE PRINTER OEM MANUAL FUJITSU LIMITED cations and Electronics ms Japan REVISION RECORD 03 NU Retyped and description Of RS 232 C interface and options added 04 Aug 1985 Pager 4 40 9 6 added Pager 4 3 4 28 4 31 4 39 4 41 442 4 45 4 49 6 7 6 8 6 15 9 5 modified un 1986 Chapters 4 to 9 pages 2 2 2 3 2 5 to 2 8 2 10 to 2 20 reused Pager 2 39ml4 Chapter revised Chapter 9 deleted Specification No BO2P 1500 0001A The contents of this manual is subject to change without prior notice All Rights Reserved Copyright 1983 1986 FUJITSU LIMITED BO2P 1500 0001A 06 Comments concerning this manual to one of the following addresses FUJITSU LIMITED FUJITSU NORDIC A8 international Marketing Industrigatan 2A Plan 7 112 46 Stockholm SWEDEN Marunouchi I s 1 Chiyoda ku Tokyo 100 JAPAN TEL 8 231125 TEL 03216 3211 FAX 8 106865 FAX 032 213 7174 03 216 9353 TLX 1341 TLX 22833 Cable FUJITSU LIMITED TOKYO FUJITSU ITALIA S p A V a Lazzaroni 4 20124 Milano ITALY FUJITSU AMERICA INC TEL 39 2 607 3601 3055 Orchard Drive San Jose California 951342017 U S A FAX 2 688 6637 TEL 408 9468777 TLX 350142 FAX 408 945 1318 TLX 230 176207 FUJITSU AUSTRALIA LIMITED TWX 910 338 2193 4 McLaren Street North Sydney N S W 2060 AUSTRALIA TEL 61 2 95943555 FUJITSU CANADA INC FAX 2 922 2653 6260 Northwest Drive Mississauga Toronto Ontario CANADA TLX 252
39. ality rotary type hammers are employed Hammer magnet coils are arranged with sufficient space around them to ensure hammer unit compactness Forms feed unit The forms feed unit is fixed to the print unit frame A pair of forms tractors with a lever for adjusting their horizontal position forms tractor drive mechanism and a stepper motor to drive the unit are in the forms feed unit The ADVANCE FORMS knob for adjusting the vertical forms position and the SHIFT FORMS knob for adjusting horizontal forms position are also provided Ribbon unit The ribbon unit is fixed to the base unit It consists of ribbon feed rollers a ribbon feed motor a ribbon feed sensor ribbon guides and a ribbon container B02P 1500 00014 03 3 2 Control Unit The control unit consists of the following see Figure 3 2 Control circuit operator panel Hammer magnet driver with the register unit only for M3043 1 2 3 4 Power supply Control circuit The control circuit is on one PC board and is installed in the maintenance section which can be accessed by opening the forms rack at the rear of the printer The control circuit uses 2 microprocessors one for interface control and the other for printer control The LSI for print control reduces the number of parts and improves reliability Operator panel The operator panel is located at the upper front of the printer Control switches and indicator la
40. ands Data Bit signal 81654321 xxx0 0001 Hex Number of lines fed xxx00 101 05 Channel 5 xxx0 1000 08 Channel 8 xxx0 1001 09 Channel 9 xxx0 1010 on Channel xxxv 1 30 1 Undefined An error occurs xxx0 1 1 1 1 If an undefined command or a channel No no loaded in the FCB is specified the printer enters the fault state and displays error information on its STATUS indicator 0106 353 8472905 5 18 802 1500 00014 05 CHAPTER 6 RS 232 C INTERFACE This chapter describes the RS 232 C interface used for the 1 0 interface connected to the M304x series line printer printer The printer conforms with the EIA RS 232 C interface logical level and has various functions 6 1 Operation Outline The basic printer functions are as follows Feeds forms according to Line Feed LF Carriage Return CR Forms Feed FF and Vertical Tab VI codes Downloads the forms control buffer FCB data from the host sent with the Load FCB Data command Feeds forms as specified by the Space n Line command or the Skip to Channel n command The printer receives serial data transmitted from the host assembles it in to I bit or 8 bit data checks for even odd or no parity and writes the data in the 2K byte interface buffer The interface buffer state is transmitted to the host by using the Reverse Channel signal SCA or SRS or the XON XOFF code Asynchronou
41. ap horizontal perforations If crimps overlap horizontal perforations the forms will tear at the perforation Crimps should not project through the bottom sheet If layers of multiple part forms are not properly fastened the layers ar likely to peel apart causing feed defects B02P 1500 00014 05 2 15 2 Misalignment of paper Misalignment between layers should be within the range shown in Figure 24155 A 0 5 mm 0 0197 or less 2 0 5 m or less A Misalignment of pin feed holes C 0 5 mm or less B Misalignment of edges Misalignment of horizontal perforations D Misalignment of vertical perforations D 1 0 mm or less a B 1 0 mm 0 0394 or less Figure 2 15 Allowable incorrect alignment of multiple part forms 3 Thickness of parts Thickness of parts should be uniform Thickness deviation in the print area must be within 0 076 mm 0 003 Maximum total thickness of forms including edges is 0 6 mm 0 0236 Table 2 8 indicates recommended bond weight of each layer according to forms type Table 2 8 Recommended bond weight of forms Bond weight pound bond Forms type 5 Recommended Minimum Maximum Single part forms Forms with inter leaved carbon paper ee 3 4 and 5 Carbon backed zii Forms using carbonless copy paper 2 16 B02P 1500 0001A 05 When multiple part forms are used the forms can have different weights of parts layers
42. aracter ASCII and control codes eee rene Definition of The start Gode meer eed had e eles VEU data example a pe Space commands 15 line feed mode s s Space commands 63 line feed mode esis WW N mr as 13 16 20 21 21 21 28 vii CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 Introduction The M304x series M3040 M3041 M3042 and M3043 is Fujitsu s latest introduction of highly cost effective line printers using a print band and designed for OEM applications The printing speeds of M304x series models ar 390 750 1090 and 1420 ipm for a 48 character set and 300 600 900 and 1200 ipm for a 64 character set respectively The M304x series provides the following features Superb Print quality Improved print hammers assure excellent print quality on up to six part forms High Reliability By using simplified mechanical design reduced adjustment requirements and self diagnosis function high reliability is consistently guaranteed compactness Since the mechanical unit is divided into modules and control unit is controlled by microprocessors operability has be improved and printer Size has been reduced resulting in compact installation space Commonality Almost all mechanical and electric components are used in common in all M304x series models minimizing parts inventory and reducing maintenance training costs Low So
43. ata is treated as an instruction to start FCB loading Thus WIF6 to WIF8 must be 0 however 4 20 B02P 1500 00014 05 WIF8 is ignored in 7 bit mode WIF5 must be 0 because WIF5 indicate Space commands If no channels are specified in the FCB only prints it does not feed forms the printer detects an error and specify invalid channels Because commands X OC to X OF the printer detects then as errors 2 Space commands Sopace commands feed forms the specified number of lines after printing If data WIFl to WIF8 sent with the Paper Instruction signal is the same as the that shown in Tables 4 6 and 4 7 the printer IFC microprogram determines that the data indicates a Space command The relationship between Space command data and the number of lines fed is shown in Tables 4 6 15 line feed mode and 4 7 63 line feed mode Table 4 6 Space commands 15 line feed mode WIF data 87654321 Hex No of lines fed Table 4 7 Space commands 63 line feed mode WIF data 7654321 Hex No of lines fed B02P 1500 0001A 05 21 4 Space commands are used in the following modes 4 22 15 line feed mode A maximum of 15 lines can be fed WIF6 to WIF8 are ignored 63 line feed mod A maximum of 63 lines can be fed WIF7 WIF6 and WIF4 to WIFl indicate the number of lines fed WIF8 is ignored One of these modes can be selected at the operator panel For the selection me
44. ator panel Skip over perforation feature For the setting method refer to Operator s Guide 16 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 5 5 FCB Commands A FCB command is sent from the host via the I O interface to control forms feed Following the FCB control code X IF a l byte FCB command is issued The n line Skip commands and Skip to Channel n commands are FCB commands 5 5 1 n line Skip commands When one of the data items shown in Table 5 3 follows the FCB command control code sent after print data the printer determines the data to be the n lin Skip command The printer prints all the data in the PDB and advances the form by the number of lines specified in the command Table 5 3 n line Skip commands Data Bit signal a7654321 X 17 xxx1011l He Number of lines fed xxx11001l 19 9 xxx11010 1A 10 xxxl10Il1l 1B 11 xxx11100 1C 12 xXxx11101l 1D 13 XXX11110 lE l4 XXX11111l IF 15 x is ignored B02P 1500 0001A 05 5 17 5 5 2 Skip to Channel n commands When one of the data items shown in Table 5 4 follows the FCB command control code issued after print data the printer determines that the data is the Skip to Channel n command The printer prints all the data in the PDB and advances the form to the line corresponding to the specified channel position in the FCB data Table 5 4 shows the relationships between the Skip to channel n command data and channel numbers Table 5 4 Skip to Channel n comm
45. bytes one of them is selectable data of the 133rd 137th or higher byte is ignored If the received print data is less than 132 or 136 bytes the remaining data is printed as spaces The print operation above is shown in Figure 4 2 Control code or the Skip or Space command with the Paper Instruction signal Printed Not printed Data edition Print operation for bytes 1 to 136 Data Request 1 Forms feed cycle Fuigure 4 2 Print operation 4 2 Interface Signals This section explains the interface signal functions and physical specifications 4 2 1 Interface signal lines Table 4 1 explains the OPC compatible interface signal lines Figures 4 3 a 4 4 show the timing chart of this interface and the timing specifications in data transfer respectively This printer has a print data buffer PDB for 136 characters While a WMR signal and Online signal are being generated print data is received according to the Figure 4 3 Printing starts after the following control code or Paper Instruction signal is received 4 2 B02P 1500 0001A 05 Table 4 1 DPC compatible interface signal lines Positive logic Signal name kite Machine wady NMR Online Data Request DTRQ Write Strobe WSB Write Information 1 B WIF1 8 Buffer Clear BCLR connect 1 Connect 2 Paper Instruction PI Direction Contents System Printer This signal is high logical 1 when the following conditions are
46. ch ASCII 64 char Specification No B300 2930 T125A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0125A 10 20 30 0 gt 8 9 7 6 8 7 7 56 5 06 3 4 3 lt 2 2 5 X 8087 40 50 60 64 D SEMRLLO KIA JOE MN French ASCII 96 char Specification No B300 2930 T126A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0126A 1 10 20 30 0 gt 5 9 068 F7 26 5 0 8 4 3 lt 2 2 5 X 5 ORV 40 50 60 64 65 14 24 94 96 8 5 5 1 4 5 6 05 7 1 1 6 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Swedish ASCII 64 char Specification No B300 2930 T127A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0127A Swedish ASCII 64 char OCR B Specification No B300 2930 T617A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0617A lO lt HOWGBIF77E6 D5 C AB4 AR gt Z2 Y O0X A OGY 40 50 60 64 _ UxET S MRILQ KPZJO IN Swedish ASCII 96 char Specification No B300 2930 T128A deference type catalog No B30U 2930 0128A Swedish ASCII 96 char OCR B Specification No B300 2930 T618A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0618A 1 10 20 30 cH9WGCB TF7 7E6 DS5 C B4 A322Z22 Y4HX OS amp Y 50 60 64 65 14 U T S MRILQ UKPZJOf IN 8ejoty afkpuzb 84 94 96 ls lqvOa83chmrvwo odinsx Danish ASCII 64 char Specification No B300 2930 T129A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0129A 10 20 30 0 H9WG8 F7 7E6 D5 C EB84 A3 2Z22 Y X A O0 amp V 40 50 60 64 1 U T SOMRILQUKPZJO
47. control code occurs and the printer stops enabled Substitute on When receiving an invalid control code the printer Status invalid control converts it to the code specified by the setting code enabled Stop on invalid This status code is the same manner as that of control sequence status 74 enabled Substitute on This status code is the same manner as chat control Status 75 invalid sequence enabled This status code is the same manner as that of status 74 Stop on trans mission error enabled Substitute on This status code is the same manner as that of Status transmission error status 75 enabled Even parity The interface parity is eve Status enabled Odd parity enabled The interface parity is odd Status 802P 1500 00014 05 Table 6 6 Printer status continued T E Status Printer status Description OD code Status 85 Monitor Data Set Status Ready Monitor received Status line signal detector 87 RIS with wait for Status I CTS 88 RTS without wait Status for CIS 89 RIS constant ON Status with wait for CIS 90 RIS constant ON Status without wait for CTS 93 Prop DTR mode Drop DIR with START STOP switch mode is enabled status Enable 94 XON XOFF enabled The message protocol XON XOFF is enabled status 95 Reverse channel The message protocol Reverse Channel is enabled enabled When this signal is on the
48. cter and control codes In the table areas enclosed with a bold faced line indicate control codes whereas the other areas indicate character codes ASCII codes The table shows character codes of S8 bit mode In i bit mode character codes X 00 to X 7F are available Character codes with an asterisk in the table vary with the print band for each country as shown in the lower table 4 8 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Table 4 2 Character ASCII and control codes Cc Control code area 8 ol 0 0 of 0 0 0 of aja 11 1 1 1 1 Be 0 0 1 1 9 9 1 1 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 B B P B 0 1l 2 314 3 2 IE iBIC IDE E amp 3 i i 0 0 0 0 0 SP 0 Gk P gt l p o o 3 r gt t a e o Ha o o e Ha Hn w t Q D 2 Uu 2 m o FR n P 5 a nm Fe tat 2 c ba T c gt bh uw ae a E e e o lt m lt o e e o oo ae w ho o o r n o gt M gt E y ar eo Fr x 3 r H o ar mjo B 5 1 fete fo rR r2 rp gt e Note Codes with an asterisk in the table above vary with the print band for each country as follows Code x 5ct X 5D X SE X 60 5 Country 1
49. d in the parameter sequence above are the same as those of the Load FCB Data command Status codes in the parameter sequence ar separated with semicolons For status code details see Section 6 6 6 26 B02P 1500 00014 05 10 Half line Feed command The Half line Feed command specifies half line 1 2 feeding This command is valid if the line feed pitch is 6 lpi If the line feed pitch is 8 lpi this command 15 This command operates in the same way as the line feed LF function except that the number of lines to be fed is not 1 but 1 2 As a result the line feed pitch is 1 12 Ipi Repeat Character command The Repeat Character command directs the printer to repeat the character code which the printer received before this control sequence as many times as specified in the parameter Example Data R 1B 5B 31 30 62 OD T code Parameter Command Printing RRRRRRRRRRR Character R is reported 10 times The parameter of this command can specify 1 to 136 B02P 1500 0001A 05 6 27 6 6 Printer Status Table 6 6 lists printer status responses for the Status Request command the reset condition of each status Status code 10 13 25 6 28 4 9 Table 6 6 Printer status Error Printer status Description iur Status Odd half space The printer in 6 lpi mode performed the half line Status feed function and the printing line is at TOF N inch 1 12 3
50. d to the frame Figure 6 9 Interface cable connector Figure 6 10 shows the correspondence between RS 232 C interface connector pins and signals BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 13 Signal name Pin Pin 2 Transmitted Data 15 Reserved 1 7 Signal Ground 20 Data Terminal Ready Received Line 21 Reserved Signal Detector T oo Ring Indicator Reserved Reserved 9 0 BI E Figure 6 10 RS 232 C interface connector pin assignment Test Mode 6 3 Character and Control Codes Table 6 4 shows character and control codes In the table areas enclosed with a bold faced line indicate control codes whereas the other areas indicate character codes ASCII codes The table shows character codes of S bit mode In 7 bit mode character codes X 00 to X 7F are available Character codes with an asterisk in the table vary depending on the print band for each country as shown in the lower table 6 14 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Table 6 4 Character ASCII and control codes Control code area Note Codes with an asterisk in the table above vary depending on the print band for each country as follows Denmark KERETEN ER I alarm BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 15 6 3 1 Character codes The ASCII code is used as the standard character code If the printer is set in 7 bit mode and the host operates in 8 bit mode the printer regar
51. ds the received data as 71 bit data and checks data parity If the data has a correct parity the printer prints the data as correct 71 bit data If not a transmission error occurs When receiving character codes the printer sequentially loads them in to its interface buffer Characters corresponding to the loaded character codes are printed after a control code is received The printed character codes are cleared after printing 6 3 2 Control codes The null NULL delete Den sound bell BEL horizontal tabulation HT line feed LF vertical tab VT forms feed FF carriage return CR shift out SO shift in SI and escape ESC codes are control codes indicated in the area enclosed with a bold faced line in Table 6 4 1 NULL X 00 and DEL X 7F and X FF codes When receiving either the NULL or DEL code the printer ignores it but does not regard it as an invalid control code 2 BEL X 07 code When receiving the BEL code the printer sounds the bell for 1 3 HT X 09 code The HT code is valid if the horizontal tab data is loaded in to the printer with the Load Horizontal Tab Stop Data command If not this code is converted to a space code X 20 If horizontal tab data is loaded the horizontal print position is moved to the right tab stop of the current horizontal print position within the horizontal tab stops specified in the horizontal tab data Example 1 Column
52. e data remaining in the PDB is not printed unless the buffer becomes full or the CR code is received a LF code X 0A When it receives the LF code the printer advances one line b VT code X 0B When it receives the VT code the printer advances forms to the next vertical tab channel position which is set from the operator panel except the TOF and BOF channels The VT code can be set as the LF code from the operator panel 5212 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 2 3 C FF code X 0C When receiving the FF code the printer advances the form to the channel 1 position TOF specified by data in the FCB or format control tape FCT When channel 1 is not specified the printer treats the first line on a page as the TOF and advances the form to that position d CR code X OD The CR code indicates the end of a line When it receives the CR code the printer prints characters corresponding to the received character codes starting from column 1 Either one line forms feed mode this is the same as the mode selected by the LF code or forms feed inhibited mode can be selected for after printing e FCB command control code X l1F When it receives two bytes of the FCB command control code and the subsequent FCB command the printer terminates the data transfer cycle and prints the contents of the PDB then advances the form as specified For details on the FCB commands see Section 5 5 ESC code X 1B
53. ee ee ee ee ee ee Jg CHAPTER 8 SPECIFICATION ISP eurn iussi s ai eiu Ee Nach ME OT IIIS RU A IR a 1 8 1 842 8 2 OPELONS Lervexedo eX YO rer EX X REX ERE 2077700 00 8 3 a 3 Expendable SUPPLLES es 1 1 1 14151 RAEN erg 8 3 a 4 Special TOOLS aid ee esce ue a en a 3 iv B02P 1500 0001A 06 ILLUSTRATIONS Figure 1 1 M304x series line printer cece nnns Figure 2 1 Outer dimensions with the forms rack eese Figure 2 2 Operation and maintenance area with the forms rack is Figure 2 3 Outer dimensions with the powered stacker Figure 2 4 Operation and maintenance areas with the powered Stacker Acs saccade ar ees nea Wu es ee eet Figure 2 5 EOD UNEC ae Geen ale ee aad eae Ehen ee Oni a eR Figure 2 6 Paper PULLERS ee PS Bree Figure 2 7 Imo EPI II E Figure 2 8 Curl d form e eey arem evite nennen cer ea ia Figure 2 9 Forms doontazner LIAS rs ere ere E S c UB qu eU ee Figure 2 10 shape Qf ther forms cOntalnern i v ir CY de a ha a Figure 2 11 Leftmost and rightmost print Positions e Figure 2 12 Dimensions relating to pin feed holes igure 2 13 Protrusion and separation of the outer layer at the perforation of multiple part forms ees Figure 2 14 Methods of f stening Paper sacer ese opor ee eoe i Pn tein Figure 2 15 Allowable incorrect alignment of multiple part for
54. eference type catalog No B30U 2930 0637A lo lt HOWCBIF 40 7 6 Db5 C 84 A3 22 Y4 X 108v 50 60 64 YU GT S NMRILQ kKP JO IN US ASCII 96 char Specification osa B300 2930 T113A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0113A US ASCII 96 char Specification Os OCR B B300 2930 T602A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0602A US ASCIT 96 char Specification ee I font 8300 2930 T606A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0606A BO2P 1500 0001A 05 US ASCII 96 char Pica 10 Specification No B300 2930 T610A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0610A 1 10 20 30 l0 H9WGB F77 E6 D5 C fBA A3 Z252Y S X 3Josvl 74 65 64 60 50 40 2 2 3 8 1 0 3 5 22 5 1120 BET SX wR a4 94 96 lslavoO f chmrwidinsx UK ASCII 64 char Specification No B300 2930 T137A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0137A UK ASCII 64 char OCR B Specification No B300 2930 T603A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0603A UK ASCII 64 char I font Specification No B300 2930 T607A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0607A 1 10 20 30 0 gt 8 9 0 6 8 7 7 8 6 2 5 C 8 4 AI gt 22 Y X O amp V 40 50 60 64 POD RIOTS SNMRILQKPZ JOE IN UK ASCII 96 char Specification No B300 2930 T138A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0138A UK ASCII 96 char OCR B Specification No B300 2930 T601A Reference
55. er printing the characters the printer spaces If the number of character codes received before the LF code is less than 132 or 136 the remaining characters are treated as spaces If the LF code is received without character codes the printer does not print it only feeds forns 2 FF code X OC When receiving the FF code the printer starts printing characters corresponding to the received character codes from column 1 After printing the characters the printer feeds forms to the top of form TOF line or if FCB data is loaded to the line with channel I If there is no channel 1 in the loaded FCB data the printer feeds forms to the first line on the next page For definition of the TOF and channel 1 see Section 4 4 1 If the number of character codes received befor the FF code is less than 132 or 136 the remaining characters are treated as spaces If the FF code is received without character codes the printer does not print it only feeds form Even if the forms are positioned at the TOF or channel l line the printer feeds forms to the next TOF or channel l line 3 CR code X OD When receiving the CR code the printer starts printing characters corresponding to the received character codes from colum 1 One of the following modes are available for the operation after printing 4 10 B02P 1500 00014 05 Mode without forms feed The printer does not feed forms after printing When receivin
56. er has a value other than the value above it is regarded as an invalid control sequence and the specified operation is not performed or 1B 9B Set to Initial State command The Set to Initial State command returns the FCB EVFU contents to the set value clears the horizontal control buffer HCB in which the horizontal tab stop data is loaded returns the printer line feed pitch to that specified by the setting and inhibits the printer from translating data codes when the printer receives the SO code However an error caused by the printer for example hammer check or band speed check is not cleared Skip to Channel n command The skip to Channel n command directs the printer to feed forms up to the line corresponding to the channel specified in the FCB data after data received before this command is printed The channel number is specified by the parameter as follows X 31 Chann X 37 Channel 7 X 32 Chann X 38 Channel 8 X 39 Channel 9 X 31 30 Channel 10 XY 3131 Channel 11 X 31 32 Channel 12 X 34 Chann X 35 Chann X 36 Chann e el X 33 Channel e e e DUDUN This control sequence is regarded as invalid under the following conditions The channel specified in this command is not present in the FCB EVFU even though the FCB EVFU is loaded This command is specified even though the FCB is not loaded If
57. fIN BO2P 1500 0001A 05 hoy Danish ASCII 96 char Specification No B300 2930 T130 amp Reference type catalog No B300U 2930 0130A 1 10 20 30 lo gH94C8 1F7 E6 D5 C BA4 A2 22 2Y X 085V 40 50 60 64 65 14 U T SOMRIiLOQUKPZJOs IN 8ejoty afkpuzb 84 94 96 glqavoechmrwudinsx 4 1 8 B02P 1500 00014 05 ABCDEFGHIJKE MNOPGRSTUVWX 11255567890 TA miopgrstuvws MNOPGRSTUVWX Z1234567890 HH xi B30U 2930 0637A ABCDEFGHEIJKL MNOPQRSTUVUX 1 212315510 T 2riin i 85g N T mnoparstuvwx a E51 gt e feld EP ait BIE ABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUVWX 71230567890 abedefghijki mnopqrstuvwx EL ABCDEFGHIJKE MNOPQRSTUVWX YZ1234567890 AGHUP RUSS AE 9 8 amp Z12 127 TEN abedetghijkt mndsgrstuvwx 92275208 fh B30U 2930 0603A BEDEEGHIJKEC NBOPQRSTUVWX ER B02P 1500 0001A 05 ABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUVWX YZi2o4556 890 abcdetghijKt Ie es We rer ee er ee yz 22t2Ic2223 ESI 9 8 1 lt gt _ tarE 1 German 25011 print band Print band specification B300 2930 T123A 63 characters B300 2930 T124A 94 characters j MAID 4 i A 21234567890 SSHEC PS GAC ZA pem bcdefghijkt ntopgFst VvWx PSI BO2P 1500 0001A 05 ABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUVWX Cry tHe No lt FeR
58. g the CR code without character codes the printer does nothing Automatic spacing mode IF code mode The printer spaces after printing When receiving the CR code without character codes the printer only spaces The CR code is treated as the LF code in this mode One of the modes above is selectable by setting at the operator panel For the setting method refer to Operator s Guide 4 Undefined control codes Control codes undefined in the control code area in Table 4 2 are treated as space codes 4 4 Format Control To control forms feed in addition to control codes the printer uses format control functions that specify the form page length and the page print format These functions are as follows Forms control buffer FCB Format control tape FCT unit option Form length function The FCB and the form length function are standard features of this printer The FCT unit can be incorporated as an option When the FCT is not used format control data is loaded from the mainframe system into the printer in online mode When the FCT is used format control data is loaded from the FCT unit into the printer in offline mode The format control data is indicated with channels which is used by software to specify special positions of the form 4 4 1 Definition of the top of form TOF and the bottom of form BOF The TOF and BOF are used for forms feed control 1 TOF The TOF is defined as follows When the FCB data has
59. h pulse This signal is issued during an error State or another or inoperable State such as top cover open or end of forms Fault state BO2P 1500 0001A 05 ae Table 5 1 Centronics compatible interface signal lines continued Signal level Signal name Direction I Contents This signal is when the printer goes online by pressing of rhe START STOP switch without the fault state This signal is also issued when the DCl code is received because the printer goes online Without this signal the host cannot transfer data 1 0 System Printer jelect Paper Empty 5 v This signal is set to when the end of foms is detected The printer receives and prints all the data to the end BOF of the page andthen advances the forms to the next TOF position The printer also sends the Busy and Fault signals and goes offline fuse 0 5 Vv This signal is 1 when the printer power is on 0 This is power for the external tester The maximum current is 500 mA 5 v An lt Logic Ground x Tj The maximum current in this logic ground line is j 500 mA chassis i Flame ground sround Figures 5 2 to 57 show character code transfer timing control code receive timing DC1 code receive timing DC3 code receive timing Skip 15 Lines command receive timing and FCB data receive timing respectively 5 34 B02P 1500 0001A 05 Select Dee Undefined W uu Undefined d Data Bit 8
60. he printer pressed state switch is stop printer and the printer stops printing the printer reports rhis status When an error occus on the B02P 1500 0001A 05 Error Status Status CHAPTER 7 PRINT BAND SPECIFICATIONS This chapter shows the following Standard print band list Shows the print bands for the M304x series Standard character sets Shows the character arrangement of each print band Example US ASCII 64 Specification No B300 2930 T112A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0112A 30 20 10 1 6 25 56 7 7 8 6 8 9 gt 0 BACA3 gt Z2 Y SX 40 50 60 64 0 amp V U amp T SNMRILQ xPzZJOfsIN Classification of print band Specification No 3 Reference type catalog number G Character arrangement Type catalog Shows the character forms of each print band Therefore this character form shows at designing not at printing Thickness and density etc of the character is not shown B02P 1500 0001A 05 7 1 Standard Print Band List Specification Remarks B300 2930 T112A S ASCII 64 char B300 2930 T604A B300 2930 T605A 8300 2930 T609A S ASCII S ASCII S ASCII 64 char 64 char 64 char OCR B I font Pica 10 B300 2930 T637A US ASCII 64 char OCR A B300 2930 T113A US ASCII 96 char B300 2930 T602A US ASCII 96 char OCR B B300 2930 T606A US ASCII 96 char I font 8300 2930 6108 US ASCII 96 char Pica 10 B3
61. holes n Center line 0 5 0 0039 B Distance between Pin feed hole two consecutive pin feed holes C 0 2 mm c Misalignment of the 0 0079 ess ee pin feed hole less orless OF center with other holes A ER D Diameter of a pin 0 7 mm Ee cera uet feed hole 0 2362 0 0276 E Misalignment of the pin feed hole with 12 7 mm 0 5 or more 0 hole on the opposite side Note The total misalignment of any two holes on opposite sides of forms along a 254 mm 10 length must not exceed 0 3 mm 0 0118 Figure 2 12 Dimensions relating to pin feed holes Poorly shapted pin feed holes and misalignment between left and right pin feed holes may result in inferior paper tensil strength Misalignment must be within 0 2 mm 0 0079 B02P 1500 0001A 05 2 13 Pin feed holes that touch horizontal perforations may damage the paper Pin feed holes must not overlap horizontal perforations Hanging hole chad will likely cause problems with the printer Chad may stick to the printing area resulting in printing cutoff characters Do not use such forms 4 Perforations Perforations must be straight The perforations should be of the size shown in Table 2 7 Table 220 Perforation dimensions Dimension of horizontal Dimension of vertical perforations perforations Tie C Designated marky bc ine strong Medium Weak and dimension Number
62. ied by the setup above the printer skips to channel 2 when receiving the VT code The printer can also perform the LF code function when receiving the VT code by setting 8022 1500 0014 5 6 17 6 FF X 0C code The FF code directs the printer to feed forms up to the line at the top of on the next page If forms control buffer FCB in this manual it is also called EVFU data is loaded the line on which channel 1 is specified is the line at the TOF If the printer receives print data before receiving this code it prints the data then feeds forms Then the horizontal print position is set to column 1 7 CR X 0D code The CR code sets the horizontal print position in column 1 If the printer receives print data before receiving this code it prints the data then sets the horizontal print position to column 1 If the Automatic New Line on CR Code function is set from the operator panel the printer feeds one line in addition to performing the operation above 8 SO X OE code The SO code translates character codes X 21 X 7E into X Al X FE The SO code is valid if 7SI SO mode is selected in setup DT BIT from the operator panel If not the printer ignores this code but does not regard it as an invalid code When receiving the SI code the printer stops data code translation When receiving an SI code after an SI code or when receiving an SO code after an SO code the printer ignores
63. ified on the first line at the top of the form in the parameter sequence above is used to separate the contents of parameters As a result the parameter sequence above specifies channels 1 and 2 on line 1 channel 3 on line 3 and channel 12 on line 22 T66 54 36 36 in the parameter sequence above indicates that the total number of lines is 66 If an undefined parameter code or undefined parameter format is included in the parameter sequence of this control sequence the printer regards it as an invalid load FCB EVFU data command or invalid control sequence and loads the default value set by the setup in the FCB The following are examples of an undefined parameter format Example 1 The total number of lines is less than 17 or more than 176 90 23 Leer Tenor re T16 9C ame ter sequenc Example 2 A channel other than channels 1 to 12 is specified 90 23 L1 1 2 L5 53 T66 9C i o ter sequenc Example 3 Parameters are not separated with semicolons 3 1 0 23 L1 1 2L 10 T66 9C en ter sequenc 6 22 802P 1500 00014 05 Select Vertical Pitch command The Select Vertical Pitch command specifies the printer line feed pitch 6 or 8 lpi When 6 lpi is specified the parameter is 31 32 30 as follows 1B s or 31 32 30 20 47 9B Parameter When 8 lpi is specified the parameter is 39 30 as follows 39 30 20 47 es near If the paramet
64. ing character codes the printer sequentially loads them in its internal buffer IBF Characters corresponding to the loaded character codes are printed after a control code is received The IBF is cleared after printing The character code received next is for column 1 5 3 2 Control code The line feed LF vertical tab VI form feed FF carriage return CR FCB command control escape ESC DCl DC3 start stop bell BEL and delete DEL codes are control codes contained in the area enclosed by boldfaced lines in Table 6 2 The LF VI FF CR and FCB command control codes are called data transferred termination codes DTTC The printer starts an operation such as printing forms feed loading data or modifying a set mode when the control code is received 1 Data transfer termination code DTTC Once it starts receiving data the printer continues to receive data unless it receives a DTTC such as the CR code and FCB command control code or the number of received character codes reaches 132 136 can specified buffer full state When terminating data reception the printer sets the Busy signal to 1 and prints the received data Then the printer advances the form as specified However if the LF VT or FF code is received before the buffer becomes full or before the CR code is received the printer can advance the form as specifided without printing received data This is set from the operator panel Th
65. ing is 6 lpi TRE 1 ee ip Six or eight lpi specification from the operator panel ignored QS I TO Line specing is 8 lpi Forms are fed in 6 8 lpi when specified at the operator panel Note WIF8 is ignored and treated as 0 in 7 bit mode In Figure 4 8 L H L H L H 2 lt n lt 255 is the format control FCB Iu I nn me data Each L or H is one byte of data Each pair of an L and H is format control data for one line on the form LH is data for line 1 LH is data for line 2 and 50 forth Lafa is data for the last line and n indicates the total number of lines on a form page The first byte L of the 2 byte line format data specifies a channel number from 1 to 6 and the second byte H specifies a channel number from 7 to 12 Figure 4 9 shows the correspondence between channels and WIFl to WIF8 Data L Data H WIF signals Specified channel DER ER EN IE teljel Note X do not care In 8 bit mode Figure 4 9 Correspondence between FCB data channels and bits B02P 1500 0001A 05 4 3 Even if FCB data other than X 6F stop code is received with WIF7 1 WIFI is ignored treated a 0 and WIF6 to WIFl are treated as format control data and stored in the FCB However WIFI should be 0 except when stop code X 6F is used The total number of bytes contained in the FCB data LH LH LH must be even If it is odd and the stop code X 6F follows an error occurs
66. interface connected to the M304x series line printer printer 4 Operation Outline Basic printer operations data transfer printing and forms feed are shown in Figure 4 1 Control code or the Skip or Space command with the Paper Instruction signal Data transfer cycle Print data Data transfer cycle Print data Data edition Data edition Data Request Print cycle Forms feed cycle Approx 14 ms Figure 4 1 Basic operations The printer starts the print cycle after receiving l line print data sent from the mainframe and one of the following Control code LF FF or CR code Skip command with the Paper Instruction signal 1 Space command with the Paper Instruction signal 1 For the control codes and the Paper Instruction signal see Sections 4 3 2 and 4 4 2 After l line printing the printer starts the forms feed specified by the control code or with the Paper Instruction signal The printer sets the Data Request signal to one 14 ms before terminating forms feed and starts receiving the next line of data during forms feed Therefore unless the next B02P 1500 0001A 05 4 1 line data is received within 14 ms the print speed of the printer drops and does not achieve the rated print speed If the control code or the Paper Instruction signal is received without print data the printer does not print and only feeds forms If the received print data is more than 132 or 136
67. interface buffer is Reverse channel almost full line almost full on Reverse channel Ihe message protocol Reverse Channel signal is status enabled enabled When this signal is on the interface Reverse channel buffer is almost empty line almost full off 98 Transmission error If status 80 is selected the printer stops Error therefore the BUFFER CLEAR switch is enabled Status 99 Invalid control This status code is the same manner as that of the Error code above status code Status 100 Invalid control This status code is the same manner as that of the Error sequence above status code status 101 Buffer overflow The interface buffer overflowed The printer Error abandons the data after the buffer overflows 102 Right margin When the right margin function is disabled and the Error overflow received data exceeds the right margin the printer reports this status However if this function is enabled the printer prints the data which exceeds the right margin on the next line and does not report this status 103 Invalid HT load Error 104 Invalid EVFU load Error B02P 1500 0001A 05 6 31 Status code 105 6 32 Table Printer status Data terminal ready Printer stop state Printer error stop state 6 6 Printer status continued Description If the signal is on the printer reports this status When the START STOP printer stops printing reports this Status DTR and the t
68. lected by the Select Vertical Pitch command A half line feed pitch of 12 lpi can also be selected by using the Half Line Feed command Responding to the Status Request command from the host the printer reports its status startus response Table 6 1 RS 232 C Signal name Direction System Printer Data Set Ready DSR ata Terminal eady DIR BO2P 1500 0001A 05 interface signal lines Continued Functions When this signal is 0 the host is ready to transmit data data mode When this signal is 1 the printer ignores data on the Receive Data RD line Data on the RD line can be validated regardless of this signal state This signal is 0 when the host is in data mode It is 1 wnen the host is in test mode e g during local loopback test One of the following modes is selected the operator panel This signal operates as follows 1 DIR Constant On mode If power is turned on and no error occurs in the printer the printer sets this signal to and is ready to start ready to print the dat received from the host After the printer starts this signal is not set to 1 If power is turned on and an error occurs in the printer this signal is not set to 0 and the printer is nor ready to start If this state occurs this signal can be set to D and the printer can be ready to start by correcting the cause of the error and pressing the START STOP switch 2 Drop DTR Start Stop mode This signal is set
69. meet the specifications in Subsections 2 5 1 and 2 5 2 They must be of the same length and width This section describes the fastening misalignment and thickness of multiple part forms and also how multiple part forms cause feed defects 1 Fastening multiple parts Each part of multiple part forms must be fastened together at one or both pin feed hole areas by gluing or crimping Multiple part forms with interleaved carbon paper should be fastened on the right Staples must not be used on forms If they are used the printer print section will be damaged and a feed error will occur For gluing do the following The shape of glued parts should be dots or stripes in the vertical direction as shown in Figure 2 14 Glue should be applied evenly and must not cause wrinkles or discolor the paper Do not apply glue to the perforations If stripe gluing is necessary the glue must not ooze through perforations of the top and bottom layers Glue cannot be used if forms lose pliability Stripe Dotted gluing gluing Crimps Sy SSE mi ea Oji lo d 0 lo O pn Qu _ os JEE of 10 O oj 10 Od Feit DEL E One or two lines Figure 2 14 Methods of fastening paper For crimping do the following Layers must be firmly fastened and must not come loose There should be no paper tailings or dust Forms should maintain their shape so as not to cause jams Crimps must not overl
70. mps on the operator panel are on a PC board Hammer magnet driver The hammer magnet driver for the 136 magnets is on one PC board In M3040 M3041 M3042 it is installed on the rear of the print unit and is connected directly to the magnet assembly on the PC board In M3043 the hammer magnet driver is installed near the control circuit board and the lead from the magnet assembly is connected to the hammer magnet driver through the register unit A simple circuit is achieved by using custom ICs and a transistor array enabling easy detection of faulty columns Power supply The power supply consists of the supply unit and a transformer The transformer is connected to an AC input through a line filter and a circuit breaker Input voltages of 100 to 240 V can be selected by switching the appropriate tap on the transformer The power supply unit has regulation circuits for logic circuits and hammer magnet driving a forms feed stepper motor drive circuit and control relays for the AC motor BO2P 1500 0001A 03 dier Mainframe AC input Hammer Magnet driver Operator panel Register Unit only for 1 M3043 Eee ln In Control circuit Input output interface Power supply Fan unit Figure 3 2 Control unit B02P 1500 0001A 03 CHAPTER 4 DPC COMPATIBLE INTERFACE This chapter describes the DPC compatible interface used for the 1 0
71. ms Figure 2 16 Multi part forms with layers of different thickness Figure 2 17 Carbon paper covering pin feed holes es Figure 2 18 Self Adhesive able Tome est ea bat Figure 2 19 SPEEIFICALIONS Of EOE co asena Figure 3 1 Printer COlfIgUratlon gis ne EE REESE a E Figure 3 2 COHnETOl UNIES Sages Ne ea en SNR RII TS DEN ee Figure 4 1 Basre Operations Scenes ey wert Rug Rae a RE gie e pua Figure 4 2 Print operation Exi exu ilu iere qubd n ipe ia qao as Figure 4 3 Basic data transfer operation wee mee imet ie ed Figure 4 4 Timing of signals in data transfer eese Figure 4 5 DPC compatible interface signal driver and receiver Figure 4 6 DPC compatible interface connector pin assignment Amp type enne igure 4 7 DPC compatible interface connector pin assignment Winchester EVDEN sea ne Figure 4 8 TIMING OF ECB data Loading u ine et naar Figure 4 9 Correspondence between FCB data channels and bits Figure 4 10 Channels specified for a forms feed format Figure 4 11 An example of FCT and forms feed format Figure 4 12 An example of format specification from the operator panel wan oo Figure 5 1 BASIC j0peratlOlS Ni Figure 5 2 Character code transfer CUMING mee oed Figure 5 3 Control code receive timing siege e yu RS Figure 5 4 DEI cod receive timing chart cese 49 eee es Figure 5
72. ms container lids Inside space between the forms and container should be 4 to 7 mm 0 16 to 0 28 The bottom of the box must be flat See Figure 2 10 Top view Side view 4 mm to 4 E T3 4 mm to 7 mm Figure 2 10 Shape of the forms container The forms container height must be 330 2 mm 13 or less to be installed in the forms hopper If the form length or folding dimension is more than 15 the front and rear doors must be open during operation 2 5 2 Dimensions This section describes dimensions of the forms printing area pin feed holes and perforations 1 Forms dimensions Forms width 76 2 to 431 8 mm 3 to 17 Forms length 76 2 to 381 mm 3 to 15 22 12 B02P 1500 0001A 05 2 Positions and dimensions of the printing area Figure 2 11 illustrates the distances between the leftmost and rightmost print position centers of the printing area and the pin feed hole center Forms width I st print 136th print position position E KEK TP3CQ2P03 342 9 mm B 3 4 58 13 5 ane A i gt TREE bc M H M n M A maximum 63 5 mm 2 5 B maximum 68 6 mm 2 7 Figure 2 11 Leftmost and rightmost print positions 3 Pin feed holes Pin feed holes must be round The dimensions relating to pin feed holes are given in Figure 2 12 A Distance between B 12 7 m the forms edge and 0 1 mm pin feed
73. n are defined as follows TOF When the forms control buffer FCB data has been loaded the TOF is the line to which channel 1 is first specified in the VFU data When the VFU data has not been loaded or when channel 1 is not contained in the VFU data the TOF is the first line on the page BOF When the FCB data has been loaded the BOF is the line to which the BOF channel is first specified in the FCB data The BOF channel can be specificed with any channel number from 2 to 12 from the operator panel For the channel specification method refer to Operator s Guide When the FCB data has not been loaded or when the BOF channel is not contained in the FCB data the BOF is the last line on the form Page If the skip over perforation feature which specifies the number of lines skipped to avoid printing at or near the perforation is specified the BOF line is the last line without the skip over perforation specification For the method of setting the skip over perforation feature refer to Operator s Guide 5 2 Interface Signals This section explains the interface signal functions and physical specification 5 2 1 Interface signal lines Centronics compatible interface signals use both the positive and negative logic For the positive logic a positive voltae is used as 1 and a negative voltage as 0 For negative logic the opposite is true Table 5 1 shows Centronics compatible interface signal lines Due BO2P 1500 00
74. nal name Signal name WIFS RIN Less epe ee mmm he m fee BD Paper Moving RIN Bottom of Form RTN Write Check ES Top of Form RIN Bottom of Form WIF 4 Paper Moving RIN 28 WIF 8 44 WIF 8 RIN Write Check RIN 29 WIF P 45 Connect 1 5 V max 200 mA 30 Paper Instruction 46 Connect 2 WIF P RIN 31 Buffer Clear Paper Instruction RIN 32 gt RIN 16 IDENT 1 RIN Ej Connector Specifications Amp 205740 1 or equivalent Printer side Amp 205212 1 66506 9 or equivalent Cable side Figure 4 6 DPC compatible interface connector pin assignment Amp type B02P 1500 0001A 05 4 7 ne TT Buffer Clear Data Request RIN D Buffer Clear RIN n WIF 2 RIN J Bottom of Form M e WIF 3 RIN N Bottom of Form RINI P u Top of Form S WIF 4 RIN T Top of Form RIN U i WIF 5 RIN a Paper Moving W Paper Moving RIN Y IDENT 1 a WIF 6 RIN b IDENT 1 RIN c RS e IDENT 0 RIN Et WIF 7 RIN k Write Strobe RIN m n Write Check Paper Instruction RINI s Write Check RIN t Connect 1 a 8 RIN Connect 2 WIF P RIN er WMR RIN EE 5 V max 200mA Connector specifications MRASOS DSJ made by Winchester Printer side MRACSOP JTDH8 made by Winchester Cable side Figure 4 7 DPC compatible interface connector pin assignment Winchester type 4 3 Character and Control Codes Table 4 2 shows chara
75. nd loads the next data in the PDB as the first data of the next line The DEL code can be inhibited by setting from the operator panel 6 BEL code X 07 option When the printer receives the BEL code the printer buzzer sounds for 1 second The printer is in the busy state during the buzzer sound 5 4 Format Control In addition to using the control codes the printer can use the format control feature which specifies a form page length and print format for a page The feature is implemented by the following Loading data from the host to the FCB Loading data from the FCT Form length specification on the operator panel The printer has the FCB and the form length specification feature An FCT unit can be incorporated as an option When an FCT is not used format control data is transferred from the host to the printer online and loaded in its FCB When the FCT is used the format control data is transferred from the FCT unit to the printer offline mode and is loaded in its FCB The format control data indicates channel numbers which are used by software to indicate a special line on a page The format specification from the operator panel is not selected when th format has been specified from the host or FCT in the FCB However specification from the operator panel can be used in TEST mode 5 14 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 5 4 1 Loading from the mainframe to the FCI when an LF FF he data l
76. nt Printer Host Figure 5 8 Centronics compatibel interface signal driver receiver 2 Interface cable Shielded twisted pair cables must be used for the interface cable Th cable length must be 25 feet 7 62 m or less 3 Connector and pin assignment An Amphenol type can be used as the interface connector to the printer Figure 5 9 shows connector pin assignment B02P 1500 0001A 05 5 9 18 17 3 00000000000200000 0000000000000000 36 35 1 Pin Signal name NO Data Strobe Data Bit 1 3 Data Bit 2 n Data Bit 2 RIN Data Bit Data Bit 3 RIN Data Bit 4 Data Bit 5 pata Bit 6 Data Bit 7 ES Data Bit 8 Acknowledge Data Bit 7 RTN Data Bit 8 RIN Acknowledge 11 Busy 29 4 Busy RIN 12 Paper Empty 30 Input Prime TRN Select 31 Input Prime Logic Ground 32 Fault Reserved 33 Reserved Logic Ground 34 Reserved 17 18 E Chassis Ground 35 Fuse 5 I 36 Reserved Note The RIN is ground line for each signal Connector specifications Amphenol 57 40360 or equivalent printer side Amphenol 57 30360 or equivalent cable side Figure 5 9 Centronics compatible interface connector pin assignment 5 10 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 5 3 Character and Control Codes Table 5 2 shows character and control codes Tabl areas nclosed in boldfaced
77. ntrol B87L 0840 0201A tape 12 ch format control B87L 0840 0202A tape 8 4 Special Tools Description Specification Flight time tester B02B 1500 0100A Hammer flight time adjustment tool Seal B960 0580 VOO4A Consumable part for flight time tester BO2P 1500 0001A 06 gu 3 Ua mp CE THIEN TUTAN RNAI PLD we YEA EWE MI pp B N Y II lb Targa x EI IMI 391 Ml uw PUTARET POR HIER
78. oaded in the F he forms feed information must be loaded in or CR control code is speci fied the FCB before froms feed except CB is used for forms feed control by the VT or FF code Or the FCB command transferred just after the print data Following to the start code X 1D the forms feed data is sent in Z byte units for every line and is terminated by the stop code X 1E Figure 6 10 shows an example of loading the data in the FCB The channel data for the first line consists of 2 bytes just after the start code lines can after the of bytes start loaded 356 bytes code and also 2 bytes just before the stop code is odd or exceeds 356 bytes the STATUS indicator shows the error contents Data for the second line is the next 2 bytes be loaded in the FCB The TOF the Fault If the TOF code is issued in the middle of the FCB data ignored until the stop code is issued xxx TIE oos xx oo loo jjo o joo oo jlo o joo j o o B oo X is ignored Data Bit signal LLL ra oio ta fa ui deo x j4 ool oloo 1 sole Sojos X nia CN Im oojoo iO oO YOO JOO Too lo Oo JOoo0 oo ooljooijoogJgooj oojoojoo joo jooneoleofoolooljoojoojljoo oOljo 1 ooljoo joojool ooJjooj o o ab oo Data for a maximum of 176 channel 1 is set just If the number is set to 1 and signal
79. ocol transmits code XON This signal is turned from on to off under the same conditions which the XON XOFF protocol transmits code XOFF For timing details see Figures 6 3 and 6 4 B02P 1500 00014 05 6 19 6 4 3 DIR line protocol The DTR line protocol is the same as the Reverse Channel line protocol This signal is turned from off 1 to on 0 under the following conditions Printer is in the start state and The interface buffer is empty or almost empty This signal is turned from on to off under one of the following conditions Printer is in the stop state error occured cover open end of forms or operator pressed the START STOP switch or The interface buffer is almost full Note If this line protocol is enabled the printer received data via the RD line whether the DTR signal is on or off For timing details see Figure 6 7 6 4 4 RTS line protocol The RTS line protocol is the same as the Reverse Channel line protocol This signal is turned from off 1 to on 0 under the following conditions Printer is in the start state and The interface buffer is empty or almost empty This signal is turned from on to off under one of the following conditions Printer is in the stop state or The interface buffer is almost full Note This protocol enables the connection of a printer operating as data terminal equipment DTE to a host operating as DTE However this protocol is not used
80. ode DC1 X 11 and interface signal Data Strobe are received When the printer is online interface signal Select is set to 1 and the START STOP lamp is on The printer sets the Busy signal to 0 and issues the Acknowledge signal In online mode the printer receives i line print data sent from the host and starts the print cycle when one of the following conditions occurs When the control code CR LF FF VT or DC3 is received see Section E AE When the FCB command is received see Section 5 5 when the print data buffer PDB becomes full The character code received first is printed in the first print position the one received second in the second print position and so on BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Se After printing the printer performs forms feed as specified by the control code or VFU command When the forms are fed to the line preceding the last line printed the Acknowledge signal goes to 1 and the Busy signal goes to 0 enabling print data to be received for the next line Thus the data is received at the same time as forms feed The printer goes offlin the deselect state when one of the following conditions occurs When the START STOP switch is pressed When the Input Prime signal goes to 1 When the printer receives The DC3 code X 13 When the printer is inoperable Fault state The top of form TOF and the bottom of form BOF referred to in this sectio
81. ontal control buffer HCB Example 9B 35331 35532 3533 35 20 4E Parameter sequenc Codes used in the parameter sequence are the same as those of the Load FCB Data command Code 35 in the parameter sequence above indicates that the horizontal tab stop is to be set at column 5 Code 31 35 indicates that the horizontal tab stop is to be set at column 15 Using this parameter the horizontal tab stop is set at columns 5 15 25 and 35 If the column for the horizontal tab stop exceeds the right margin the printer regards it as an invalid horizontal tabulation load data command and clears the horizontal control buffer 8 Status Request command The Status Request command directs the printer to report its status to the host Even if the DIR signal is off the printer can receive this command and report printer status If the XON XOFF Reverse Channel line or DIR line protocol is used and the host receives code XOFF from the printer or if the Reverse Channel is off for example the printer interface buffer is almost full and the host transmits this command the interface can be used efficiently 9 Status Response command The Status Response command in response to the Status Request command transmitted from the host reports the printer status in the following format Example 90 24 3T 7305 ALF EE e ar Xo oerte IE Status code 10 13 40 Parameter sequenc Out of paper FCB loaded Interlock Codes use
82. orizontal print position according to the following calculation X l where x Current horizontal print position Parameter value Right margin 6 24 8022 1500 0001 5 6 Example 2 Right margin 136 Column 1 23456189 133 134 135 136 Data AB CDE RGA a a deiu A 9B 31 30 61 B C D OA L permeter LF code L Command Printing A BCDEFGHI A BCD b If the New Line on Right Margin function is not set A right margin overflow error occurs The printer prints data and feeds one line then stops Example 3 Column 123456789 133 134 135 136 Data ABCDEFGHI A 9B 31 30 61 BCD E 2 E Command Printing ABCDEFGHI A In this example the printer stops before processing data B C D Space n line command The Space n line command directs the printer to feed as many lines as specified in the parameter After printing data received before this command the printer feeds forms The parameter is defined as follows X 30 No line X 39 39 99 lines x 31 1 line X 31 30 30 100 lines x 32 2 lines X 3130 31 101 lines X 39 9 lines X 31 32 36 126 lines X 3130 10 lines X 31 32 37 127 lines X 3 31 11 lines BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 25 7 Load Horizontal Tab Stop Data command The Load Horizontal Tab Stop Data command loads horizontal tab stop data into the horiz
83. otating print band struck by rotary hammers Printing 48 character set 750 lpm 1090 lpm 64 character set 300 1pm 600 lpm 900 1pm 1200 lpm 96 character set 670 1pm 880 lpm Print positions 80 132 or 136 print positions per line Selectable Character spacing 2 54 mm 10 print positions per inch Character 48 character set 10 numerics 26 upper case alphabecics and 12 symbols pet 64 character set 10 numeric 26 upper case alphabetics and 27 symbols 96 character set 10 numerics 26 upper case and 26 lower case alphabetics and 32 symbols Font type Standard Gothic others optionally available Character code ASCII others optionally available Number of Carbonless copy paper 6 Including original copies Forms with interleaved 5 Including original carbon paper and carbonbacked forms Sound pressure level 55 dB A Conforms to ISO DP7779 standard sound level Forms feed Line spacing time 18 ms 6 LPI 14 ms 6 8 LPI Tate Continuous feed 42 2 mm s 16 7 inches s Vertical line spacing 14 23 or 3 18 mm 6 or 8 lines inch Format control tape FCT option 8 or l2 channel FCT is available Interface DPC Centronics RS 232 C and other available options Dimensions W x H x D without 700 mm 27 56 x 1095 mm 43 11 x 700 x 1095 x poweredstacker 900 mm 05 43 960 37 80 180 kg 397 lbs 2 2 B02P 1500 00014 05 2 2 Ribbon Specifications This printer uses an endless cartridge ty
84. pe or open type ribbon which only moves in one direction The ribbon is replaced by the operator The ribbon specifications are as follows Table 2 2 Ribbon specifications Item Specification Parts number B87L 0840 0401A black 5671085050608 DIE BLACK n os Fabric Nylon 0 E Width 30 mm 1 18 inch Length i 100 m 109 yards Ur a plak Storage life T2 years 2 3 Installation Conditions This section shows the outer dimensions operation and maintenance area electrical specifications and environmental conditions of the printer Table 2 3 Electrical specifications Model 1 M3040 M3041 M3042 M3043 Irem UL CSA version 100 110 115 200 220 230 240 VAC 10 Primary voltage VDE version 200 220 230 240 VAC 10 2 Frequency 50 or 60 Hz ie Power When LB character set 550 VA 700 VA 1600 VA consump print 136 column printing e Ga character 520 VA 630 VA 1400 VA 136 column printing When not printing Starting Surge mA or less 75 A or less BO2P 1500 0001A 06 d cA 700 27 56 35 43 mu M3040 M3041 M3042 2 e 700 27 56 M3043 43 11 Figure 2 1 Outer dimensions with the forms rack BO2P 1500 0001A 03 2160 Operation area for M3040 M3041 M3042 2100 4 81 1 1 79 Uperation area tor M3043 500 19 77 ie D E i zi E Y Y 1 ios 8 300 he SEET 11 8 1340 152
85. per would be stronger at tensile tearing and folding 2 6 2 Dimensions The FCT dimensions vary with the 8 and l2 channel FCTs The dimension must be as shown in Figure 2 18 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 2 19 25 40 0 04 1 000 0 002 9 96 0 05 Doa 5 100 0 670 t0 7 76 0 10 Soe j 100 0 561 t0 5 08 0 10 i gt L0 0 200 20 004 7 8 d I 1 d 0 10 rii lotn 100 20 004 ne 100 0 234 r0 100 0 125 0 1 83 0 03 dia 41 50450 130 1 622 0 005 50 60250 1i 0 8 00045 0 002 0 072 0 03 a1 2 1 17_002 dia a3 au 0 046 0 001 as 46 lt as Channel l side M ys E Channel l side x 7 al aiz r 8 channel FCT u IIIIII 5 2 u e t E E a 2 a dia rire 7 2 WA LO 0 c 0 001 A Total tolerance amp 0 005 inches for 10 sprocket hole r pitches 5 eio L 0 013 inches for 30 sprocket hole a 7720 05 pitches 2I 0 0697 0 0020 x m m jS Lj e x en en ei Ld oodoodooooodoooodod o gt Z S8 a 26 m 35 s 98 TI Notes 7 1 The Y Y line is a sprocket hole Y center line perpendiculor to the reference line T 2 2 When diameters of damaged sprocket 3 Reference line holes become 0 005 inches wider 2 2 than normal replace the FCT 4 channel FCT Figure 2 18 Specifications of
86. printer is in 6 lpi mode Status 6 45 8 lines per inch The printer is in B lpi mode Status 48 Auto perforation The perforation skip function is enabkd Status Skip enabled 49 Vert tab Sel channel 3 Status channel 3 50 Vert tab Sel VT channel 4 Status channel 4 B02P 1500 00014 05 6 9 58 i 59 66 23 hd 72 I 82 83 6 30 Table 6 6 Printer status continued Error Status Printer status Description BOF channel 8 BOF channel 8 BOF channel 12 BOF channel 12 48 BAND Ihe 48 character set print band is mounted on the printer 64 BAND The 64 character set print band is mounted om the i Status printer l 96 BAND The 96 character set print band is mounted on the Status printer i 128 BAND The 128 character set print band is mounted on the status printer 2K input buffer The printer interface buffer is 2K bytes 50 51 enabled The 51 50 mode was enabled by setting Status New Line Qn CR When the CR code is received the function which enabled converts it to CR IF becomes enabled New Line on right The new line on right margin function is enabled Status margin enabled Convert VT to IF When the VI code is received the function which l enabled converts it to the IF code is enabled i Lower case trans Status lation enabled Stop on invalid When an invalid control code is received am error Status
87. rinter terminates the local loopback test and sets the LL off 1 The combinations of the RTS and CTS signals listed in Table 6 2 are provided for the printer For the RTS and CTS setup refer to Operator s Guide Table 6 2 Operation by the RTS and CTS combination CTS setup Function Half duplex ENABLE The printer sets rhe RTS on 0 waifs forthe CTS to be set to 0 mode and transmits data to the host when the CTS is set to 0 When the HLFDPX transmission ends the pritner sets the RTS off 1 DISABL The printer sets the RIS on 0 and transmits data tO the host whether the CTS is 0 or l When transmission ends che printer sets the RIs off 1 Full duplex ENABLE The printer keeps the RTS at 0 and when the CIS is set to 0 the mode printer transmits data FULDPX DISABLE The printer always keeps the RIS at 0 and transmits data whether the CIS is 0 or 1 B02P 1500 0001A 05 6 7 6 2 2 Physical specifications of interface signals The physical specifications of RS 232 C interface signals consist of electrical specifications interface cable specifications and connector pin assignment specifications 1 Electrical specifications Signal levels must be within the following ranges Low level off 3 v or less High level on 3 7 or more Note These signal levels are measured at the interface connector Signals with incorrect levels may be sent at power on and power off The interface signal transmi
88. s Transmitting data When data transmission is necessary for the printer status reponse XON XOFF transmission or local loopback test the interface MPU USART data and writes data in the USART every time the LJSART issues a transmit request interrupt Commands to the internal bus MPU When writing data into the interface buffer begins the interface MPU detects a control code or control sequence written in the interface buffer and decodes it than issues a command to the internal bus MPU Whether the command sent from the internal bus MPU terminates or not if a mechanical error or operator intervention request indicated by the Intervention Required signal occurs it is reported to the interface MPU If the command terminates normally the interface MPU issues the next command If printer operation is stopped due to a mechanical error or an operator intevention request the internal bus MPU cannot operate in this state the interface MPU stops issuing the next command to the internal MPU and stops reading data in the interface buffer until the mechanical error is corrected or the operator intervention request ends The amount of data transmitted from the host can be reduced by the Repeat Character command or the Move Horizontal Position command or by the Horizontal Tabulation HT code using horizontal tab stop data downloaded by the Load Horizontal Tab Stop Data command A line feed pitch of 6 8 lpi can be se
89. s I font I font UK 96 characters characters I font Pica 0 Pica 10 Pica 10 OCR B characters characters K 96 German 96 characters characters Swedish 64 characters OCR B OCR B OCR A OCR A Swedish 96 characters German 64 characters US 64 characters German 64 characters 8 2 Options Line counter 8028 1500 0001 FCT unit 8 ch BO2B 1500 0002A Format control tape unit for 8 ch FCT unit 12 ch BO2B 1500 0003A Format control tape unit for 12 ch Long line interface BO2B 1500 0004A For DPC or Centronics interface Powered stacker BO2B 1500 0005A See Note 1 Rear panel B028 1500 0008A For forms rack only DPC AMP type BO2B 1500 0023A For M3040D M3042D see Note 2 3 interface connector DPC AMP type BO2B 1500 0024A For M3043D see Race 2 3 interface connector Paper puller BO2B 1500 0061A For forms rack only Note 1 This option is only used when the customer who has the printer with the forms rack wants the powered stacker Note 2 The difference between DPC AMP type and DPC WINCHSTER type is only connectors Note 3 If these options are selected the DPC WINCHESTER type connectors are removed and only the DPC AMP type connectors are attached 8 3 Expendable Supplies Description Specification Remark Ribbon cartridge B87L 0840 0401A Real black long life type NBO2 Ribbon cartridge B87L 0840 04024 Blue black long life type NBO2 8 cb format co
90. s less than 66 lines for a l2 channel FCT 100 lines for an a channel FCT the same hole pattern must be repeated once on the FCT to extend the FCT length 4 The FCT used for this printer must conform to the specifications shown in Section 4 5 802P 1500 0001A 05 3 Format specification from the operator panel The number of lines per page is used to specify the page length at the operator panel Thus a page length specified with 6 LPI differs from that specified with 8 LPI even if the form is the same length The number of lines skipped to avoid printing on or too near a perforation is also specified at the operator panel Skip over perforation feature For the setting method refer to Operator s Guide Figure 4 12 is an example of format specification from the operator panel Form length specification 88 lines Line spacing 8LPI Skip over perforation 4 lines 88 lines per page 8LPI Skipping 4ines Figure 4 12 An example of format specification from the operator panel 4 4 3 Skip and Space commands The Skip or Space command sent via the 1 0 interface controls forms feed The Skip or Space command is sent with the Paper Instruction signal after print data is sent 1 Skip command Skip commands feed forms up to the line corresponding to the channel specified in the format control data in the FCB after printing If data WIFl to WIF8 sent with the Paper Instruction signal is the same as that
91. s data consists of a start bit 7 or 8 data bits a parity bit unless no parity and 1 1 5 or 2 stop bits Teletype procedure A band of 2 4 4 8 9 6 or 19 2 K can be set for the printer Figure 6 1 shows the basic configuration of the RS 232 C interface circuit BO2P 1500 0001A 05 EE 6 2 Interface Signals This section explains the interface signal functions and physical specifications 6 2 1 Interface signal lines The RS 232 C interface uses myte logic when the positive voltage is logical 0 and the negative voltage is logical 1 Table 6 1 lists the RS 232 C interface signal lines and their functions Table 6 1 RS 232 C interface signal lines Signa Signal name level Direction Functions 1 0 System Printer Received Data 3 This signal line receives serial data from the RD host This signal line must be 1 marking when the Received Line Signal Detector line is logical 1 Transmitted Data TD Request to Send RTS i Clear to Send CTS This signal line transmits codes XON and XOF l and reports printer status to the host This signal line is 1 marking when the Request Send signal or Clear to Send signal is 1 Lo When this signal S0 the printeri requesting the host to send data is transmitting data to the host After this to Send transmitti Table 7 2 Note When the RIS line protocol is used this signal does not operate as de
92. scribed above For details see Section 4 4 or and the Clear begins see turned on 0 on 0 the printer For operation details signal is signal goes ng data N confirms can turned on when the host 0 and data from the printer For operation details see Table This signal is that the RIS be 1 2 is received BO2P 1500 0001A 03 Transmitted Data TD and Received Data RD lines are connected to the universal synchronous asynchronous receiver transmitter USART through a transmitter receiver T R The Data Terminal Ready DTR Request to Send RTS and Clear to Send CTS control lines are provided for these data lines and are also connected to USART through the T R The USART transmit receive request line IRQ is connected to the interface microprocessor MPU via 8 bit bus lines and address lines The bus and address lines are also connected to the interface buffer and internal bus MPU The interface MPU operation is controlled by microprograms stored in the ROM Microprogram execution is described below Receiving data When one word data is generated in the USART from the serially sent data the USART issues a receive request interrupt to the interface MPU The interface MPU reads the data decodes it and checks whether it is a Status Request command If not the interface MPU stacks the data in the interface buffer If so it responds with the printer statu
93. setting method refer to Operator s Guide 1 Format specification by FCB The format control data is loaded from the mainframe into the FCB of the printer in online mode Figure 4 8 shows the timing of FCB data loading WSB Ser ur m um pau mS PI o M gg gg Tg RCT SIF8 L H Li Ha Start code Format control Format control Stop code X 6C data of line I data of line X 6F X eD X 6E Note i The PI signal level indicated by dashed lines can be either high or OW 2 The Ln and Hn indicate a low order byte and a high order byte Figure 4 8 Timing of FCB data loading 4 12 B02P 1500 00014 05 If the data code expressed by WIFI to WIF8 is X 6C X 6D or X 6E when the Paper Instruction signal is 1 the printer treats the data code as the start code for FCB data loading and loads into the FCB the data following the start code until the printer receives the stop code X 6F The stop code is also sent with the Paper Instruction signal The transferred data is first loaded into the print data buffer PDB in the IBF Then the interface control IFC microprogram loads the data into the FCB and knows the number of lines per page by counting the loaded FCB data bytes Table 4 3 shows the definition of the start code Table 4 3 Definition of the start code Code Operation 87654321 hex 01101100 Line spac
94. the Skip to Channel n Illegal channel command but the specified channel number was not 1 to 12 LDERR The specified channel number in the load FCB EVFU Error Illegal channel data was not 1 to 12 The printer regards it as an LDERR error Invalid character An invalid character code occurred The printer status code does not regard it as an error and doe not stop It is converted into X 20 FUSE The forms feed fuse was blown The printer regards Fuse 3 and it as a error and stops fuse 4 FUSE The hammer drive fuse was blown The pterter Fuse 1 regards it as an error and stops Form length mode The printer is in this status before the Load FCB Status Data command is issued from the host or before 40 FCB mode FCB image data is loaded by the FCT 41 Tape load FCB mode The printer received load FCB EVFU data and wrote the data in the FCB in the printer The printer is put in this status only when the FCB data is correct If not the Status code is 39 The FCB image data was loaded by FCT and written in FCB If the data is not correct the status data is 39 42 I O select The line feed pitch was designated as 6 or 8 lpi 6 8 lines per inch by printer setting When correctly receiving the Set Vertical Pitch command from the host the printer is put in the lpi status that the host designates At that time the printer does not transmit this status code 43 to the host lines per inch The
95. the second SI or SO code and the printer state does not change whether data codes are to be translated or not 9 ESC X IB code The ESC code indicates that the data following it is control sequence dat in 7 bit mode For the control sequence s Section 6 5 6 18 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 4 Message Protocols The following protocols have been prepared for this printer XON XOFF protocol Reverse Channel line pin 19 11 protocol DTR line protocol RTS line protocol The protocols above report the interface buffer state almost empty or almost full to the host and operate according to the printer start stop state 6 4 1 XON XOFF protocol The XON XOFF protocol transmits code X 11 XON or code X 13 XOFF to the host via the TD line under the following conditions Conditions for XON transmission DIR is turned from off 1 to on 0 The interface buffer is empty or almost empty Conditions for XOFF transmission The interface buffer is almost full or Before DIR is turned from on to off The time from when XOFF is transmitted to when DTR is turned from on to off is 0 5 sec for 19 2 or 9 6 K baud or 1 sec for 2 4 or 4 8 K baud For timing details see Figures 6 5 and 6 6 6 4 2 Reverse Channel line protocol When the Reverse Channel signal is on 0 the host can transmit data This signal is turned from off to on under the same conditions under which the XON XOFF prot
96. thod refer to Operators Guide When the printer receives a Space command the printer feeds forms the specified number of lines after printing all characters in the PDB If the Space command is received before the 132nd or 136th character code the remaining characters are treated as spaces If the Space command is received without character codes the printer does not print it only feeds forms WIF5 must be 1 because WIFS indicates Space commands If a Space command attemps to feed forms past the TOF position the forms feed can be stopped at the TOF position This feature is called the step count truncate This feature can also be set up at the operator panel For the setting method refer to Operators Guide B02P 1500 00014 05 CHAPTI Ei 5 CENTRONICS COMPATIBLE INTERFACE This chapter describes the Centronics compatible interface used es the 1 0 interface to the M304x series line printer 5 1 Operation Outline Basic printer operations which are data transfer printing and forms feed are shown in Figure 5 1 Control code or FCB command Data transfer cycle Data edition Data edition Acknowledge signal Forms feed cycle Figure 5 1 Basic operations The printer goes online when one of the following conditions occurs see Section 5 2 for itnerface signals When the START STOP switch is pressed When control c
97. timing VFU command code XJF X IF s ZN AW VIE ZIZ ata Bi Strobe A B A Print and forms feed LA Print and forms feed _ Busy ie KENN Acknowledge A 2 5 us ot more B 100 us or more Note The Busy signal is set to 1 each time FCB command code X lF and data are sent Figure 5 6 Skip 15 Lines command receive timing chart B02P 1500 0001A 05 Scu Start code VFU data Stop code XID XIE a Xom EEX NK NULL Data Strobe Acknowledge A 2 5 us or more B 100 us or more C 300 us or more Note The Busy signal is st to ech time an FCB data byte is received during a sequence between the start and stop codes Figure 5 7 FCB data receive timing chart 5 2 2 Physical specifications of interface signals The physical specifications of Centronics interface signals consist of electrical Specifications interface cable specifications and connector pin assignment Specifications 1 Electrical Specifications Signal levels must be within the following ranges Low 0 0 to 40 4 v High 2 4 to 45 5 V Note The signal level above are at the interface connector Incorrect signals may be issued at power on and power off The interface signal driver and receiver must be the same as those shown in Figure 5 8 8 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 Driver SN7406 t5 V or equivalent Printer gt Host Receiver 5 V SN7414 or equivale
98. to connect this printer to a host operating as data circuit terminating equipment DCE In addition this printer ignores a Status Request command when this protocol is enabled For timing details see Figure 6 8 20 BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 5 Commands When detecting one of the control sequences listed in Table 6 5 the printer regards it as a command and starts the command operation Table 6 5 Commands and their control sequences Control sequence 18 50 22 P 1B 5C 90 22 P 96 E um 1B 5B PS 20 4E 9b PS 20 4E pug Ics E Half Line Feed 8B Note P indicates a parameter and PS indicates a parameter sequence For their details refer to the explanations of the commands listed in the table above 1 Load FCB EVFU Data command The Load FCB EVFU Data command loads forms control data into the forms control buffer FCB The forms control data is channel data Channels 1 to 12 can be selected for channel data BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 21 Example of control sequence data 90 2 3L1 1 2 L10 3 L22 12 T66 9C Parameter sequenc X 30 0 X 37 7 X 31 1 X 38 8 X 32 2 X 91 9 Codes used in the parameter X 33 3 X 3B sequence X 34 4 X 4C L 4 39 5 1 52 7 R X 36 1 KSA T Ll 4C 31 in the parameter sequence above indicates line 1 1 2 3B 31 3B 32 indicates channels 1 and 2 That is channels 1 and 2 are spec
99. tter and receiver must be the same as those shown in Figure 6 2 Transmitter 12 V Printer Interface connector 12 v Motorola Semiconductors MC1488 or equivalents Receiver Interface Printer connector 100 PF 20KQ Signal ground 12V Motorola Semiconductors MC1489 or equivalents Figure 6 2 RS 232 C interface signal transmitter and receiver 6 a B02P 1500 0001A 05 The RS 232 C interface signals operate according to the printer status Table 6 3 lists the printer statuses Figures 6 3 to 6 8 show the timing charts for this interface Interface operation varies depending on the message protocols prepared for the printer For message protocol details see Section 6 4 Table 6 3 Printer statuses status 3 Status indicator RI signal is 1 or START STOP switch is pressed START Interface buffer empty STARI Interface buffer almost full START Interface buffer almost empty START An error occurred Error content display Error reset STOP Interface buffer almost empty START START STOP switch is pressed STOP Power on diagnosis end START Power on diagnosis end STOP START STOP switch is pressed and interface START buffer is almost empty or is empty BO2P 1500 0001A 05 6 9 Ring Indicator Data Terminal Ready Reverse Channel Receive Dat ow ou Note For D to see Table 6 3 Figure 6 3 Reverse Channel line protocol Drop DTR in START STOP mode Data Terminal N Ready 1
100. type catalog No B30U 2930 0601A 7 4 8028 1500 0014 5 UK ASCII 96 char I font Specification No B300 2930 T607A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0607A 1 10 20 30 O lt HOWGBIF77E6 D5 C CB4 A3 gt 22 Y S X 0 7 40 50 60 64 65 74 U GT SNMRILQ KPZJO IN ejoty afkpuzb 84 94 96 glqvO chmrwidinsx serman ASCII 64 char Specification No B300 2930 T123A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0123A German ASCII 64 char OCR B Specification No B300 2930 T619A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0619A 30 20 10 1 7 50 2 2 lt 3 4 58 02590 86 7 7 7 8916814 gt 0 40 50 60 64 _U ST SOMRILQ KPZIO IN German ASCII 64 char OCR A specification No B300 2930 T641A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0641A 1 10 20 30 l0O H9WG8 F77 E6 D5 C XB84 A3 222Y x 0008vl 40 50 60 64 YU ST S MRILQ EP JO IN BO2P 1500 0001A 05 T5 German ASCII 96 char Specification No B300 2930 T124A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0124A German ASCII 96 char Pica 10 Specification No B300 2930 T614A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0614A German ASCII 96 char OCR B Specification No 8300 2930 T620A Reference type catalog No B30U 2930 0620A 1 10 20 30 0 H9WGB8 F7 E6 A3 gt Z222 Y SX R 0oaV 40 50 40 654 65 74 TEST PF 5 6 582 1 0 KP IN ejotyRafkpuzb 84 94 96 glqavOachmrw dinsxiu Fren
101. und Level By using a soundproofing structure a sound pressure level of 55 dB A in the ECMA condition has been attained for all models elf diagnosis Thanks to the incorporation of microprocessors and sensors diagnosis is performed immediately after power on Errors during printing are automatically indicated enabling the operator to determine if the error is operator correctabl or requires customer ngineer service The microprocessor can also test printers offline Simple Print Band Interchange Each printer can use up to four print band three standard ones and one optional one Wide Variety of Options The M304x series offers a variety of options to meet individual customer needs B02P 1500 0001A 03 el Figure l l M304x series BO2P 1500 0001A 03 line printer ae CHAPTER 2 SPECIFICATIONS This section describes specifications of the M304x series line printers ribbons and forms 2 1 Printer Specifications Table 2 1 lists the printer specifications For electrical specifications and ambient conditions see Section 2 3 For standard interface specifications see Chapter 4 5 OF 6 DPC Centronics or RS 232 C interface B02P 1500 00014 03 2 1 Table 2 1 Printer specifications we M3040 M304 M3042 M3043 Trem uch Print band Type 48 64 and 96 character sets others optionally available Replacement 1By operator Printing method iContinuously r

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