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Black Box Switch PQ-8S User's Manual

1. landscape with AUTO Rotate requested font Paper 1 Automatic PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 5 6 continued Settings for Different Print Orientations Result Host Setting Print all reports documents in portrait with requested font Rotation Paper 1 Automatic 5 8 4 CHANGING PAGE ROTATION SETTINGS Before changing page rotation settings first verify the current settings In Office Vision 400 and DisplayWrite 36 page rotation settings can be viewed and changed in the following manner 1 Press F20 Format options 2 Press 1 Document options then ENTER 3 Press 1 Document format then ENTER 4 Press 4 Page layout paper options then ENTER 5 Press Page Down to scroll to the second screen 6 Locate the Rotate Paper option 7 Move the cursor to the currently selected rotation setting and type in the desired selection Degree of Page AUTO Rotate PQ 8 Setting for Print Orientation Portrait To permanently change the page rotation setting for a data processing report the print file must be changed This should be done by an MIS staff member since a changed print file most likely affects many printers The page rotation setting can be changed temporarily by overriding the print file The print file must be changed or overridden before the host creates the print job An overridden print file applies only to print jobs created on the ho
2. The IBM 5224 and 5225 printers offer 10 and 15 CPI 6 and 8 LPI and only a draft print quality The IBM 5256 printer only offers 10 CPI printing These printer emulations are often used when connecting a specialty printer such as a barcode printer to an IBM host The PQ 8 offers the following output protocols for matrix and specialty printers IBM PPDS IBM Proprinter 4201 4202 Epson 9 pin FX DFX Epson 9 pin DFX Epson 24 pin LQ Generic 5 14 2 CHARACTER SET By default the PQ 8 uses the CP 850 character set You also have the option to select the CP 437 character set which is often used in PC applications Please be aware that CP 437 has 41 fewer characters than CP 850 PQ 8P PQ 85 Although the PQ 8 artificially produces these missing characters at times the reproduction may not satisfy your quality requirements 5 14 3 PRINT QUALITY The PO 8 s IBM 4214 printer emulation offers Draft NLO Near Letter Quality or Default print quality for print quality options If a default print quality command is sent from the host the interface allows you to specify whether this default is Draft or NLQ Set the desired default print quality through Host PC download command 22 or through the setup software If the printer has the capability the PO 8 allows you to further specify if Draft printing should be Fast Draft or Normal Draft Host PC download command 23 Request for Draft printin
3. in the document at the point where the feature is to take effect This signals the start of the print feature Enter the beginning printer command then enter amp or the alternate CPT end delimiter A space may be entered between hexadecimal code pairs to make the command easier to read but do not put spaces between the delimiter and the hexadecimal characters 4 Move the cursor to the point in the text where the print feature ends Enter amp or the alternate CPT start delimiter followed by the ending printer command and then amp or the alternate CPT end delimiter again into the document For example The command ESC amp d0D begins underlining and ESC amp d ends underlining on an HP LaserJet printer First convert the start command to the hexadecimal 1B 26 64 30 44 and the ending command to 1B 26 64 40 If the delimiter is the default amp hex 50 6C then enter the commands as follows This is an amp 1B26643044 amp underlined amp 1 B266440 amp word to print on the printer as This is an underlined word Only characters from 00 to FF are recognized alphabetic characters must be in upper case Errors in the Command Pass Thru sequence will cause the PQ 8 to ignore the command and printing will resume at the point where the error occurred PQ 8P PQ 8S Command Pass Thru may change the horizontal spacing Although the command is displayed on the screen the PQ 8 treats it
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5. non functioning circuits or microprocessor problems A terminated cable is not properly installed a circuit is not functioning or connections are intermittent Problem with the twinaxial receiver circuitry PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 7 1 continued Error Messages Error Message No Interrupt on Data Output Data Available Bit Bad Input Data Available Bit Bad No Interrupt on Bad Parity or Wrong Interrupt on Bad Parity Interrupt Without NMI on Poll to Address X Description A byte of data not a poll was sent and the receiver circuitry did not interrupt the microprocessor The transmitter timing is not staying busy for the proper period The bit signaling that data was received was not set as expected This test sends a transmission with the parity purposely invalid to test the proper reaction Either no interrupt or the wrong interrupt was received in this test During a poll test the transmission was received as data not as a poll Probable Cause Problems in the receiver circuitry or problems with the microprocessor interrupts This indicates an ASIC failure A properly terminated cable is not attached a driver circuitry failure a receiver circuit failure or an ASIC failure This indicates an ASIC failure This indicates an ASIC failure PQ 8P PQ 8S Table 7 1 continued Error Messages Error Message Description Probable Cause Input Not Indicat
6. paper is clear of jams etc Check printer cable for damage or improper connection Review the pin assignments on the printer s input port and the PQ 8 s output port Check host cabling for improper connections or damage Activate Star Panel Overdrive Host PC download command 20 Reposition right margin setting Select a narrower page PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 7 2 continued Problem Resolution Guide Error Message Description Extra blank sheets are Form length not ejected between sheets of printout Form length is incorrect Printer won t change fonts correct in software maximum length is 66 lines Page orientation was changed Form length incorrect in software Incorrect configuration at the host Incorrect typestyle number Wrong font cartridge loaded Font cartridge damaged or not seated into the the printer properly Probable Cause Make sure the document length doesn t exceed the maximum number of lines The printer may eject a blank page when the page orientation portrait or landscape is changed Change form length Make sure the host configuration matches the printer s Make sure the font ID used is valid Invalid font IDs are ignored by the printer Load the cartridge with the font that corresponds to the font ID If possible try a known good cartridge to determine if cartridge is faulty Make sure the cartridge is loaded properly PQ
7. 1 0 Graphics Language The FO Graphics Language IOGL allows printing of graphical elements and charts on PCL5 compatible printers IOGL is independent of other I O features such as internally generated bar codes or font change commands This means that if an I O font change command is followed by an IOGL command to rotate text the text would print in the specified font IOGL is also independent of regular text data This allows text data to be overlaid by a graphical element such as a shaded box 6 6 1 LO GRAPHICS LANGUAGE OVERVIEW Table 6 5 is an overview of the I O Graphics Language IOGL command strings and a brief description of the parameters used in the IOGL strings PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 6 5 IOGL Graphics Language Graphical Element IOGL Command String Line GL lt line width lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x end y end 2GB line width gt lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x end y end lt shading gt Circles GC lt line width gt lt x center gt lt y center gt lt radius gt lt shading gt 2GA line width gt lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x center gt lt y center gt lt angle of rotation gt Shading Color GS lt tt of values gt lt color 1 gt lt shading 1 lt color 2 gt lt shading 2 gt Pie Chart 2GP line width gt lt x center gt lt y center gt lt radius gt lt of segments gt lt segment value 1 gt lt segment value 2 gt
8. 10 Connect the twinax host cables to the V connector The twinax V connector is automatically terminated when one cable is attached and automatically cables through when two cables are attached To install the PQ SS 1 Power off the printer and the PC if used and disconnect the power cable s 2 Use the configuration switches on the PQ 8S s front panel to select the desired output protocol the device address and the serial output parameters for the interface Refer to Table 4 3 for switch settings Make sure the host has been configured for the same device ID and cable address see Section 4 1 Host Configuration 3 Connect the serial cable from the PO 8S s Serial Out connector to the printer s serial port 4 If the sharing port is used attach a second serial cable to the PQ 8S s Serial In port Note that a PC or LAN connected to the PQ 8S s sharing port should always be powered up when the PO 8S is operating In addition the PC LAN and the PO 8S must be using the same serial parameters Refer to Section 5 2 Printer Sharing for more information 5 Connect the wall mount transformer from the outlet to the interface s 9V connector Connect the power cord s to the printer and PC if used 6 Power on the PQ 8S then the printer The PQ 8 s green LED lights labeled Power and Printer On Line should be lit If the sharing port is used and handshaking requirements are
9. 24 4794 Microsoft Cartridge Helv R 8 P Prop 8 34102 Helv R 8 Prop 10 34103 Helv Bold R 8 Prop 10 34123 Helv Italic R 8 Prop 10 34231 Helv R 8 Prop 12 34104 Helv Bold R 8 Prop 12 34124 Helv Italic R 8 Prop 12 34232 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Helv Bold R 8 TmsRmn R 8 TmsRmn R 8 TmsRmn Bold TmsRmn Italic TmsRmn TmsRmn Bold TmsRmn Italic Tms Rmn R 8 Bold Line Printer R 8 P L 15 8 5 223 PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Polished Worksheets Cartridge Prestige Elite R 8 P L Prestige Elite R 8 Prestige Elite R 8 Bold Prestige Elite R 8 Italic Prestige Elite Legal P L 15 7 219 Prestige Elite Legal Prestige Elite Legal Bold Prestige Elite Legal Italic Letter Gothic R 8 P L 27 3 6 290 Letter Gothic R 8 Letter Gothic Bold PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Letter Gothic R 8 Italic Letter Gothic Legal P L 27 3 6 292 Letter Gothic Legal Letter Gothic Legal Bold Letter Gothic Italic Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Persuasive Presentations Cartridge Letter Gothic ASCII P L 10 14 39 Letter Gothic Legal Presentation ASCII Bold PQ 8P PQ 85
10. 28 29 5F 27 EC F7 ED F9 95 97 2B 3B 3E 3D E8 21 92 E7 EF A2 A3 E3 EB EO E9 5E SF 22 FI CF AQ F2 E4 98 E5 20 amp ruel VO aj AJ 1 a AEbks BKS2 a AEclt CLT3 aeAEdmufDMU4 aiAlenv ENV5 aiAltowFOW6 aiAigpx1 4GPX7 ciClhqy1 2HQY8 ABN irz3 4IRZ9 2j 123 HH 16000 lt d D _ y Y 0UOU gt PAE p 6U U IA O dy0 Figure 3 3 Page 2 of Self Test Printouts 4 Configuration 4 1 Host Configuration Before operating the PQ 8 in twinax mode the IBM host must be configured with a device address and device ID for the printer See your system operator or system manual for details With the correct address selected an AS 400 will automatically configure itself according to the active IBM printer emulation on the PQ 8 1 Make sure you have selected and permanently stored the desired IBM emulation on the PO 8 This can be done through the setup software or Host PC download command Z24 to select emulation followed by command Z99 0 to save 2 Make sure the PQ 8 is properly connected to the twinax host and the correct device address is set 3 Power on the PQ 8 The AS 400 will auto configure the printer address according to the PO 8 settings If you are using an S 3X host you must configure the host manually Table 4 1 shows the recommended emulation and device ID for the different host systems PQ 8P PQ 8S Table 4 1 Recom
11. 8P PQ 85 Table 7 2 continued Problem Resolution Guide Error Message Printer does not print landscape in requested font Printer does not print portrait in requested font Description Did not select a rotation in the word processing program Did not select a rotation in the data processing OCL statement APO feature is ON and page size is 8 1 2 x 14 or less and width is less than height APO feature is OFF and orientation is set to COR COR host Selected the wrong rotation in the word processing program Selected the wrong rotation in the data processing OCL statement Probable Cause Select 90 or 270 rotation in the program Add a 90 or 270 orientation instruction to the OCL statement Turn APO off or increase page size so it is larger than 8 1 2 x 14 or change width and height so width is greater than height Refer to Section 5 8 for more information Set PQ 8 orientation to landscape override or portrait Select 0 to 180 rotation in the word processing program Select 0 to 180 rotation in OCL statement PQ 8P PQ 8S Table 7 2 continued Problem Resolution Guide Error Message continued Printer does not print COR Description APO feature is ON and page size is 8 1 2 x 14 or less and width is greater than height APO feature is OFF and orientation is set to COR COR host override allowed or landscape APO feature is ON and pa
12. Bar Chart Histogram GH lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x increment gt lt y increment gt lt bar width gt lt of entries gt lt value 1 gt lt value 25 Run Line Chart GR lt line width x start gt lt y start gt lt x increment y increment gt lt of entries gt lt value 1 gt lt value 2 Text Rotation GT lt x start gt lt y start gt lt angle of rotation text Comments GX lt text gt PQ 8P PQ 85 Parameter shading 3t of segments 3t of entries angle of rotation bar width color n line width Table 6 5 IOGL Graphics Language Units of Measurement Description text to be rotated or to be included in the IOGL program as a comment percentage of shading percentage number of segments to be printed in pie chart number of values to be printed in bar or run line chart angle of rotation of arc or text degrees n 300 inch width of a bar in a bar chart color command numbers color code to select color of pie or bar chart segments width of any printed line in line box arc circle chart Valid Values any printable character 0 100 integers 1 to 9 integers 1 to 12 integers arc O to 360 integers text 0 90 180 270 positive integers 00 to 16 any positive number PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 6 5 continued IOGL Graphics Language Parameter Description Units of Valid Measurem
13. Two self test pages will print if the PQ 8 is installed properly Sample printouts are shown beginning on page 17 The selections shown in the samples are factory defaults The numbers at the left margin are command numbers used to change this setting using Host PC download commands see Section 4 3 If the test does not print the PQ 8 failed the self test Call for technical support 7 2 EBCDIC Hex Dump The PQ 8 can be set up to print the buffer in hexadecimal EBCDIC code This can be useful for a technician to diagnose problems with the PQ 8 or the printer The EBCDIC hex data is printed on a grid corresponding to the data s position in the buffer If the hex data represents a printable character that character is printed below the hex data To start the EBCDIC Hex Dump through Host PC Download 1 Verify that the printer is connected properly to the PQS 2 Type amp Z42 1 on the screen PQ 8P PQ 85 3 Send the command to the printer press the Print Screen Button or print the document file that contains the Host PC download command 4 To stop the Buffer Hex Dump type amp Z42 2 on the screen then send it to the printer press the Print Screen Button or print the document file that contains the Host PC download command Start the EBCDIC Hex Dump from the PQ 8 s front panel as follows 1 With configuration switches SW1 1 through SW1 3 set to a valid Twinax Address 0 6 se
14. Typestyle Size No P L 19 8 5 281 P L 8 5 204 Line Printer R 8 CP850 Line Printer R 8 CP850 13 33 Courier italic R 8 CP850 P L 10 12 18 Courier bold R 8 CP850 P L 10 12 46 Courier R 8 CP850 P L 12 10 85 Courier bold R 8 CP850 P L 12 10 88 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Courier italic R 8 CP850 P L 12 10 89 Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P L 12 12 87 P L 6 CG Times R 8 CP850 Prop 4605 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4606 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4607 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4608 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4609 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4611 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4614 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4617 CG Times bold R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4625 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4626 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4627 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4628 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4629 PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L CG Times R 8 CP850 P L italic R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L CG Times R 8 CP850 P L bold italic R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L PQ 8P PQ 8S Typeface Univers medium Univers med italic Table A 1 Selecting Standard Fonts Symbol Set R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP
15. a command causes the PQ 8 to ignore the command and resume printing from the point the error occurred PQ 8P PQ 8S 6 space or control character NL FF CR or LF signals the end of the download command 7 Multiple commands can be chained together by using a slash or backslash Y to separate the commands no spaces allowed For example to set the Default Print Quality Command 22 to NLQ Value 1 Draft Printing Command 23 to Fast Draft Option 1 and the Wrap Truncate Text selection Command 26 to Truncate Option 1 type 8 amp 722 1 723 1 726 1 Host PC DOWNLOAD COMMAND OVERVIEW Table 4 10 shows the Host PC Download commands for the PQ 8 and corresponding command numbers in alphabetical order PQ 8P PQ 8S Table 4 10 Host PC Download Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number 11 x 17 A3 Printing PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 4 10 continued Host PC Download Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 4 10 continued Host PC Download Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number Restore Previously Saving Configuration Save All Current Settings Serial In Baud Rate PQ 8S only Serial In Word Length PQ 8S only r 9 9 7 7 5 Starting Vertical Position 1 0 User Defined Strings 4 8 9 6 7 8 9 8 0 9 8 0 6 1 6 Wrap Truncate 2 PQ 8P PQ 85 4 4 Configuration Options Asterisks identify fa
16. a radius of 1 inch 300 300 inches Figure 6 12 Draws a circle with the specified radius in n 300 inches and line width in mm around the xy center Line width 2mm 70 shading X Y center 900 2400 Figure 6 12 Example of Circle PQ 8P PQ 85 Arc GA lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y For example start gt lt x center gt lt y center gt lt angle 3GA1 500 900 900 900 180 draws an of rotation arc semi circle since rotation is 180 degrees Figure 6 13 Draws an arc around the xy center starting at xy start and ending when the angle of rotation is completed Angle is measured from theoretical line xy center to xy start and rotates clockwise t X Y center X Y start 900 900 500 900 Figure 6 13 Example of Arc PQ 8P PQ 85 Color Shading GS lt of values gt lt color 1 gt lt shading 1 gt lt color 2 gt lt shading 2 gt Defines the color and shading of the pie chart and bar chart segments The first value entered in the pie and bar chart commands will be printed in color 1 with shading 1 The second value entered in the pie and bar chart commands will be printed in color 2 with shading 2 Colors are entered as numeric values 0 16 corresponding to color command scheme Shading is entered as a numeric value from 0 100 96 of shading If the attached printer is not capable of recognizing PCL color commands all printing will be black Refer to p
17. bar to the left side of the next bar is one inch 300 300 This allows other bars to be added through a separate command Bar I will be 1 2 3 inches 500 x 1 300 inch high bar 2 will be two inches high 600 x 1 300 inch and bar 3 will be 2 2 3 inches high 800 x 1 300 inch NOTE The y increment determines the scaling Only integers i e 1 2 3 4 etc are valid If you are charting sales figures in thousands of dollars the y increment should be small for example 1 If you are charting the number of customer complaints per period the y increment should be high for example 100 or more Be aware that the bar height must not exceed the total printable area of the page Run Chart GR lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x increment gt lt y increment gt lt of entries gt lt value 1 value 2 gt Draws a run line chart The xy start specifies the origin of the chart s xy scale xy axes are not drawn The x increment specifies the horizontal movement before the next value is printed The y increment determines the height of the line multiplied by the value For example 5GR3 900 2400 150 1 5 100 300 200 500 400 draws a run line chart Figure 6 17 PQ 8P PQ 85 Value 1 100 Value 2 300 Value 3 200 Value 4 500 Value 5 400 1 3 inch 100 value x 1 i y increment e lt lt X Y start i 300 inch 900 2400 i e x y start 900
18. commands for these features in the document A shadow print for bolding is performed automatically on fixed pitch fonts For proportionally spaced typographic fonts the user must specify the font that is to be printed Like an IBM 5219 printer the 3812 printer is configured with a default font ID on the host Configure the most commonly used font as the system default then change as necessary with a printer override or OCL command Table 5 1 shows which fonts can be used as system defaults for a System 36 or System 38 host PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 5 1 Data Processing Fonts S 36 and S 38 Typestyle Number Font ID Hex Pitch CPI Description 1 12 i i 6 9 162 Prop Helvetica Italic 223 15 Letter Gothic 05 0B 50 55 56 57 8 9E 9F 0 AO A2 DF PQ 8P PQ 8S 5 7 1 CHANGING TYPESTYLES The typestyle number FGID selected determines the font to be used The system operator selects a default typestyle when the printer is configured on the host however a word processing program may also have a default typestyle Since the default typestyle can vary depending on the system setup ask the system operator if you have questions about the default typestyle on the system There are two ways to change typestyles e Select a typestyle number within the program or document Use font change commands in the document Refer to the manuals for the program for example OfficeVision 400 to cha
19. emphasized bold printing may continue until another string is encountered that returns printing to normal or for some host systems until the next page is sent to the printer The PQ 8 self test prints out a list of command numbers and the command strings assigned to them PQ 8P PQ 8S 6 3 User Defined Fonts HP PCL only The PQ 8P supports a vast variety of fonts For a list of the supported fonts refer to Appendixes A and B In addition the User Defined Fonts feature allows assignment of new or existing font IDs to different printer resident fonts or fonts from an optional font cartridge Up to 10 new pairs of font IDs and fonts can be created The following example assumes an HP 4Si is connected to the PQ 8P and the default font is specified as font 11 The font ID 11 represents the font Courier 10 CPI If you want to change the default font but maintain the font ID 11 simply assign a new font to font ID 11 for example Courier bold 10 CPI This is done by sending the Host PC download command amp Z21 0 11 lt 12U lt s0p10h12v0s3b 4099T to the printer Font ID 11 has now been redefined as Courier bold 10 CPI Consult the printer s user s guide for the information needed to write the string In the same manner personalized font IDs can be assigned to printer resident fonts or to fonts from an optional font cartridge These fonts can then be called up by using the newly assigned font ID the same way
20. in the interface under the macro name U3 type the following amp Z04 0 1B 2A 76 36 57 00 00 08 08 08 This string sets up the color palette amp Z04 3 1B 2A 76 32 35 35 61 30 62 30 63 31 69 31 53 This command defines and prints the color red Notice that the defined color consists of red 255 only Green and blue components have been given the value 0 hex 30 2 To print the word red in this sentence red type To print the word amp U0 amp 96U3 red CO08 in this sentence red type NOTE The C08 in the above example returns the print color back to black 6 5 Printing Bar Codes When generating bar codes on an IBM AS 400 or S 3X the PQ 8 must be attached to a PCL laser printer and emulate an IBM 3812 1 printer or to a dot matrix printer operating in either Epson or IBM Proprinter mode and emulate an IBM 4214 or 5224 25 56 printer The following applies to printing bar codes on laser printers as well as on dot matrix printers unless specified otherwise Using the bar code feature the following bar codes can be easily printed Table 6 1 Bar Codes Type Bar Code 1 Code 3 of 9 2 Code 128 3 Interleaved 2 of 5 4 POSTNET 5 UPCA 6 EAN 8 7 EAN 13 PQ 8P PQ 8S To print any of these bar codes use the following format B lt type gt lt height gt lt width gt lt hr gt lt chkd gt lt ast gt lt data gt B The bar code command string must contain all of these para
21. job is larger than 8 5 x 14 inches document on a standard 8 5 x 14 the PO 8 cannot fit the print job page This allows the user to print a on one page In this case the report initially designed to fit on 14 orientation of the print job is 7 8 x 11 green bar paper onto a determined by the print standard letter or legal size page orientation setting on the without redesigning the report interface BLOCK 3 When used together the APO b If the dimensions of the print and COR features can be a powerful job are 8 5 x 14 inches or tool to print host jobs in portrait smaller the PO 8 compares the landscape or if required in width to the height and landscape with reduced font automatically rotates the print COR without user intervention job to portrait if the height is larger than the width or landscape if the width is larger than the height The dimensions of a word processing document are specified directly through the document format menu The dimensions of a data processing report are calculated in the following manner Width Page Width in number of columns CPI Length Page Length in number of lines LPI PQ 8P PQ 85 The PO 8 s first COR option is not a true IBM 3812 emulation This COR setting was added to give the user a more straightforward way of obtaining COR The COR setting ignores print quality settings and always prints COR unless the host s page rotation or the PQ 8 s APO sett
22. of the page see Figure 6 9 The printable area of the page may vary with the printer model and paper size being used Refer to your printer s user s guide for specific information Physical Page Physical Page xv 7 origin 00 Printable Area a ME RM EI IM 1 Printable Area X Figure 6 9 XY Coordinate System on the Page PQ 8P PQ 85 2 The complete command string must be entered as shown below Incomplete command strings and command strings with invalid values such as spaces will cause the PQ 8 to print the string at the place where the error occurred For example a line command string has been entered However an invalid lt x start gt value has been specified 3GL30 A 1 1 600 The PQ 8 would cause all characters including the invalid value A to be printed A 1 1 600 oo As an alternative to using the semicolon as a separator between parameters you may also enter a comma ora forward slash 4 Do not enter numeric values with commas for example 50 000 The printer interface will interpret the to be the end of the parameter so that for example 50 000 would be interpreted as two values value 1 50 value 2 000 International users should also be aware that a decimal value used to specify line width in mm such as 1 5 i e 1 1 2 is also interpreted as two separate values i e value 1 1
23. of the paper we printed a box relation to the top left hand using 0 0 as the x y starting corner of the printable area coordinates This was done by In the example the bar chart typing 2GB1 0 0 300 300 50 on is on the bottom half of a letter the screen and sending it to the size page The origin of the chart printer The top left corner of is one inch away from the left the printed box marks the top margin and 10 inches away from left corner of the printable area the top margin Figure 6 20 of the page For reference we drew the printable area on the PQ 8P PQ 85 o o o o T Approximate Area of Bar Chart 4 inches 5 inches Origin of Chart Figure 6 20 Placement of Bar Chart PQ 8P PQ 8S Next determine the GH lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y approximate maximum height start gt lt x increment gt lt y and width of the chart In the increment gt lt bar width gt lt of example 40 was the expected entries gt lt value 1 gt lt value 2 gt maximum number of calls We chose to represent 10 calls by The bar chart shown in Figure one inch resulting in a total 6 16 was created using the following maximum height of four inches parameters not including the title and subtitle Similarly each day Bar Chart Boyd was represented by one inch resulting in a total maximum Shading Color Boyd s calls were width of five inches not plotted for each day of the business including the sp
24. or if the host print job is the first after power on it will request letter size paper With the A4 only selection active the PO 8 will always instruct the printer to load A4 size paper If the Printer selected option is chosen the PO 8 will not send any paper requests and the paper size selected through the printer s front panel will be used The following describes how to select legal size paper in DisplayWrite 36 or OfficeVision 400 1 Press F20 for Format options 2 Select 1 for Document options then another 1 for Document format Select 4 for Page layout paper options 3 Scroll to the second screen and enter 8 5 as the paper width and 14 as the paper length Press ENTER to activate the selection 4 Press F12 until the menus have been exited 5 Print the document 6 The printer s operator panel displays Load paper Tray Legal Install the legal size paper tray in the printer and the printer will start printing 7 Press Continue on the printer s operator panel to print on currently loaded paper and not wait for the legal size tray The System 38 only sends margins and other format specifications to a printer when they are different from the previous document or when the printer has been turned off To choose a different size paper you must 1 Select a paper size in the program PQ 8P PQ 8S 2 Install the correct paper size into the printer 3 Po
25. put the printer in ASCII hex dump mode then follow the self test instructions below If the label printer starts printing the PQ 8 has passed the self test To obtain a printout of the current settings connect the PQ 8 to a laser or dot matrix printer The self test can be started through Host PC download command 98 Follow the steps below to start the self test from your PC or terminal 1 Verify that the printer is connected properly to the PO 8 and in Ready mode 2 Type amp Z98 1 on the screen PQ 8P PQ 85 3 Send that command to the printer press the Print Screen Button or print the document file that contains the Host PC download command The sel test will print out in a few seconds Follow the steps below to start the self test by setting the configuration switches 1 Verify that the printer is connected properly to the PO 8 2 Power off the printer interface 3 Set configuration switch SW1 8 far right on the first switch bank to l Verify that configuration switches SW1 1 through SW1 3 are not all set to but are set to a valid Twinax Address 4 Power on the PQ 8 A self test will print within a few seconds after power up After the self test prints the LED lights Host Ready and Printer Ready will begin blinking indicating that the PO 8 is not in operating mode 5 Power off the PO 8 and return configuration switch SWI 8 to the o position
26. responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate the equipment This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A limits for radio noise emission from digital apparatus sel out in the Radio Interference Regulation of Industry Canada Le pr sent appareil num rique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de classe A prescrites dans le Reglement sur le brouillage radio lectrique publi par Industrie Canada INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 10 NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS NOM ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operaci n deber n ser le das antes de que el aparato el ctrico sea operado Las instrucciones de seguridad y operaci n deber n ser guardadas para referencia futura Todas las advertencias en el aparato el ctrico y en sus instrucciones de operaci n deben ser respetadas Todas las instrucciones de operaci n y uso deben ser seguidas El aparato el ctrico no deber ser usado cerca del agua por ejemplo cerca de la tina de ba o lavabo s tano mojado o cerca de una alberca etc El aparato el ctrico debe ser usado nicamente con carritos o pedestales que sean recomendados por el fabricante El aparato el ctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar
27. s guide for the available commands and proper hex values VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 hex codes Stores the hex command as a host port initialization string Example amp Z11 0 1B266C3844 sets LPI to 8 LPI on a Lexmark 4039 laser printer COMMAND 13 PAPER DRAWER 1 COMMAND HP PCL only Matches the host s Paper Drawer 1 command with a physical paper source from the printer When the host sends a command to the printer to feed from paper drawer 1 the printer will feed from the paper source assigned to paper drawer 1 Consult the printer s user s guide for the available paper sources and respective numbers VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 to 6 Paper sources available on the printer el Default Example amp Z13 5 assigns the optional 500 sheet cassette on an HP LaserJet 4 Plus to the host s paper drawer I command PQ 8P PQ 85 COMMAND 14 PAPER DRAWER 2 COMMAND HP PCL only Matches the host s Paper Drawer 2 command with a physical paper source from the printer When the host sends a command to the printer to feed from paper drawer 2 the printer will feed from the paper source assigned to paper drawer 2 Consult the printer s user s guide for the available paper sources and respective numbers VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 to 6 Paper sources available on the printer 4 Default Example amp Z14 5 assigns the optional 500 sheet cassette on an HP LaserJet 4 Plus to the host s paper drawer 2 command Factory default s
28. ser desconectado del cuando el equipo no sea usado por un largo periodo de tiempo 17 Cuidado debe ser tomado de tal manera que objectos liquidos no sean derramados sobre la cubierta u orificios de ventilaci n 18 Servicio por personal calificado deber ser provisto cuando A El cable de poder o el contacto ha sido da ado u B Objectos han ca do o l quido ha sido derramado dentro del aparato o Q El aparato ha sido expuesto a la lluvia o D El aparato parece no operar normalmente o muestra un cambio en su desempe o o E El aparato ha sido tirado o su cubierta ha sido da ada PQ 8P PQ 85 TRADEMARKS Centronics is a a registered trademark of Centronics Corporation Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation HP and PCI are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard IBM AS 400 and Proprinter are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation Lexmark is a trademark of Lexmark International All applied for and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners PQ 8P PQ 8S Contents Chapter Page Le SPC CHICA tl ODS eerta reti erroe ete neuere 10 2 Introduction 11 2 1 Description of Front Panels ee 12 2 2 About This User s Guide 12 23 Unpac eio E 13 3 InstallatiOE 55 e ee A ia 14 Printer On Off Sequences eee ae 16 4 ContgutratiOTi assiste address teater 20 4 1 Host Configuration rett
29. the PQ 8P and the attached PC or LAN print server 2 Disconnect all cables from the PQ 8P 3 Remove the two black screws from the outside of the back panel 4 Pull out the PQ 8P s back panel together with the attached board 5 Locate the jumper in the lower left corner right above the parallel connector labeled Parallel In From PC LAN see Figure F 1 6 Remove the black jumper from the pin then reinsert it covering both pins see Figures F 1a and F1 b 7 Slide the PQ 8 board back into the bottom groove of the chassis 8 Tighten the black screws on the back panel 9 Connect the printer and the PC LAN to the PO 8 then connect the power cord 10 Power on the printer then the PO Figure F 1a Figure F 1b Figure F 1 Jumpers BLACK BOX Copyright 1995 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved 1000 Park Drive e Lawrence PA 15055 1018 e 724 746 5500 e Fax 724 746 0746
30. the configuration switches located on the PO 8P s front panel to select the desired output protocol and the device address for the PO 8P Refer to Table 4 3 for switch settings Make sure the host has been configured for the same device ID and cable address see Section 4 1 Host Configuration 3 Connect the parallel cable from the PQ 8P s Parallel Out connector to the printer s parallel port 4 If the sharing port of the PO 8P is used attach the parallel cable now Note that a PC or LAN connected to the PO 8P s sharing port should always be powered on when the interface is operating 5 Connect the wall mount transformer from the outlet to the interface s 9V connector Connect the power cord s to the printer and PC if used 6 Power on the PQ 8P then the printer The PO 8P s green LED lights labeled Power and Printer On Line should be on 7 Print a PQ 8P self test First power off the PO 8P Then set configuration switch SW1 8 far right to the l position Power on the PO 8P After the two page self test prints set switch SW1 8 back to the o position then cycle the power one more time 8 Refer to the self test printout to determine which configuration parameters need to be altered Change these parameters by using the setup software or Host PC download commands PQ 8P PQ 85 9 With the PQ 8P powered off attach the auto terminating twinax V cable to the PQ 8P
31. the standard printer resident fonts are called up User defined fonts cannot be used with the F font change commands 6 4 Color Printing The PO 8 allows printing of color on PCL5C compatible printers such as the HP Color LaserJet DeskJet 1200C or DeskJet 1600C printer Simply insert the color command in front of the text you want to colorize Return to the normal black color by inserting C00 The color commands are C00 Black 2C01 Blue C02 Red 2C03 Magenta 2C04 Green 005 Turquoise Cyan C06 Yellow C07 White 2C08 Black C09 Dark Blue C10 Orange C11 Purple C12 Dark Green C13 Dark Turquoise C14 Mustard C15 Grey C16 Brown For example to print the word red in the color red in the following sentence type This prints CO2red C00 in red Alternately you can select a color through the Typestyle color menu of Office Version 400 V3R1 or later This menu is accessed by selecting F20 Format Options 1 Document Options 1 Document Format and finally 3 Typestyle color PQ 8P PQ 85 You can also create one or more additional colors using the User Defined String feature described in Section 6 2 To print a customized color you need to follow these steps 1 Set up a color palette 2 Define the color de Print the color For detailed information on this process consult HP s PCL5 Color Technical Reference Manual Here is a quick
32. to the original position type E amp I0u0Z immediately after the macro call 7 Troubleshooting This chapter provides instructions for performing diagnostic tests on the PO 8 It also contains a problem resolution guide that describes common problems with the PQ 8 or the printer and their solutions If you are unable to solve a problem by following the procedures outlined in this chapter call for technical support Before calling verify that the PQ 8 is installed correctly and that its configuration settings are correct perform the appropriate diagnostic tests outlined in this chapter and have the following information ready e Printer and PO 8 self test printouts Model number and serial number of the PO 8 Description of the problem Results of diagnostic tests Type of host system or controller You may also need to print an EBCDIC hex dump by enabling the EBCDIC Hex Dump option through the PO 8 s configuration switches This causes all printing to be in hexadecimal EBCDIC code just as it s received from the host to help in tracing problems If you need to ship the PO 8 use the original carton and packaging to prevent damage 7 1 PQ 8 Self Test Verify proper installation and configuration of the PQ 8 by performing a PQ 8 self test The self test prints out the current software version memory condition RAM and ROM and configuration selections NOTE If you are operating a label printer
33. want to bar code the word PRINTERS Assume the PQ 8 also generates a check digit and the start stop characters Setting the width parameter to 2 will yield a total bar code length of approximately 4 cm or about 1 1 2 inches Number of characters 11 8 letters PRINTERS 2 start stop characters 1 check digit PQ 8P PQ 85 Module width from Table 6 2 3 6 mm 0 14 inches Calculation 11 x 3 6 mm 39 6 mm 3 96 cm or 11 x 14 in 1 54 inches Table 6 2 Module Width in mm inches PCL Laser Code 3 of 9 Code 128 Inter leaved 2 of 5 Postnet EAN 13 2 6 1 22 09 2 3 09 1 5 36 45 55 14 22 3 1 12 19 3 2 12 6 5 9 4 25 10 4 41 22 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 6 3 Module width in mm inches Epson or IBM Proprinter Dot Matrix Code 3 of 9 Code 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 POSTNET PQ 8P PQ 85 Width parameters are ignored when printing POSTNET bar codes since POSTNET uses one standard width However a valid value 1 9 must be entered for the width parameter to ensure the bar code command string is complete lt hr gt Identifies whether human readables are printed or not Human readables are printed underneath the bar code Valid values are 0 Do not print human readables 1 Print human readables chkd Indicates whether the PQ 8 automatically calculates and causes a check digit to be printed The follow
34. 2 Twinax Address Switch Settings Twinax Address SWI1 1 SW1 2 SW1 3 e A QN PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 4 3 Output Protocol Switch Settings Output Protocol SW1 4 SW1 5 SW1 6 SW1 7 Hewlett Packard PCL o PJL on Hewlett Packard PCL o PJL off IBM Proprinter IBM PPDS dot matrix Hewlett Packard LinePrinter To obtain the default IBM printer ration of the PQ 8 Refer to page 38 emulation associated with the Host Download Command 24 for selected output protocol you more information on IBM printer should restore factory defaults emulations Then proceed with the configu PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 4 4 Tests Diagnostic Switch Settings Restore Factory Defaults Self Test Any setting corresponding to a twinax address 0 6 EBCDIC Hex Dump Operating Mode Tests Diagnostic ASCII Hex Dump The first three functions Twinax Diagnostics Restore Factory Defaults Self Test are only performed if the configuration switches are set as indicated when the PQ 8 is powered up In the case of the self test the PQ 8 prints a self test at power up and then should be powered off Refer to Chapter 7 for more information PQ 8P PQ 85 The second right bank of switches is used to set up the PO 8S for communication with the printer Table 4 5 Serial Out Baud Rate Switch Settings Serial Out Baud Rate SW2 1 W2 2 W2 3 38 400 O O O 19 200 O O 9 600 o o Table 4 6 Serial Out Wo
35. 2400 y H x increment horizontal distance between values Line width 5mm Figure 6 17 Run Line Chart NOTE The y increment determines the scaling Only integers 1 2 3 4 etc are valid If you are charting sales figures in thousands of dollars the y increment should be small for example 1 If you are charting the number of customer complaints per period the y increment should be high for example 100 or more PQ 8P PQ 85 Text GT lt x start gt lt y start gt lt angle For example of rotation gt lt text gt GT1000 1000 90 TEXT prints the word TEXT in the active font with Prints the text text in the 90 degree rotation Figure 6 18 active font with the specified rotation and specified xy start Text will be rotated counterclockwise X Y start Figure 6 18 Text PQ 8P PQ 85 Comments GX lt text gt Allows text to be added to IOGL commands for documentation Comments will not print out For example GX Pie chart with 3 elements can be used to document an IOGL pie chart command 6 7 1 0 Graphics Language IOGL in Action 6 7 1 GENERAL STEPS FO Graphics Language IOGL can be used in many different ways It can enhance the appearance of standard host reports through a few simple graphical elements such as lines boxes and circles or it can be used to present pertinent data through charts IOGL can even be used to creat
36. 437 not valid for HP PCL Example amp Z17 0 selects the Roman 8 character set Factory default setting COMMAND 18 STARTING VERTICAL POSITION HP PCL only Adjusts the upper left corner starting vertical position for printing on the page in 1 60 of an inch VALUE DESCRIPTION 127 to 127 Adjustment of vertical position in 1 60 of an inch 0 Default Example amp Z18 20 moves printing on the page up 1 3 inch or 2 lines at 6 LPI COMMAND 19 STARTING HORIZONTAL POSITION HP PCL only Adjusts the upper left corner starting horizontal position for printing on the page in 1 60 of an inch VALUE DESCRIPTION 127 to 127 0 Default Example amp Z19 12 moves printing on the page 1 5 inch right or 2 characters at 10 CPI PQ 8P PQ 85 COMMAND 20 STAR PANEL OVERDRIVE Activates star panel overdrive to add to the signal strength when problems occur with passive star panels VALUE DESCRIPTION Overdrive inactive 1 Overdrive active Example amp Z20 1 activates star panel overdrive NOTE Do not activate the star panel overdrive when using twinax cabling COMMAND 21 USER FONT STRINGS HP PCL only Assigns a font ID to a font The first number 0 9 is one of 10 available strings the second number 0 65535 is the host font number The characters shown in parentheses are sent to the printer when the host font number is received Refer to the printer s user s guide or the docume
37. 5 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P L Bold Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P L Italic Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Bold Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Tax Line LinDrw 7 Draw Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P 10 14 4 40 Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P 17 1 9 4 255 PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No EAN UPC UP Bold Bar Code EAN UPC UPC Bar Code Courier Bold ASCII P L 12 10 108 PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Courier Italic ASCII Courier Legal Courier Bold Legal Courier Italic Legal Courier Legal Courier Bold Legal Courier Italic Legal Prestige Elite ASCII Prestige Elite ASCII Prestige Elite ASCII Bold Prestige Elite ASCII Italic Prestige Elite Legal Prestige Elite Legal PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Prestige Elite Legal Bold Prestige Elite Legal Italic Letter Gothic ASCII Bold Letter Gothic ASCII Italic Times Roman ASCII P Prop 8 163 Times Roman ASCII Prop Times Roman ASCII Bold Times Roman ASCII Italic PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 conti
38. 850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L P L PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L Univers med R 8 CP850 P L condensed R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Univers med R 8 CP850 P L cond italic R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L ITC Zapf R 8 CP850 P L Dingbat R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Pitch Point Size Orient Typeface Symbol Set Typestyle No R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L General Font Assignments Time Time Time Bold Time Italic Helvetica Bold Courier Bold Courier Italic Prestige Prestige Bold Prestige Italic Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 R 8 CP850 PQ 8P PQ 8
39. Dump ee ee 121 EIC 122 7 5 Problem Resolution Guide essere 127 PQ 8P PQ 85 Chapter Page Appendix A Font FGID Reference for PCL Compatible Printers unse es 133 Appendix B Resident Scalable Font Numbers sees 157 Appendix C Character Sets occorre tertie 161 Appendix D Serial Port Specifications i 164 Appendix E Parallel Port Specifications i 166 Appendix F Transferring Power to Pin 18 sess 168 PQ 8P PQ 85 1 Specifications Hardware Requirements ASCII printer AS 400 or System 3X host Emulation IBM 3812 4214 5224 5225 and 5256 printers Systems Supported AS 400 or System 3X Indicators 5 LEDs Power Host Line Sync Printer Online Data from Host Data Out Comnectors PCA45A PCA45AE 1 DB9 1 36 pin Centronics 1 DB25 female PCA46A PCA46AE 1 DB9 1 DB25 male 1 DB25 female Power 9 VAC wallmount transformer Size 6 5 H x 2 1 W x 5 5 D 16 5 x 5 3 x 14 cm Weight 3 Ib 1 4 kg PQ 8P PQ 85 2 Introduction The PO 8P and PQ 8S are powerful yet easy to operate external printer interfaces The PQ 8 can easily be set up through on board DIP switches Host PC download commands or Print Orientation APO In addition paper can be pulled from several sources jobs can be printed on both sides of the paper and a multitude of fonts printer resident the setup so
40. Guide Problem or Message Probable Cause Host Line Sync LED is not on when connected to the host Host is not configured for a printer at the address specified Action Make sure the host is properly configured for the printer Host is not operating Check host system Damaged or improper cabling Twinax cable improperly terminated Twisted pair cabling is not attached to an active or boosted hub Host Line Sync LED blinks on and off Address conflict with another twinax device on the cable Check host cabling for damage or improper connection Make sure the prior device is not terminated some PC emulator cards may terminate mid line Activate Star Panel Overdrive front panel or host PC download command 20 Make sure no other devices on this cable have the same address PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 7 2 continued Problem Resolution Guide Error Message Printer Online LED is off when printer is connected Printer loses host communication drops off line Right margin is cut off Description Printer fault such as paper out paper jam etc Damaged or loose printer cable Printer pinouts are incompatible with printer cable PQ 8 Improper or damaged cabling Twisted pair cabling is not attached to an active or boosted hub Page width in word processing program is not set wide enough Page width is too wide Probable Cause Make sure the printer has
41. Host PC document or on the screen Regardless of whether the incoming print job is a screen print a spreadsheet or a word processing document created on either the host or PC the PO 8 will recognize the Host PC download command The command itself will not be printed if it was entered correctly If any part of the command is printed the PO 8 did not recognize the command because of a problem in the format Check the syntax of the command and send the command again Most Host PC download commands sent to the PQ 8 take effect immediately and stay only in the PO 8 s active memory To save the changed configuration beyond a power off Host PC download command Z99 0 must be sent Tip Save the Host PC download commands in a separate file If you need to re configure the PQ 8 at a later time or if you need to configure more than one PQ 8 just print the file containing the Host PC download commands Take the following steps to enter a host download command 1 Type the Command Pass Thru delimiter amp or alternate CPT start delimiter in the document at the point where the command is to take effect 2 Type an upper case Z 3 Type the command number for the command to be used as shown in the table Always use two digits for the command number for example amp Z05 4 Type a comma 5 Type the value representing the desired selection No spaces are allowed A space or invalid character in
42. If the letter is more than one page select paper source of 1 for the following pages Press ENTER to return to the Document format screen then CMD 12 to return to the Document options screen 5 Now set up the Alternate Format for the envelope Select 2 for Alternate format then 3 for Typestyle color Select the font ID for the envelope and press ENTER to return to the Alternate Format screen 6 Select 4 Page layout paper options Choose a first typing line of 1 then scroll down to the second screen of the options and choose a paper width of 7 5 monarch size or 9 5 commercial or 10 size and a paper length of 4 inches For a paper source select 5 for Envelope Feed Press ENTER to return to the Alternate Format screen 7 Select option 1 for Margins and Tabs and make the left margin 1 Press ENTER and CMD3 until you are back in the document 8 Type in the letter When done add a page end by pressing ALT P 9 Now load in the Alternate Format for the envelope To do this press the CMD5 key Goto and type in rf for Resetting Format Press ENTER Select option 4 on the Alternate Format screen Begin Alternate Format Press ENTER 10 You will now be back in the document with the Alternate Format If these instructions have been followed the cursor will be on the first typing line of 1 with the left margin of 1 Type in the envelope address and send the file to print The letter will print out first
43. Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Global Text Cartridge CG Century R 8 Schoolbook CG Century Schoolbook CG Century Schlbk Bold CG Century Schlbk Italic CG Triumvirate CG Trium virate Bold PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Pretty Faces Cartridge Microstyle ASCII P Prop 18 5910 Microstyle ASCII Bold Hobo Medium Hobo Medium Thunderbird ASCII Signet Roundhand Signet ASCII Roundhand ITC Dingbats ITC ITC Dingbats ITC Appendix B Resident Scalable Font Numbers Table B 1 is a list of the resident scalable fonts and font numbers for current PCL compatible printers Refer to Section 5 7 2 to change resident scalable fonts Fonts with ID numbers 410 through 490 are fixed pitch fonts All others are proportional fonts Table B 1 Resident Scalable Fonts Font Font ID No 70 80 90 Courier bold italic Symbol 3400 Wingdings 3500 4 4 4 4 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table B 1 Resident Scalable Fonts Font Font ID No Arial italic 6327 Arial bold italic 6347 Garamond Antiqua 8503 Garamond Halbfett 8523 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table B 1 Resident Scalable Fonts Font Font ID No Univers medium condensed 33591 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table B 1 Resident Scalable Fonts Font Font ID No Sonoran Serif bold 2103 Appendix C Character Se
44. Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Helv Outline ASCII Helv Outline Legal Serifa ASCII Serifa Legal PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No P Univers R 8 L Prop 6 33101 Univers R 8 P L Prop 33102 Univers Bold R 8 P L Prop 33122 Univers Bold R 8 P L Prop 33123 Univers Bold R 8 P L Prop 33124 Univers Bold R 8 P L Prop 33125 Helv Cond TaxNum Black Bold OCR A OCR A P 10 12 19 Tax Line TaxLin P L 10 12 30 Draw PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No P 8 1 12 60 P 4 6 12 240 12 170 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 EAN UPC UPC P 10 Mil EAN UPC UPC 13 Mil Bold USPS Zip ZIP P L Prop 12 172 L 12 33 Line Draw LinDrw P 10 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Prestige Elite R 8 Bold Prestige Elite R 8 Italic CG Times R 8 P Prop 8 157 CG Times Prop CG Times Bold CG Times R 8 Italic PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set
45. ace needed week so the number of values is five for the label WEEKDAY Since we printed to a black and white laser printer the color 4 If the chart is being printed ona parameters were irrelevant The black and white PCL printer the shading was set to 10 order in which these elements are created is irrelevant Bar Chart Histogram The line However if you are printing width was set to 1 mm The x y start on a PCL color printer the lines parameters defined the bottom left of the last element will always corner of the bar which is identical overlay and cover the element with the origin of the chart previously printed In the Remember that the origin was one example the elements creating inch from the left margin and 10 the x and y axes should be inches from the top margin of the entered last when printing on printable area The resulting values a PCL color printer were 300 1 inch x 300 inch for lt x start gt and 3000 10 inches x 5 Create the separate IOGL 300 inch for lt y start gt elements based on the order determined in Step 4 In the The bar representing Boyd s calls example the bar charts were for Tuesday was to be printed one created first Recall the IOGL inch to the right of Monday s bar formula for the bar chart and The resulting lt x increment gt was the preceding shading color 300 1 inch x 300 inch Since command string the maximum height of a bar was specified at four inc
46. alue other than invalid data has been entered the 2B5 7 1 0 0 0 1234567890 B PQ 8 will process the bar This data overrun by barcode code command up to that e point and then reject any this will cause the bar code to information it receives after overlap the text in the second line the incorrect value For example a bar code command string has been entered however an invalid hr value of 3 has been specified B2 6 6 3 0 0 code128 B The PQ 8 would cause all characters after the invalid value 3 to be printed 0 0 code128 This helps quickly identify where the mistake occurred PQ 8P PQ 85 run by barcode Figure 6 1 Bar Code Overlapping Text To avoid overlapping bar codes with text always allow for sufficient vertical line spacing by adding line feeds for example to accommodate the height of the bar code 6 When text data is entered to the right of the bar code command sting the printed text will appear immediately to the right of where the bar code print ends OVERVIEW AND EXAMPLES The examples shown on the following pages give an overview of the supported bar code types Note that the maximum number of data characters does not include start stop characters and check digits PQ 8P PQ 8S Code 3 of 9 Maximum number of data characters 30 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanumeric characters A Z Valid other characters space 1 amp lt
47. as a command and does not print it If part of the sequence is printed an error has been made entering the codes Check the document and make sure the correct format and EBCDIC hexadecimal characters are being used Avoid sending codes that would move the print position during Command Pass Thru Since the PQ 8 does not process these commands it cannot keep track of the print position changes This may affect the position of characters that follow the command and the page layout 6 2 User Defined Strings To avoid keying in frequently used printer commands which would appear in the document as hex values imbedded in Command Pass Thru delimiters you should take advantage of the User Defined Strings feature Using Host PC download command 04 assign the numbers 0 through 9 to frequently used printer command strings After a command string has been defined activate it by typing the delimiter 8 or alternate CPT start delimiter followed by the string number U0 through U9 into the document or on the screen When the document or screen is printed the PQ 8 will recognize the amp U and send the command assigned to the string number to the printer For example if command number UI is assigned to a command string to turn on shadowed printing hex codes 1B 28 73 31 32 38 53 fora Lexmark 4039 printer then simply enter amp U1 in the document at the point where shadow printing is to begin Some commands such as
48. ation for shared printing e g set it to PostScript mode use the parallel serial port initialization string Host PC download command 56 or 58 Consult the printer s user s guide for the ASCII hex values representing the desired configuration commands Then store these commands in the PO 8 s memory using Host PC download command 56 or 58 or the setup software After host printing is completed and before the printjob from the shared port is sent to the printer the PQ 8 will send this initialization string to the printer and configure it according to your instructions However the print job coming through the shared port might contain other printer instructions thus overriding the parallel serial port initialization string 5 4 Host Printing Based on the IBM printer emulation selected you will have access to all the features inherent in the respective IBM printer the PQ 8 is emulating In addition to the features of the emulated IBM printer ASCII printers will often have other capabilities that you can take advantage of using Command Pass Thru 5 5 Host Port Initialization After shared printing the PQ 8 reconfigures the printer according to the active configuration settings If you want to further modify the printer configuration e g select a different font for all host printing take advantage of the host port initialization string Unlike the parallel serial port Initialization String which is usually overr
49. commands The E command allows an Esc command to be sent to the printer to control the printing Simple escape commands eliminate the need for putting in hex codes using Command Pass Thru These commands allow use of some of the special features of the laser printer Check the printer s manual or any optional technical manual for a description of the feature and the escape commands needed to access the feature These commands consist of characters which are all found on the IBM twinax keyboard except for the Escape character For example E s3B would begin bold printing on an HP LaserJet printer The printer will slightly compress line spacing to fit 66 lines onto the page This may be undesirable as when you are using pre printed forms that must align correctly In these cases the TY command prevents the printer from compressing the line spacing Use the I and S commands to remove unwanted host commands from a print file For example when printing with electronic forms software these files are recognized by the host as text files which causes the host to format the files with unwanted carriage returns and line feeds Placing the I at the end of a line and S at the front of the next line causes the PQ 8 to remove the host carriage return and line feed commands and send only the data to the printer I O s laser printer emulation is compatible with the many popular electronic forms software app
50. connect the host and PC should be in the o position sharing cables from the PO 8 3 Set configuration switches SWI 1 SW1 2 and SW1 3 to the I position and switch SW1 8 far right of the first bank of switches to the o position if it is not already there 5 Operation 5 1 Serial Printing By default the PQ 8S sends data at 96N81 9 600 baud parity none word length 8 bits stop bits 1 Make sure that the printer and the PQ 8S are using the same serial parameters The PQ 8S s Serial Out parameters can be changed using the second right bank of switches located on the front panel 5 2 Printer Sharing The PQ 8P and PQ 8S allow the printer to be shared automatically between an attached PC LAN and an IBM twinax host Simply connect the PC LAN printer server to the parallel PO 8P or serial PO 8S port The PO 8P can supply external devices attached to its parallel sharing port with 5V up to 350 mA See Appendix F for information on how to transfer power to pin 18 of the PO 8P The PQ 8 uses a timeout after each print job before it honors print jobs from another port At the end of a host print job the PO 8 waits for the specified Twinax Port Timeout period before it honors data streams coming in through the sharing port The Twinax Port Timeout period is set through Host PC download command 03 or through the setup software After a parallel or serial print job is completed the PO 8 will a
51. ctory default settings Invalid commands are ignored The last valid setting will be unchanged COMMAND 01 ALTERNATE CPT START DELIMITER Creates an alternate Command Pass Thru CPT start delimiter This delimiter is also an alternate Host PC download delimiter It may be one or two characters long The first character may be any printable character other than amp Only one alternate CPT start delimiter is allowed The default amp will always be recognized as CPT delimiter VALUE DESCRIPTION New characters Alternate CPT start delimiter Deletes alternate CPT start delimiter Two spaces Example amp Z01 creates the alternate CPT start delimiter COMMAND 02 ALTERNATE CPT END DELIMITER Creates an alternate CPT end delimiter as above This delimiter cannot be used as an alternate Host PC download delimiter VALUE DESCRIPTION New characters Alternate CPT end delimiter Deletes the alternate delimiter Two spaces Factory default setting COMMAND 03 HOST PORT TIMEOUT Selects a new timeout value for the interface to wait for data from the host before allowing the printer to honor PC printjobs Each digit equals one second VALUE DESCRIPTION 04 to 60 Sets new timeout value 8 Example amp Z03 05 selects 5 seconds COMMAND 04 USER DEFINED STRINGS Creates up to ten user defined strings to send to the printer later Place the hex codes representing the desired printe
52. d money Here s how the print will look Quality saves you time and money The F6199 12 following saves returns the printing to the original font The numbers following the comma F6199 30 and F6199 12 set the point size of a proportional font such as Times and the pitch size of a fixed pitch such as Courier To print fonts that are not already supported through your PQ 8 refer to Section 6 3 5 7 3 PAGE LENGTH The printer prints up to 66 lines at 6 LPI in HP emulation mode the line spacing will be compressed slightly to fit The System 36 only allows 65 lines per page If there are one or two lines at the top of a new page more lines per page have been formatted than can print PQ 8P PQ 85 5 7 4 PAPER SIZE Configure the printer s setup to the paper size used most The PQ 8 only recognizes these paper sizes e Letter Paper 8 5x ll in 215 9 x 279 4 mm e A4 Paper 8 27 x 11 69 in 210 x 297 mm e Legal Paper 8 5x 14 in 215 9 x 355 6 mm e Executive Paper 7 25x 10 5 in 184 2 x 266 7 mm e11 x17 Paper 11x 17 in 279 4 x 431 8 mm e A3 Paper 1 69 x 16 54 in 297 x 420 mm If the PO 8 s paper size menu is set to the default Host selected it will look for one of the paper sizes mentioned above If the host sends one of these paper sizes the PQ 8 will instruct the printer to load that paper Otherwise it will instruct the printer to load the previously used paper size
53. e printer Data From Host The PQ 8 is currently processing data received from the twinax host Power The PQ 8 is powered on On Off Switch The On Off switch is used to power on or power off the PO 8 Use this switch when asked to cycle power 2 2 About This User s Guide This user s guide covers both the PQ 8P and the PQ 8S PQ 8P PQ 85 2 3 Unpacking Check the packaging for water or physical damage and notify the carrier immediately if there is any damage Keep the original packaging in case you need to move or ship the PQ 8 The package should include the following PQ 8P or PQ 8S e Auto terminating twinax V cable e Wallmount transformer 9V AC output e Standard parallel cable PQ 8P only e Standard serial cable PQ 8S only e This User s Manual PQ 8P PQ 85 3 Installation Before connecting the PQ 8 to the printer verify that the printer fune tions properly by performing a printer self test Consult the printer s user s guide for instructions on how to start and evaluate the self test If the printer functions properly proceed with the installation of the PQ 8 WARNING Electrical current from power lines and cables connecting the interface the printer and the PC can be hazardous To minimize the danger follow the instructions below To install the PQ 8P 1 Power off the printer and PC if used and disconnect the power cord s 2 Use
54. e printer to the print box the cable s female side DB25F is connected to the PQ 8S When used as a sharing cable the male end DB25M is connected to the PO 8S PQ 8P PQ 85 Appendix E Parallel Port Specifications The PO 8P uses standard 36 pin 25 pin Centronics printer cables for connection to a parallel printer and to connect a parallel PC LAN printer server port The 25 pin connector on the PQ 8P label Parallel Out To Printer has the following pin assignments Table E 1 25 Pin Connector Pinout Pin Number Direction Name 2 9 Output Data 1 Data 8 5 6 1 7 Output nSelectln always high 18 25 Signal Ground Shell Chassis Ground PQ 8P PQ 85 The 36 pin connector on the PO 8P labeled Parallel In From PC LAN TxP plus and Parallel Setup Port From PC LAN uses the following pin assignment Table E 2 36 Pin Connector Pinout Pin Number Direction Name 1 Input nStrobe 2 9 Input Data 1 Data 8 1 Output nAck 11 Output Busy 1 0 31 nSelectln an Acknowledge will be generated in response to this input going active however the PQ 8P will not be reset 32 Input nFault 34 36 No connection Shell Chassis Ground PQ 8P PQ 85 Appendix F Transferring n Power to Pin 18 To transfer power to pin 18 of the parallel input connector of the PQ 8P you must move a jumper on the PO 8P board To move this jumper do the following 1 Power off the printer
55. e sophisticated elec tronic forms However progra mming with IOGL follows the ame general steps 1 Determine which IOGL elements are needed to create the desired output For example the bar chart in Figure 6 19 uses four different IOGL elements 2 Determine the printable area of the page 3 Determine the positioning of the graphical elements relative to the top left hand corner of the printable area 4 PCL color printer only Determine the order in which to print the graphical elements The lines of the last IOGL element will overlap and cover the previous IOGL elements 5 Design the graphical output one element at a time 6 Link the graphical output with your host application 6 7 2 TUTORIAL The following example Figure 6 19 shows how multiple IOGL elements interact to create a bar chart PQ 8P PQ 8S SALES CALLS PER DAY Week of March 24 1995 OF CALLS 40 sovo BI cary E shawn 30 20 10 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday WEEKDAY Figure 6 19 Bar Chart 1 Following the above mentioned blank sheet of paper All general steps we first references to distances are made determined the makeup of this in respect to the printable page bar chart The example consists not the actual physical page of four IOGL elements bar Refer to Figure 6 9 charts lines boxes and text 3 Determine where the chart 2 To determine the printable area should be placed always in
56. e the new emulation to the AS 400 COMMAND 25 IBM MOTION COMMAND Manipulates the IBM motion command VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Use FF when possible 1 Substitute multiple LF for FF 2 Suppress FF 3 Suppress CR LF and FF NOTE The Generic output protocol is strongly recommended when using a selection other than the default Factory default setting Example amp Z25 1 sets the PQ 8 to count the lines specified through LPI settings and replace FF with multiple LF COMMAND 26 WRAP TRUNCATE TEXT Printers without HP PCL only Sets the printer to wrap or truncate text lines longer than 8 inches VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Wrap text 1 Truncate text at 8 inches Example amp Z26 1 Sets the printer to truncate at 8 inches Text beyond 8 inches will be lost COMMAND 28 15 CPI PRINTING IBM Proprinter only Determines how host commands for 15 CPI printing should be executed VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No prints 15 CPI as 17 1 CPI 1 Yes prints 15 CPI as 15 CPI PQ 8P PQ 85 NOTE IBM Proprinters cannot print 15 CPI The PQ 8 has the ability to artificially print 15 CPI by printing 17 1 CPI and adjusting the spacing through insertion of a space in graphics mode Although this option allows users to effectively print 15 CPI e g when using pre printed forms it significantly slows down the printer Example amp Z28 1 sets the printer interface to artificially produce 15 CPI p
57. ecialty Printer Operation esee 70 5 14 1 IBM Matrix Printer Emulations eem 70 5 14 2 Character SEt titre erre rene eee reneeenienee 71 5 14 5 Print Quality see een 71 5 14 4 Pitch Control ccoocccccnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaninonoononoonnoorooorrnnrcnnnonnnnos 71 5 14 5 Graphics Printing eise entrer tte rie tet eterne tee 71 514 6 Truncate Wrap ertet kan 72 5 14 7 True 15 CPP iiiter dados 72 5 14 8 Generic Mode arevervvvnnvnnnnvnnnnnvnnnnnnnnnvnnnnnunensvsnevseevsvsnsenenee 73 6 Advanced Features ee eere cte eran ciendo dedican beein 74 bil Command Pass Third iia 74 6 2 User Defined Strings 75 6 3 User Defined Fonts HP PCL Only 76 6 4 Color Printing sila rp do n e pers e e eds 76 6 5 Printing Bar Codes etse Rt ete FOU na 78 6 6 LO Graphics Language 94 6 6 1 I O Graphics Language Overview sese 94 6 6 2 Helpful Hints un nase 99 6 6 3 Basic ESCM WON sugar tepore den eir rino 100 6 7 I O Graphics Language IOGL In Action wee eee 112 6 7 General Steps iter Rae ROREM 112 672 Tutorialing ada 112 6 7 3 X and Y AROS sirena 116 6 7 4 Labels Title Subtitle Legend eee 117 6 8 Linking Graphical Output to a Host Application 117 6 9 Printing Images From the Host eerte 118 Ts Troubleshooting Een 119 7 1 Interface Self Fest ceci tero een to 119 72 EBCDIC Hex DUM Pra itte Re PRI sepa 120 7 3 ASCIL Hex
58. eekday and the y axis of calls along with the increments were created through a series of separate lines Notice that the line width of the axis is the same as the line width of the bars The parameters are shown below GX X Axis with increments GL1 300 3000 1850 3000 GL 5 600 3000 600 3019 GL 5 900 3000 900 3019 GL 5 1200 3000 1200 3019 3GL 5 1500 3000 1500 3019 GL 5 1800 3000 1800 3019 GC Y Axis with increments 5GL1 300 3000 300 1750 3GL 5 281 2700 300 2700 GL 5 281 2400 300 2400 GL 5 281 2100 300 2100 GL 5 281 1800 300 1800 PQ 8P PQ 85 6 7 4 LABELS TITLE SUBTITLE LEGEND All text was created through text rotation command strings Text was always printed in the selected font In the example Universe Medium was used in different point sizes 7Q The legend consists of three separate boxes followed by text rotation commands The parameters are shown below GX Font Change Command 504808 GX Labels X Axis 3GT300 3100 0 Monday GT600 3100 0 Tuesday 2GT900 3100 0 Wednesday 2GT1200 3100 0 Thursday GT1500 3100 0 Friday GT1800 3100 0 WEEKDAY GX Labels Y Axis GT200 2700 0 10 GT200 2400 0 20 3GT200 2100 0 30 3GT200 1800 0 40 GX Legend boxes with text GT200 1650 0 OF CALLS GB1 1700 1650 1750 1700 10 25GT1760 1700 0 BOYD GB1 1700 1750 1750 1800 75 25GT1760 1800 0 GARY GB1 1700 1850 1750 1900 50 GT1760 1900 0 SHAWN GX Font Change C
59. em 34 36 38 from the APF and BGU programs and programmer defined characters using the command Load Alternate Character LAC This capability is supported by 5224 5225 printers in spacing of 10 and 15 CPI and 4214 printers in spacing of 10 12 and 15 CPI PQ 8P PQ 8S The PQ 8 implements the LAC command by taking the dot pattern received from the twinax host and then printing that exact dot pattern using the printer s APA bitimage graphics at high density 240 dots inch This permits the printer to print APF and BGU graphic output using exactly the same spacing as the IBM 4214 5224 5225 printers 5 14 6 TRUNCATE WRAP For normal or wide paper 14 7 8 wide printing select Wrap through Host PC download command 26 or the setup software This allows printing to extend the full width of the wide paper The printer wraps printing beyond the margin to the next line on narrow paper when it is configured for narrow paper When using narrow paper 8 1 2 wide you can also select Truncate This ignores any printing beyond 8 Documents must be formatted to fit the narrow paper since the text beyond an 8 margin will truncate not print 5 14 7 TRUE 15 CPI Epson 9 pin printers IBM Proprinters and similar printers do not have the capability to print at 15 CPI When the host sends a 15 CPI command the PQ 8 is able to produce an artificial 15 CPI on the printer This is accomplished by printing 17 1 CPI and ad
60. en tetti tee eae sie 20 42 POFS Confip uratiODic rata ritirano esse 21 42 SWItCh SEtHMESs s cicci cinici ege nette one 21 422 NN A ir 27 4 3 Host PC Download Commands iii 27 4 4 Configuration OPUOBS u enen nn nn OZ 4 5 Restoring Factory Defaults eee 47 Di OpEelatioli T 48 9 1 Serial Printing oen ci tete e es eadeni 48 D 2 AAA E 48 5 3 Parallel Serial Port Initialization esee 49 A Sr EROS ctn Meran PLURES iis 49 5 5oHost Port InitializatiOT td 49 5 6 Star Panel Overdrive eret eto ete tetro ee eres ar aee nie eoe ve av eo s epe Ead 49 5 7 Laser Printer Operation e 50 5 7 1 Changing Typestyles ii 52 5 7 2 Font Change CommandS sss 52 bor s PageLengthis coii ii 53 Dild Paper Szene ie criceto 54 5 7 5 Printing on 11 x 17 or A3 Size Paper 55 5 7 6 Paper Drawer Selection iii 55 5 8 Print OPEN ta DOT certos oerte ti cess eese tue ve E ERA 57 bad Page ROTON san Aakre 57 5 8 2 Automatic Print Orientation iii 58 5 8 3 Print Orientation Settings esee 58 5 8 4 Changing Page Rotation Settings sess 64 PQ 8P PQ 85 Chapter Page D Envelope Printing aretha 65 5 10 Document Envelope Printing ii 66 ST Duplex A aaa 67 5 12 Other Printer GommandS uausscnsse mussen en 68 DISAP Line PPM GEL 2 sai 70 5 14 Matrix Sp
61. ent Values radius of a circle or pie chart n 300 inch positive integers segment value to be represented by a integer 0 to 100 value n pie chart segment value n a value to be represented by a any positive any positive bar in a bar chart or a point in integer integer a line chart x coordinate of start position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl O x coordinate of end position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl O x center x coordinate of center point of n 300 inch positive circle arc or pie chart integers incl O xincrement horizontal movement before n 300 inch positive next bar bar chart or value integers run chart is printed incl O y center y coordinate of center point of n 300 inch positive circle arc or pie chart integers incl O PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 6 5 continued IOGL Graphics Language Parameter Description Units of Valid Measurement Values y coordinate of start position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl O y coordinate of end position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl O y increment height of one unit of the value n 300 inch positive to be printed in bar or run line integers chart incl O PQ 8P PQ 85 6 6 2 HELPFUL HINTS 1 All xy values start end center increment are measured in n 300 of an inch The origin of the xy coordinate system is the top left hand corner of the printable area
62. eric output protocol to define the 6 LPI string This string represents the printer specific command to set the printer to 6 LPI Consult the printer s user s guide for the appropriate ASCII hex value representing the 6 LPI command Whenever the interface receives a 6 LPI command from the host it sends the string specified through Host PC download command 84 If no string is specified it will send the standard 6 LPI command for the active output protocol VALUE DESCRIPTION l up to 25 Defines the 6 LPI hex bytes string 10 Deletes the 6 LPI string Example amp Z84 1 1B 32 assigns the 6 LPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 32 in the PO 8 s memory PQ 8P PQ 8S NOTE If the active output protocol is generic and no 6 LPI string is specified the PQ 8 will ignore all 6 LPI requests from the host COMMAND 85 8 LPI STRING Used with Generic output protocol to define the 8 LPI string See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION l up to 25 Defines the 8 LPI hex bytes string 10 Deletes the 8 LPI string Example amp Z85 1 1B 30 stores the 8 LPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 30 in the PO 8 s memory COMMAND 86 10 CPI STRING Used with Generic output protocol to define the 10 CPI string See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION l upto 25 Defines the 10 CPI hex bytes string 10 Deletes the 10 CPI string Example amp Z86 1 1B 50 stores the 10 CPI comma
63. ettin y g COMMAND 15 PAPER DRAWER 3 COMMAND HP PCL only Matches the host s Paper Drawer 3 command with a physical paper source from the printer When the host sends a command to the printer to feed from paper drawer 3 the printer will feed from the paper source assigned to paper drawer 3 Consult the printer s user s guide for the available paper sources and respective numbers VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 to 6 Paper sources available on the printer D Default Example amp Z15 6 assigns the optional 500 sheet cassette on an HP LaserJet 4 Plus to the host s paper drawer 3 command PQ 8P PQ 8S COMMAND 16 OVERRIDE FORMAT COMMANDS Allow operator settings on the printer s front panel to override format commands coming from the host VALUE DESCRIPTION No do not override IBM format commands 1 Yes override all IBM format commands 2 Yes override NLQ commands 3 Yes override CPI commands Example amp Z16 1 enables the front panel to override all IBM format commands COMMAND 17 CHARACTER SET Selects which character set will be used when both are available for the desired font The character set selected is used as the underlying ASCII table for EBCDIC to ASCII translations Consult the printer s user s guide to verify that the character set selected is also used by the printer and the selected font is supported VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Roman 8 HP PCL only SI Code Page 850 2 Code Page
64. followed by the envelope PQ 8P PQ 85 NOTE The printer may eject a blank page when printing orien tation has been changed If the buffer and ready light remain steady press the Print Check button on the printer s operator panel to eject the last page 5 11 Duplex Printing Some printers can perform both simplex single sided and duplex double sided printing Duplex printing can be accomplished in four ways In OfficeVision 400 select duplex printing in the print options menu for that document Type of page printing Double sided or Double sided Tumble In OS 400 V2 R3 and later select duplex printing in the printer file Print on both sides Yes or Tumble Place Duplexing commands in the document Set the PQ 8 to duplexing mode through host download command 33 or the setup software For most documents select duplex printing through the host s print options menu OfficeVision 400 or through the printer file OS 400 V2 R3 Refer to page 64 for a description on how to change the printer file I O duplexing commands are similar to the I O Font Change commands These commands are placed on the first line of the document if not on the first line the commands do not take effect until the second page of the document The commands are DO for simplex printing D1 for long edge duplex printing D2 for short edge duplex printing When the printer receives a duplexing command it prin
65. ftware or from optional cartridges are supported The PQ 8P and PO 8S attach virtually any ASCII printer to an AS 400 or System 3X host They offer reliable emulations of IBM 3812 4214 5224 5225 and 5256 printers When connected to a laser printer operating in PCL mode the PQ 8 allows Computer Output Reduction COR and Automatic The PQ 8P comes with a standard parallel sharing port that allows automatic sharing of the attached printer between the host and a PC or LAN The PQ 85 comes with a standard serial sharing port Host VPrinter Data Data Line On From From O NS O G O o o 12345678 OO PQ 8S Power E Ou Host VPrinter Data Serial Line On From Data I Nie Line Host Out NOO00 o 12345678 12345678 Figure 2 1 Front Panels of the PQ 8P and PQ 8S PQ 8P PQ 85 2 1 Description of Front Panels CONFIGURATION SWITCHES The configuration switches are used to set the twinax address output protocol and to perform the available test and diagnostic functions While the PQ 8P comes with only one bank of switches the PQ 8S comes with two banks of eight switches The left bank is labeled SW the right bank is labeled SW2 LEDs The green LED lights indicate the following Host Line Sync Communication lines between the host and the PO 8 are established Printer Online The printer is ready to receive data Data Out The PO 8 is currently sending data to th
66. g can come directly from the host or from the PQ 8 host sends Default print quality and PQ 8 s 4214 Default Print Quality is set to Draft If the printer only offers one draft printing mode the setting of the Draft Prin ng option is ignored Another way to modify the print quality is to set the printer to a certain value through its front panel When you activate the Override Format Commands option of the interface through Host PC download command 16 or through the setup software the printer s front panel settings are locked in and remain valid until the Override Format Command is disabled 5 14 4 PrrcH CONTROL The PO 8 s 4214 emulation permits the printer to print 5 10 12 15 17 1 and 20 CPI pitch The pitch can vary depending on the CPI selected in the host document or the printer s front panel The 5224 5225 emulation only allows 10 and 15 CPI printing and the 5256 emulation only allows 10 CPI printing unless the CPI is overridden at the printer s front panel 5 14 5 GRAPHICS PRINTING The PQ 8 will print the same Advanced Printer Functions APF and Business Graphics Utility BGU graphics as the IBM 4214 5224 and 5225 printers using All Points Available APA bitimage graphics This method is for printing continuous patterns such as bar codes and logos that come from the twinax host This is the method of graphic printing that IBM used before IPDS was developed Graphics are printed on IBM Syst
67. gain wait for a period of time before it honors host print jobs The Sharing Port Timeout is set through Host PC download command 50 or through the setup software By default the PQ 8S receives PC data at 96N81 9 600 baud parity none word length 8 bits stop bits 1 Make sure the PC LAN and the PQ 8S are using the same serial parameters In addition the PO 8 s Serial In settings should be compatible with its Serial Out settings When printing from the PC LAN the lowest baud rate Serial In Serial Out will determine the print speed The PO 8 s Seria In parameters can be changed through Host PC download commands 76 through 79 or through the setup software If the PC print job is sent while a host job is printing the printer responds as busy to the PC print request The print job can be spooled through a spool program sent to the printer when the host job is finished or if the PC s printer port is set for infinite retry through the DOS Configure Printer command described in the DOS manual the print job waits for the printer to be available to receive the data The output protocol specified in the PQ 8 s configuration through configuration switch settings is irrelevant for printing from the shared port For PC LAN printing select the appropriate printer driver on the PC LAN printer server PQ 8P PQ 85 5 3 Parallel Serial Port Initialization If you want to change the printer s configur
68. ge size is 8 1 2 x 14 or less APO feature is OFF and orientation is set to portrait or landscape APO feature is OFF and orientation is set to COR host override allowed Probable Cause Turn APO off or increase page size so it is larger than 8 1 2 x 14 or change width and height so width is less than height Refer to Section 5 8 for additional information Set PQ 8 orientation to portrait Turn APO off or increase page size so it is larger than 8 1 2 x 14 Set orientation to COR Set orientation to COR or change host settings see Section 5 8 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 7 1 continued Error Messages Error Message Description continued Rotation in data processing printer file is set to COR and host print quality in printer file is STD or NLQ DisplayWrite 36 or There might be a OfficeVision 400 mistake in using document prints DisplayWrite 36 or incorrectly OfficeVision 400 Probable Cause Select DRAFT print quality in printer file Choose yes to printer error log on page 3 of the Print Option screen PQ 8P PQ 85 Appendix A Font FGID Reference for PCL Compatible Printers Table A 1 lists standard resident fonts and cartridges that are available along with the font ID number used to select the font For more information regarding font selection refer to Sections 5 7 2 and 6 3 Table A 1 Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point
69. gt Example B1 4 1 1 1 1 0123456789 B 0123456789 Figure 6 2 Code 3 of 9 POSTNET Maximum number of data characters 30 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanumeric characters N A Valid other characters N A Example B4 1 1 1 1 0 0123456789 B 0123456789 Figure 6 3 POSTNET PQ 8P PQ 8S UPC A Required number of data characters 10 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanumeric characters N A Valid other characters N A Example B5 5 1 1 1 0 0123456789 B 01101234 156789 5 Figure 6 4 UPC A EAN 8 Required number of data characters 7 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanumeric characters N A Valid other characters N A Example B6 3 1 1 1 0 1234567 B 123415670 Figure 6 5 EAN 8 PQ 8P PQ 85 EAN 13 Required number of data characters 12 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanumeric characters N A Valid other characters Example B7 3 1 1 1 0 012345678912 B 01123456 1789128 Figure 6 6 EAN 13 Interleaved 2 of 5 Maximum number of data characters 30 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanumeric characters N A Valid other characters N A Example B3 3 1 1 1 0 0123456789 B 0123456789 Figure 6 7 Interleaved 2 of 5 PQ 8P PQ 8S NOTE Since Interleaved 2 of 5 symbols are created from data character pairs the number to be encoded must have an even number of d
70. hes the resulting em TONES E olor 1 gt lt value for lt y increment gt was 30 4 ne 1 gt lt color 2 gt lt shading inches 40 max calls x 300 inch Bia PQ 8P PQ 85 To aid in readability extra space was left between the last bar of day one and the first bar of the next day To determine the lt bar width gt divide the available one inch lt x increment gt into four equal sections three bars and one space The resulting value was 75 300 4 Next count the f of entries 5 and enter the respective values The parameters are GX bar chart Boyd 3GS5 01 10 01 10 01 10 01 10 01 10 35GH1 300 3000 300 30 75 5 30 34 39 37 28 Bar Chart Gary The bars representing Gary s calls were to be printed directly to the right of Boyd s The resulting horizontal start value x start was 300 Boyd s 75 Bar width 375 With the exception of the actual calls the other parameters for Gary s bar chart were identical to Boyd s The parameters are GX bar chart Gary 35GS5 02 75 02 75 02 75 02 75 02 75 GH1 375 3000 300 30 75 5 35 36 38 39 31 Bar Chart Shawn Shawn s bar chart was to be printed directly to the right of Gary s The resulting horizontal starting position lt x start gt was 375 Gary s 75 Bar width 450 The parameters are GX bar chart Shawn 3GS5 04 50 04 50 04 50 04 50 04 50 5GH 1 450 3000 300 30 75 5 15 16 21 20 13 6 7 3 X AND Y AXES The x axis W
71. ial port initialization string COMMAND 76 SERIAL IN BAUD RATE Selects the Baud Rate for data received at the serial in port A new setting will not be effective immediately To activate the new setting cycle power on the PQ 8 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 38 400 baud 1 19 200 baud 2 9 600 baud 3 4 800 baud 4 2 400 baud 5 1 200 baud 6 600 baud 7 300 baud Example amp Z76 0 sets the receiving baud rate to 38 400 PQ 8P PQ 85 COMMAND 77 SERIAL IN WORD LENGTH Selects the Word Length of data received at the serial in port A new setting will not be effective immed iately To activate the new setting cycle power on the interface VALUE DESCRIPTION 7 7 Bits 8 8 Bits Example amp Z77 7 sets the word length to 7 bits COMMAND 78 SERIAL IN STOP BITS Selects the number of Stop Bits of a data stream received at the serial in port A new setting will not be effective immediately To activate the new setting cycle power on the interface VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 Bit 2 2 Bits Example amp Z78 2 sets the number of Stop Bits to 2 Factory default setting COMMAND 79 SERIAL IN PARITY Selects the Parity of a data stream received at the serialin port A new setting will not be effective immed lately To activate the new setting cycle power on the PO 8 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 None 1 Odd 2 Even Example amp Z79 2 sets the parity to even COMMAND 84 6 LPI STRING Used with Gen
72. idden by commands coming with the PC LAN print job the host port initialization string is not sent to the printer until after the PQ 8 has reconfigured the printer for host printing In 3812 emulation the Init String is sent at the beginning of each printed page In all other emulations the Init String is sent at the beginning of the first host print job 5 6 Star Panel Overdrive For installations using twinax cabling the Star Panel Overdrive option should be set to OFF Host PC download command 20 or the setup software If you have problems dropping off line when using a passive star panel and twisted pair cabling set the Star Panel Overdrive to ON This increases the signal driving capability of the interface PQ 8P PQ 85 5 7 Laser Printer Operation The PQ 8 lets you emulate an ASCII laser printer as an IBM 3812 printer This feature rich emulation is automatically active when you select the HP PCL output protocol You can also run an ASCII laser printer under an IBM 5256 emulation The following section describes how to access the many features of emul ation of the IBM 3812 printer The IBM 3812 1 printer is a laser type printer that has font changing capability plus text rotation and compression features called Automatic Print Orientation APO and Computer Output Reduction COR The PQ 8 s emulation of the 3812 provides bolding underlining superscripts and subscripts by recognizing the host
73. ie and bar charts for an example Pie Chart GP lime width lt x center gt lt y center gt lt radius gt lt of segments gt lt segment value 1 gt lt segment value 2 gt Draws a pie chart around the xy center with the specified radius in n 300 inches number of segments maximum of 9 and segment values Segment values are entered as numerics and converted to percentages Segment values can range from 0 to 100 Each segment will have the color and or shading as specified in the shading command pie chart value 1 will get color shading value 1 line width is specified in mm The first pie segment starts at 9 o clock meaning on the far left of the circle Figure 6 14 PQ 8P PQ 85 i 9 o clock i starting i point for first pie segment Figure 6 14 Color Shading and Pie Chart For example 3GS3 01 20 02 50 04 80 GP5 900 2400 600 3 10 20 30 draws a three segment pie chart If the attached printer is a PCL color printer the first segment will be blue 01 the second segment will be red 02 and the third segment will be green 04 The segments will be shaded at 20 50 and 80 respectively PQ 8P PQ 85 The first segment value 10 will be 1 6 of the complete circle 10 10 20 30 10 60 1 6 the second segment value 20 will be 2 6 of the complete circle 20 60 and the third segment will be 3 6 of the complete circle Figure 6 15 Figure 6 15 Segme
74. igits If an odd number of data characters including the optional check digit is entered the PQ 8 adds a 0 to the beginning of the bar code If an even number of data characters including the optional check digit is entered the PQ 8 prints the bar code exactly as it is input Code 128 Code 128 has three unique character subsets code B and C shown in the table on the following pages When entering data representing Code 128 bar code follow these two steps 1 Define which code set you want to use type A to represent code A type B to represent Code B and type C to represent code C 2 If you are using code set B enter the data characters directly The character and other special characters are represented by the Symbol Character Value found in the left column of Table 6 4 If you are using code set A or C enter the Symbol Character Value found in the left column of the table Each character is represented by two digits or a followed by a digit For example to bar code the character amp using Code Set A type 06 Maximum number of data characters 30 includes special characters Valid characters Differs with selected code set see Table 6 4 Example B2 3 2 1 1 0 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ B ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Figure 6 8 Code 128 PQ 8P PQ 8S To show how multiple character sets are used study the followi
75. ile also offers DEVD and COR AS 400 only a With 0 90 180 and 270 degrees you can specify the desired rotation directly from the host b The COR setting will always print COR unless the print quality AS 400 and S 38 is set to NLQ or STD or Text S 36 is set to YES If the page rotation is set to COR and print quality text is one of the above mentioned settings the print job will print in portrait in the requested font With the DEVD and AUTO settings the host does not influence the print orientation Rather the print orientation is determined by the settings on the PO 8 o PQ 8P PQ 8S 5 8 2 AUTOMATIC PRINT ORIENTATION 5 8 3 PRINT ORIENTATION SETTINGS If no page rotation was specified on The PQ 8 s print orientation settings the host the PO 8 s Automatic Print determine the orientation of the Orientation APO feature is the host document report after the first setting to determine the final host s page rotation setting and the print orientation This feature PQ 8 s APO setting have been automatically rotates print jobs with obeyed dimensions of 8 5 x 14 inches or smaller to portrait or landscape The available print orientation orientation settings are portrait landscape and two COR options The COR feature a With the APO feature ON the rotates documents to landscape PQ 8 first checks the dimensions orientation and compresses the of the host print job If the print font as needed to fit the complete
76. ing This is an ASIC This indicates an ASIC failure Busy internal test during a transmission Two Byte Data This test verifies A failure could be caused by Checks Bad multi byte data a 5 volt supply problem a transmissions for transmitter circuit failure proper data a receiver circuit failure or an ASIC failure Overflow Counter This tests the This indicates an ASIC Bad protection circuit in failure the ASIC designed to prevent a host failure from over filling the PQ 8 buffer and causing an error in operation Bad Data A byte of data was This indicates a problem with Expecting XX sent and the receiver the twinaxial circuitry data Received YY circuity interrupted paths the microprocessor However when the data was checked it was not the same as when it was sent PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 7 1 continued Error Messages Error Message Description Parity Error This error indicates Detected or Parity that the twinaxial Failure receiver detected a parity error on receiving polls or data Probable Cause This indicates an error in the parity generation by the twinaxial output a malfunctioning of the parity checking circuit of the twinaxial receiver or a poor cable connection 7 5 Problem Resolution Guide Table 7 2 is a general guide to resolve common problems that may occur Please refer to this guide before contacting technical support PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 7 2 Problem Resolution
77. ing bar codes require a check digit so the PO 8 automatically generates and adds a check digit to the bar code data Code 128 POSTNET UPC A EAN 8 EAN 13 If any of the bar codes listed above has been selected the chkd selection is ignored by the PQ 8 However one of the following values must be entered to ensure the bar code command string is complete and valid The options for the lt chkd gt parameter are 0 Do not calculate and add a check digit 1 Calculate and add a check digit to the bar code data lt ast gt Specifies whether start stop characters are automatically generated or manually added This parameter only applies to bar code type Code 3 of 9 For all other bar code types the start stop characters are automatically generated by the PQ 8 and input for the ast parameter is ignored However one of the following values must be entered to ensure the bar code command string is complete and valid The options for the ast parameter are 0 Do not automatically add start stop characters 1 Automatically add start stop characters NOTE If value 0 is selected you must manually enter start stop characters asterisks together with the data Failure to add the asterisks will cause an invalid bar code to be printed i e a bar code without start stop char acters If human readables are being printed the asterisks will also print as human readables If value 1 is selected y
78. ing determine the print orientation a The PQ 8 has a second COR option This COR option is a true 3812 1 emulation With certain page rotation settings on the host the IBM 3812 1 printer allows the user to manipulate the final print orientation through the print quality setting Note though that this override only applies if the PO 8 s print orientation is set to COR host override allowed PQ 8P PQ 85 START Page Orientation Logic Use specified page rotation 0 90 180 270 degrees with requested font Page Rotation DEVD AUTO not specified Is Automatic Print Orientation Active Page Size Valid Orientation set to Landscape Orientation set to Portrait Width Greater Than Height 3 Print Orientation LANDSCAPE Orientation set to COR in requested font host override allowed LANDSCAPE in requested font Orientation set to COR What is the Print Quality Valid Page Size 8 1 2 x 14 or smaller Std or NLQ 11 x 17 or smaller if PORTRAIT 11 x 17 A3 selection in requested font is set to ON Computer Output Reduction COR 0 5 margins top and left LANDSCAPE in reduced font 10 pitch font to 13 pitch 12 pitch font to 15 pitch 15 pitch font to 20 pitch Verticle spacing is 6 LPI 8 7 8 LPI 11 6 Figure 5 1 Flowchart PQ 8P PQ 85 Tables 5 3 through 5 5 show what page ro
79. inting it PQ 8P PQ 85 A call for this macro can be used in your application by embedding the following PCL command in the application code E amp f y3X Another command that can be used to prevent overloading the printer s memory is 2E amp ffty8X This command deletes the macro ID that currently resides in the printer s memory 6 9 Printing Images From The Host Itis often advantageous to include images such as company logos or signatures with printed output Logos and other images can be stored on printer cartridges or Flash SIMMs offered through the printer manufacturer or various third party vendors While the process of loading the cartridge or SIMM differs the final result is the same The stored image is assigned a macro ID number that must be called up by the application when the image is to be printed Please refer to the documentation supplied with the cartridge or SIMM for instructions on how to store an image Generally a macro stored in non volatile memory is called up by sending the command E amp f y3X where is the macro ID A PCL command used to reposition the stored image on a page is E amp l u Z where the first l u specifies the Left Offset Registration or horizontal movement in n 720 inch and the second tZ specifies the Top Offset Registration or vertical movement of the image in n 720 inch The repositioning command must precede the macro call To return
80. ive setup selections 2 Restores the setup selections stored in the permanent memory to active status NOTES If a document is printed using temporary host download commands commands not stored using the Z99 0 command value 2 will restore the permanent memory selections Put a amp Z98 2 at the end of the document to restore the standard setup parameters for the next user of the printer The active setup and permanent memory setup selections are the same after a Command Z99 0 or a Command Z98 2 is sent to the printer Example amp Z98 1 prints out the active setup selections for review COMMAND 99 SAVE ALL CURRENT SETTINGS Saves all current settings specified through Host PC download commands or Setup Software into permanent memory VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Save all current settings Example amp Z99 0 saves all current settings to permanent memory PQ 8P PQ 85 4 5 Restoring Factory Defaults The factory default configuration can be restored either by sending 4 Power on the PQ 8 The factory defaults are restored The LED lights labeled Host Ready and Printer Ready will blink Host PC Download Command 798 0 or by taking the following steps continuously indicating the PQ 8 is not in operating mode 5 Power off the PQ 8 and return 1 Power off the printer and the configuration switches SW1 1 PQ 8 SW1 2 and SWI 3 to the correct twinax address Switch SW1 8 2 Dis
81. justing for the spacing difference In this manner 15 CPI fonts sent from the host can fit on preprinted forms that must align correctly When using the Epson 9 pin printer driver this is done automatically Since the Epson DFX 5000 is able to print 15 CPI make sure to select the Epson DFX driver when operating the DFX 5000 printer When using the IBM Proprinter driver the user may manually select whether 15 CPI host commands should simply be printed as 17 1 CPI or as 17 1 CPI with space adjustments see Host PC download command 28 Printing the artificial 15 CPI through the IBM Proprinter driver significantly reduces print speed PQ 8P PQ 8S 5 14 8 GENERIC MODE The Generic output protocol should be used when the other output protocols of the PQ 8 are inappropriate This could be the case with printers such as certain barcode label printers or embossers but also with printers from Okidata Mannesmann Tally or others Refer to the printer s user s guide to find out if the printer operates with one of the PQ 8 s output protocols In Generic mode the PQ 8 does not pass on the LPI and CPI commands from the host Rather it allows you to match the printer specific CPI or LPI command with the CPI or LPI command from the host through Host PC download commands 84 89 For example assume the printer protocol the printer requires is not available on the PQ 8 To change the printer to 10 CPI the prin
82. lications If the PQ 8 replaces XPoint s Twinax Controller set the PQ 8 s True LPI menu to XPoint Controller PQ 8P PQ 8S 5 13 HP Line Printer The HP Line Printer protocol allows printing of dot matrix output on a PCL laser printer When selecting the HP Line Printer protocol the PQ 3 emulates an IBM 5224 1 line printer Other IBM printers cannot be emulated The HP Line Printer protocol automatically prints all output in COR mode However portrait or landscape print orientation with the requested font is also possible In addition the PQ 8 offers the choice between compressed default and true LPI useful when printing on pre printed forms When driving the attached laser printer with the HP Line Printer protocol reports can be printed at high print speeds and with superior print quality 5 14 Matrix Specialty Printer Operation 5 14 1 IBM MATRIX PRINTER EMULATIONS The PO 8 offers the following IBM matrix printer emulations in addition to the IBM 4214 emulation that is used as the default for most of the output protocols IBM 5224 Model 1 IBM 5225 Model 1 IBM 5256 Model 3 These IBM matrix printer emulations can be selected through Host PC download command 24 or through the setup software The PO 8 allows access to all the capabilities of the emulated IBM printer The IBM 4214 printer offers 5 10 12 15 16 7 and 20 CPI 3 4 6 and 8 LPI and print qualities of draft fast draft or NLQ
83. mended Emulation and Device ID for the Host Systems Printer Used Host System S 38 S 36 S 38 S 36 Matrix printer printing NLQ S 38 S 36 S 34 Matrix printer S 38 S 36 S 34 label printer NOTE Check the device description Host Print Transform must be turned Off in OS 400 V2R3 and later 4 2 PQ 8 Configuration The PQ 8 can be configured through its on board configuration switches user friendly PC setup software or by sending download commands from the host or from a PC LAN To ensure proper functioning of the PQ 8 you should review all available setup parameters Laser printer using HP PCL commands Specialty printer e g Emulation Device ID 3812 5224 2P 4 2 1 SwrrcH SETTINGS Use the PQ 8 s configuration switches to select the twinax address the output protocol and to perform the available test and diagnostic functions The PQ 8S has a second bank of eight switches referred to as SW2 to change the serial parameters Use a pointed object such as a ball point pen to change the switch settings When operating the PO 8 will only recognize EBCDIC Hex Dump and ASCII Hex Dump settings All other settings are only read at power up Whenever one of these settings is changed remember to cycle power to activate them PQ 8P PQ 85 If an invalid switch setting is encountered at power up all LED lights will blink and the PQ 8 cannot operate Table 4
84. met the LED labeled PC LAN Ready should also be on PQ 8P PQ 85 7 Print a PQ 8S self test First power off the PQ 8S Then set configuration switch SW1 8 far right of the first switch bank to the I position If you are operating a label printer put the printer in ASCII hex dump mode Then power on the PQ 8S If the label printer starts printing the PQ 8S has passed the self test To obtain a print out of the current settings connect the PQ 8S to a laser or dot matrix printer Power on the PO 8S After the two page self test prints set switch SW1 8 back to the o position then cycle the power one more time 8 Refer to the self test printout to determine which configuration parameters need to be altered Change these parameters by using the Setup Software or Host PC download commands Refer to Chapter 4 for further information 9 With the PO 8S powered off attach the auto terminating twinax V cable to the PQ 8S s Twinax In port 10 Connect the twinax host cable s to the V connector The twinax V connector is automatically terminated when one cable is attached and automatically cables through when two cables are attached Sample self test printouts for the PQ 8S and the PQ 8P are shown on the following pages The printout you obtain may differ from the displayed samples since only the configuration parameters associated with the active output protocol e g HP PCL IBM PPDS etc a
85. meters even if the parameter is irrelevant for the type of bar code being printed For example POSTNET comes in only one size so any height or width specifications are ignored But the parameters for height and width must be included anyway 2B Identifies the strings as a bar code command string B must be placed at the beginning and at the end of the string lt type gt Specifies the bar code type according to Table 6 1 height Specifies the height of the bar code Height is expressed in multiples of 2 5 mm approximately 1 10 inch The height of the bar code can range from 1 2 5 mm to 9 22 5 mm inclusive Height values are ignored if a POSTNET bar code is being printed since POSTNET uses one standard height However a valid value 1 9 must be entered for the height parameter to ensure the bar code command string is complete width Specifies the width of a bar code module A module is defined as a specific combination of bars and spaces used to represent a human readable character By changing the width parameter you can determine the width of the module and the thickness of the bars and spaces Width parameters can range from l to 9 To determine the total length of the bar code simply multiply the module length found in the table on the following page by the number of bar code characters NOTE Be aware that the table gives rounded values only Example Using Code 3 of 9 you
86. mulation if the active IBM emulation is invalid To obtain the default IBM printer emulation you need to restore factory defaults Factory default setting Example Your PQ 3 is set to the Generic output protocol and IBM 5256 printer emulation You now switch to the I O 8215 output protocol Since the currently active IBM 5256 printer emulation is valid see table below the interface will honor this emulation and not change Had you selected the HP line printer emulation the IBM 5256 printer emulation would not be a valid selection The interface would have switched to the default IBM 5224 printer emulation PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 4 11 IBM Printer Emulation Output Protocol Default IBM Other Valid Printer Emulation Printer Emulations Hewlett Packard PCL 3812 1 SCS IBM Proprinter 4214 5224 5225 5256 IBM PPDS dot matrix 4214 5224 5225 5256 Epson ESC P2 4214 5224 5225 5256 Epson DFX 4214 5224 5225 5256 Epson LQ 24 pin 4214 5224 5225 5256 Generic 5256 5224 5225 Hewlett Packard Line Printer 1 0 8215 5225 5256 Factory default setting PQ 8P PQ 8S VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 5256 Model 3 1 5224 Model 1 2 5225 Model 1 3 4214 Model 2 Example amp Z24 2 sets the active printer emulation to 5225 Model 1 NOTE An AS 400 will auto configure when the PQ 8 is powered on Therefore you should save the new IBM emulation and then cycle the power on the interface to communicat
87. nd for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 50 in the PO 8 s memory COMMAND 87 15 CPI STRING Used with Generic output protocol to define the 15 CPI string See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION l upto25 Defines the 15 CPI hex bytes string 10 Deletes the 15 CPI string Example amp Z87 1 1B 67 assigns the 15 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 67 in the PO 8 s memory COMMAND 88 12 CPI STRING Used with Generic output protocol to define the 12 CPI string See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION l upto25 Defines the 12 CPI hex bytes string 10 Deletes the 12 CPI string Example amp Z88 1 1B 4D stores the 12 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 4D in the PO 8 s memory PQ 8P PQ 85 COMMAND 89 16 7 CPI STRING Used with Generic output protocol to define the 16 7 CPI string See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION l upto25 Defines the 16 7 hex bytes CPI string 10 Deletes the 16 7 CPI string Example amp Z89 1 1B 10 stores the 16 7 actually 17 CPI normal draft CPI command for an IBM Proprinter X24E hex value 1B 10 in the PO 8 s memory COMMAND 98 RESTORE DEFAULTS OR PRINT CONFIGURATION Restores the factory default configuration selections prints out a copy of the active configuration selections or restores the permanent memory selections to the active setup status VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Restores the factory setup 1 Prints out the act
88. nd the IBM printer emulation e g IBM 3812 1 4214 etc are printed The second page of the self test printout is the same for both the PQ 8S and the PO 8P Power On Off Sequence Follow the power on and off sequences exactly or the print output may be garbled To power on 1 Turn on the PQ 8 2 Turn on the printer To power off 1 Turn off the printer 2 Turn off the PQ 8 PQ 8P PQ 8S Self Test Printout PQ 8P PARALLEL TWINAX INTERFACE COPYRIGHT c 1995 SDE CORP SOFTWARE VERSION 1 00 0 HP PCL 3812 Output Printer Protocol 01 Alt CPT Start Delimiters 50 6C Alt CPT End Delimiters 50 6C Host Port Timeout Host Language Print Orientation 08 seconds 01 U S Canada 0 COR Host override allowed 1 On 0 Host Selected 15 Paper Drawer 3 16 Override Format Commands 17 Character Set 18 Starting Vertical Position 19 Starting Horizontal Position Star Panel Overdrive Sharing Port Timeout Host Port Initialization Parallel Port Initialization 04 User Defined Strings JO 4 qaqqcqece qaaqcc 0 Compress LPI 1 Tray I 4 Tray 4 5 Tray 5 0 No Overrides 1 Code Page 850 00 00 0 Inactive 0 Off 0 Off 08 seconds Figure 3 1 Self Test Printout PQ 8P PQ 8P PQ 8S Self Test Printout PO 8S SERIAL TWINAX INTERFACE SOFTWARE VERSION 1 00 RAM OK ROM OK Address O
89. ng data string Height width and other parameters were omitted in this example to focus your attention on the data string Please note that this example is for illustration purposes only and is not a recommended way of bar coding The following data string is a fairly complex way of bar coding 10PQ 810 B2 A1716 6PQ 8 510 B A selects code set A 17 selects the number 1 from code set A 16 selects the number 0 from code set A 6 switches from code set A to code set B PQ selects the characters PrintBoxes from code set B 5 switches from code set B to code set C 10 selects the number 10 from code set C PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 6 4 Symbol Character Value and Data Character Symbol Character Data Character Value Code B 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 PQ 8P PQ 8S Table 6 4 continued Symbol Character Value and Data Character Symbol Character Data Character Value Code B A A S S lt CA1A0IDOTVOZZPFPACTIOTMOOU gt gs gt v gt 2 Q A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 6 4 continued Symbol Character Value and Data Character Symbol Character Data Character Value Code B a b C d e f g h PQ 8P PQ 8S Table 6 4 continued Symbol Character Value and Data Character Symbol Character Data Character Value Code B u v w x y z PQ 8P PQ 85 6 6
90. nge typestyles in the program Font Change commands are placed in the document by the user see Section 5 7 2 The four character font command changes the text to the new font until another Font Change command is entered The host does not know that a font change has taken place and may send the original font number to the printer at the beginning of each page Therefore the user may have to put a Font Change command at the beginning of each new page If the pitch is changed there may be formatting problems since the host is still formatting each line accor ding to the pitch of the original typestyle number Text Management 38 does not allow more than one font per line of text so Font Change commands must be used in such cases 5 7 2 FONT CHANGE COMMANDS Fontchange commands allow fonts to be changed in the document without using host commands The commands can be used in either data processing RPG BASIC programs etc or in word processing documents Two types of font change commands exist Both commands can be placed anywhere within a document The command consists of the logical not 7 symbol and either a capitalized Q or F followed by the typestyle number corresponding to the desired font The symbol can be used in place of the for non US applications The font change command occupies space in the program or text however the command does not print e Q Font change command
91. nt of Circle PQ 8P PQ 8S Bar Chart Histogram GH lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x increment gt lt y increment gt lt bar width of entries lt value 1 value 2 Draws a bar chart xy start specifies the bottom left hand corner of the first bar the origin on the chart s xy scale The x increment specifies the horizontal movement before the next bar is printed The y increment in n 300 inches determines the height of the bar multiplied by the value The bar width in n 300 inches specifies the width of the X Y start 100 2400 bar Bar chart values can range from 0 to 3 000 Each bar will have the color and or shading as specified in the shading command bar 1 is color shading value 1 A maximum of 12 bars can be printed For example GS3 01 20 02 50 04 80 GH1 100 2400 300 1 100 3 500 600 800 draws three bars If the attached printer is a PCL color printer the first bar will be blue the second red and the third green The bars will be shaded 20 50 and 80 respectively Figure 6 16 Y e SE 5 eo o ne S 58 SSF 3I LEG DI Le Oc ne S 2 Lar y Svs SEE VIS eg eo Line width 5mm LEE TTS MS Height value times y increment il x increment horizontal distance between values Figure 6 16 Bar Chart Histogram PQ 8P PQ 85 Each bar is 1 3 inch wide 100 300 inch The distance from the left side of one
92. ntation accompanying the font cartridge for a list of available fonts and their respective strings Use the character to indicate the ESCape character Factory default setting VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 9 One of ten available strings 0 65535 Host font number ASCII Char Up to 25 ASCII characters representing the desired font Example amp Z21 3 12345 lt 12U lt s0p12h10v 1s3b6T This selects font 12345 as the third font string and selects for a Lexmark 4039 printer 12U code page 850 Op fixed spacing 12h 12 pitch 10v 10 point ls italic 3b bold 6T letter gothic COMMAND 22 DEFAULT PRINT QUALITY Printers without HP PCL only Defines the print quality when the host sends default print quality commands VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Draft 1 NLQ Example amp Z22 1 sets NLQ printing as the default PQ 8P PQ 85 COMMAND 23 DRAFT PRINTING Non HP PCL only Selects the Draft Printing mode when a draft print command comes from the host or from the PQ 8 VALUE DESCRIPTION Normal draft 1 Fast draft Example amp Z23 1 sets the printer to print fast draft COMMAND 24 IBM PRINTER EMULATION Selects the IBM printer emulation The IBM printer emulation is closely related to the selected output protocol set by DIP switches see Section 4 2 1 Table 4 11 summarizes this relationship When changing the output protocol the PQ 8 only loads the default IBM printer e
93. nued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Times Roman ASCII Prop Times Roman ASCII Bold Times Roman ASCII Italic Times Roman Legal P Prop 8 173 Times Roman Legal Prop Times Roman Legal Bold Times Roman Legal Italic Times Roman Legal Prop Times Roman Legal Bold Times Roman Legal Italic Helvetica ASCII PQ 8P PQ 85 Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Bold Helvetica ASCII Italic Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Bold Helvetica ASCII Italic Helvetica ASCII Bold Helvetica Legal Bold WordPerfect Cartridge CG Times DskTop P Prop 6 4685 CG Times DskTop Prop 4686 PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No CG Times DskTop Bold CG Times DskTop Italic CG Times DskTop CG Times DskTop Bold CG Times DskTop Italic CG Times DskTop CG Times DskTop Bold CG Times DskTop Italic CG Times DskTop CG Times DskTop Bold CG Times DskTop Italic PQ 8P PQ 8S Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No CG Times DskTop Bold CG Times DskTop Bold Univers DskTop Prop 14 4789 Univers DskTop Prop 18 4791 Univers DskTop P Prop
94. ommand 204813 GX Title 3GT500 1500 0 SALES CALLS PER DAY GX Font Change Command Q4808 GX Subtitle 72GT600 1550 0 Week of 2GT900 1550 0 March 24 1995 6 8 Linking Graphical Ovtput to a Host Application There are several ways to link the graphical output to a host application One method is to simply add the IOGL commands to the application code This means that whenever the application is used and sent to the printer the IOGL commandis are also sent Another method is to design a separate subroutine that sends the IOGL output to the printer as a macro The IOGL macro will only be sent to the printer once and resides in the printer s active memory until the printer is powered down The application code requires only a macro call and does not require the complete graphic to be downloaded when a report is printed To store the IOGL output as a printer macro begin the IOGL routine with a PCL command that begins a macro by typing E amp f yOX For the symbol substitute a number that identifies the macro Make sure this command precedes all IOGL commands Also be aware that PCL is case sensitive At the end of the IOGL routine stop the macro and save it permanently until the printer is powered down in the printer s memory To end the macro type ES fEHy1X To save the macro permanently until the printer is powered down type E amp ffty10X Store this macro in the printer s memory by pr
95. ou must not add asterisks as start stop characters to the data Failure to omit asterisks will cause an invalid bar code to be printed i e a bar code with a start stop character pair in the beginning and a start stop character pair in the end PQ 8P PQ 85 lt data gt The data to be printed as a 3 Spaces in the bar code bar code Some bar codes require a command string are invalid certain number of characters and will lead to the same result as mentioned in Step Others only allow alphanumeric or 2 numeric characters Before the PO 8 processes the data string it will 4 If invalid data either too check the complete data string and many characters or the verify that it is valid This is why the wrong type of characters is B at the end is so important If an entered the PQ 8 will print invalid data string has been entered the error message the PO 8 will print Invalid Data in Invalid Data the place of the bar code 5 Allow for sufficient vertical spacing when printing text NOTES data beneath the bar code 1 Valid values must be For example when the bar code entered for each of the command s ng is entered on line 1 parameters specified above of the document with a bar code even if the parameter is height specified as 5 approximately irrelevant for the type of bar 1 2 inch or 3 lines at 6 LPI and code being printed text is then entered on line 2 as follows 2 If an invalid parameter v
96. overview of how to define and print colors using the User Defined Command String feature 1 To set up a color palette send the following string to the printer using the Host PC download command 04 amp Z04 0 1B 9A 76 36 57 00 00 08 08 08 NOTE The amp Z04 0 stores the actual command string 1B 2A in the interface and assigns it the macro identifier UO 2 To define and print a color send the following string to the printer amp Z04 1 1B 2A 76 30 61 30 62 30 63 31 69 31 53 NOTE The first 30 preceding the value 61 identifies the amount of red of the color Values can range from 0 hex 30 to 255 hex 32 35 35 The second 30 preceding the value 62 identifies the amount of green The third 30 preceding the value 63 identifies the amount of blue you are adding to the color The color of your choice is created by mixing these three colors red blue green The number 31 preceding the value 69 assigns your customized color the value 1 The second 31 preceding the value 52 calls up this number again and prints it 3 Once you have sorted the color command strings in the interface s memory as described above you can switch to the defined color any time by simply inserting the commands amp U0 to set up the color palette and amp U1 to print the color in the data stream PQ 8P PQ 85 Example 1 To define the color red and store the customized red command
97. r command inside the parentheses up to 25 hex pairs Spaces between hex pairs are allowed to aid in readability Consult the printer s user s guide for proper hex codes The user defined string is stored in the interface s memory under the selected value number 0 to 9 To activate the command place a amp UX where X is the value number in the document VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 to 9 hex Assigns the hex codes command to a one digit delimiter 0 9 0 to 9 Deletes the specified user defined string from memory PQ 8P PQ 85 Example amp Z04 3 1B26643044 creates a user defined string for a Lexmark M 4039 printer to start underlining as command 3 The string is represented by the value 3 To use this function place U3 in the document COMMAND 05 HOST LANGUAGE Selects the host language to be used by the twinax host when the command Use Default Language is received VALUE DESCRIPTION 00 Multinational 01 USA Canada 02 Austria Germany 03 Belgium 04 Brazil 05 Canada French 06 Denmark Norway 07 Finland Sweden 08 France 09 Italy 10 Japan 11 Japan U S 12 Portugal 13 Spain 14 Spanish speaking 15 United Kingdom Example amp Z05 00 selects the multinational character set Factory default setting COMMAND 07 PRINT ORIENTATION HP PCL and HP LinePrinter only Determines the print orientation if it is not already determined through the host or the interface s APO fea
98. rd Length Switch Settings Serial Out Word Length SW2 4 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 4 7 Serial Out Stop Bits Switch Settings Serial Out Stop Bits W2 5 2 bits Table 4 8 Serial Out Parity Switch Settings Serial Out Parity SW2 6 SW2 7 Table 4 9 Serial Out X On X Off Switch Settings Serial Out X On X Off SW2 8 PQ 8P PQ 8S 4 2 2 SETUP SOFTWARE All configuration parameters not already covered through configu ration switches can be changed through the setup software Before configuring the PQ 8 you should print a self test A self test printout shows all active configuration settings Refer to this printout to determine which parameters may need to be changed through the setup software To run this software attach a PC or LAN printer server to the parallel sharing PO 8P or to the serial sharing port PQ 8S NOTE A printer must be connected to the PQ 8 and in Ready mode in order for the PQ 8 to receive data from any of the ports Start your PC and go to the DOS prompt Insert the setup software into the PC At the DOS prompt type A SETUP and press Enter The setup program will appear on the screen Follow the instructions shown on the screen 4 3 Host PC Download Commands By sending download commands from the Host PC to the PQ 8 you can change all configuration parameters not already covered through the configuration switches Most Host PC download commands are placed in a
99. rinting COMMAND 32 11 x 17 A3 PRINTING HP PCL only Forces the printer to print on 11 x 17 inch or A3 size paper even when the host sends requests for smaller paper sizes i e letter legal A4 Executive This only applies to printers capable of printing on 11 x 17 inch or A3 size paper like the HP LaserJet 4V printer VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 11x17 A3 selection is OFF 1 11x17 A3 selection is ON Factory default setting NOTE With the 11 x 17 A3 selection ON the PQ 8 s APO feature if turned ON will automatically rotate all documents reports with dimensions of 11 x 17 inches or smaller To achieve COR in this case the document report has to be larger than 11 x 17 inches Example amp Z32 1 Forces printing on large paper The PQ 8 will request the printer to load A3 size paper when the host requests A4 or A3 and 11 x 17 inch paper in all other cases COMMAND 33 DUPLEX PRINTING HP PCL only Sets the interface to duplexing mode This applies only when a printer with duplexing capability is attached VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Off 1 Long edge duplexing 2 Shortedge duplexing Example amp Z33 2 Instructs the interface to duplex all host print jobs along the short edge of the paper PQ 8P PQ 8S COMMAND 42 START AND STOP EBCDIC HEX DUMP After receiving a start command the interface starting with the next buffer received sends all host data directly to the printer as he
100. rval before the interface automatically switches from the parallel or serial sharing port to check for data from the host VALUE DESCRIPTION 4 to 60 4 to 60 seconds 8 Default Example amp Z50 10 sets the time interval to 10 seconds COMMAND 56 PARALLEL PORT INITIALIZATION STRING Allows the user to define a parallel port initialization string of up to 25 ASCII bytes which is stored in the memory of the interface card The string is sent to initialize the printer for parallel port printing after host printing has occurred To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes Refer to Section 5 3 for more information VALUE DESCRIPTION l upto 25 Defines the init hex bytes string 10 Deletes init string Example amp Z56 1 deletes the hex strings previously defined as the parallel port initialization string Factory default setting COMMAND 58 SERIAL PORT INITIALIZATION STRING Allows the user to define a serial port initialization string of up to 25 ASCII bytes which is stored in the memory of the PQ 8 card The string is sent to initialize the printer for serial port printing after host printing has occurred To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes Refer to Section 5 3 for more information VALUE DESCRIPTION l up to 25 Defines the init hex bytes string 1 Deletes init string Example amp Z58 1 deletes the hex strings previously defined as the ser
101. s using the capital letter O allow the user to access a vast number of printer resident and optional cartridge fonts Appendix A shows the typestyle numbers assigned to the supported fonts Each typestyle number describes a particular font with particular attributes For example typestyle number 88 represents Courier Bold 12 pitch 10 point PQ 8P PQ 85 To change a font insert a font change command at the beginning of the text where the change is to take place For example to bold the word saves in the following sentence assuming the current font is Courier 12 CPI or pitch 10 point type Quality Q88saves Q85 you time and money Here s how the print will look Quality saves you time and money The 085 following saves returns the printing to the original font e F Font change commands using the capital letter F allow the user to access all of the scalable fonts available on a printer Appendix B shows the typestyle numbers assigned to the supported fonts Notice that unlike the typestyle numbers used with Q commands the typestyle numbers in Appendix B describe only the typestyle of the supported font The size of the desired font is entered separately in the font change command For example to increase the size of the word saves in the following sentence to 30 points assuming the current font is Times 12 point type Quality F6199 30saves F6199 12 you time an
102. s from a word processing program using the printer s optional envelope feeder 1 Select line 1 as the first typing line 2 Specify Envelope size in the program 3 Select Feed Envelope in the program Then choose the font desired 4 Set the left margin to 1 5 Type the return address starting at line 1 column 1 6 Type the mailing address The appropriate space for the address will vary with the envelope size For a Commercial 10 envelope the address starts at about line 10 column 55 7 Print the envelope The following envelope sizes are supported by the PQ 8 Monarch 3 7 8 x 7 1 2 e Commercial 10 41 8 x 9 1 2 nternational DL 110 mm x 220 mm nternational D5 162 mm x 229 mum PQ 8P PQ 8S 5 10 Document Envelope Printing letter and an envelope can be printed from DisplayWrite 36 or OfficeVision 400 in the same document by following this procedure 1 Set the format for the letter and enter the letter file On the first typing line press CMD20 for Format options 2 Select 1 for Document options then another 1 for Document format Select 3 for Typestyle color 3 Select the font ID number for the letter such as No 11 86 etc then press ENTER 4 From the Document Format screen select option 4 for Page layout paper options Scroll to the second screen of these options and select a paper size of 8 5 width x 11 length inches and paper source 1
103. servicio al equipo el ctrico m s all a lo descrito en las instrucciones de operaci n Todo otro servicio deber ser referido a personal de servicio calificado El aparato el ctrico debe ser situado de tal manera que su posici n no interfiera su uso La colocaci n del aparato el ctrico sobre una cama sof alfombra o superficie similar puede bloquea la ventilaci n no se debe colocar en libreros o gabinetes que impidan el flujo de aire por los orificios de ventilaci n El equipo el ctrico deber ser situado fuera del alcance de fuentes de calor como radiadores registros de calor estufas u otros aparatos incluyendo amplificadores que producen calor INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 11 El aparato el ctrico deber ser connectado a una fuente de poder s lo del tipo descrito en el instructivo de operaci n o como se indique en el aparato 12 Precauci n debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarizaci n del equipo no sea eliminada 13 Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos poniendo particular atenci n a los contactos y recept culos donde salen del aparato 14 El equipo el ctrico debe ser limpiado nicamente de acuerdo a las recomendaciones del fabricante 15 En caso de existir una antena externa deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber
104. st session that was active when the print file was overridden To view the current print file settings type CHGPRTF followed by a space and the name of the print file on the command line of the host Press F4 Do not change any settings unless authorized by the IS director PQ 8P PQ 85 To change the print file 1 Type CHGPRTF on the command line of the host and press Enter 2 Type in the name of the print file to be changed 3 Press F10 to display additional parameters 4 Press Page Down to scroll to the fourth screen 5 Locate the Degree of page rotation option 6 Move the cursor to the beginning of the dashed line and enter the desired selection 7 Press ENTER to activate the selection and exit the print file menu To override the print file 1 Type OVRPRTF on the command line of the host and press Enter 2 Type the name of the print file to be changed 3 Press Page Down to scroll to the third screen 4 Locate the Degree of page rotation option 5 Move the cursor to the beginning of dashed line and enter the desired selection 6 Press ENTER to activate the selection and exit the print file menu 5 9 Envelope Printing To print envelopes set the PQ 8 to landscape orientation Host PC download command 7 Value 2 or activate the Auto Print Orientation feature Host PC download command 8 Value 1 The following example shows how to print envelope
105. st adapter from the PQ 8 3 Set configuration switches SW1 1 through SW1 3 and SW1 8 to I 4 Verify that the printer is connected properly to the PQ 8 and in Ready mode 5 Power on the PQ 8 The PQ 8 will start the self diagnostics program and repeat it until it is powered off After each completed self diagnostic the PQ 8 will send the following message to the printer TEST SEQUENCE COMPLETE Because a laser printer will only print full pages it will store these and other messages in the printer buffer until enough messages are accumulated to fill up one page 6 Power off the PQ 8 to end the self diagnostics program Any error messages are printed between the TEST SEQUENCE COMPLETE messages PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 7 1 Error Messages Error Message Output Timing Error Unexpected Vector or Improper Byte Vector Error in Poll Address X Incorrect Data on Poll to Address X Description The twinax output circuits are not responding to the microprocessor as expected The interrupt handling process received an improper interrupt value A poll test was sent to the indicated address but was not received properly A poll was sent to the indicated address and was detected as a poll however the data received was not the expected data Probable Cause A circuit is not functioning or a terminated cable is not attached to the PQ 8 Initialization problems
106. t configuration switch SW1 8 far right on the first switch bank to l The PQ 8 is now in buffer print mode 2 Return configuration switch SW1 8 to the o position after printing is completed 7 3 ASCII Hex Dump The PQ 8 can be set up to print the buffer in hexadecimal ASCII code This differs from the EBCDIC hex dump in that the buffer is first translated into ASCII code before it is printed This can be useful to diagnose problems with the PQ 8 or the printer The ASCII Hex Dump can only be started through the PQ 8 s configuration switches To start the ASCII Hex Dump 1 Locate configuration switches SW1 4 SW1 5 SW1 6 and SW1 7 on the first switch bank 2 Write down their current position o or 1 3 With the PQ 8 powered on set configuration switches SW1 4 SW1 5 SW1 6 and SW1 7 to I The PQ 8 is now in ASCII Hex Dump mode 4 To end ASCII Hex Dump mode return the switches to their original position see Step 2 PQ 8P PQ 85 7 4 Self Diagnostics CAUTION To avoid damage to your host system the host must be disconnected before running this test The PQ 8 can be set up to perform a complete analysis of its functions The PQ 8 transmits data to itself and then analyzes how that data is processed If an error is detected an error message is printed on the printer Follow the steps below to perform PQ 8 self diagnostics 1 Power off the PQ 8 2 Disconnect the ho
107. tation settings can be manipulated through print quality settings and how the combination of page rotation and print quality affects the final print orientation Table 5 3 Page Rotation Settings Host System Page Rotation Setting Print Quality Setting Causing Portrait Orientation AS 400 DEVD print file NLQ STD AS 400 AUTO Office NLQ Test Vision 400 not specified Text Yes not specified NLQ STD Table 5 4 Host CPI Host CPI Reduced to 10 13 3 12 15 5 20 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 5 5 Host LPI Host LPI Reduced to Maximum Rows Lines Page Table 5 6 shows the print orientation results desired and recommends a combination of settings required to obtain that result Most print orientation results can be achieved with different setting combinations Refer to Figure 5 1 PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 5 6 Settings for Different Print Orientations PQ 8 Setting for Print Result Host Setting Orientation Data processing Degree of Page Print reports with Rotation a width of 80 AUTO columns or less at 10 CPI in portrait AND print reports with a width of 132 at 10 CPI or 198 at 15 CPI columns in landscape with reduced font COR Word processing Rotate Paper 1 Print documents of Automatic up to 8 5 x 14 in portrait 14 x 8 5 in landscape and anything larger in landscape with reduced font COR Print all reports Degree of Page documents in Rotation
108. ter s user s manual provides the hexadecimal value of 1B 50 Use the Host PC download command 86 to assign the value 1B 50 to the 10 CPI string type amp Z86 1 1B 50 From now on when the interface receives a request for 10 CPI from the host it will send the value 1B 50 to the printer and thereby set it to 10 CPI If nothing is assigned to the CPI or LPI string the PQ 8 will send nothing to the printer it will ignore the CPI or LPI command from the ost The PQ 8 stores commands for the following CPI and LPI values e 6 LPI Host PC download command 84 e 8 LPI Host PC download command 85 e 10 CPI Host PC download command 86 e 15 CPI Host PC download command 87 e 12 CPI Host PC download command 88 16 7 CPI Host PC download command 89 PQ 8P PQ 8S 6 Advanced Features 6 1 Command Pass Thru The Command Pass Thru feature allows access to all of the built in features of the printer even if these features aren t normally available through the host software Command Pass Thru lets you place printer specific command sequences into the data sent to the printer The PQ 8 recognizes these special sequences and passes the command through to the printer The steps below describe how to use Command Pass Thru 1 Find the command for the print feature in the printer s user s guide 2 Convert the printer command to hexadecimal 3 Place amp or the alternate CPT start delimiter
109. the print output to one of several paper sources regardless of whether the printer actually has 1 2 3 or more trays to pull paper from On the host several of these theoretical paper sources are called paper drawers On the printer the actual paper sources are usually called trays The PQ 8 acts as the matchmaker between theoretical paper drawers and physical trays available on the printer The paper drawer feature of the PQ 8 can be accessed through Host PC download commands 13 14 and 15 or through the setup software PQ 8P PQ 8S By changing the paper drawer on To change the physical tray the host up to three different paper assigned to the theoretical paper sources on the printer can be drawer 1 2 or 3 accessed 1 Select the paper drawer Table 5 2 shows the default values through Host PC download and as an example lists the command 13 14 or 15 or corresponding paper tray used for through the setup software HP LaserJet 4Si and 4 Plus printers 2 Select the number representing the physical tray listed in the printer s manual Table 5 2 Default Values for Paper Drawers Host PC Paper Drawer Default HP 45i HP 4 Plus Download Number Value Paper Tray Paper Tray Upper Cassette Lower MP tray Not Used 500 sheet Cassette PQ 8P PQ 8S To change the assigned paper tray type the respective command followed by a comma and the corresponding number of the chosen paper source If yo
110. ts The IBM 3812 1 printer emulation supports both the Roman 8 character set and Code Page 850 The IBM 4214 5224 5225 and 5256 printer emulations support both the Code Page 850 and Code Page 437 character sets The selection between the two available character sets decides which is used when a font supports both Refer to the printer s user s guide for illustrations and information on character sets PQ 8P PQ 85 LI ae LI Figure C 1 Roman 8 n DUENDUEHEBBHEDEUEUNM r PQ 8P PQ 85 E 8 GE 300 6 M 3 E Figure C 2 Code Page 850 Appendix D Serial Port Specifications The PQ 85 uses a standard RS 232 C 25 pin serial printer cable for connection to a serial printer and for connection to a serial PC LAN print server port The PO 8S s input and output connectors use the same pin assignments They are Chassis Ground Chassis Ground Transmit TXD Receive RXD Request To Send RTS output Clear To Send CTS input Data Set Ready DSR input Signal Ground No connection Data Terminal Ready DTR output Figure D 1 Input and Output Connector Pinout PQ 8P PQ 85 The serial printer cable shipped with the PO 8S has the following pin assignments Figure D 2 Serial Printer Cable Pinout This pinout will work with most PCs and printers which means the supplied cable can be used as either sharing cable or printer cable When used to connect th
111. ts in that mode until another printing command is received Place the simplex command at the end of the document to return the printer to simplex mode Envelope printing between documents does not change the printer s mode The PQ 8 can also be set to duplexing mode through host download command 33 The options are 0 Simplex 1 Duplex long edge 2 Duplex short edge tumble Type amp Z33 1 or amp Z33 2 into the document or on the screen and print the document or the screen to set the interface to duplex printing long edge or shortedge To return to simplex printing type and print amp Z33 0 PQ 8P PQ 8S On some duplex printing if the last page is single sided it may remain in the printer The form feed light remains on When the next print job is sent this page will be ejected To manually eject the last page take the printer offline by pressing the ONLINE button then press the FORM FEED button to eject the last page Put the printer back on line by pressing the ONLINE button once more 5 12 Other Printer Commands Table 5 7 is a summary list of special commands that the laser printer emulation will obey if they are imbedded in a user s document PQ 8P PQ 85 Table 5 7 Summary List of Special Commands 3E Sends an ASCII ESC command to the printer TY Enables true 6 LPI printing TN Disables True 6 LPI printing 3l Ignores all host formatting commands as Stop ignoring host formatting
112. ture Command 08 VALUE DESCRIPTION COR but host override through Print Quality setting allowed 1 Portrait 2 Landscape 3 COR Example amp Z07 2 selects landscape COMMAND 08 AUTOMATIC PRINT ORIENTATION HP PCL only Selects or deselects Automatic Print Orientation APO VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 APO Off ai APO On Example amp Z08 1 turns the Automatic Print Orientation on PQ 8P PQ 85 COMMAND 09 PAPER SIZE HP PCL only Selects paper size setting VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Paper size specified by host software 1 A4 size paper 2 Paper size selected through printer s front panel Example amp Z09 1 selects A4 size paper COMMAND 10 TRUE LPI HP PCL only Selects compressed or true LPI lines per inch printing VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No compressed LPI 1 Yes true LPI 2 Xpoint Twinax Controller Compatibility Example amp Z10 1 selects true LPI NOTE If you are using one of the popular Electronic Forms packages from companies like XPoint Eclipse Formula One or others use the true LPI selection Use the last selection only if you want to run the software setup for the XPoint Twinax Controller COMMAND 11 HOST PORT Factory default setting INITIALIZATION STRING Enters a twinax port initialization string in hex code up to 25 pairs that is sent to the printer after the interface has reconfigured the printer for host printing Consult the printer s user
113. u have an HP LaserJet 4 Plus connected to the PQ 8 and the host is requesting paper to be fed through paper drawer 1 the HP printer would by default feed from the Paper Cassette To assign the 500 sheet Cassette to the paper drawer 1 through the setup software input 5 from ESC amp I5H as found in the printer s user s guide as the value for Paper Drawer 1 or send the Host PC download command Z13 5 to the printer 5 8 Print Orientation When operating the printer and printer interface in IBM 3812 1 emulation mode the print orientation of the host document or report is determined by a variety of factors These factors are in order of their impact on the final print orientation Page Rotation specified in the print file of a data processing document or in the document format menu of a word processing document 2 Automatic Print Orientation APO setting on the printer interface 3 Print Orientation setting on printer interface As you read the following explanation refer to Figure 5 1 for an illustration of the print orientation logic 5 8 1 PAGE ROTATION Degrees of page rotation can be specified through the print file of a data processing document or in the document format menu of a word processing document See Section 5 8 4 for a description on how to access the print file and the document format menu The available settings are 0 90 180 270 degrees and AUTO AS 400 only The print f
114. utput Printer Protocol Serial Out Baud Rate Serial Out Stop Bits Serial Out Parity 04 User Defined Strings COPYRIGHT c 1995 SDE CORP Serial Out Word Length 8 Bits 0 LO 8215 Emulation 9600 Baud 1 Bit None 03 Twinax Port Timeout 08 seconds 20 Star Panel Overdrive 0 ao 24 IBM Printer Emulated 0 522 25 IBM Motion Commands 0 FF en possible 44 Command Pass Thru 0 Enabled 50 Sharing Port Timeout 08 seconds 76 Serial In Baud Rate 2 9600 Baud 77 Serial In Word Length 8 8 Bits 78 Serial In Stop Bits 1 1 Bit 79 Serial In Panty None 11 Host Port Initialization 58 Serial Port Initialization 84 6 LPI String 85 8 LPI String 86 10 CPI String 87 15 CPI String Figure 3 2 Self Test Printout PQ 8S PQ 8P PQ 8S mmcoOomJ dooudogsom co 40 50 60 70 80 20 26 2D 9B 9D 20 82 2F 90 61 83 88 B6 D2 62 84 89 8E D3 63 85 8A B7 D4 64 AO A1 B5 D6 65 C6 8C C7 D7 66 86 8B 8F D8 67 87 8D 80 DE 68 A4 E1 A5 60 69 EBCDIC to ASCII Translate Table 90 AO BO CO DO F8 E6 BD 7B 7D 6A 7E 9C 41 4A 6B 73 BE 42 4B 6C 74 FA 43 4C 6D 75 9F 44 4D 6E 76 F5 45 4E 6F 77 F4 46 4F 70 78 AC 47 50 71 79 AB 48 51 72 7A F3 49 52 EO 5C 00 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 5A FO 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 5B 5D 7C 3A AE A6 AD AA 2D FB FD FC E2 EA 99 9A 2E 24 2C 23 AF 3C 2A 25 40 DO A7 A8 B3 93 96 91 D1 EE 94 81
115. value 2 5 To enter a valid decimal line width use the period 1 e 1 5 mm 6 6 3 BASIC DESCRIPTION Lines GL lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x end gt lt y end Draws a line from the specified xy start to xyend lt Line width gt is specified in mm For example GL2 100 0 100 600 draws a 2 mm wide vertical lt x start gt lt x end gt line of 2 inches in length lt y end gt lt y start gt 600 300 2 Figure 6 10 PQ 8P PQ 8S X Y start 100 0 2 inches X Y end 100 600 Figure 6 10 Example of Line PQ 8P PQ 8S Boxes GB lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y For example start gt lt x end gt lt y end gt lt 6B2 300 300 600 600 30 draws a shading gt 6 box with 2 mm wide border and 30 shading Figure 6 11 Draws a box from the specified xy start to the xy end The box cannot be rotated lt line width gt is specified in mm lt shading gt can range from 0 to 100 X Y start 300 300 Line width 2mm X Y end 600 600 30 shading Figure 6 11 Example of Box PQ 8P PQ 8S Circle GC lt line width gt lt x center gt lt y center gt lt radius gt lt shading gt NOTE To avoid cutting off part of the circle make sure that the radius and the x y center values are such that the complete circle will fit into the printable area of the For example GC2 900 2400 300 70 page draws a circle with
116. wer the printer off for about five seconds then power it back on again 4 Release the job for printing at the printer s controlling workstation The line format screens in DisplayWrite 36 Command 20 also permit you to select Justify which aligns the right margin The PQ 8 supports justification for fixed fonts only For best results using justification change the zone width to 1 instead of 6 5 7 5 PRINTING ON 11 x 17 oR A3 SIZE PAPER Some printers such as the HP LaserJet 4V printer allow printing on 11 x 17 and A3 size paper The PQ 8 automatically recognizes these larger paper sizes However at times it might be advantageous to force the printer to print on 11 x 17 inch or A3 size paper even when the host sends requests for smaller paper sizes letter legal A4 Executive If this is desired the PQ 8 s 11 x 17 A3 selection should be turned ON through Host PC download command 32 or through the setup software With this selection turned ON the PQ 8 will request the printer to load A3 size paper when the host requests A4 or A3 and 11 x 17 inch paper in all other cases In addition the PO 8 s APO feature if turned ON will automatically rotate all documents reports with dimensions of 11 x 17 inches or smaller To achieve COR in this case the document report has to be larger than 11 x 17 inches 5 7 6 PAPER DRAWER SELECTION OfficeVision 400 and DisplayWrite 36 allow the user to direct
117. xa decimal printing until a stop command is received or the printer is powered off VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No action taken 1 Start EBCDIC hex dump 2 Stop EBCDIC hex dump NOTES This command enables the user to print only the section of the document that is in question in buffer hex dump format Hex printing starts with the buffer after the start command and stops with the buffer after the stop command Example amp Z42 1 starts buffer hex dump printing amp Z42 2 stops buffer hex dump printing Factory default setting COMMAND 44 COMMAND PASS THRU I O 8215 Emulation only Enables or disables Command Pass Thru CPT and host download When CPT is disabled the active CPT delimiters are not recognized as flags but are treated as regular printed characters VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 CPT enabled 1 CPT disabled Example amp Z44 1 disables Command Pass Thru NOTE Command Z44 1 disables all subsequent host download commands received by the 1 O 8215 emulation If you want to save this setting in permanent memory send the Z99 0 command lf you want to re enable 8215 host download commands either restore the factory defaults using the DIP switches or change the emulation to Generic for example send the amp Z44 0 Z99 0 com mand then change back to the 8215 emulation PQ 8P PQ 85 COMMAND 50 SHARING PORT TIMEOUT Selects the sharing port timeout value This is the time inte

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