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Black Box A/C-7P User's Manual

1. 9 8 5 20 31 32 33 elI 123 2 24 2 23 FD FA 9 50 2 DF AE 16000 DSC LU3 DBC to ASCII Translate Table DBC 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 AO BO 0123456789AB 00 20 30 26 C8 CC A1 D8 61 71 41 51 amp 00 3D 31 20 9 A5 62 72 42 52 zs E 00 27 32 2E D9 DD E6 A7 63 73 43 53 cscs 00 22 33 2C CA CE E8 DA 64 74 44 54 E 00 2F 34 AD DB 65 75 45 55 4 uuUUeuEU 00 5C 35 2B E2 CO E1 A2 66 76 46 56 5 aaAAfvFV 00 7C 36 5E EA C1 E9 4 67 77 47 57 l6en6860 gwGW 00 7 37 BO EF D1 59 68 78 48 58 I77yiYIhxHX 3F 38 B3 C8 C2 41 DF 69 79 49 59 gt 28 a6A iylY 21 39 00 C9 45 AE 6A 7 4 5 lt 9 eUEUjzJZ 5B 24 DE 5E C5 C4 45 E0 6B 07 4B D3 0 E keeK E 5D BF BD 7E D9 C5 49 DC 6 D6 4C 02 JeS i l loLO 29 BB 23 ABCA D5 4F E5 6D D4 4D DO 28 40 60 C6 55 E7 6E B5 4E 4 U n N 70 F2 25 A9 C7 59 ED 6 4F UUYUo Q 7B BA 5F 00 B5 B7 43 B6 70 2A 50 2A G CNp P 1MUOU O MNSMUMRON 0O Figure 3 3 Self Test Printout Page 2 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 4 Configuration 4 1 7 RO Configuration The A C 7 RO can be configured through its on board configuration switches or by sending download commands from the host or from PC LAN To ensure proper functioning of your 7 RO you should review all available parameters 7
2. 7 RO 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 Univers med 8 850 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 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Univers med 8 850 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 Univers med 8 850 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 7 7 RO 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 ITC Zapf R 8 CP850 P L Dingbat R 8 CP850 P L Prop 4986 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 10 4987 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 12 4988 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 14 4989 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 18 4991 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 24 4994 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 30 4997 General Font Assignments Time R 8 CP850 Prop 8 157 Time R 8 CP850 Prop 10 158 Time Bold R 8 CP850 Prop 10 159 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Time Italic R 8 CP
3. 75 RO COMMAND 55 CUSTOM USER STRINGS Allows the user to define up to six custom user strings of up to 25 bytes each which are stored in the memory of the interface and sent to the printer whenever the character delimiter letter U and number of the string appears in the text of the document for example amp U3 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 5 max 25 Defines the custom bytes of user string ASCII hex code 0 5 Deletes custom user string NOTES To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes but is not included in the string The strings could specify a special font selection command or other custom command to be sent directly to the printer This command if placed as the first printable data at the top of the page position 1 line 1 will be sent to the printer prior to the data To change a custom user string simply input the new custom user string values the old string is automatically erased Example amp Z55 3 1B01 Defines the amp U3 custom user string to send an Escape and SOH 1B and 01 hex to the printer which is the double wide command COMMAND 56 PARALLEL PORT INITIALIZATION STRING Allows the user to define an initialization string of up to 25 bytes which is stored in the memory of the interface and is sent to the printer at the beginning of any printing received from the parallel port VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 Defines the parallel
4. 2 To determine the printable area of the paper we printed a box using 0 0 as the x y starting coordinates This was done by typing 1 0 0 300 300 50 on the screen and sending it to the printer The top left corner of the printed box marks the top left corner of the printable area of the page For reference we drew the printable area on the blank sheet of paper All references to distances are made in respect to the printable page not the actual physical page Refer to Figure 6 9 7 7 RO 3 Determine where the chart should be placed always in relation to the top left hand corner of the printable area In the example the bar chart is on the bottom half of a letter size page The origin of the chart is one inch away from the left margin and 10 inches away from the top margin Figure 6 20 o o Approximate Area of Bar Chart 4 inches 5 inches Origin of Chart Figure 6 20 Placement of Bar Chart A C 7P RO 7 RO Next determine the approximate maximum height and width of the chart In the example 40 was the expected maximum number of calls We chose to represent 10 calls by one inch resulting in a total maximum height of four inches not including the title and subtitle Similarly each day was represented by one inch resulting in total maximum width of five inches not including the space needed for the label WEEKDAY 4 If t
5. 6 6 5 Basic AAA 90 A C 7P 7 RO 6 7 TO Graphic Language IOGL in Action 101 6 7 1 General Steps tei a starte PA ER 101 6 72 Tutorial iore 101 6 7 3 Xs and VA KOS is 105 6 8 Linking Graphical Output to a Host Application 106 6 9 Printing Images from the Host rrenrvvnrvennrrervvensrensversrrervvensvensvensvvernrn 107 T Troubleshooting 109 Tal Interface Selina iento 109 1 2 EBCDIC Hex 110 TS ASCU LINA 111 7 4 Problem Resolution Guide seen rennen 112 Appendix A Font FGID Reference for HP LaserJet Printers 117 Appendix Bi Character Bets zip reet 141 Appendix Serial Port Pinnings eee eerte ete 144 Appendix D Parallel Port 146 Appendix E Transferring Power to Pin 18 esee 148 7 7 RO 1 Specifications Emulation IBM 3812 4214 4224 3287 3262 and 3268 printers non IPDS Systems Supported ASCII printer IBM 30XX 43XX 937X host or 3174 3274 or 3276 controller Indicators 5 LEDs Power Host line Sync Printer Online Data from Host Data Out Connectors PCD50A PCD50AE 1 BNC 1 DB25 female 1 36 pin Centronics PCD51A PCD51AE 1 BNC 1 DB25 female 1 DB25 male Power 9 VAC wallmount transformer Size 6 5 H x 2 1 W x 5 1 D 16 5 x 5 3 x 1
6. 9 6 9 8 7 8 6 6 7 8 1 9 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Asterisks identify factory COMMAND 2 LINES PER INCH default settings Invalid commands such as selecting 2 LPI are Selects default LPI ignored The last valid setting will be unchanged Examples in this section VALUE DESCRIPTION apply to configuration through 3 3 LPI Host PC download only 4 4 LPI 6 6 LPI COMMAND 1 BUFFER SIZE 8 8 LPI Selects logical default buffer size NOTES VALUE DESCRIPTION This default emulates the 1 960 characters front panel selection on an 2 1920 characters IBM printer 3 2560 characters The IBM host can control the 4 3440 characters LPI unless Command 36 is 5 3564 characters used to override the host LPI commands NOTES Example amp Z2 8 sets the printer to This command along with 8 LPI default the 299 0 changes the logical buffer size selection In the non COMMAND 3 CHARACTERS PER volatile memory of the INCH interface The logical buffer size is only reported to the Selects default CPI host the next time the unit is powered on VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No default sent to The physical buffer size is printer permanently set at 4K 10 10 CPI Example amp Z1 3 sets logical 2 e buffer size to 2560 characters 16 16 7 CPI The IBM host can control CPI unless Command 36 is used to select override of host CPI commands Example amp Z3 15 sets the printer to 15 CPI default
7. 7 RO 4 2 Configuration Switch Settings NOTE Use the A C 7 RO s configuration If an setting switches to select the output cue EON protocol and to perform the LED lights will blink and the A C 7 RO cannot operate available test and diagnostic functions Use a pointed object such as a ball point pen to change the switch settings When operating the A C 7 RO will only recognize EBCDIC Hex Dump and ASCII Dump settings other settings are read only at power up Whenever you change one of these settings remember to cycle the power to activate them A C 7P RO 7 RO Table 4 1 Configuration Switch Settings Output Protocol SW1 4 SWI 5 SW1 6 SWI 7 Hewlett Packard PCL IBM Proprinter o IBM PPDS 7 7 RO Table 4 2 Tests Diagnostic Tests Diagnostic SWI 1 SW1 8 Restore Factory Defaults o Self Test EBCDIC Dump o Table 4 3 Tests Diagnostic Tests Diagnostic SW1 4 SW1 5 SW1 6 SW1 7 ASCII Hex Dump Table 4 4 Operating Mode Operating Mode SW1 1 SW1 4 5 SW1 6 SWI Z SW1 8 No Tests Valid Output Protocol The first two test functions Restore Factory Defaults and Self Test are performed only if the configuration switches are set as indicated when the 7 RO is powered on In the case of the self test the A C 7 RO prints a self test at power on
8. 3 As an alternative to using the mm such as 1 5 i e 1 1 2 is also interpreted as two separate values i e value 1 1 value 2 5 To enter a valid decimal line width use the period i e 1 5 mm A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 6 6 3 BASIC DESCRIPTION For example GL2 100 0 100 600 Lines GL lt line width gt lt x start gt lt y draws 2 mm wide vertical lt x start gt lt x end gt lt y end start gt lt x end gt line of 2 inches in length lt y end gt lt y start gt Draws a line from the specified xy 600 300 2 Figure 6 10 start to xy end lt Line width gt is specified in mm start 100 0 2 X Y end 100 600 Figure 6 10 Example of Line 7 RO 7 RO lt width gt lt x start gt lt y lt line width gt is specified in mm start gt lt x end gt lt y end gt lt lt shading gt can range from 0 to shading gt 6 100 Draws box from the specified For example start to the xy end The box cannot 6B2 300 300 600 600 30 draws a be rotated box with 2 mm wide border and 30 shading Figure 6 11 300 300 Line width 2 X Y end 600 600 30 shading Figure 6 11 Example of Box A C 7P RO 7 RO Gircl GC lt line width gt lt x For example GC2 900 2400 300 70 center gt lt y center gt lt radius gt lt draws circle with radius of 1 inch sh
9. BL ACK BOX 50 PCD50AE PCD51A PCD51AE A C 7P RO 78 Dat Fro pi inter m ENE O of Lin Lin 2900 rinter m NT on Host VADO ais AAA AAA AAA AAA AA AA Fm nt Eat Fe ER A AR SAR SEE BIN EEE CUSTOMER Order toll free in the U S 24 hours 7 A M Monday to midnight Friday 877 877 BBOX SUPPORT FREE technical support 24 hours a day 7 days a week Call 724 746 5500 or fax 724 746 0746 INFORMATION order Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com A C 7P 7 RO FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY CANADA RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used properly that is in strict accordance with the manufacturer s instructions may cause interference to radio communication It has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be necessa
10. Serial Out Parity None Serial Out Word Length 8 Bits Serial Out Stop Bits 1 Bit 01 Buffer Size Characters 21920 02 Lines Density LPI 6 03 Characters Density CPI 10 04 Line Spacing E 1 Single 6 or 8 LPI 05 Form Length MPL 066 06 Maximum Print Position MPP 080 07 Print Case E Dual 08 LUI Language 01 English US 12 FF Before Local Screen Copy 0 No 13 FF After Local Screen Copy 0 No 14 LU3 Print Image Non SCS Mode 0 LU3 and Local Copy Null line suppress 15 CR at MPP 1 0 Next line 16 NL at MPP 1 0 Current line 2 17 Valid FF Followed by Data E 0 2nd PP 18 Valid FF at End of Buffer 1 Line 1 19 FF Valid Location 0 FF valid at 1st PP or MPP 1 20 Auto Function at End of Job 0 NL 21 Print Quality Fast Draft 0 DP Fast Draft Text Draft 25 IBM Motion Command 0 Use FF 26 Suppress Empty Forms 0 No 27 Form Feed After Time Out 0 No 30 Override of Formatting Cmds 0 Disabled 31 Truncate Wrap select Wrap text beyond 34 Interv Required IR Timeout 120 times 5 seconds 56 Suppress IBM Control Codes 0 No control codes suppressed 37 Vertical Channel Select VCS 1 3268 4224 39 CPT End Delimiter ASCII 2625 amp 40 Start Delimiter ASCII i 2625 amp 41 Command ID Char ASCII 5A Z 42 Start Stop Buffer Hex Dump 0 No Action 45 SCS Transl
11. end of a print job enter the following at the end of the document amp U3 Print the document and the interface will send the OG or form feed command to the printer when it encounters the amp U3 code 6 3 SCS Mode Transparent Data SCS transparent mode SCS TRN code 35 provides a method for transparent data transmission when operating in LUI mode To use this method you must be connected to system using SNA protocol and be operating as Logical Unit Type 1 An SCS TRN sequence begins with a one byte binary count immediately following the TRN code The count indicates the number of bytes not including the count byte of transparent data to follow Up to 256 bytes of transparent data can be sent in each sequence A C 7P RO 7 RO SCS data is user defined 1 not scanned for SCS control codes However to emulate the characteristics of the IBM 3287 non printable characters control characters are converted to hyphens Data is translated to ASCII with undefined characters printed as hyphens The A C 7 RO offers a configurable option to emulate the IBM 3287 or to pass the data without translation Refer to command 45 SCS TRN translate on page for more detailed information 6 4 Color Printing The A C 7 RO allows printing of color on the HP Color LaserJet or DeskJet 1200C printers Simply insert the color command in front of the text you want to colorize Return to the normal bl
12. 7 NLQ Example amp Z9 2 selects near letter quality Roman as the default COMMAND 11 PAPER PATH Selects default paper path for the Page Presentation Media PPM command VALUE 0 2 3 DESCRIPTION Ignore the host PPM command and select the paper tray through the printer s front panel Tractor feed or only one paper source used ignore the host PPM Cut sheet feeding from primary bin is default Cut sheet feeding from Factory default setting alternate bin 1 is default corresponds to PCL escape value 4 Envelope feeder default Manual sheet feed default Manual envelope feed default Epson DKX front tray Epson DKX rear tray Cut sheet feeding from alternate bin 2 is default corresponds to PCL escape value 5 NOTES This command defines the default paper source for the Page Presentation Media PPM command in SCS mode the PPM command is received from the host the interface always sends the paper source to the printer unless value 0 or 1 is selected The printer ignores the command if it does not have a secondary paper bin or an envelope feeder A manual sheet feed A C 7P 7 RO command in the SCS PPM causes the printer to wait for the operator to insert paper in the manual feed tray This command takes effect immediately if placed on the first position of the page line 1 position 1 otherwise it takes effect on the next
13. 7 RO has reconfigured the printer for host printing The initialization string is sent at the beginning of each printed page 5 4 Print Position and Page Length Table 5 1 outlines the PMPP Physical Maximum Print Position and PMPL Physical Maximum Page Length for letter legal and A4 size paper A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table 5 1 PMPP and PMPL PMPP at Paper Size 10 12 Letter Portrait Landscape COR Legal Portrait Landscape A4 Portrait Landscape 5 5 Laser Printing SELECTING FONTS You can select printer resident font or a font from an optional font cartridge in the printer by entering font change command in the document The font change commands take the following format amp 96 P L font ID at 171 6 CPI LPI The amp or the alternate beginning delimiter selected with command 40 is the delimiter that signals the A C 7 RO that the information following is a command The letter or controls the orientation of the printing P for portrait and L for landscape printing The font ID number selects the font to be used for printing The font ID should be five digits in length Refer to Appendix A for a list of fonts and their font IDs available for the printer A C 7P RO A C 7S RO For example amp L00086 selects a Prestige 12 CPI font in landscape orientation The font ID number must select a font available in the printer
14. 7P RO 7 RO 6 Advanced Features There are several advanced features in the A C 7 RO for accessing special functions of the printers which are not normally available on the IBM system printers Command Pass Thru Custom User Strings SCS Mode Transparent Data Bar Code Printing Color Printing I O Graphics Language Each of these features is described below 6 1 Command Pass Thru The Command Pass Thru feature allows access to all of the built in features of your 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 A C 7 RO 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 Convert the printer command to hexadecimal oo Place the beginning delimiter amp or the custom delimiter as defined with command 40 in the document at the point you want the feature to take effect This signals the start of the print feature Enter the beginning printer command then enter the ending delimiter amp or the custom delimiter as defined with command 39 No spaces are allowed 4 Move the cursor to the point in the text where you want to end the print feature Enter the
15. BY DATA Sets the printer in accordance with the RPQ installed in the control unit VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Second print position of first line on next form 1 First print position PP of first line on next form NOTES For the Value 1 selection the RPQ would be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9503 IBM 3287 RPQ N A IBM 4214 OPT 16 2 Available only in LU3 non SCS operation Example amp Z17 1 performs first PP of first line on next form as the next PP when valid FF is not positioned at the end of an IBM print buffer COMMAND 18 VALID FF AT END OF PRINT BUFFER Sets the printer in accordance with the RPQ installed in the control unit VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 First of second line on next form First PP of first line on next form Factory default setting NOTES To use this function the RPQ should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9504 IBM 3287 RPQ SC3749 IBM 4214 OPT 17 2 Available only in LU3 non SCS operation Example amp Z18 1 performs first PP of first line on next form as the next PP when a valid FF is received at the end of an IBM print buffer COMMAND 19 FF VALID LOCATION Sets the printer in accordance with the RPQ installed in the control unit VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 FF 15 valid only at the first print position or at position MPP 1 1 FF is valid anywhere it occurs NOTES To use this function the should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9506 IBM 3287 RPQ SC3739 IBM 4214 OPT 19 1 Avail
16. Factory default setting 7 7 RO COMMAND 4 LINE SPACING Selects default Line Spacing VALUE DESCRIPTION Single Space 2 Double Space Example amp 74 2 sets the printer to double space default COMMAND 5 FORM LENGTH Selects default Form Length MPL Maximum Print Lines VALUE DESCRIPTION 000 No form length control 001 Set form length in to number of lines 255 066 Factory Default NOTE The 000 value enables the front panel selection on the printer to control the form length when Command 25 is set to value 0 Example amp 9625 70 sets form length to 70 lines for A4 paper Factory default setting COMMAND 6 MAXIMUM PRINT POSITION Selects current and default Maximum Print Position the maximum number of characters which can be printed on each line VALUE DESCRIPTION 000 Infinite line length 001 Set MPP in number to of characters 254 80 Factory Default NOTES Normal values are 80 132 or 198 characters This default emulates the front panel selection on an HP printer MPP and the current position will not be changed by changes in CPI The infinite line length will place no limits on the number of characters that can be sent to the printer on a single line Example amp Z6 63 sets MPP to 63 characters A C 7P RO 7 RO COMMAND 7 PRINT CASE Selects default print case VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Mono case Dual case NOTE
17. L Line Printer R 8 CP850 P L Line Printer R 8 CP850 P L Line Printer R 8 CP850 P L LaserJet IID Ill Printers have addition Courier italic R 8 CP850 P L Courier bold 8 850 P L Courier R 8 CP850 P L A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P L 12 12 87 CG Times R 8 CP850 P L Prop 6 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 7 RO 7 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No CG Times bold 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 R 8 CP850 P L CG Times 8 850 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 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 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 CG Times R 8 CP850 P L bold 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 Univers R 8 CP850 P L medium R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L R 8 CP850 P L 7
18. RO only A C 7P RO 7 RO 3 Installation Before connecting the 7 RO to the printer verify that the printer functions properly by performing 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 A C 7 RO WARNING Electrical current from power lines and cables connecting the A C 7 RO printer and PC can be hazardous To minimize the danger follow the instructions below NOTE Do not connect the interface to the coax cable until Step 9 To install the A C 7P RO 1 Power off the printer and PC if used and disconnect the power cord s 2 Use the configuration switches located on the A C 7P RO s front panel to select the desired output protocol Refer to Table 4 1 for configuration switch settings 3 Connect the parallel cable from the interface s Parallel Out connector to the printer s parallel port 4 If the sharing port of the A C 7P RO is used attach the parallel cable now Note that a PC or LAN connected to the A C 7P RO s sharing port should always be powered up when the A C 7P RO is operating 5 Connect the wall mount transformer from the outlet to the A C 7P RO s 9V connector Connect the power cord s to the printer and PC if used 6 Power on the A C 7P RO then printer The A C 7P RO s gr
19. Symbol Character Data Character Value Code B t u v w 2 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 6 6 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 I O 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 7 7 RO Table 6 5 IOGL Graphics Language Graphical Element IOGL Command String Line GL lt line width x start gt lt y start gt lt x end gt lt y end 2GB line width gt lt x start gt lt y start gt lt x end gt lt 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
20. This default only affects LU3 printing Example amp Z7 0 sets default to mono case COMMAND 8 LU1 LANGUAGE Selects default LUI language VALUE DESCRIPTION 01 English U S EBCDIC 03 Austrian German 04 Belgian 05 Brazilian 06 Canadian French 07 Danish Norwegian 08 Danish Norwegian alt 09 Finnish Swedish 10 Finnish Swedish alt 11 French s same as 11 French alt Austrian German alt 14 International Set 5 15 Italian 16 Japanese English 19 Spanish 20 Spanish alt 21 Spanish Speaking 22 English U K Factory default setting 23 same as 07 Norwegian 24 same as 09 Swedish 25 same as 01 EBCDIC alt 26 same as 08 Norwegian alt 27 same as 10 Swedish alt 28 Portuguese 29 same as 06 Canadian Bilingual 30 same as 11 French AZERTY 105 character 31 same as 14 Swiss German 32 same as 14 Swiss French NOTES This command along with command Z99 0 changes the default LU1 language selection in the permanent memory of the interface The command value should match the language number used in IBM CU configuration number 121 sequence Example amp Z8 04 sets LUI language to Belgian 7 RO 7 RO COMMAND 9 EPSON MATRIX FONT Selects Epson default font if supported by the printer VALUE DESCRIPTION Draft Print Quality 2 Roman NLQ 3 Sans Serif NLO 4 Courier NLQ 5 Prestige NLQ 6 Script NLO
21. To end ASCII Hex Dump mode return the switches to their original position see Step 2 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 7 4 Problem Resolution Guide The following is general guide to resolve common problems that may occur Please refer to this guide before contacting technical support Table 7 1 Problem Resolution Guide Problem or Message Host Line Sync LED is not on when connected to the host Printer Online LED is off when printer is connected Printer loses host communication drops off line Probable Cause Host is not operating Damaged or improper cabling Printer not in ready status Printer fault such as paper out paper jam etc Damaged or loose printer cable Improper or damaged cabling Check host system Check host cabling for damage or improper connection Make sure printer is on line has paper etc Make sure the printer has paper is clear of jams etc Check printer cable for damage or improper connection Check host cabling for improper connections or damage 7 7 RO Table 7 1 Problem Resolution Guide Problem or Message Right margin is cut off Extra blank sheets are ejected between sheets of printout Form length is incorrect Probable Cause Page width in word processing program is not set wide enough Page width is too wide Form length not correct in software maximum length is 66 lines Page
22. Z99 0 prints 40 ASCII hex a symbol when the interface receives an EBCDIC 7B a symbol The command is followed by a command 299 0 which stores the active setup selections in permanent memory COMMAND 71 OVERWRITE DSC LU3 TRANSLATION TABLE Custom substitutions defined by this command and stored in the permanent memory are overwritten into the DSC LU3 to ASCII translation table NOTES This command functions similarly to Command 70 except the substitutions are applicable to the DSC LU3 translation table Refer to the Command 70 instructions The active DSC LU3 translation table prints out at the end of the interface self test summary COMMAND 76 SERIAL IN BAUD RATE Selects the Baud Rate for data received at the serialin port new setting will not be effective immediately To activate the new setting cycle power on the interface VALUE DESCRIPTION 38 400 baud 19 200 baud 2 9 600 baud 4 800 baud 2 400 baud 1 200 baud 600 baud 300 baud SIO OTH OF HO Example amp Z76 0 sets the receiving baud rate to 38 400 7 7 RO COMMAND 77 SERIAL IN WORD LENGTH Selects the Word Length of data received at the serial in port new setting will not be effective immediately 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 Sele
23. and then needs to be powered off Refer to Chapter 7 for more information A C 7P 7 RO The second right bank of switches of the A C 7S RO is used to set up the A C 7S RO for communication with the printer Table 4 5 Serial Out Baud Rate Switches Serial Out Baud Rate SW2 1 SW2 2 SW2 3 38 400 19 200 9 600 4 800 o 2 400 7 RO 7 RO Table 4 6 Serial Out Word Length Switch Serial Out Word Length SW2 4 Table 4 7 Serial Out Stop Bits Switch Serial Out Stop Bits SW2 5 2 Bits Table 4 8 Serial Out Parity Switch Serial Out Parity SW2 6 SW2 7 Table 4 9 Serial X On X Off Switch Serial X On X Off SW2 8 A C 7P RO 7 RO 4 3 Setup Software does not apply to versions after February 1996 Older versions of the A C 7 RO included a setup disk For newer versions after February 1996 all configuration parameters not already covered through configuration switches can be changed through the host PC download commands NOTE For description of the available configuration parameters refer to the Table 4 11 Host PC Download Commands 4 4 Host PC Download Commands By sending download commands from the Host PC to the A C 7 RO you can change all configuration parameters not already covered through the configuration switches Most Host PC download commands are placed in Host PC d
24. bytes of port init string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the parallel port init string NOTES To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes but is not included in the string The string could specify special font selection command or other custom command to be sent directly to the printer prior to the data that is received from the parallel shared port To change the initialization string simply input the new command values The entire old string is automatically erased To delete the initialization string from the NV memory simply put nothing between the parentheses Example amp Z56 1 deletes from NV memory any hex string that had been previously defined for the parallel port initialization string A C 7P RO 7 RO COMMAND 57 HOST PORT INITIALIZATION STRING Allows the user to define an initialization string of up to 25 bytes which is stored in the memory of the interface and is sent to initialize the printer for host printing after shared port printing has occurred The interface also restores the host page format parameters after sending this string and prior to host printing The initialization string is sent at the beginning of each page VALUE DESCRIPTION l max 25 Defines the host bytes of port init string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the host port init string NOTES To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes but is not incl
25. command from the default Example amp Z27 1 sends FF after time delay selected by command 51 default 5 sec when unprinted data remains in the print buffer 7 7 RO COMMAND 30 OVERRIDE OF FORMATTING COMMANDS Enables the printer s front panel selections to control how a job is printed VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Normal operation disabled 1 Formatting commands are not sent to the printer enabled NOTES When active this command overrides the interface s default selections for CPI LPI font orientation bin selection paper size COR and line compression reset command is sent to the printer before coax print job in order to restore the printer s front panel default selections This command has no effect on the special features Command Pass Thru user strings initialization strings and coax host RPQs Example amp Z30 1 sets override of formatting commands Factory default setting COMMAND 31 TRUNCATE WRAP SELECT Printers without HP PCL only Selects whether the interface truncates or wraps the text if the maximum print position Is exceeded VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Allow text to print on next line when maximum print position is exceeded 1 Truncate text beyond the maximum print position Example amp Z31 1 causes text that exceeds the maximum print position to be truncated not printed COMMAND 32 PAPER SIZE HP PCL only Specifies
26. command values The entire old string is automatically erased To delete the initialization string from the NV memory simply put nothing between the parentheses Example amp 96258 1 deletes from NV memory any hex string that had been previously defined for the serial port initialization string COMMAND 61 AUTOMATIC PRINT ORIENTATION APO HP PCL only Laser printers have the ability to automatically control page orientation if the user decides to activate Auto Print Orientation APO Refer to the APO flowchart Figure 5 1 in Section 5 3 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 APO is NOT ACTIVE Print orientation is controlled by the orientation selections specified in Commands 62 63 and 64 APO is ACTIVE The page dimensions of a document are checked to determine if the data should be printed in landscape because the width is greater than the length NOTE APO active is the recommended selection A user can manipulate the page dimensions using SCS commands to control the orientation of the printing as long as the page size required is 8 1 2 x 11 or smaller Example amp Z61 1 enables APO COMMAND 62 PRIMARY PAPER TRAY ORIENTATION HP PCL only The SCS LU1 PPM command specifying the source for the paper can have a printing orientation assigned to the paper tray that is assigned Refer to the APO flowchart Figure 5 1 in Section 5 7 This command duplicates the IBM 3812 and 4028 printer s feature
27. deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber 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 C 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 A C 7P 7 RO TRADEMARKS Centronics is a registered trademark of GENICOM Corporation Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation IBM Proprinter and IPDS are registered trademarks or trademarks of IBM Corporation Hewlett Packard HP LaserJet and PCL are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard OKIDATA is a registered trademark of Oki America Inc Mannesmann Tally is a registered trademark of Mannesmann Tally Corporation All applied for and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners A C 7P RO 7 RO Contents Chapter Page LSpecitiCatlOf8 eoe e tco 9 2 TEP O AUCH ere E 10 2 1 Description
28. macro ID A C 7P RO A C 7S RO PCL command used to reposition the stored image on page is amp where the first l u specifies the Left Offset Registration or horizontal movement in n 720 inch and the second Z 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 to the original position type 7E amp 10u0Z immediately after the macro call 7 Troubleshooting This chapter provides instructions for performing diagnostic tests on the 7 RO It also contains problem resolution guide that describes common problems with the A C 7 RO or the printer and their solutions If you are unable to solve a problem by following the procedures outlined in this chapter contact technical support Before calling verify that the A C 7 RO 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 A C 7 RO self test printouts e Model number and serial number of the A C 7 RO Description of the problem Results of diagnostic tests Type of host system or controller You may also need to print hex dump or buffer print by enabling the Buffer Print option through the 7 RO s configuration switches or Host PC download command 42 This ca
29. number of data characters including the optional check digit is entered the A C 7 RO adds an 0 to the beginning of the bar code If an even number of data characters including the optional check digit is entered the A C 7 RO prints the bar code exactly as it is input Code 128 Code 128 has three unique character subsets code and 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 type to represent Code and type to represent code 2 If you are using code set 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 7 7 RO To show how multiple character sets are used stu
30. orientation was changed Form length incorrect in software Action Change to wider page Select a narrower page Make sure your document length doesn t exceed the maximum number of lines The printer may eject blank page when the page orientation portrait or landscape is changed Change form length A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table 7 1 Problem Resolution Guide Problem or Message Printer won t change fonts Printer does not print landscape in requested font Probable Cause Incorrect typestyle number Wrong font cartridge loaded Font cartridge damaged or not seated into the printer properly APO feature is ON and page size is 8 1 2 x 11 or less and width is less than height Action 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 Turn off APO or increase page size so it is larger than 8 1 2 x 11 or change width and height so width is greater than height 7 RO 7 RO Table 7 1 Problem Resolution Guide Problem or Message Printer does not print portrait in requested font Probable Cause APO feature is OFF and orientation is set to COR portrait or user defined with font orientation portrait APO f
31. powered on when the A C 7S RO is operating In addition the PC LAN and the interface must be using the same serial parameters Refer to Section 5 1 Printer Sharing for more information 5 Connect the wall mount transformer from the outlet to the A C 7S RO s 9V connector Connect the power cord s to the printer and PC if used the printer The A C 7S RO s green LED lights labeled Power and Printer On Line should be on If the sharing port is used and handshaking requirements are met the LED labeled PC LAN Ready should also be on 7 Print an A C 7S RO self test Power off the interface then set configuration switch SW1 8 far right on the first switch bank to the position If you are operating a label printer put the printer in ASCII hex dump mode then power on the A C 7S RO If the label printer starts printing the A C 7S RO has passed the self test To obtain a printout of the current settings connect the A C 7S RO toa laser or dot matrix printer Power on the A C 7S RO After the self test prints set configuration switch SW1 8 back to the position then cycle the power one more time 8 Refer to the self test printouts to determine which configuration parameters need to be altered Change these parameters by using the Host PC download commands Refer Chapter 4 for further information 7 7 RO 9 With the A C 7S RO powered off attach
32. 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 amp 1 To save the macro permanently until the printer is powered down type amp 10 Store this macro in the printer s memory by printing it A call for this macro can be used in your application by embedding the following PCL command in the application code 2E amp ffty3X Another command that can be used to prevent overloading the printer s memory is E amp f y8X 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 and 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 fity3X where is the
33. protocol and to perform the available test and diagnostic functions While the A C 7P RO models come with only one bank of switches the A C 7S RO comes with two banks of eight switches The left bank is labeled SWI the right bank is labeled SW2 LEDs The green LED lights indicate the following Host Line Sync Communication lines between the host and the interface are established e Printer Online The printer is ready to receive data Data From Host The A C 7 RO is currently processing data received from the coax host e Data From Parallel Serial The A C 7 RO is currently receiving data from an attached PC or LAN PC download commands are processed other data is transmitted to the printer e Power The A C 7 RO is powered on On Off Switch The On Off switch is used to power on or power off the A C 7 RO Use this switch when asked to cycle power 2 2 About This User s Guide Since this user s guide covers two A C 7 RO models including A C 7P RO and A C 7S RO 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 7 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO The package should include the following e A C 7P RO or A C 7S RO Wallmount transformer 9V AG output Standard parallel cable for A C 7P RO only Standard serial cable for A C 7S
34. space or invalid character in a command causes the A C 7 RO to ignore the command and resume printing from the point the error occurred 6 space or control character NL LF CR or FF 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 Form Length Command 05 to 64 lines Value 64 the Buffer Size Command 01 to 960 characters Value 1 and the Character Density Command 03 to 12 CPI Value 12 type amp Z05 64 Z01 1 Z03 12 4 4 Host PC Download Command Overview Table 4 10 shows the Coax Host PC Download commands and their corresponding command numbers in alphabetical order A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table 4 11 Host PC Download Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number i 0 i i 61 2 03 65 Coax Buffer Size 0 4 Automatic Function at End of Job 2 4 7 7 RO Table 4 11 continued Host PC Download Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number Line Spacing 04 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table 4 11 continued Host PC Download Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number Restore Previously Saved Configuration 98 7 RO 75 RO Table 4 11 continued Host PC Download Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number 5 2 3 1 3 3 1 Vertical Channel Select 37
35. the coax cable from To power on the host to the A C 7S RO s BNC connector 1 Turn on the printer NOTE 2 Turn on the A C 7 RO Whenever the printer is To power off powered off the 7 RO must also be powered off to 1 Turn off the A C 7 RO ensure they stay in sync with each other 2 Turn off the printer The self test printouts in Figures 3 1 and 3 2 show the default settings for the different A C 7 RO models The printout you obtain may differ from the samples since only the configuration parameters associated with the active output protocol e g HP PCL IBM PPDS etc are printed The second page of the self test printout is the same for both 7 RO models POWER ON OFF SEQUENCE Follow the power on and off sequences exactly or the print output may be garbled A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Self Test Printout A C 7P RO PARALLEL 3270 COAX INTERFACE COPYRIGHT c 1994 SDE Corp Rom Ok Ram Ok Software Version 1 00 ASCII Printer Protocol HOL 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 25 26 27 30 31 34 36 37 39 40 41 42 45 50 51 65 56 SP 57 HP Buffer Size Characters Lines Density LPI Characters Density CPI Line Spacing Form Length MPL Maximum Print Position MPP Print Case LUI Language FF Before Local Screen Copy FF After L
36. the paper size used for printing VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Selects 8 1 2 x 11 letter paper 1 Selects A4 210mm x 297mm 8 27 x 11 69 paper 2 Selects 8 1 2 x 14 legal paper 3 Selects 11 x 17 paper d Selects A3 size paper 5 Printer selected Example amp 732 1 selects A4 paper A C 7P RO A C 7S RO COMMAND 34 INTERVENTION REQUIRED IR TIMEOUT Sets the time interval before an intervention required signal is sent to the host after printer error occurs VALUE DESCRIPTION 000 Never send an IR 001 IR is sent value 5 to seconds after 255 printer error occurs 120 Default send IR after ten minutes Example amp Z34 036 sets IR time interval to 3 minutes 36 5 60 3 minutes COMMAND 36 SUPPRESS IBM CONTROL CODES This function is used to select suppression of all or some IBM control codes sent from the host system VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Obey all IBM control codes 1 Suppress all IBM control codes 2 Suppress LPI CPI MPP and MPL control codes 3 Suppress CPI and MPP control codes 4 Suppress LPI and MPL control codes 5 Suppress print quality specified in the command Factory default setting NOTES If this command is set to 1 documents need to be formatted by sending transparent control codes to the printer using Command Pass Thru or SCS mode transparent data If value 2 is selected the SCS pitch CPI line density LPI SHF MPP and SVF M
37. with the additional selection of option 3 below VALUE DESCRIPTION Computer Output Reduction COR Mode is active when paper is specified to be selected from the primary tray 1 Prints PORTRAIT orientation using the active font when the primary tray is specified 2 Prints LANDSCAPE orientation using the active font when the primary tray is specified A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 3 User Defined mode Documents are printed using the fonts and orientation that the user specifies through use of the amp font ID commands Example amp Z62 3 specifies that the document is printed as formatted when the primary paper tray is specified as the paper source COMMAND 63 ALTERNATE PAPER TRAY ORIENTATION HP PCL only This command functions identically to Command 62 except it controls the orientation for printing that specifies the alternate tray for the paper source Even if the printer does not have an alternate paper tray the SCS LU1 host specifies the alternate tray and the interface prints the document in accordance with the selection in Command 63 Values are the same as Command 62 except substitute alternate tray for primary tray in the descriptions Factory default setting NOTE The value 3 is an excellent choice when COR is not required since the user can decide the fonts and orientation he desires by using amp font ID commands Example amp Z63 2 specifies that la
38. yield a total bar code length of approximately 4 cm or about 1 5 inches Number of characters 11 8 letters PRINTERS 2 start stop characters 1 check digit A C 7P RO 7 RO 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 ll x 14in 1 54 inches Table 6 2 Module Width in mm inches PCL Laser Code3 2 6 3 6 9 4 10 4 of 9 1 14 41 Code 2 2 3 1 128 09 12 Inter 2 3 3 2 leaved2 09 12 of 5 Postnet EAN 13 15 2 47 52 58 18 20 A C 7P 7 RO 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 A C 7P RO 7 RO 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 18 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 lt chkd gt Indicates whether the 7 RO automatically calculates and causes check digit to be printed The following bar codes require check digit so the 7 RO automatically generates and adds check digit to the bar code data Code 128 POSTNET UPC A E
39. 00 to 16 any positive number 7 RO 7 RO Table 6 5 continued IOGL Graphics Language Parameter Description Units of Valid Measurement Values radius of a circle or pie chart n 300 inch positive integers segment value to be represented by a integer 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 0 x coordinate of end position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl 0 x center x coordinate of center point of n 300 inch positive circle arc or pie chart integers incl 0 increment horizontal movement before n 300 inch positive next bar bar chart or value integers run chart is printed incl 0 y center y coordinate of center point of n 300 inch positive circle arc or pie chart integers incl 0 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 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 0 y coordinate of end position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl 0 yincrement height of one unit of the value n 300 inch positive to be printed in bar or run line integers chart incl 0 6 6 2 HELPFUL HINTS 1 All xy values st
40. 23456789 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 A C 7P RO 7 RO 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 0101234 156789 15 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 8 7 RO 7 RO 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 0123456 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 A C 7P RO 7 RO NOTE Since Interleaved 2 of 5 symbols are created from data character pairs the number to be encoded must have an even number of digits If an odd
41. 25 Defines the 8 LPI bytes of string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the 8 LPI string NOTES This string represents the printer specific command to set the printer to 8 LPI Consult your printer s Factory default setting manual for the appropriate hex value representing the 8 LPI command Example amp Z85 1 1B 30 stores the 8 LPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 30 as the 8 LPI string COMMAND 86 10 CPI STRING Used when operating in Generic output protocol Defines the 10 CPI string the interface sends to the printer when the host sends a 10 CPI command VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 Defines the 10 CPI bytes of string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the 10 CPI string Example amp Z86 1 1B 50 stores the 10 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 50 as the 10 CPI string A C 7P 7 RO COMMAND 87 15 CPI STRING Used when operating in Generic output protocol Defines the 15 CPI string the interface sends to the printer when the host sends a 15 CPI command VALUE DESCRIPTION l 25 Defines the 15 CPI bytes of string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the 15 CPI string Example amp Z87 1 1B 67 stores the 10 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 67 as the 15 CPI string COMMAND 88 12 CPI STRING Used when operating in Generic output protocol Defines the 12 CPI string the interface sends to the printer when
42. 3 cm Weight 3 Ib 1 4 kg A C 7P 7 RO 2 Introduction The A C 7P RO and the AC 7S RO are powerful yet easy to operate external printer interfaces You can easily set them up through on board configuration switches or Host PC download commands The A C 7P RO and 7 RO attach virtually any ASCII printer to an IBM 30XX 43XX 937X host or 3174 3274 or 3276 controller They offer reliable emulations of IBM 3812 4214 4224 3287 3262 and 3268 printers all non IPDS When connected to a laser printer 12345678 Host Printer Data Serial Lin On From Data Ne Line Host Out Power dg 12345678 12345678 operating in PCL mode the 7 RO allows Computer Output Reduction COR and Automatic Page Orientation APO In addition paper can be pulled from several sources and multitude of fonts printer resident or from optional cartridges are supported The 7 RO comes with standard parallel sharing port that allows automatic sharing of the attached printer between the host and a PC or LAN The A C 7S RO comes with a standard serial sharing port A C 7P RO Printer Data Data From From O Host OO A C 7S RO O Figure 2 1 Front Panels of the A C 7 RO 7 RO 7 RO 2 1 Description of Front Panels CONFIGURATION SWITCHES The Configuration Switches are used to set the output
43. 50 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 1s 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 By default the A C 7S RO sends data at 96N81 9 600 baud parity none word length 8 bits stop bits 1 Make sure that the printer and the A C 7S RO are using the same serial parameters The A C 7S RO s Serial Out parameters can be changed using the second right bank of switches located on the front panel Also make sure that the A C 7S RO s Serial In settings are the same as those of the PC LAN Note that when printing from the share por the slowest baud rate Serial In Serial Out will determine the print speed The A C 7S RO s Serial In parameters can be changed through Host PC download commands 76 through 79 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO PC printing longer than 10 to 20 minutes depending on host configuration may cause the 3270 host to drop communication with the printer go to sleep The output protocol specified in the 75 RO s configuration through configuration switch settings is irrelevant for printing from the shared port For PC LAN prin ng select the appro
44. 850 Helvetica R 8 CP850 Bold Prestige Italic R 8 CP850 P L 12 10 112 Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 Bold Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P L Italic Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Bold 7 7 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Tax Line LinDrw 7 Draw Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 OCR B10N OCR B Code 3 9 3 of 9 4 6N 10 14 4 40 17 1 9 4 255 10 12 3 P 4 6 12 240 Code 3 9 3 of 9 9 3N EAN UPC UPC Bold Bar Code A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No EAN UPC UPC Bar Code Courier ASCII Courier Bold ASCII Courier Bold Legal P 12 10 94 A C 7P 7 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Prestige Elite ASCII P L 12 10 113 Bold Prestige Elite ASCII Italic Prestige Elite Legal 15 7 219 Prestige Elite Legal P 12 10 97 Prestige Elite Legal P 12 10 98 Bold Prestige Elite Legal Italic Letter Gothic ASCII P L 27 3 6 291 Letter Gothic ASCII P L 19 6 281 Letter Gothic ASCII P L 17 1 9 5 257 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typefac
45. AN 8 EAN 13 If any of the bar codes listed above has been selected the lt chkd gt selection is ignored by the A C 7 RO 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 A C 7 RO and input for the lt ast gt 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 lt ast gt 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 you must not add asterisks as start stop characters to the data Failure to omit asterisks will cause an invalid bar code to be
46. Host PC download command 88 16 7 CPI Host PC download command 89 Other Printer Commands You can also enter commands into your document that allow you to control true LPI and response to host commands These commands shown in Table 5 2 are similar to font change commands 7 RO 7 RO Table 5 2 Commands 3E Sends an ASCII ESC command to the printer TY Enables true LPI printing TN Disables true LPI printing al Ignores all host formatting commands 3S Stops ignoring host formatting commands The command allows you to send an escape command to the printer to control the printing For example E s3B would begin bold printing see your printer s manual for a list of the printer or escape commands The printer may compress line spacing to fit 66 lines onto the page This may be undesirable as when using pre printed forms that must align correctly In these cases the 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 forms generating software the files are recognized by the host as text files and formatted 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 interface to remove the host carriage return and line feed commands and send only the data to the printer A C
47. PCL laser printer driver height is expressed in multiples of 2 5 mm approximately 1 10 inch When operating in Epson or IBM Proprinter mode height is expressed in multiples of 3 175 mm 1 8 inch The height of the bar code can range from 1 laser 2 5 mm dot matrix 3 175 mm to 9 laser 22 5 mm dot matrix 28 575 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 1 9 when printing to a PCL printer When printing to an Epson or Proprinter mode dot matrix printer the width parameters can range from 1 to 3 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 want to bar code the word PRINTERS Assume the interface also generates a check digit and the start stop characters Setting the width parameter to 2 will
48. PL commands will be suppressed not sent to the printer Example amp Z36 2 no LPI CPI MPP or MPL commands are sent to the printer The document prints using the printer s defaults COMMAND 37 VERTICAL CHANNEL SELECT VCS Specifies vertical channel select VCS emulation Functions similarly to a vertical tab except the 3287 does LF only VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 3287 VCS emulation 3268 4214 4224 VCS emulation Example amp Z37 0 selects 3287 VCS emulation 7 RO 7 RO COMMAND 38 TRUE LPI SPACING HP PCL only Because laser printers have non printable border around the edge of single sheet pages 6 LPI and 8 LPI spacing is compressed slightly to enable 66 lines and 88 lines to be printed on 11 inch long paper This can occasionally cause a problem especially when using preprinted forms that must align precisely Command 38 enables a user to override the laser printer LPI compression VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Compress the vertical LPI spacing 1 Print using true 6 and 8 LPI spacing NOTE If true LPI is selected the user needs to adjust the document formats to allow for the reduced number of lines that can be printed per page or the extra lines may print onto another sheet of paper Example amp Z38 1 specifies that vertical spacing prints using true 6 and 8 LPI Factory default setting COMMAND 39 CPT ENDING DELIMITER CHARACTERS Specifies the two character
49. S GOL ESF DES IS Line width 5mm Height value times y increment x increment horizontal distance between values Figure 6 16 Bar Chart Histogram Each bar is 1 3 inch wide 100 300 inch The distance from the left side of one bar to the left side of the next bar is one inch 300 300 This allows other bars to be added through a separate command Bar 1 will be 1 2 3 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 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 7 RO 7 RO Run Chart GR lt line width gt lt x For example start gt lt y start gt lt x increment gt lt y GR3 900 2400 150 1 5 100 300 200 increment gt lt of entries gt lt value 500 400 draws a run line chart 1 gt lt value 2 gt Figure 6 17 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 dete
50. The 36 pin connector the 7 RO labeled Parallel In From PC LAN TxP plus and Parallel Setup Port From PC LAN uses the following pin assignment Table D 2 36 Pin Connector Pinout Pin Number Direction Name 2 9 Input Data 1 Data 8 31 nSelectln an Acknowledge will be generated in response to this input going active but the A C 7P RO will not be reset 32 Input nFault 34 36 No connection Shell Chassis Ground A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Appendix E Transferring Power to Pin 18 To transfer power to pin 18 of the parallel input connector of the A C 7P RO you must move a jumper on the A C 7P RO board To move this jumper do the following 1 Power off the printer the A C 7P RO and the attached PC or LAN print server 2 Disconnect all cables from the A C 7P RO 3 Remove the two black screws from the outside of the back panel 4 Pull out the A C 7P RO 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 E 1 6 Remove the black jumper from the pin then reinsert it covering both pins see Figures E 1a and El b g Figure E 1a Figure E 1b Figure E 1 Jumpers A C 7P RO 7 RO 7 Slide the 7 RO 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 t
51. Times R 8 Italic 7 7 RO Table 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Global Text Cartridge CG Century Schoolbook CG Century Schoolbook CG Century Schlbk Bold CG Century Schlbk Italic CG Triumvirate CG Trium virate Bold Pretty Faces Cartridge Microstyle ASCII P Prop 18 5910 Microstyle ASCII Bold Hobo Medium A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Thunderbird ASCII Signet ASCII Roundhand Signet ASCII Roundhand ITC Dingbats ITC ITC Dingbats ITC Appendix Character Sets 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 font supports both Refer to the printer s user s guide for illustrations and information on character sets A C 7P RO 7 RO g 3 g O K 2 gt A o Figure 1 Roman 8 7 7 RO Figure B 2 Code Page 850 Appendix Serial Port Specifications The 7 RO uses a standard RS 232 C 25 pin serial printer cable for co
52. True screen image in non SCS print and null line suppression in local copy 3 True screen image in non SCS print and true screen image in local copy NOTES To use this function the should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9505 IBM 3287 RPQ SC3741 IBM 4214 OPT 18 2 Available only in LU3 non SCS operations Values 0 and 1 are only functional from CUT terminals Example amp Z14 3 prints true screen image in non SCS print and local copy COMMAND 15 CR at MPP 1 Sets the printer in accordance with the RPQ installed in the control unit VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 First print position PP of next line 1 First PP of current line Factory default setting NOTES To use this function the should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9501 IBM 3287 RPQ S30219 IBM 4214 OPT 15 1 Available only in LU3 non SCS operation Example amp Z15 1 prints first PP of current line as the next PP when a 15 received at 1 COMMAND 16 NL at MPP 1 Sets the printer in accordance with the RPQ installed in the control unit VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 First PP of current line 2 lines 1 First PP of next line NOTES To use this function the RPQ should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9502 IBM 3287 RPQ 30219 IBM 4214 OPT 15 1 Available only in LU3 non SCS operation Example amp Z16 1 performs first PP of next line as the next PP when an NL is received at MPP 1 A C 7P RO 7 RO COMMAND 17 VALID FF FOLLOWED
53. Y GX Labels Y Axis GT200 2700 0 10 200 2400 0 20 200 2100 0 30 3GT200 1800 0 40 GX Legend boxes with text 200 1650 0 OF CALLS GB1 1700 1650 1750 1700 10 GT1760 1700 0 BOYD GB1 1700 1750 1750 1800 75 25GT1760 1800 0 GARY 1 1700 1850 1750 1900 50 GT1760 1900 0 SHAWN GX Font Change Command 304813 GX Title GT500 1500 0 SALES CALLS PER DAY GX Font Change Command 504808 GX Subtitle 7GT600 1550 0 Week 2GT900 1550 0 March 24 1995 6 8 Linking Graphical Output to a Host Application There are several ways to link the graphical output to a host application One method is to simply add the 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 7E amp fHy0X A C 7P 7 RO For the symbol substitute a number that identifies the macro Make sure this command
54. able only in LU3 non SCS operation Example amp 719 1 makes FF valid anywhere it occurs 7 RO 7 RO COMMAND 20 AUTOMATIC FUNCTION AT END OF JOB Sets the printer in accordance with the RPQ installed in the control unit VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 NL is automatically executed after the buffer is completed unless a FF NL or GR was last in the buffer 1 FF is automatically executed after the print buffer is completed unless FF was last in the buffer NOTES To use this function the RPQ should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9507 IBM 3287 RPQ SC3740 IBM 4214 OPT 20 2 Available only in LU3 non SCS operation Do not press the form feed or line feed buttons on the front of the printer This will cause the host and printer to lose synchronization of paper position This command reduces the need to advance the paper Example amp Z20 1 sets the printer to issue a FF automatically at the end of the print buffer Factory default setting COMMAND 21 PRINT QUALITY FastDraft Defines default print quality VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 The Page Presentation Media PPM commands control the quality DP Quality 01 FastDraft and DP Text Quality 02 normal draft DP draft output is printed FastDraft DP draft output is printer normal draft Value 0 reversed 01 normal and 02 FastDraft All output is Near Letter Quality Example amp Z21 1 selects
55. ack color by inserting _C00 The color commands are 000 Black 001 Blue 02 Red 2C03 Magenta 5004 Green 05 Turquoise Cyan 3C06 Yellow 2C07 White 008 Black 09 Dark Blue C10 Orange _ 15 Grey C11 Purple C16 Brown 2C12 Dark Green C13 Dark Turquoise 14 Mustard For example to print the word red in the color red in the following sentence type This prints 02 00 in red 6 5 Printing Bar Codes Using the bar code feature the following bar codes can be easily printed Table 6 1 Bar Codes Bar Code Code 3 of 9 Code 128 Interleaved 2 of 5 POSTNET UPCA EAN 8 EAN 13 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 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO The bar code command string must contain all of these parameters 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 type Specifies the bar code type according to the table shown on the previous page height Specifies the height of the bar code When using a
56. ading gt 300 300 inches Figure 6 12 Draws a circle with the specified NOTE radius in n 300 inches and line i width in mm around the center 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 page Line width 2 70 shading X Y center 900 2400 Figure 6 12 Example of Circle 7 RO 7 RO 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 GA1 500 900 900 900 180 draws an of rotation gt 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 A C 7P RO 7 RO 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 c
57. alculated print width and length to determine the print orientation when the dimensions are less than 8 1 2 x 11 When the width is greater than the length and APO is active the document prints in landscape even if the font is specified as portrait The following steps describe printing with the APO feature refer to Figure 5 1 1 If APO is not active command 61 value 0 the A C 7 RO uses the paper source selections commands 62 64 to control orientation in the active font If APO is active the report continues to block 2 2 The A C 7 RO calculates the page size If the page size is more than 8 1 2 x 11 the interface uses the paper source selections to control the orientation in the active font If the report is less than 8 1 2 x 11 it continues to block 3 3 At block 3 the interface checks the length and width If the report is longer than it is wide it prints in portrait If the report is wider than it is long the report prints in landscape 7 7 RO START Page Orientation Logic APO Active Print according to Command 61 Paper Tray Orientation Commands 62 64 COR Portrait Landscape User Defined Print Size Less Than 8 1 2x 11 Is Length Less Than Width No Print in Portrait Print in Landscape Figure 5 1 Printing with the APO Feature A C 7P RO 7 RO 5 8 Generic Mode The Generic output protocol should b
58. all DP output as FastDraft printing A C 7P RO A C 7S RO COMMAND 25 IBM MOTION COMMANDS Enables Form Feed from the host system to be converted to the required number of line feeds beneficial when forms length is controlled by the interface VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Pass FF from host to the printer 1 Count the lines in Command 5 and send multiple line feeds to the printer in place of the host FF 2 Ignore all IBM Motion Commands Example amp Z25 1 sets the printer to count the lines specified in Command 5 COMMAND 26 SUPPRESS EMPTY FORMS Suppresses blank printout pages caused by form feed commands that occur at the top of a form VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No do not suppress empty forms 1 Yes suppress empty forms Factory default setting NOTES If 1 is selected the interface ignores form feed commands located at the top of form position This command affects printing in both DSC and SCS modes This differs from the IBM 3287 which suppresses form feed only in DSC mode Example amp Z26 1 sets the interface to suppress empty forms COMMAND 27 FF AFTER TIME ELAPSE Sends a Form Feed if unprinted data remains in the print buffer for the coax port timeout interval specified in Command 51 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No extra FF is sent 1 Send FF after timeout value NOTE In most cases the host application generates termination FF and there is no need to change this
59. art 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 of the page see Figure 6 9 The printable area of the page may vary with the printer model andpaper size being used Refer to your printer s user s guide for specific information 7 7 RO Physical Page Physical Page xX Printable Area i E i Printable Area X 0 0 Figure 6 9 XY Coordinate System on the Page semi colon as a separator between parameters you may also enter a comma ora forward slash 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 A C 7 RO to print 4 the string at the place where the error occurred 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 50 000 would be interpreted as two values value 1 50 value 2 000 For example a line command string has been entered However an invalid lt x start gt value has been specified International users should also be aware that a decimal value used to specify line width in 3GL30 A 1 1 600 The A C 7 RO would cause all characters including the invalid value to be printed 1 1 600
60. ate 1 3287 emulation SCS code35 50 Sharing Port Timeout 08 Seconds 51 Host Port Timeout 08 Seconds Figure 3 2 Self Test Printout for A C 7S RO A C 7P RO 7 RO 65 Character Set Selection 1 Roman 8 76 Serial In Baud Rate 2 9600 Baud 77 Serial In Word Length 8 Bits 78 Serial In Stop Bits I Bit 79 Serial In Parity 0 None 56 Parallel Port Init String SP 57 Host Port Init String HP Figure 3 2 Self Test Printout for A C 7S RO Page 1 continued 7 7 RO SCS LU1 EBCDIC to ASCII Translate Table EBCDIC 40 50 60 70 80 90 AO BO CO DO EO FO 456789ABCDEF 2 25 40 E4 D7 BO CE CF DA DB lt D 5000 28 29 27 B2 20 B1 E8 y Y 000 2B 3D FO 03 F1 27 C7 E7 ED gt P Pp 6u0U 7C 22 FE BA 20 EA EF E9 20 _670 O 20 26 20 06 02 5E 7 7D 5 30 amp UN 0 1 20 C5 2F DC 61 6 7E BB 41 4 20 31 aj AJ 1 2 CO C1 A2 A4 62 6B 73 BC 42 4B 53 32 a AEbks BKS2 3 CCCD D8 A5 63 6 74 F2 43 4C 54 33 a AEclt CLT3 4 C8 C9 A1 64 6D 75 BE 44 4D 55 34 amp Edmuf DMU4 5 C4 05 EO E5 65 GE 76 BD 45 4E 56 35 aiAlenv ENV5 6 E2 D1 El 66 6F 77 F4 46 57 36 6 7 040000 A7 67 70 78 F7 47 50 58 37 aiAigpx1 4GPX7 8 B5 09 B4 E6 68 71 79 F8 48 51 59 38 ciclhayt2HQY8 9 B7 DE B6 A9 69 72 7A F5 49 52 5A 39 21 7
61. awn 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 GH1 450 3000 300 30 75 5 15 16 21 20 13 6 7 3 X AND Y AXES The x axis Weekday and the y axis of calls along with the increments were created through 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 3GL 5 900 3000 900 3019 GL 5 1200 3000 1200 3019 GL 5 1500 3000 1500 3019 3GL 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 A C 7P RO 7 RO 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 GT900 3100 0 Wednesday GT1200 3100 0 Thursday GT1500 3100 0 Friday GT1800 3100 0 WEEKDA
62. cts the number of Stop Bits of a data stream received at the serialin 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 new setting will not be effective immediately To activate the new setting cycle power on the interface VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 None 1 Odd 2 Example amp Z79 2 sets the parity to even COMMAND 84 6 LPI STRING Used when operating in Generic output protocol Defines the 6 LPI string the interface sends to the printer when the host sends 6 LPI command VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 Defines the 6 LPI bytes off string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the 6 LPI string A C 7P RO A C 7S RO NOTES This string represents the printer specific command to set the printer to 6 LPI Consult your printer s manual for the appropriate hex value representing the 6 LPI command Example amp Z84 1 1B 32 stores the 6 LPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 32 as the 6 LPI string COMMAND 85 8 LPI STRING Used when operating in Generic output protocol Defines the 8 LPI string the interface sends to the printer when the host sends an 8 LPI command VALUE DESCRIPTION l max
63. delimiter followed by the ending printer command and then the delimiter again into the document For example The command ESC amp d0D begins underlining and ESC amp d ends underlining First convert the start command to the hexadecimal 1B 26 64 30 44 and the ending command to 1B 26 64 40 And if the delimiter is the default amp hex 50 6C then enter the commands as follows 7 RO 7 RO This is an 8 1B26643044 amp underlined amp I B266440 amp word to print on the printer as This is an underlined word NOTES Only numbers or the upper case letters A F are allowed Errors in the Command Pass Thru sequence will cause the A C 7 RO to ignore the command and resume printing at the point the error occurred Command Pass Thru may change the horizontal spacing 6 2 Custom User Strings Host download command 55 allows you to define up to six 0 through 5 custom user strings user string can be a font ID a form feed or another printer command that is frequently used After the custom user string is defined the string is activated by placing the delimiter amp or the beginning delimiter defined with command 40 a capital letter U and the number of the desired custom user string into the text of a document For example use command 55 to define user string number 3 to send a form feed as follows FF 0C in hex amp 1755 3 0 Then to send form feed at the
64. dy the following 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 recommended way of bar coding The following data string is a fairly complex way of bar coding 10A C 7 RO 10 B2 A1716 6A C 7 RO 510 B A selects code set A I7 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 A C 7 RO selects the characters A C 7 RO from code set B 5 switches from code set B to code set C 10 selects the number 10 from code set C A C 7P RO 7 RO 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 7 RO 7 RO Table 6 4 continued Symbol Character Value and Data Character Symbol Character Data Character Value Code B A A lt gt V gt D E F G H J K L M N R 5 T U V W A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table 6 4 continued Symbol Character Value and Data Character Symbol Character Data Character Value Code B a b C d e f 9 h 7 RO 7 RO Table 6 4 continued Symbol Character Value and Data Character
65. e Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Letter Gothic ASCII 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 Times Roman ASCII Prop Times Roman ASCII Bold Times Roman ASCII Italic Times Roman Legal P Prop 8 173 Times Roman Legal P Prop 10 174 7 7 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Times Roman Legal Bold Times Roman Legal Italic Times Roman Legal Bold Times Roman Legal Italic Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Bold Helvetica ASCII Italic Helvetica ASCII Helvetica ASCII Bold A C 7P RO 7 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Helvetica Italic Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold WordPerfect Cartridge CG Times DskTop Prop 6 4685 CG Times DskTop Prop 4686 CG Times DskTop Bold Times DskTop Italic CG Times DskTop CG Times DskTop Bold CG Times DskTop Italic Typeface CG Times Times Bold Times Italic CG Times Times Bold Times Italic CG Times Bold Times Bold Univers Univers Univers A C 7P RO 7 RO Table 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Symb
66. e used when the other output protocols of the 7 RO 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 etc Refer to the printer s user s guide to find out if the printer operates with one of the output protocols of the A C 7 RO In Generic mode the A C 7 RO 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 the printer protocol a printer requires is not available on the A C 7 RO To change the printer to 10 CPI the printer s user s guide provides the hexadecimal value of 1B 50 Use the Host PC download command 88 to assign the value 1B 50 to the 10 CPI string type amp Z88 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 A C 7 RO will send nothing to the printer it will ignore the CPI or LPI command from the host The A C 7 RO 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 15 CPI Host PC download command 87 e 12 CPI
67. eature is ON and page size is 8 1 2 x 11 or less and width is greater than height APO feature is OFF and orientation is set to COR landscape or user defined with font orientation landscape Action Set paper tray orientation to landscape or set font orientation to landscape or set font orientation to landscape Turn off APO or increase page size so it is larger than 8 1 2 x 11 or change width and height so width is less than height Refer to the COR and APO sections for additional solutions Set paper tray orientation to portrait or set font orientation to portrait A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table 7 1 Problem Resolution Guide Problem or Message Printer does not print COR Probable Cause APO feature is ON and page size is 8 1 2 x 11 or less APO feature is OFF and orientation is set to portrait landscape or user defined Action Turn off APO or increase page size so it is larger than 8 1 2 x 11 Set orientation to COR 7 RO 7 RO Appendix A Font FGID Reference for HP LaserJet Printers The following table lists the standard HP LaserJet resident fonts and the HP font cartridges that are available along with the font ID number used to select the font Table A 1 Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No HP LaserJet Internal Resident Fonts Courier R 8 CP850 P L Line Printer R 8 CP850 P
68. echo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante Servicio El usuario no debe intentar dar 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 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 A C 7P RO 7 RO 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
69. een LED lights labeled Power and Printer On Line should be lit 7 Print an A C 7P RO self test Power off the A C 7P RO Set configuration switch SW1 8 far right to the l position Power on the A C 7P RO After the self test prints set configuration switch SW1 8 back to the o position then cycle the power one more time 8 Refer to the self test printouts to determine which configuration parameters need to be altered Change these parameters by using the Host PC download commands 9 With the A C 7P RO powered off attach the coax cable from the host to the A C 7P RO s BNC connector A C 7P RO 7 RO NOTE 6 Power on the A C 7S RO then Whenever the printer is powered off the A C 7P RO must also be powered off to ensure they stay in sync with each other To install the A C 7S RO 1 Power off the printer and PC if used and disconnect the power 2 Use the configuration switches on the A C 7S RO s front panel to select the desired output protocol and the serial output parameters for the interface Refer to Tables 4 1 and 4 5 for configuration switch settings 3 Connect the serial cable from the A C 7S RO s Serial Out connector to the printer s serial port 4 If the sharing port is used attach a second serial cable to the A C 7S RO s Serial In port Note that a PC or LAN connected to the A C 7S s sharing port should always be
70. first switch bank to and configuration switch SW1 1 to 4 Power on the printer and the A C 7 RO A self test will print within a few seconds after power up After the self test prints the LED lights labeled Host Ready and Printer Ready begin blinking indicating that the Print Box is not in operating mode 5 Return configuration switch SW1 8 to the o position then cycle the power one more time Two self test pages will print if the A C 7 RO is installed properly Sample printouts of the first page are shown in Figures 3 1 and 3 2 The selections in the sample are factory defaults The numbers at the left margin are command numbers used to change this setting using host download commands If the test does not print the A C 7 RO failed the self test Contact technical support for more information 7 2 EBCDIC Hex Dump The A C 7 RO can be set up to print the buffer in hexadecimal EBCDIC code This can be useful fora technician to diagnose problems with the A C 7 RO 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 A C 7 RO 2 Type amp Z42 1 on the screen 7 7 RO 3 Send that co
71. han the command 51 timeout setting VALUE DESCRIPTION 04 Time interval in Example amp Z50 10 sets the to number of seconds timeout interval to 10 seconds 63 COMMAND 51 HOST PORT 08 Factory default is 8 TIMEOUT seconds NOTES The interface sends a reset command to the printer and restores the coax host defined format commands i e LPI PI MPL MPP prior Selects the time interval that the interface waits for receipt of additional data from the coax host before automatically switching to check for data from the alternate PC LAN host to printing data from the VALUE DESCRIPTION coax host after having printed data from the shared 04 Time interval in parallel port Because the to number of seconds printer is being shared 60 between the parallel port and the 3270 host careful 08 Factory default is attention should be paid to setting up the PC so that jobs are not automatically terminated because the printer is busy 8 seconds NOTES The alternate PC LAN host This problem may be helped by setting the PC timer off by writing mode 1pt1 in case of an LPT1 printer in DOS Factory default setting is responsible for sending any needed format commands required by the printer prior to sending printable data If your printer supports Intelligent Emulation Switching IES make sure the printer s IES timeout period is less than the command 50 timeout setting 7
72. he 7 RO then connect the power cord 10 Power on the printer then the 7 RO BLACK BOX Copyright 2000 Black Box Corporation All rights reserved 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 724 746 5500 Fax 724 746 0746
73. he chart is being printed on a black and white PCL printer the order in which these elements are created is irrelevant However if you are printing on a PCL color printer the lines of the last element will always overlay and cover the element previously printed In the example the elements creating the x and should be entered last when printing on a PCL color printer 5 Create the separate IOGL elements based on the order determined in Step 4 In the example the bar charts were created first Recall the IOGL formula for the bar chart and the preceding shading color command string lt of values color 1 gt lt shading 1 gt lt 2 gt lt shading 2354 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 tt of entries gt lt value 1 gt lt value 2 The bar chart shown in Figure 6 16 was created using the following parameters Bar Chart Boyd Shading Color Boyd s calls were plotted for each day of the business week so the number of values is five Since we printed to a black and white laser printer the color parameters were irrelevant The shading was set to 10 Bar Chart Histogram The line width was set to I mm The x y start parameters defined the bottom left corner of the bar which is identical with the origin of the chart Remember that the origin was one inch from the left margin and 10 i
74. ifferent 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 create sophisticated electronic forms However programming with IOGL always follows the same general steps 1 Determine which IOGL elements are needed to create the desired output the bar chart shown below 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 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO SALES CALLS PER DAY Week of March 24 1995 OF CALLS 40 30 20 10 Monday Tuesday Wednesday cary E shawn Thursday Friday WEEKDAY Figure 6 19 Bar Chart 1 Following the above mentioned general steps we first determined the makeup of this bar chart The example consists of four IOGL elements bar charts lines boxes and text
75. ill be 3 6 of 01 the second segment will be red the complete circle Figure 6 15 02 and the third segment will be green 04 The segments will be shaded at 20 50 and 80 respectively Figure 6 15 Segment of Circle 7 7 RO 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 2 gt 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 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 maximum of 12 bars can be printed For example 3GS3 01 20 02 50 04 80 GH1 100 2400 300 1 100 3 500 600 800 draws three bars If the attached printer is 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 A C 7P RO 7 RO X Y start 100 2400 LEN D S VC s oe DES DIS ers S SES ES S Nye O SSS SS
76. inued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Presentation Legal Bold Letter Gothic Legal P L 10 14 38 Presentation ASCII P L 10 14 6 Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation Bold Presentation ASCII Bold A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Presentation Legal Bold Helv Outline ASCII P L Prop 24 34115 Helv Outline Legal P L Prop 24 34116 Serifa ASCII P L Prop 24 34215 Serifa Legal P L Prop 24 34216 Line Draw LinDrw PC Line PCLin Bold Univers Prop 33101 Univers Prop 33102 Univers Bold R 8 Prop 33122 Univers Bold R 8 Prop 33123 Univers Bold R 8 Prop 33124 Univers Bold R 8 Prop 33125 7 RO 75 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Helv Cond TaxNum Black Bold Tax Line TaxLin Drw Draw Bar Codes More Cartridge Letter Gothic R 8 P L 15 9 5 230 Letter Gothic R 8 P L 12 12 87 EAN UPC UP 10 Mil EAN UPC 13 Mil Bold A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 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
77. late IBM 3287 is powered off Printer VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No action taken NOTES 1 Start EBCDIC hex Value 1 causes valid graphic dump udi to be Ed norma i e converte 2 Stop EBCDIC hex from EBCDIC to ASCII while dump control codes and invalid graphics are printed as NOTES hyphens and normal page formatting is maintained This command enables the user to print only the section Value 0 causes the 8 bit of the document that is in binary codes to be sent question in buffer hex dump directly to the printer just as format they are received from the p host Hex printing starts with the buffer after the start SCS code 36 functions the command and stops with the same as code 35 buffer after the stop command Available in SCS LU1 mode only Examples amp Z42 1 starts buffer hex dump printing amp Z42 2 stops Example amp 745 0 SCS Code buffer hex dump printing 35 data is sent to the printer as binary codes without translation Factory default setting A C 7P RO A C 7S RO COMMAND 50 SHARING PORT TIMEOUT Use of the DOS PRINT command or a spooling program for the PC is Selects the time interval that the recommended interface waits for receipt of additional data from the alternate PC LAN host before automatically switching to check for data from the If your printer supports Intelligent Emulation Switching IES make sure the printer s IES timeout coax host period is less t
78. 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 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 lt start gt lt y start gt lt angle of rotation text Comments GX lt text gt A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Parameter shading of segments 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
79. mmand to the printer press the Print Screen Button or print the document file that contains the Host PC download command 4 Send the host data in question to the printer 5 To stop the EBCDIC 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 A C 7 RO s front panel as follows 1 With the A C 7 RO powered on set configuration switch SW1 1 far left to o and switch SW1 8 far right of first switch bank to I The A C 7 RO is now in buffer print mode 2 Return configuration switch SW1 8 to the position after printing is completed 7 3 ASCII Hex Dump The A C 7 RO 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 interface or the printer The ASCII Hex Dump can only be started through the A C 7 RO 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 A C 7 RO powered on set the configuration switches SWI 4 SWI 5 SW1 6 and SW1 7 to 1 The A C 7 RO is now in ASCII Hex Dump mode 4
80. nches from the top margin of the printable area The resulting values were 300 1 inch x 300 inch for lt start gt and 3000 10 inches x 300 inch for lt y start gt The bar representing Boyd s calls for Tuesday was to be printed one inch to the right of Monday s bar The resulting lt x increment gt was 300 I inch x 300 inch Since the maximum height of bar was specified at four inches the resulting value for lt y increment gt was 30 4 inches 40 max calls x 300 inch To aid in readability extra space was left between the last bar of day A C 7P RO A C 7S RO one and the first bar of the next day To determine the bar width divide the available one inch x increment 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 chart Boyd 3GS5 01 10 01 10 01 10 01 10 01 10 GH1 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 lt x start gt 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 3GS5 02 75 02 75 02 75 02 75 02 75 GH1 375 3000 300 30 75 5 35 36 38 39 31 Bar Chart Sh
81. nded Code Page 437 and Epson Graphics PC Set 2 NOTES The character set substi tutions defined in Com mands 70 and 71 must be adjusted the ASCII character set is changed previously defined substitutions are lost from NV memory when the character set selection is changed Refer to the character set summary tables at the end of the self test to confirm which ASCII character is printed for each of the 3270 hex codes Both the EBCDIC and DSC tables are provided Example amp Z65 2 selects the Code Page 850 character set COMMAND 70 OVERWRITE EBCDIC SCS LU1 TRANSLATION TABLE Custom substitutions defined by this command and stored in permanent memory are written into the EBCDIC SCS LUI to ASCII translation table VALUE DESCRIPTION The EBCDIC character to be changed in hex The substitute ASCII character for the EBCDIC character above NOTES Previously stored substi tutions are automatically changed to the new selection when the same hex location is specified in the EBCDIC table A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Previously stored substi tutions are cancelled if an ASCII hex sequence of 00 is specified Command Z99 0 must be used to store the substitutions in permanent memory for them to be effective when the printer is next turned on The active EBCDIC SCS LU1 translation table prints out at the end of the interface self test summary Example amp Z70 7B 40
82. ndscape orientation will be used for all printing in which the SCS LU1 PPM code specifies the alternate paper tray be used COMMAND 64 MANUAL FEED TRAY ORIENTATION HP PCL only This command functions identically to Command 62 except it controls the orientation for printing when the PPM Command specifies the manual feed tray for the paper source Values are the same as Command 62 except substitute manual feed tray in place of primary tray in the descriptions NOTE The laser printer will upon receipt of the manual feed tray command not print until paper is placed into the manual feed slot This allows the user to insert special forms letter head or colored paper into the manual feed slot 7 7 RO Example amp Z64 1 specifies that all printing using paper from the manual feed slot will be printed in portrait orientation COMMAND 65 CHARACTER SET SELECTION Enables the user to select the ASCII character set that is used in the conversion from EBCDIC SCS LU1 or DSC LU3 to ASCII This selection automatically changes to match the output protocol selected through the interface s configuration switches if HP PPDS or Proprinter II modes are chosen The other selections require the user to manually select the appropriate character set VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 Roman 8 character set HP PCL 2 Code Page 850 character set IBM PPDS Epson ESC P2 Generic 3 IBM PC Exte
83. nnection to a serial printer and for connection to a serial PC LAN print server port The A C 7S RO 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 C 1 Input and Output Connector Pinout The serial printer cable shipped with the A C 7S RO has the following pin assignments Figure C 2 Serial Printer Cable Pinout A C 7P RO 7 RO This pin out will work with most PCs and printers i e the supplied cable can be used as either sharing cable or printer cable When used to connect the printer to the print box the cable s female side DB25F is connected to the A C 7S RO When used as a sharing cable the male end DB25M is connected to the A C 7S RO Appendix D Parallel Port Specifications The A C 7P RO uses standard 36 pin 25 pin Centronics printer cables for connection to parallel printer and to connect parallel PC LAN printer server port The 25 pin connector on the A C 7P RO label Parallel Out To Printer has the following pin assignments Table D 1 25 Pin Connector Pinout Output nStrobe 2 9 Output Data 1 Data 8 7 1 Output nSelectln always high 18 25 Signal Ground Shell Chassis Ground 7 7 RO
84. ocal Screen Copy LU3 Print Image Non SCS Mode CR at MPP 1 NL at MPP 1 Valid FF Followed by Data Valid FF at End of Buffer FF Valid Location Auto Function at End Print Quality Fast Draft IBM Motion Command Suppress Empty Forms Form Feed After Time Out Override of Formatting Cmds Truncate Wrap select Interv Required IR Timeout Suppress IBM Control Codes Vertical Channel Select VCS CPT End Delimiter ASCII CPT Start Delimiter ASCII Command ID Char ASCII Start Stop Buffer Hex Dump SCS TRN Translate Sharing Port Timeout Host Port Timeout Character Set Selection Parallel Port Init String Host Port Init String 0 Generic 21920 6 10 1 Single 6 or 8 LPI 066 080 1 Dual 01 English US 0 No 0 LU3 and Local Copy Null line suppress 0 Next line 0 Current line 2 0 2nd PP 1 Line 1 0 FF valid at 1st PP or MPP 1 0 No 0 NL 0 DP Fast Draft Text Draft 0 Use FF 0 No 0 Disabled Wrap text beyond MPP 120 times 5 seconds 0 No control codes suppressed 1 3268 4224 2625 amp 2625 amp 7 0 No Action 1 3287 emulation SCS code 35 08 Seconds 08 Seconds 1 Roman 8 Figure 3 1 Self Test Printout for 7 RO A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Self Test Printout A C 7S RO SERIAL 3270 COAX INTERFACE COPYRIGHT c 1994 SDE Corp Rom Ok Ram Ok Software Version 1 00 ASCII Printer Protocol Generic Serial Out Baud Rate 9600 Baud
85. ocument or on the screen Regardless of whether the incoming print job is screen print spreadsheet word processing document created on either the host or PG the 7 RO 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 A G 7 RO did not recognize the command because of problem in the format Check the syntax of the command and send the command again Most Host PC download commands sent to the A C 7 RO take effect immediately and stay only in the A C 7 RO s active memory To save the changed configuration beyond a power off send Host PC download command Z99 0 Tip Save the Host PC download commands in a separate file If you need to re configure the 7 RO at a later time or if you need to configure more than one 7 RO just print the file containing your Host PC download commands Take the following steps to enter a host download command 7 7 RO Type the Command Pass Thru delimiter amp or alternate CPT beginning delimiter in the document at the point where the command is to take effect 2 Type an upper case 7 or the alternate command ID character 3 Type the command number for the command to be used as shown in the table 4 Type a comma 5 Type the value representing the desired selection No spaces are allowed A
86. ode Ot 1 Power off the printer and the Power off the A C 7 RO and 7 RO return configuration switch SWI 1 on the first bank of 2 Disconnect the host and PC switches to the o position sharing cables from the Switch SW1 8 should be in the interface position as well 3 Set configuration switch SW1 1 far left to the I position and switch SWI 8 far right of the first bank of switches to the o position if it is not already there 5 5 1 Printer Sharing The 7 RO and 7 RO allow the printer to be shared automatically between an attached PC LAN and an IBM coax host Simply connect the PC LAN printer server to the parallel serial port The 7 RO can supply external devices attached to its parallel sharing port with 5V up to 350 mA See Appendix E for instructions on how to transfer power to pin 18 on the A C 7P RO The 7 RO uses a timeout after each print job before it honors print jobs from another port At the end of host print job the 7 RO waits for the specified Host Port Timeout period before it honors data streams coming in through the parallel port The Host Port Timeout period is set through Host PC download command 51 After a parallel or serial print job is completed the 7 RO will again wait for a period of time before it honors host print jobs The Sharing Port Timeout is set through Host PC download command
87. of Front 5 ee 11 2 2 About this User s 4 11 A NR AN 11 dada 13 Power On airada 15 4 COMMS UGA OD EE 20 41 A G7 RO Configuration 20 4 2 Configuration Switch Settings rrrrrrrnvrrvanrrrrvorvarrvrrvarsrrrvarversverversernree 21 4 3 Setup Software does not apply to versions after Feb 1996 26 4 4 Host PC Download Command Overview rrrnrrnrvrnnnnvnrrrrrrnnnnnrnnnvvenerer 27 4 0 Restoring Factory Defaults it neve veke 57 Ds 58 SI Printer Sharing corsisti ides ie r ia 58 5 2 Parallel Serial Port Initialization ctt rere tcn 59 5 5 Host Port InitializatiO 2 credet ee ee bee OPE re co o repe ne eee ER rere evo 59 5 4 Print Position and Page Length eet reiner terrre ntes 59 DEI occiso eer eec 60 5 6 Computer Output Reduction COR sse 61 5 7 Automatic Print Orientation APO sese 62 Ke Generic Moe tette oia 64 6 Advanced FEU Sa di 66 61 Command Pass ThT a a a a aa i 66 6 2 Custom User HIP Sierras are a 67 6 3 SCS Mode Transparent Data servici ries 67 Color A 68 6 5 Printing Bar CodeS 68 6 6 EO Grapbhics Languag uoces tette n n a 84 6 6 1 I O Graphics Language Overview ssseeeeeeee 84 6 6 2 FIelpful Elints 88
88. ol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No DskTop DskTop DskTop DskTop DskTop DskTop DskTop DskTop DskTop A C 7P RO 7 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No Microsoft Cartridge Helv R 8 Helv R 8 Helv Bold R 8 Helv Italic R 8 Helv R 8 Helv Bold R 8 Helv Italic R 8 Helv Bold R 8 TmsRmn R 8 TmsRmn R 8 TmsRmn Bold TmsRmn Italic 7 7 RO Table A 1 continued Selecting Standard Fonts Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Typestyle Size No TmsRmn TmsRmn Bold TmsRmn Italic TmsRmn Bold Polished Worksheets Cartridge Line Printer R 8 Prestige Elite R 8 Prestige Elite R 8 Bold P L 15 8 5 223 Prestige Elite R 8 P L 15 7 221 P L 12 10 86 P L 12 10 111 Prestige Elite R 8 Italic Prestige Elite Legal P L 15 7 219 Prestige Elite Legal P L 12 10 97 A C 7P RO A C 7S RO 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 8 P L 27 3 6 290 Letter Gothic R 8 Letter Gothic Bold Letter Gothic 8 Italic Letter Gothic Legal P L 27 3 6 292 Letter Gothic Legal Letter Gothic Legal Bold Letter Gothic Legal Italic Presentation ASCII Bold A C 7P RO 7 RO Table A 1 cont
89. olor command scheme Shading is entered as numeric value from 0 100 of shading If the attached printer is not capable of recognizing PCL color commands all printing will be black Refer to pie and bar charts for an example Pie Chart GP lt line 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 I 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 7 RO 7 RO 9 o clock starting point for first pie segment Figure 6 14 Color Shading and Pie Chart A C 7P RO A C 7S RO For example The first segment value 10 will 653 01 20 02 50 04 80 1 6 of the complete circle GP5 900 2400 600 3 10 20 30 draws 10 10 20 30 10 60 1 6 the a three segment pie chart If the second segment value 20 will be attached printer is PCL color 2 6 of the complete circle 20 60 printer the first segment will be blue and the third segment w
90. or in the installed cartridge If the proper cartridge is not installed or the font does not exist on the cartridge then the printer will automatically select an alternate font for printing Multiple font changes can be made in a document as long as all fonts are in the same orientation Changes in orientation portrait or landscape automatically eject the page A font ID that changes the orientation from the previous page must be on the first line and first position of the page or a blank page will be ejected A blank page at the first of a print job is often caused by a change in orientation Command 61 must be set to 1 APO Disabled Commands 62 64 must be set to 3 User Defined 5 6 Computer Output Reduction COR Computer Output Reduction COR is an IBM printer feature that automatically rotates data processing reports to landscape orientation and compresses the text to fit 198 columns x 66 lines on the page COR is enabled by doing the following 1 Select APO active with command 61 value 0 2 Select COR for the paper source with commands 62 64 value 0 When COR is enabled the following format changes are automatically made to data processing reports The page is printed in landscape orientation Vertical line height is 7096 of that specified A 0 5 inch blank area is provided on the top and left edge of the paper The selected pitch is changed 10 pitch to 13 3 pitch 12 pi
91. page Example amp Z11 5 selects manual sheet feed as the default source of paper COMMAND 12 FORM FEED BEFORE LOCAL SCREEN PRINT Specifies whether a form feed is performed before doing local screen print VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No form feed before local screen print 1 Form feed before local screen print NOTE This command only affects the local screen copy function not the host initiated local copy printing and functions only in LU3 non SCS operations Example amp Z12 1 performs a FF before local screen print Factory default setting COMMAND 13 FORM FEED AFTER LOCAL SCREEN COPY Specifies whether a form feed is performed after a local screen hard copy VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No Form Feed after local screen dump 1 Form Feed performed after local screen dump NOTE To use this function the RPQ should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9508 IBM 3287 RPQ MC3750 IBM 4214 OPT 20 3 This command only affects the local screen copy not the host initiated local copy printing and functions only in LU3 non SCS operations Example amp Z13 1 performs a FF after local screen copy COMMAND 14 LU3 PRINT IMAGE Non SCS Mode Selects Null Line Suppression or True Screen Image in LU3 printing mode VALUE DESCRIPTION Null line suppression in local copy and non SCS print 7 7 RO 1 Null line suppression in non SCS print and true screen image in local copy 2
92. priate printer driver on the PC LAN printer server 5 2 Parallel Serial Port Initialization If you want to change the printer s configuration for shared printing e g set it to PostScript mode use the parallel or serial port initialization string Host PC download command 56 for parallel command 58 for serial Consult the printer s user s guide for the ASCII hex values representing the desired configuration commands Then store these commands in the A C 7 RO s memory using Host PC download commands 56 or 58 After the host printing is completed and before the print job from the shared port is sent to the printer the A C 7 RO will send this initialization string to the printer and configure it according to your instructions However it is possible that the print job coming through the parallel or serial shared port contains other printer instructions thus overriding the parallel initialization string 5 3 Host Port Initialization After shared printing the 7 RO reconfigures the printer according to the active configuration settings If you want to further modify the printer configuration e g select different font for all host printing take advantage of the host port initialization string Unlike the parallel or serial port initialization string which is usually overridden by commands coming with the PC LAN print job the host port initialization string is not sent to the printer until after the A C
93. printed i e a bar code with a start stop character pair in the beginning and a start stop character pair in the end 7 RO 7 RO lt data gt The data to be printed as where the mistake occurred bar code Some bar codes require certain number of characters 3 Spaces in the bar code command string are invalid and will lead to the same result as mentioned in Step Others only allow alphanumeric or numeric characters Before the A C 7 RO processes the data string it will 2 check the complete data string and verify that it is valid This is why the 4 If invalid data either too at the end is so important If an many characters or the invalid data string has been entered wrong type of characters is the 7 RO will print Invalid entered the A C 7 RO will Data in the place of the bar code print the error message Invalid Data NOTES 5 Allow for sufficient vertical spacing when printing text 1 Valid values must be data beneath the bar code entered for each of the parameters specified above For example when the bar code even if the parameter is command sting is entered on line 1 irrelevant for the type of bar of the document with bar code code being printed height specified as 5 approximately 1 2 inch or 3 lines at 6 LPI and 2 If an invalid parameter text is then entered on line 2 as value other than invalid data has been entered the A C 7 RO will
94. process the bar code command up to follows B5 7 1 0 0 0 1234567890 B that point and then reject This data overrun by barcode any information it receives after the incorrect value this will cause the bar code to overlap the text in the second line For example bar code command string has been entered however an invalid lt hr gt value of 3 has been specified B2 6 6 3 0 0 code128 B The A C 7 RO would cause all characters after the invalid value 3 to be printed 0 0 code128 This helps quickly identify A C 7P RO A C 7S RO Thh 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 7 RO 7 RO 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 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 0 amp lt gt Example B1 4 1 1 1 1 0123456789 B 01
95. rmines the height of the line multiplied by the value Value 1 100 Value 2 300 Value 3 200 Value 4 500 Value 5 400 1 3 inch 100 value x 1 y increment 300 inch Line width 5mm e 4 X Y start 900 2400 x y start 900 2400 i x increment horizontal distance between values Figure 6 17 Run Line Chart A C 7P RO 7 RO NOTE Text GT lt x start gt lt y start gt lt angle of rotation gt lt text gt The y increment determines the scaling Only integers 1 2 3 4 etc are valid If you Prints the text text in the are charting sales figures in active font with the specified thousands of dollars the y rotation and specified xy start Text increment should be small will be rotated counterclockwise for example 1 If you are charting the number of For example customer complaints per 2GT1000 1000 90 TEXT prints the period the y increment word TEXT in the active font with should be high for example 100 p s rotation Figure tm _ X Y start Figure 6 18 Text 7 RO 7 RO 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 I O Graphics Language IOGL can be used in many d
96. ry to correct the interference Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party 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 set 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 prescrites dans le R glement sur le brouillage radio lectrique publi par Industrie Canada A C 7P RO 7 RO 10 11 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 t
97. s to be used for the ending delimiter characters for Command Pass Thru VALUE XXYY DESCRIPTION XX is the ASCII hexadecimal value of the first character and YY is the ASCII hexadecimal value of the second character NOTES If an ending delimiter is not selected with this command the delimited selected with Command 40 will be used as a default The default delimiter will no longer be active if the command is used to change it If Command 39 and Command 40 are both entered Command 39 must be sent after Command 40 to be active One delimiter character can be specified instead of two by entering the hex code for the character followed by two zeros for example amp Z39 2500 selects amp as the delimiter A hex code that starts with 00 is invalid Example amp Z39 253F specifies the characters as the alternate ending delimiter characters ASCII hex value is 25 and ASCII hex value is 3F A C 7P RO 7 RO COMMAND 40 CPT START DELIMITER CHARACTERS Specifies the two characters to be used for the beginning delimiter characters for Command Pass Thru VALUE XXYY DESCRIPTION XX is the ASCII hexadecimal value of the first character and YY is the ASCII hexadecimal value of the second character NOTES Host download commands use the CPT beginning delimiter characters as well The new character s replace the amp in front of the Z If you do not select an ending delimi
98. tch to 15 pitch 15 pitch to 19 pitch A C 7P RO 7 RO combination of control codes in the printer data stream and the settings in the configuration are used to determine page orientation when processing DSC DSE or LUI SCS data streams Some applications will not allow you to insert the data stream commands required to select orientation and format Where the insertion of the required data stream commands is not possible you can select the orientation and format desired by using the printer configuration settings Use of the Write Control Character WCC in the DSC DSE data streams for orientation and format selection is not recommended 5 7 Automatic Print Orientation APO When Automatic Print Orientation APO is activated command 61 value 1 the 7 RO notes the format of the print image and calculates the required print dimensions Figure 5 1 shows how the page size determines the orientation for coax COR If a calculated paper size is larger than 8 1 2 x 11 the paper tray orientation selection commands 62 64 determines the orientation In LU3 DSC DSE mode the values used in the calculations are specified by the 7 RO s active configuration selections In LUI SCS mode the values are specified in the data stream by the SCS controls Ifa value has not been set in the SCS data stream the A C 7 RO s active configuration is used instead The APO feature also uses the c
99. ter with Command 39 the delimiter selected with this command will be used as the default ending delimiter The default beginning delimiter will no longer be active if you use this command to change it One delimiter character can be specified instead of two by entering the hex code for the character followed by two zeros for example amp Z40 2500 selects amp as the delimiter A hex code that starts with 00 is invalid Factory default setting Example amp Z40 253F specifies the characters as the beginning delimiter characters ASCII hex value is 25 and ASCII hex value is COMMAND 41 COMMAND ID CHARACTER Specifies the character that is used for the command identifier that follows the delimiter characters VALUE DESCRIPTION 00 Deletes the previously selected character ZZ 77 is the ASCII hex value of the command ID character NOTE The character selected must be hex value L or U Example amp Z41 59 specifies Y as the command ID character 7 RO 7 RO COMMAND 42 START AND COMMAND 45 SCS TRN STOP EBCDIC HEX DUMP TRANSLATE After receiving a start command the Specifies how transparent data sent coax interface starting with the next using SCS code 35 is handled buffer received sends all host data directly to the printer as VALUE DESCRIPTION hexadecimal printing until stop 0 Binary Transparent command is received or the printer Emu
100. the host sends a 12 CPI command VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 Defines the 12 CPI bytes of string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the 12 CPI string Example amp 788 1 1 4D stores the 10 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 4D as the 12 CPI string COMMAND 89 16 7 CPI STRING Used when operating in Generic output protocol Defines the 16 7 CPI string the interface sends to the printer when the host sends a 16 7 CPI command VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 Defines the 16 7 bytes of CPI string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the 16 7 CPI string Example amp Z89 1 1B 10 stores the 16 7 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 10 as the 16 7 CPI string 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 active 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 amp 298 2 at the end of the document to restore the standard setup parameters for the next user of the printer The ac
101. tive setup and permanent memory setup selections are the same after Command 299 0 or Command 298 2 is sent to the printer Example amp Z98 1 prints out the active setup selections for review A C 7P RO A C 7S RO COMMAND 99 STORE CONFIGURATION IN PERMANENT MEMORY Send this command after all desired host download configuration commands have been sent to the interface It stores the active setup in the permanent memory of the interface so it will be in effect whenever the printer is powered on Otherwise active configuration commands are lost when the printer is turned off VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 To complete the command the value 0 must be used NOTES Host download selections followed by Command Z99 0 will be stored in permanent memory and active when the printer is turned on Only use Command Z99 0 when the host download selection needs to be permanently stored in the memory of the interface Example amp Z99 0 stores the currently active setup selections in the permanent memory of the interface 7 7 RO 4 5 Restoring Factory Defaults 4 Power on the A C 7 RO The factory defaults are restored The factory default configuration The LED lights labeled Host can be restored either by sending Ready and Printer Ready will Host PC Download Command blink continuously indicating 798 0 or by taking the following the A C 7 RO is notin steps operating m
102. uded in the string The host port initialization string is only sent to the printer when you turn the printer on and after printing by the shared parallel port has occurred Host SCS commands and download commands have priority over the initialization string instructions To change the initialization string simply input the new command values The old string 1 automatically erased To delete the initialization string from the permanent memory simply type the parentheses with nothing between them Example amp Z57 1 deletes from permanent memory any hex string that had been previously defined for the host port initialization string COMMAND 58 SERIAL PORT INITIALIZATION STRING Allows the user to define an initialization string of up to 25 bytes which is stored in the memory of the interface and is sent to the printer at the beginning of any printing received from the serial port VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 Defines the serial bytes of port init string ASCII hex code 10 Deletes the serial port init string NOTES To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes but is not included in the string The string could specify special font selection command or other custom command to be sent directly to the printer prior to the data that is received from the serial shared port 7 7 RO To change the initialization string simply input the new
103. uses all printing to be in hexadecimal code just as it s received from the host to help in tracing problems If you need to ship the 7 RO use the original carton and packaging to prevent damage 7 1 7 RO Self Test Verify proper installation and configuration of the A C 7 RO by performing an A C 7 RO self test The self test prints out the current software version memory condition RAM and ROM and the current configuration selections NOTE If you are operating a label printer put the printer in ASCII hex dump mode then follow the self test instructions below If the label printer starts printing the A C 7 RO has passed the self test To obtain a printout of the current settings connect the A C 7 RO to a laser or dot matrix printer A C 7P RO 7 RO Follow the steps below to start the self test from your or terminal 1 Verify that the printer is connected properly to the 7 RO and in READY mode 2 Type amp Z98 1 on the screen 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 self 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 A C 7 RO 2 Power off the A C 7 RO and the printer 3 Set configuration switch SW1 8 far right of

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