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Mercedes-Benz 2007 CLK 350 Automobile User Manual

1. 71 A Standard ASCII Character Set 75 Table of Contents B Conversion Tables seen 77 C GIO SSANY shee wrench ici decia quad de seeceatnonmare sts 85 Table of Contents l Introduction About This Manual WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT This manual lists the ANSI commands and explains how to configure the printer when this emulation is loaded in your printer Audience This book assumes you are an experienced programmer and are familiar with the ANSI emulation Warnings and Special Information Read and comply with all information highlighted under special headings Conditions that could harm you as well as damage the equipment Conditions that could damage the printer or related equipment Information vital to proper operation of the printer NOTE Information affecting printer operation Related Product Information The User s Manual describes the keys on the control panel and provides quick reference information on daily printer operations such as loading paper and replacing ribbons This book also provides configuration instructions and descriptions and troubleshooting guidelines Software Features The ANSI emulation software provides the following features e Graphics and a selection of print densities You can enable graphics mode and specify a density mode dots per inch e Print Attributes Characters can be bold ital
2. ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE FLASH The printer requires more flash memory in order to run the downloaded program Add flash memory or use a smaller emulation program ERROR PROGRAM NOT COMPATIBLE The printer is not compatible with the downloaded program Use the correct emulation software option s for this model ERROR PROGRAM NOT VALID The printer does not see a program in flash memory There is no program in printer memory Download the program again ERROR SECURITY PAL NOT DETECTED The security PAL is not present or has failed Check the security PAL at location U54 on the CMX controller If the PAL is absent install correct PAL If security PAL is present replace the CMX controller board ERROR SHORT AT ADDRESS XXXX Hardware failure in DRAM or CMX controller circuitry Replace DRAM If message occurs with new DRAM replace CMX controller board ERROR WRITING TO FLASH Hardware or software fault in flash memory 1 Download the program again 2 If the message occurs again replace the flash memory ERROR WRONG CHECKSUM The printer received the complete program but the checksum did not match The data were corrupted during download Download the program again ERROR OCCURRED FLUSHING QUEUES This is an interim message that displays while the printer discards host data it cannot use because a fault condition Wait When the aster
3. ASCII Code ESC Hex Code 1B5D 21 Dec Code 27 9333 Expression CHR 27 Loading is terminated by the ESC sequence Loading the Table The first table location is always loaded with the channel 1 code This is defined as the top of form TOF channel The table may be left without channel 1 and a command to skip to channel 1 will cause a normal formfeed as though there were no VFU Two bytes are loaded for each line of the form to be controlled One or more channel numbers may be indicated in the two byte code The format of two byte channel control codes is shown in Table 22 Table 22 Two Byte Channel Control Code Format Bit Number 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Channel Number x X 6 5 4 3 2 1 first byte x x y y y y Bit Number 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Channel Number x X 12 11 10 9 8 7 second byte x X y y y y y y y 0 no stop in channel 1 stop in channel X bit has no meaning NOTE To make characters acceptable bit 7 must be set 67 Chapter 3 _ANSIEVFU Each channel control code pair of bytes has the capability to indicate multiple channels since each channel indication has a unique bit position which is either ON 1 or OFF 0 Table 23 Channel Control Codes Decimal Value Binary Value di nae Remarks 1 2 1 2 1 2 64 64 1000000 1000000 Fillers 65 64 1000001 1000000 A Channel 1 66 64 1000010 1000000 B Channel 2 68 64 1000100 1000000 D Channel 3 72 64 1001000 10
4. byte 2 is printed beside the first moving from left to right across the page Table 12 Vertical Format Byte 1 2 3 wi Row oOaRWND oOaRWND 45 Chapter 2 46 Graphics Other Graphics Considerations e n horizontal format an LF causes the paper to advance one or two dot rows based on the vertical dot density e n vertical format the paper is advanced as the six dot rows are printed Spacing is essentially 12 LPI for low density and 24 LPI for high density graphics e Escape sequences ending with the following characters are ignored in graphics mode KLPQ q tjlsP B e Escape sequences ending with the following characters are valid while the printer is in graphics mode Ggubmx dr pes Dot Graphics ASCII Code ESC P Hex Code 1B50 Dec Code 27 80 Expression CHR 27 P Purpose Enters dot graphics mode at the density and format previously selected by the ESC p1 p2 p3 q sequence Discussion Following this sequence the printer prints discrete dots and leaves spaces based on the 1 s and 0 s in the low order six bits of each byte received forming graphic dot rows from left to right Exit from dot graphics mode is via ESC Repeat Graphics Character ASCII Code ESC p1 b Hex Code 1B 5B p162 Dec Code 2791 p198 Expression CHR 27 p 1b Purpose Repeats the single preceding character p1 times Discussion f p7 is 0 or unspecified it is set to
5. or 6E hex when the PI line is enabled high Channel Assignment The EVFU memory has the capacity for 192 line forms The first line identification code channel code in the memory load program defines the first line on the form the second line identification code defines the second line on the form etc Each line must have a line identification code Filler channel codes are used for lines that will not be accessed by the print program Any channel code can be used as a filler except channel code 1 which is reserved for the top of form and channel code 12 which is reserved as the vertical tab channel The same filler channel code can be repeated as necessary for any number of lines Channel 1 The top of form code reserved as the first line on the form or the first line printed top of form position The operating program sends the channel 1 code to advance to the top of the next form After the memory is loaded a Form Feed code FF OC hex will move the paper to the next channel 1 top of form Channels 2 through 11 13 and 14 Used as general channel codes line identification codes or filler channels Each line on the form must be identified by a channel code When the operating program sends the channel code the paper advances to the line identified by the channel code Lines not used by the operating program must be identified by filler channels unused channel codes Channel 12 Reserved as the Vertical Tab channel T
6. 16 Swedish Finnish D 17 Swiss 18 USA ISO standard 19 Yugoslavian 20 UK A United Kingdom A 21 Turkish 22 Greek 31 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation Table 3 ANSI International Character Sets continued p1 Country 23 ISO Italian 24 ISO Spanish 8573 IBM PC set 2 Greek 8574 DEC Multinational 8575 Roman 8 8576 Polish Mazurka 8577 IBM PC set 2 Turkish 8591 ISO 8895 1 Latin Alphabet 1 8592 ISO 8895 2 Latin Alphabet 2 8593 ISO 8895 3 Latin Alphabet 3 8594 ISO 8895 4 Latin Alphabet 4 8595 ISO 8895 5 Latin Cyrillic 8596 ISO 8895 6 Latin Arabic 8597 ISO 8895 7 Latin Greek 8598 ISO 8895 8 Latin Hebrew 8599 ISO 8895 9 Latin South Europe II 437 IBM PC Set 2 850 IBM PC Multilingual SET 2 851 Microsoft Code Page 851 Greece 852 Microsoft Code Page 852 Slavic 853 Microsoft Code Page 853 Turkey 1 855 Microsoft Code Page 855 Cyrillic 860 Microsoft Code Page 860 Portugal 863 Microsoft Code Page 863 French Canadian 864 Microsoft Code Page 864 Arabic 865 Microsoft Code Page 865 Nordic 866 Microsoft Code Page 866 Russian 867 Microsoft Code Page 867 Turkey 2 5915 ISO 8859 15 Latin O 32 Expanded Mode Expanded Mode ASCII Code ESC p7 p2 SP B Hex Code Dec Code 1B 5B p1 3B p2 20 42 27 91 p159 p2 32 66 Expression CHR 27 p1 p2 B Purpose Discussion Modifies the vertical p1 and horizontal p2 character size of all characters following
7. COLUMN 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 75 5400 4500 4050 3600 3225 76 5472 4560 4104 3648 3268 77 5544 4620 4158 3696 3311 78 5616 4680 4212 3744 3354 79 5688 4740 4266 3792 3397 80 5760 4800 4320 3840 3440 81 5832 4860 4374 3888 3483 82 5904 4920 4428 3936 3526 83 5976 4980 4482 3984 3569 84 6048 5040 4536 4032 3612 85 6120 5100 4590 4080 3655 86 6192 5160 4644 4128 3698 87 6264 5220 4698 4176 3741 88 6336 5280 4752 4224 3184 89 6408 5340 4806 4272 3827 90 6480 5400 4860 4320 3870 91 6552 5460 4914 4368 3913 92 6624 5520 4968 4416 3956 93 6696 5580 5022 4464 3999 94 6768 5640 5076 4512 4042 95 6840 5700 5130 4560 4085 96 6912 5760 5184 4608 4128 97 6984 5820 5238 4656 4171 98 7056 5880 5292 4704 4214 99 7128 5940 5346 4752 4257 100 7200 6000 5400 4800 4300 101 7272 6060 5454 4848 4343 102 7344 6120 5508 4896 4386 103 7416 6180 5562 4944 4429 104 7488 6240 5616 4992 4472 105 7560 6300 5670 5040 4515 106 7632 6360 5724 5088 4558 107 7704 6420 5778 5136 4601 108 7776 6480 5832 5184 4644 109 7848 6540 5886 5232 4687 110 7920 6600 5940 5280 4730 111 7992 6660 5994 5328 4773 112 8064 6720 6048 5376 4816 113 8136 6780 6102 5424 4859 114 8208 6840 6156 5472 4902 115 8280 6900 6210 5520 4945 80 Table 30 Decipoints for Column vs CPI Values continued MARGIN CPI COLUMN 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 119 8568 7140 6426 5712 5117 120 8640 7200 6480 5760 5160 116 8352 6960 6264 5568 4988 117 8424 7020 6318 5616 5031
8. The delete character causes the character at this location in the current character set to print In graphics mode the delete character is treated as data If it is set to ignore by the panel then the DEL will be ignored ESC Escape 1BH Escape signals the beginning of a special sequence Characters in a valid escape sequence are not printed FF Form Feed 0CH Form Feed is a line terminator All data received since the last line terminator are printed and the paper is advanced to the next top of form HT Horizontal Tab 09H An HT causes one of two actions If a horizontal tab table is present each HT received is replaced by the number of space characters required to move the current print position to the next tab location If a horizontal tab table is not present a space is substituted for the HT character LF Line Feed 0AH An LF code causes the line to be printed and the paper is advanced to the next line and the print position will remain at the same character column If the LF code is received in the horizontal graphics mode paper is advanced one or two dot rows depending on the vertical dot density If the LF is received in the vertical graphics format paper is advanced after the six dot rows are printed Vertical graphics spacing is 12 LPI for low vertical density and 24 LPI for high vertical density VT Vertical Tab OBH A VT code causes the line to print and the paper to advance to the next tab stop if a
9. speed A slanted type style This sentence is printed in an italic type style L Load Alternate Characters Line Feed Printed perpendicular to the paper motion Liquid Crystal Display The LCD is located on the operator panel Its purpose is to communicate information to the operator concerning the operating state of the printer Light Emitting Diode The parameters that specify data transfer control or communication operations lines per inch A measurement indicating the vertical spacing between successive lines of text For example 8 Ipi means 8 lines of text for every vertical inch lines per minute A speed measurement indicating the number of lines printed every minute Ipm usually defines the speed at which text prints M See font monospaced Millimeter Maximum Page Length Also known as forms length The number of lines that can be printed on a page Maximum Print Position Also called line length N A NACK NAK NL nibble NLQ Not Ready mode nS NVFU NVRAM OCR off line Ohm on line N Not available or not applicable Negative Acknowledge reply A reply from the printer to the host indicating that an exception has occurred Contrast with acknowledge character Negative Acknowledge character A transmission control character transmitted by the printer as a negative response to an enquiry from the host New Line 3287 only A unit of storage containing half
10. 0 Right margin None Maximum Page size 7920 decipoints 66 lines 11 inches Top margin None Bottom margin None Forms position Top of form current position Vertical tab table Empty Vertical format unit Default Graphics density 60 Horizontal DPI 72 Vertical DPI VFU load in progress Exit nothing saved Bar code mode Disabled Dot graphics Disabled 39 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation Subscript ASCII Code ESC K Hex Code 1B 4B Dec Code 2775 Expression CHR 27 K Purpose Moves the print line down 3 72 inch for subscript printing Also used to return to original print line if the Superscript printing command was sent Superscript ASCII Code ESC L Hex Code 1B4C Dec Code 7276 Expression CHR 27 L Purpose Moves the print line up 3 72 inch for superscript printing Also used to return to original print line if the Subscript printing command was sent Discussion Both Superscript and Subscript can be printed on the same line They cannot be used in succession to advance or reverse the paper to another line They can be used in pairs to change from Superscript to Subscript or Subscript to Superscript NOTE If you do not send a command to return the print position to the original baseline subsequent lines will be misaligned The ESC K and L commands are ignored in graphics Tab Clear ASCII Code ESC p1 g Hex Code 1B 5B p167 Dec Code 2791 p1 103 Expression CHR 27 p 1g
11. 118 8496 7080 6372 5664 5074 121 8712 7260 6534 5808 5203 122 8784 7320 6588 5856 5246 123 8856 7380 6642 5904 5289 124 8928 7440 6696 5952 5332 125 9000 7500 6750 6000 5375 126 9072 7560 6804 6048 5418 127 9144 7620 6858 6096 5461 128 9216 7680 6912 6144 5504 129 9288 7740 6966 6192 5547 130 9360 7800 7020 6240 5590 131 9432 7860 7074 6288 5633 132 9504 7920 7128 6336 5676 133 z 7980 7182 6384 5719 134 8040 7236 6432 5762 135 8100 7290 6480 5805 136 8160 7344 6528 5848 137 8220 7398 6576 5891 138 8280 7452 6624 5934 139 8340 7506 6672 5977 140 8400 7560 6720 6020 141 8460 7614 6768 6063 142 8520 7668 6816 6106 143 8580 7722 6864 6149 144 8640 7776 6912 6192 145 8700 7830 6960 6235 146 8760 7884 7008 6278 147 8820 7938 7056 6321 148 8880 7992 7104 6364 149 8940 8046 7152 6407 150 9000 8100 7200 6450 151 9060 8154 7248 6493 152 9120 8208 7296 6536 153 9180 8262 7344 6579 154 9240 8316 7392 6622 155 9300 8370 7440 6665 156 9360 8424 7488 6708 81 Appendix B Table 30 Decipoints for Column vs CPI Values continued MARGIN GPI COLUMN 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 157 9420 8478 7536 6751 158 9480 8532 7584 6794 159 8586 7632 6837 160 8640 7680 6880 161 8694 7728 6923 162 8748 7776 6966 163 8802 7824 7009 164 8856 7872 7052 165 8910 7920 7095 166 8964 7968 7138 167 9018 8016 7181 168 9072 8064 7224 169 9126 8112 7267 170 9180 8160 7310 171 9234 8208 7353 172 9288 8256 7396 173 9342 8304 7439 1
12. 2304 1920 1728 1536 1376 33 2376 1980 1782 1584 1419 78 Table 30 Decipoints for Column vs CPI Values continued MARGIN CPI COLUMN 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 34 2448 2040 1836 1632 1462 35 2520 2100 1890 1680 1505 36 2592 2160 1944 1728 1548 37 2664 2220 1998 1776 1591 38 2736 2280 2052 1824 1634 39 2808 2340 2106 1872 1677 40 2880 2400 2160 1920 1720 41 2952 2460 2214 1968 1763 42 3024 2520 2268 2016 1806 43 3096 2580 2322 2064 1849 44 3168 2640 2376 2112 1892 45 3240 2700 2430 2160 1935 46 3312 2760 2484 2208 1978 47 3384 2820 2538 2256 2021 48 3456 2880 2592 2304 2064 49 3528 2940 2646 2352 2107 50 3600 3000 2700 2400 2150 51 3672 3060 2754 2448 2193 52 3744 3120 2808 2496 2236 53 3816 3180 2862 2544 2279 54 3888 3240 2916 2592 2322 55 3960 3300 2970 2640 2365 56 4032 3360 3024 2688 2408 57 4104 3420 3078 2736 2451 58 4176 3480 3132 2784 2494 59 4248 3540 3186 2832 2537 60 4320 3600 3240 2880 2580 61 4392 3660 3294 2928 2623 62 4464 3720 3348 2976 2666 63 4536 3780 3402 3024 2709 64 4608 3840 3456 3072 2752 65 4680 3900 3510 3120 2795 66 4752 3960 3564 3168 2838 67 4824 4020 3618 3216 2881 68 4896 4080 2672 3264 2924 69 4968 4140 3726 3312 2967 70 5040 4200 3780 3360 3010 71 5112 4260 3834 3408 3053 72 5184 4320 3888 3456 3096 73 5256 4380 3942 3504 3139 74 5328 4440 3996 3552 3182 79 Appendix B Table 30 Decipoints for Column vs CPI Values continued MARGIN CPI
13. 3 240 4 180 6 120 8 90 Table 6 Common p2 Values CPI p2 decipoints 10 72 12 60 13 3 54 15 48 16 7 43 36 Margins Left and Right Margins Left and Right ASCII Code ESC p1 p2 s Hex Code Dec Code 1B 5B p1 3B p273 27 91 p159 p2115 Expression CHR 27 p1 p2s Purpose The p parameters are distances from the left edge of the printable area of the paper in decipoints They are internally converted to column positions based on the current CPI setting The first print area will be one column to the right of the left margin NOTE The margins set with this sequence begin at the first physical print position not at the edge of the paper Discussion When operating at 10 CPI the escape sequence ESC 720 8784s will produce a one inch 10 column left margin with column 11 as the first printable position The print line length is 8784 decipoints minus 720 or 8064 decipoints 11 2 inches 112 columns If the normal print area of 13 2 inches is available the right margin is one inch The last column represented by p2 is the last print position and the right margin begins in the next column Left and right margin default values are column zero and the highest column number in use depending on the CPI setting shown below This escape sequence is valid in graphics but does not apply to bar codes Default margins may be set by using ESC s Left Margin 2 column 0 minus Right Mar
14. ABCD N N 0 WK W SLiZo xe Wed Yr ND MXM Text can be rotated in the following order from top to bottom no rotation 90 degrees 180 degrees 270 degrees 56 IMPORTANT Selecting Size Selecting Size ESC p1 p2 B is the sequence used to set the vertical p1 and horizontal p2 size of the oversize characters A p1 value of 300 would increase the vertical size of the character 300 or 3 times ESC p1 p2 B CHR 27 300 300 B The last two digits of each parameter are necessary to comply with the ANSI standard but are ignored by the printer Using the above example for p7 any three digit number starting with 3 300 399 will be interpreted as 3 times normal size Likewise 400 499 equals 4 times 1200 1299 equals 12 times increase in size and so on The maximum size is 15600 15600 156 times and the minimum or default is 200 200 2 times Times 1 expansion is not permitted with the oversize option If you have selected times 1 with the ESC 100 100 B sequence and have activated oversize the expansion value defaults to times 2 Since this same sequence is used to change size in the expanded mode the parameters must be cleared to normal size ESC 100 100 B to prevent entering expanded mode when oversize is turned off Oversize defaults to double sized 200 200 even when 100 100 is sent so the 100 100 sequence must be sent after the oversize characters have been printed Size Parameters for Rotation The p1 a
15. Purpose Clears horizontal or vertical tab stops based on the p1 value p1 3 Clear all horizontal tabs p1 4 Clear all vertical tabs This command is valid in graphics 40 Tab Set Multiple Horizontal Tab Set Multiple Horizontal ASCII Code ESC p7 p2 pn u Hex Code Dec Code Expression Purpose Discussion 1B 5B p1 3B p2 3B pn 75 27 91 p159 p2 59 pn 117 CHR 27 p1 p2 pn u Sets up to 22 horizontal tabs The p parameters are set in decipoints and are normally converted internally to the nearest equivalent column position based on the current CPI setting The absolute decipoint value is used when the printer is printing proportional characters Table 8 Decipoints per Column En Decipoints 10 72 12 60 13 8 54 15 48 16 7 43 Example Placing tabs at columns 10 20 and 40 at 10 CPI ESC 648 1386 2808u p in decipoints column number minus 1 times decipoints per column 10 1 72 648 First printed character is in column 10 20 1 72 1368 First printed character is in column 20 40 1 72 2808 First printed character is in column 40 Appendix B contains a conversion table for decipoint calculations If more than 22 tabs are set the highest numbered tabs farthest right will be pushed out of the table Tabs set beyond the right margin are not usable Moving the right margin beyond these settings will make them active Control code HT 09H moves th
16. dot column Using a series of question mark that prints all dots characters in a horizontal graphic produces a one dot high solid line across the paper The same character in vertical graphics mode products a six dot high band across the paper Graphs charts and pictures can be produced by repeating omitting and mixing characters across a page Dot Patterns And Densities Table 10 lists the dot patterns for each of the ASCII characters Each ASCII character represents six dot positions or dots and their spacing is dependent on the density selected With a density of 60 and 70 DPI the dots are spaced 1 60 and 1 70 inch apart respectively At 120 and 140 CPI each character represents six dots spaced 1 120 and 1 140 inch apart At 180 and 210 DPI densities the dots are spaced 1 180 and 1 210 inch apart The ASCII characters needed to cover all dot void combinations are listed in the chart below Other valid character combinations although repeat patterns of the characters in the chart are hex 09 13 and hex 20 3E 43 Chapter 2 44 Graphics NOTE In Table 10 x dot and o no dot Table 10 ASCII Character Dot Patterns Char Hex Dots Char Hex Dots Value 654321 Value 654321 40 000000 60 X00000 A 41 00000X a 61 XOOOO0X B 42 0000X0 b 62 X000XO C 43 0000XX c 63 XOOOXX D 44 000X00 d 64 XOOXOO E 45 OO00XOX e 65 XOOXOX F 46 O00XXO f 66 XOOXXO G 47 OOOXXX g 67 XOOXXX H 48 00X000 h 68 XOX0
17. gt List the contents of the diskette at the command prompt by typing the following dir lt Enter gt You will see a directory listing containing files with a dwn extension e g 94021 dwn 94022 dwn 94023 dwn Make note of the file name with the dwn extension of each file you want to download to the printer NOTE The numeric portion of the file name will match the numbers of the 16 font typefaces listed in the PGL and VGL Programmer s Reference Manuals and provide you with a description and print sample of the typeface At the command prompt type copy b filename dwn LPT1 lt Enter gt where filename dwn is file name you noted in step 15 NOTE If you are loading the file using the LPT2 port on the computer type the following command copy b filename dwn LPT2 Enter where filename dwn is a file you noted in step 15 Chapter 1 _ installing Printer Emulations If you are loading the file using the serial port on the computer type the following commands mode COM1 9600 N 8 1 P lt Enter gt copy b filename dwn COM1 lt Enter gt where filename dwn is a file you noted in step 15 The 9600 baud rate is the only selection older versions of MS DOS can use The baud rate information entered in the above commands must match the selection you made in step 9 You can download the optional font files one at a time by entering one file name per the copy command or you can copy multiple files in one copy comm
18. per inch cpi Derived from picture PIX ELement The smallest displayable picture element on a video monitor or printable unit In printing a pixel is a dot Physical Maximum Print Position The longest line the printer is capable of printing This differs from MPP in that the printer may be capable of printing lines 132 characters wide PMPP but the print job is only 80 characters wide MPP See also MPP point POR port portrait Postnet print mode protocol PSA RAM RD read Ready mode A unit of length in printing and typography used to specify type sizes heights of font characters etc There are 72 points in a vertical inch thus one point equals 1 72 inch or approximately 0 0138 inch Some examples of point sizes are This is 8 point type This manual is printed in 10 point type This is 14 point type Power On Reset A channel used for receiving data from or transmitting data to one or more external devices Printed parallel to the short edge of a page A bar code standard defined by the United States Postal Service Synonym for print attribute Includes character attributes such as italic underlining super subscript as well as Draft NLQ and DP In general a set of rules governing the exchange of information between computer systems For printers a protocol is the coding system used to convey and print characters and graphics A printer protocol includes character codes prin
19. serif To turn on activate invoke or enable SFCC shadow printing shuttle sixel size type SLD slewing SNA soft reset SOH spacing SSCC start bit stop bit string style type superset commands symbol set TCB Special Function Control Character The first character in a printer command sequence In Proprinter Ill XL emulation mode you can select one of five characters as the SFCC In Epson emulation mode the SFCC must always be the ASCII escape character ESC See also command sequence and escape sequence A typeface with a heavy line thickness produced by doublestriking The printer forms a character then prints it again but fractionally offset from the first position See also bold character weight The subassembly in a line matrix printer that includes the hammer bank assembly and some or all of the drive mechanism A vertical column consisting of six pixels and treated as a unit in graphics applications See point Set Line Density Rapid vertical paper movement Systems Network Architecture A hardware and software protocol used on IBM mainframe networks See warm start Start Of Header See font proportional and font monospaced SuperSet Control Code It is of the form SFCC and is used to execute superset commands The signal that indicates the start of a character or element in a serial data stream The signal that indicates the end of a character or element in a s
20. since this contains the uncompressed files necessary for NIC download 9 10 11 12 13 14 Make note of the file name which is a six digit number plus prg e g 123456 prg This is the file you will download into the NIC Copy the file to the download directory Start a command prompt session The Start Menu icon is usually labeled MS DOS Prompt or Command Prompt At the command prompt type c lt Enter gt cd download lt Enter gt Start the FTP protocol by typing ftp xxx xxx xxx xxx Enter where xxx xxx xxx xxx represents the IP Address of the printer Log in to the printer by typing root lt Enter gt You are given a password prompt 15 Chapter 1 CAUTION Installing Printer Emulations NOTE The default is no password If the FTP program requires a password contact your system administrator 15 At the password prompt press lt Enter gt 16 Once logged in type the following sequence at the command prompt to download the filename prg file to the printer cd dest lt Enter gt cd dl1prn Enter bin lt Enter gt put filename prg lt Enter gt where filename prg is the file name you noted in step 9 Do not interrupt the downloading process once it has started Interrupting a download will damage the flash memory on the controller board and NIC 17 As the file downloads the FTP program shows the progress as a percentage Once the download is complete exit out of the FTP
21. through 13 14 the parallel port If you want to use the default continue at step 14 Press NEXT again to cycle through the download ports available in the printer RS232 9600 RS 232 serial 9600 baud RS232 19 2K RS 232 serial 19200 baud RS232 38 4K RS 232 serial 38400 baud RS232 115K RS 232 serial 115000 baud RS422 9600 RS 422 serial 9600 baud RS422 19 2 RS 422 serial 19200 baud RS422 38 4K RS 422 serial 38400 baud RS422 115K RS 422 serial 115000 baud DEBUG When the printer download port you want to use displays on the LCD press the ENTER key WAITING DOWNLOAD PORT lt your selection gt appears on the display Chapter 1 _ installing Printer Emulations 15 Using Windows Explorer create a directory named download at the root level of your C hard drive 16 Insert the printer emulation software CD into your computer Folders x 358724 exe A Desktop a 3 My Computer Xi 3 Floppy 4 3 6 C C download H Program Files C Recycler C Temp amp 3 Winnt 174593 a D C3 T4204 PGL_CGL T5000 CT_IGP CT_IPDS_IGP C CT PPHi PGL CT PPI1 VGL aw PPI1_PGL PPI_VGL CI TCP_IPDS_IGP TN_IGP 2 Unzipped Figure 1 Navigating to the Appropriate Emulation File on the CD 1 Dr 17 Using Windows Explorer navigate to the appropriate file on the CD based on the printer mode
22. to the ability to slew skip quickly a specified number of lines A font enhancement referring to larger than normal character width with no change in character height F Off or zero Compare true 89 Appendix C 90 family or type FF FIFO fixed pitch fonts flash memory FM Header font font landscape font monospaced font name font pattern font portrait font proportional font weight font width A set of all variations and sizes of a type style Form Feed First In First Out See font monospaced A rugged high density non volatile memory used to store programs instructions and routines in PSA printers Compare NVRAM Format Header Command strings used to switch between SCS and IPDS The complete set of a given size of type including characters symbols figures punctuation marks ligatures signs and accents To fully describe a font you must specify seven characteristics 1 typeface 2 spacing proportional or monospaced 3 type size 12 point 14 point etc 4 scale factor character height width ratio 5 type style 6 character weight 7 character proportion normal condensed expanded A font printed parallel to the long edge of a page Also called fixed pitch fonts Every character regardless of horizontal size occupies the same amount of font pattern space All monospaced fonts use specific pitch size settings Monospaced fonts are sometimes used w
23. to the column value in the 4 inch line 7 53 60 is the column count for the new left margin 77 Appendix B Refer to Table 30 and find line 60 and read across to the 13 3 CPI column The decipoint value is 3240 for the left margin The first print column is the one following the left margin or column 61 The decipoint values in Table 30 represent the beginning of the range of each column value For example the range of the decipoint value for margin column 2 at 13 3 CPI is 108 161 Any number within this range will achieve the same results Table 30 Decipoints for Column vs CPI Values MARGIN CPI COLUMN 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 72 60 54 48 43 2 144 120 108 96 86 3 216 180 162 144 129 4 288 240 216 192 172 5 360 300 270 240 215 6 432 360 324 288 258 7 504 420 378 336 301 8 576 480 432 384 344 9 648 540 486 432 387 10 720 600 540 480 430 11 792 660 594 528 473 12 864 720 648 576 516 13 936 780 702 624 559 14 1008 840 756 672 602 15 1080 900 810 720 645 16 1152 960 864 768 688 17 1224 1020 918 816 731 18 1296 1080 972 864 774 19 1368 1140 1026 912 817 20 1440 1200 1080 960 860 21 1512 1260 1134 1008 903 22 1584 1320 1188 1056 946 23 1656 1380 1242 1104 989 24 1728 1440 1296 1152 1032 25 1800 1500 1350 1200 1075 26 1872 1560 1404 1248 1118 27 1944 1620 1458 1296 1161 28 2016 1680 1512 1344 1204 29 2088 1740 1566 1392 1247 30 2160 1800 1620 1440 1290 31 2232 1860 1674 1488 1333 32
24. vertical tab is set If a tab position is at the current line the paper advances to the next tab position If there are no tab positions between the current line and the end of the form the paper advances to the next line at the current line spacing If the current position is at the bottom margin and a VT is sent the paper will advance to the next top of form 27 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation NOTE Channel 12 is always used with the VT character See Chapter 3 Vertical Page Formatting for more details Format For Control Code Descriptions The following information is listed for each control code where applicable Name The title or function of the command ASCII Code The ASCII mnemonic for the command is shown for the printer and the ANSI protocol Command sequences are in 7 bit ASCII form Hex Code The code or command sequence in hexadecimal numbers Dec Code The code or command sequence in decimal numbers Expression The control codes used in the BASIC programming language Purpose The function s of the control code Discussion A discussion of the uses of the code or command sequence including exceptions or limitations to its use Example A sample program written in BASIC programming language is provided when it is possible to illustrate the effect of a control code or if a specific syntax is required Examples are shown below of escape sequences as written in the text shown with paramet
25. 0 ERROR OCCURRED FLUSHING QUEUES 20 ESC Sequence 29 EVFU downloading with PI Line 71 EVFU Electronic Vertical Formatting Unit channel assignment 62 clearing the memory 65 default ANSI 69 downloading 66 end load code 62 PI line disabled 64 PI line enabled 63 relative line slewing 65 start load code 62 terminating 42 using the EVFU 63 Expanded characters 56 Expanded mode 33 F Factory settings 23 Flash memory 10 Flash messages CLEARING PROGRAM FROM FLASH 19 21 DIAGNOSTICS PASSED 19 ERROR DC PROGRAM NOT VALID 19 DRAM AT ADDRESS XXXXXXXX 19 102 EC PROGRAM NOT VALID 19 EC STOPPED AT STATE XXXX 19 FLASH NOT DETECTED 19 NO DRAM DETECTED 19 NVRAM FAILURE 19 PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM 19 PROGRAM NEEDS MORE FLASH 20 PROGRAM NOT COMPATIBLE 20 PROGRAM NOT VALID 20 SECURITY PAL NOT DETECTED 20 SHORT AT ADDRESS XXXX 20 WRITING TO FLASH 19 20 WRONG CHECKSUM 20 LOADING PROGRAM FROM PORT XX 20 RESTORING BOOT CODE 21 SECURITY CODE VIOLATION 21 SENDING PROGRAM TO EC PROCESSOR 21 TABLE MISMATCH DOWNLOAD AGAIN 21 Font attributes 35 expanded 33 56 Fonts Downloading 16 Form length 34 Formatting vertical 66 G Graphics mode 47 dot 46 Graphics repeat character 46 H Horizontal tabs 41 Human readable line bar codes 52 Installing emulations 10 International character sets selecting 31 L Laoding EVFU Table ANSI 67 Left margin 36 Line spacing 36 Loa
26. 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 16 22 SYN 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 17 23 ETB 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 8 18 24 CAN 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 19 25 EM 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 10 1A 26 SUB 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 11 1B 27 ESC 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 12 VT 1C 28 FS 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 13 1D 29 GS 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 14 1E 30 RS 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 Start Load 64 Clearing The EVFU Memory Table 20 P Series EVFU Codes PI Line Disabled or Not Used ASCII Data Bits Channel Hex Dec Code 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1F 31 US 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 End Load X Undefined 0 or 1 1 High 0 Low NOTE The ESC code cannot be used simultaneously as the EVFU VT code and the Special Function Control Code SFCC If ESC is used as the SFCC the EVFU must be used with the PI line enabled and set high Refer to the appropriate LinePrinter Plus PGL and VGL Programmer s Reference Manual for more information on the SFCC Clearing The EVFU Memory The following actions will reset clear the EVFU memory 1 Sending only the start load code 2 Sending a start load code followed immediately by an end load code 3 A second start load code is received resulting in reinitialization of the EVFU This allows the host data to be restarted When the EVFU memory is cleared the forms length returns to the previously set value and the current print position becomes the top of form TOF Relative Line Slewing Another method of moving paper using the PI line results in vertical sl
27. 0 15 1F 31 us 1 x o o doo 1 d 1 4 16 X Undefined 0 or 1 1 High 0 Low ANSI EVFU Rapid vertical paper movement is called slewing A vertical format unit VFU is a table or program of vertical tabs that enable the printer to slew paper to preset locations on a page The preset locations are identified by codes or channels The first line channel code defines the first line on the form the second line channel defines the second line on the form etc Each line must have a channel Filler channel codes are used for lines that will not be accessed by the print program Two bytes are required for each line of the form Any channel code can be used as a filler except channel code 1 which is reserved for the top of form and channel code 12 which is reserved as the vertical tab channel The same filler channel code can be repeated as necessary for any number of lines 66 Loading the Table The EVFU allows loading a table with a minimum form length of 33 inches 240 decipoints and a maximum length of 22 inches 15 840 decipoints Since the maximum length is 22 inches the number of lines is dependent on the LPI setting 3 LPI 66 lines 4 LPI 88 lines 6 LPI 132 lines and 8 LPI 176 lines Exceeding the maximum causes a fault The EVFU can be loaded using ANSI ESC sequences or by using the paper instruction PI line The following pages describe the use of the EVFU without using the PI line
28. 00 I 49 00X00X i 69 XOXOOX J 4A OOXOXO j 6A XOXOXO K 4B OOXOXX k 6B XOXOXX L 4C 00XX00 6C XOXXOO M 4D OOXXOX m 6D XOXXOX N 4E 00XXXO n 6E XOXXXO O 4F OOXXXX o 6F XOXXXX P 50 Ox0000 p 70 Xx0000 Q 51 OXOOOX q 71 XX000X R 52 OXOOXO r 72 XXOOXO S 53 OXOOXX S 73 XXOOXX T 54 OXOXOO t 74 XXOXOO U 55 OXOXOX u 75 XXOXOX V 56 OXOXXO V 76 XXOXXO Ww 57 OXOXXX w 77 XXOXXX X 58 OXX000 x 78 XXX000 Y 59 OXXOOX y 79 XXXOOX Z 5A OXXOXO Zz 7A XXXOXO 5B OXXOXX 7B XXXOXX 5C OXXx00 7C XXXXOO 5D OXXXOX 7D XXXXOX 5E OXXXXO 7E XXXXXO Horizontal Format Table 10 ASCII Character Dot Patterns continued Char Hex Dots Char Hex Dots Value 654321 Value 654321 5F OXXXXX 3F XXXXXX Horizontal Format Graphics data printed in horizontal format comprise a stream of bytes from left to right across each dot row Table 11 shows that byte 1 or character 1 in row 1 will print its six bits from left to right in a single dot row The next byte byte 2 prints its six bits representing a character in the same dot row across the page Table 11 Horizontal Format Byte Byte 1 Byte 2 Byte n Row y y y 1 123456 123456 123456 2 123456 123456 123456 3 123456 123456 123456 6 123456 123456 123456 Vertical Format In vertical format each byte or character occupies six dot rows of one column Each character is one dot wide and six dots high The next character
29. 0000 1100000 i Channel 12 NOTE Since LF is not recognized during EVFU loading filler codes are used to tab the required number of vertical lines 72 The Skip to Channel Command Downloading The EVFU Using The PI Line The skip to channel command has the following format Bit NumberFunction PI76543210 1XXX0CCCCSkip to channel CCCC X bits not used CCCC 0000 Channel 10110 Channel 7 0001 0010 0011 0100 0101 Slew N Lines Channel 20111 Channel 31000 Channel 41001 Channel 51010 Channel 61011 Bit NumberFunction PI76543210 1XEE1NNNNAdvance paper the number of lines specified by NNNN or EENNNN Up to 63 lines all bits EENNNN are 1 can be slewed If the number of lines is 63 and the option Truncate PI slew is set to Truncate at TOF the slew will be aborted at Top of Form if the distance from the current position to the next Top of Form is less than 63 lines Channel 8 Channel 9 Channel 10 Channel 11 Channel 12 73 Chapter 3 _ANSIEVFU 74 Standard ASCII Character Set o o kD ao Og r m z c r jo DO C o o x sh 3 g O n R 9 c g Qo N Rg Oo e o Tm su m o RO Qo AR A a o a D Nw an oa aw PHE O B B o Q o O A on ao A o N BEL oun NO oan ano NI I a XQ N o co Ko a N NI N T NA m On gt o oa Co N co o lt c 5 4
30. 00000 H Channel 4 80 64 1010000 1000000 P Channel 5 96 64 1100000 1000000 f Channel 6 64 65 1000000 1000001 A Channel 7 64 66 1000000 1000010 B Channel 8 64 68 1000000 1000100 D Channel 9 64 72 1000000 1001000 H Channel 10 64 80 1000000 1010000 P Channel 11 64 96 1000000 1100000 Channel 12 Table 24 is a sample program to load an EVFU table Table 24 Sample EVFU Loading Program Program Instruction Remarks 1500 WIDTH LPT1 255 Required by some BASIC languages to avoid auto LF at column 80 1510 LPRINT CHR 27 Enables EVFU loading 1520 LPRINT CHR 65 CHR 64 Resets TOF Channel 1 See Table 23 1530 FOR l 1 TO 4 1531 LPRINT CHR 64 CHR 64 1532 NEXT I 4 filler lines 1540 LPRINT CHR 68 CHR 64 Selects Channel 3 See Table 23 1550 FOR l 1 TO 18 1551 LPRINT CHR 64 CHR 64 1552 NEXT I 18 filler lines 68 Table 24 Sample EVFU Loading Program The Default Program Instruction Remarks 1560 LPRINT CHR 72 CHR 64 Selects Channel 4 See Table 23 1570 FOR l 1 TO 31 1571 LPRINT CHR 64 CHR 64 1572 NEXT I 31 filler lines 1580 LPRINT CHR 80 CHR 64 Selects Channel 5 See Table 23 1590 FOR l 1 TO 8 1591 LPRINT CHR 64 CHR 64 1592 NEXT I 8 filler lines 1600 LPRINT CHR 64 CHR 66 Selects Channel 8 See Table 23 1610 LPRINT CHR 27 Exit E
31. 1 The maximum value for p1 is 32 767 Only valid in the dot graphics mode Select Graphics Mode Select Graphics Mode ASCII Code ESC p1 p2 p3 q Hex Code 1B 5B p1 3B p23B p371 Dec Code 27 91 p159 p2 59 p3113 Expression CHR 27 p1 p2 p3q Purpose Selects the graphics mode format and horizontal vertical density for dot graphics This sequence must be sent before entering the graphics mode with ESC P Discussion The first parameter selects the graphics mode Table 13 The second parameter selects the vertical dot spacing Table 14 and the third selects the horizontal dot spacing Table 15 Table 13 Select Graphics Mode p1 Selects Graphics Mode 0 Vertical Format 70H x 72V DPI 1 Invalid default to 70H x 72V DPI 2 Vertical Format 140H x 144V DPI 3 Invalid default to 70H x 72V DPI 4 Horizontal Format plot mode p2 and p3 are ignored in this mode Table 14 Select Vertical Dot Spacing p2 Selects Vertical Density Othrough6 144 DPI 7 72 DPI Table 15 Select Horizontal Dot Spacing p3 Selects Horizontal Density O through 3 240 DPI 544 characters per line 4 180 DPI 408 characters per line 5 140 DPI 317 characters per line 6 through 7 120 DPI 272 characters per line 8 through 10 70 DPI 158 characters per line 11 60 DPI 136 characters per line 47 Chapter 2 Bar Codes Bar Codes 48 You can generate 17 different
32. 10 cpi This sequence is also valid in graphics Table 4 Character Types and Enhancements Parameter Enhancement 0 Normal Mode 1 Bold shadow 4 Underline 5 2X horizontal expansion Note This mode cancels any horizontal or vertical expansion previously set Can be cleared by either a parameter value of 0 in this sequence or by ESC p7 p2 SP B 6 Proportional printing Note This mode is valid for all cpi values expansion values print modes and fonts except high speed draft and character graphics 10 Default font Data Processing 11 Gothic draft font 12 Character graphics mathematical symbol font 13 Gothic NLQ font 14 Courier NLQ font 15 High speed draft font 16 OCR A 17 OCR B 18 Italic NLQ font 19 Correspondence 35 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation For Gothic NLQ font underlined ESC 4 13m To cancel underlining and retain Gothic NLQ send one of the following ESC 13m ESC Om ESC 0 13m ESC m Line Spacing ASCII Code ESC p1 p2 SP G Hex Code 1B 5B p1 3B p220 47 Dec Code 2791 p159 p232 71 Expression CHR 27 pf p2 Q Purpose Sets line spacing p1 and character spacing or pitch p2 in decipoints Discussion Horizontal spacing p2 is dependent on the font selected Values outside the range of a particular font will be ignored Commonly used line spacings are listed in Table 5 and Table 6 Table 5 Common p1 Values LPI p1 decipoints
33. 16 A hex dump is a translation of all host interface data to its hexadecimal equivalent A hex dump is a printer self test typically used to troubleshoot printer data reception problems Horizontal Grid Size The computer that stores processes and sends data to be printed and which communicates directly with the printer The term host indicates the controlling computer since modern printers are themselves microprocessor controlled computer systems High Speed or Draft Print characters Horizontal Tab Hertz Cycles per second Frequency Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Inc Intelligent Graphics Processor An interface that converts graphics commands received from the host computer to binary plot data that is usable by the printer The IGP is the board installed Intelligent Graphics Processor The IGP provides on line forms 91 Appendix C 92 initialization interface invoke ipm italic LAC LF landscape LCD LED logical link Ipi lpm monospaced MM MPL MPP bar codes and many alphanumeric text generation capabilities A series of processes and self tests to set power up default conditions and parameters The hardware components used to link two devices by common physical interconnection signal and functional characteristics To put into effect or operation inches per minute A measurement of the speed of a printer printing in graphics print mode plotting
34. 2 and 4 inches The Horizontal Tab codes in lines 40 and 60 cause a jump to the next tab 10 LPRINT CHR 237 C1446 2880 u 20 LPRINT CHR 27 E3t 30 LPRINT 1294 40 LPRINT CHR 9 SO LPRINT 5678 60 LPRINT CHR 9 70 LPRINT 9012 SO LPRINT CHR 27 TOt MANNI MANIN MILI a34 2678 9012 If horizontal tabs have not been set a Horizontal Tab code is considered a space adding 1 inch between the bar codes Total separation is 6 inchwhen the Horizontal Tab is added to the quiet zones Line 10 clears all previously set horizontal tabs for this example 10 LPRINT CHR G27 L3g 2O LPRINT CHR 272 L3t 30 LPRINT 1234 40 LPRINT CHR 9 20 LPRINT 5678 60 LPRINT CHR 70 LPRINT 9012 80 LPRINT CHR 275 LOt INUIT 1234 5678 7012 Bar Code Readers Use a bar code reader that can read medium or low density bar code symbols Avoid readers with apertures less than 7 mils 007 inch or 18mm 53 Chapter 2 _ Bar Codes Test Program Run this test to check the printer s ability to print bar codes when more complicated programs are not producing results Line 10 turns on the bar code mode Line 20 contains the bar code data Line 30 exits the bar code mode 10 LPRINT CHRS 27 C3t 20 LPRINT 1234567890 30 LPRINT CHR 272 LOt LLLI DUE 1234567890 Vertical Bar Codes You can rotate bar codes The following examples show various ways of creating bar
35. 20 10 inch Default 9 9 12 inch or 3 4 inch p3 Printing the human readable line 0 Do not print the human readable line 1 Default Print the human readable line p4 Narrow bar width number times 1 120 Range 2 126 Default 2 2 120 inch or approximately 017 inch p5 NOTE p5 p7 and p8 are not programmable in some bar code styles Wide bar width number times 1 120 Range 2 254 Default 6 6 120 inch or approximately 050 inch 50 Setting Bar Code Parameters p6 Narrow space width number times 1 120 inch Range 2 126 Default 2 2 120 inch or approximately 017 inch p7 Wide space width number times 1 120 inch Range 2 254 Default 6 6 120 inch or approximately 050 inch p8 Intercharacter space width number times 1 120 inch Range 2 126 Default 2 2 120 inch or approximately 017 inch p9 Rotation and human readable line font Table 18 p9 Values If p9 Rotation Font 0 Default No rotation Use the current font cpi and Ipi 1 No rotation Use special font 2 Rotate 90 degrees Use special font 3 Rotate 180 degrees Use special font 4 Rotate 270 degrees Use special font p10 Horizontal print density 0 60 dpi horizontal by 144 dpi vertical 1 120 dpi horizontal by 144 dpi vertical 120 dpi is the default for bar code styles 5 6 13 and 14 60 dpi is the default for the other bar code styles 51 Chapter 2 52 Bar Codes Human Rea
36. 38 Proportional Print Mode ESC 6 m 38 Resetting ESC c 39 Subscript ESC K 40 Superscript ESC L 40 Tab Clear ESC p1 g 40 Tab Set Multiple Horizontal ESC p1 p2 pn u 41 Terminate Loading of Data ESC 42 Vertical Position Absolute ESC p1 d 42 Vertical Position Relative ESC p1 e 42 Graphics Commands Dot Graphics ESC P 46 Repeat Graphics Character ESC p1 b 46 Select Graphics Mode ESC p1 p2 p3 q 47 Entering and Exiting Bar Codes ESC p7t 48 Setting Bar Code Parameters ESC p1 p2 010 48 Oversized Character Font Option ESC p7 56 Vertical Formatting Commands Begins 12 channel EVFU table loading ESC Chapter 3 Skip to Channel Command ESC p1 p Chapter 3 30 Character Sets International Character Sets International ASCII Code ESC p1 x Hex Code 1B 5B p 78 Dec Code 2791 p1 120 Expression CHR 27 p TX Purpose Selects the international character set specified by p1 which is shown in Table 3 When an international character set is selected it is printed in whatever font style and enhancement mode may be in effect The default set is Latin 1 8859 1 Table 3 ANSI International Character Sets p1 Country 0 USA ISO standard 1 German 2 French A 3 French B 4 French Canadian 5 Dutch Netherlands 6 Italian 7 United Kingdom 8 Spanish 9 Danish Norwegian A 10 Danish Norwegian B 11 Danish Norwegian C 12 Danish Norwegian D 18 Swedish Finnish A 14 Swedish Finnish B 15 Swedish Finnish C
37. 4 Qi m o oun Ww do A R Q N of m o 1 o a a N a o nh v alton afouw afouw a foun ojo Le AloNFA o 9 9o v vo c co o a o Q N mo m Oo Co E B7 BITS B4 B3 B2 B1 o o B6 e RS EI ss elec eee EN o o RD o o og 2 B5 OCTAL DECIMAL HEX ASCII CHARACTER i o co N oo odo oO oo C1 a BRIZLxIs o 2 a N o U no ON oo O G a alo om o ajo ocale a Noo 9 E cas NN NN o EH 75 Appendix A 76 B Conversion Tables Table 29 Equivalent Columns Conversion Table CPI Inches 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 1 16 0 0625 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 0 1250 1 2 2 2 2 3 16 0 1875 2 2 2 3 3 1 4 0 2500 3 3 3 4 4 5 16 0 3125 3 4 4 5 5 3 8 0 3750 4 5 5 6 6 7 16 0 4375 4 5 6 7 7 1 2 0 5000 5 6 7 8 8 9 16 0 5625 6 7 7 8 9 5 8 0 6250 6 8 8 9 10 11 16 0 6875 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 0 7500 8 9 10 11 13 13 16 0 8125 8 10 11 12 14 7 8 0 8750 9 11 12 13 15 15 16 0 9375 9 11 12 14 16 1 10 12 13 15 17 2 20 24 27 30 33 3 30 36 40 45 50 4 40 48 53 60 67 5 50 60 67 75 84 6 60 72 80 90 100 7 70 84 93 105 117 8 80 96 106 120 134 9 90 108 120 135 150 10 100 120 133 150 167 Use this table with the Decipoints Table on the next page To create a 4 9 16 inch left margin with a 13 3 CPI do the following In the 13 3 CPI column add the column value in the 9 16 inch line 7
38. 4 inch 15 19 3 144 inch 15 840 or greater 22 inches 42 Graphics Dot Patterns And Densities The ANSI emulation graphics mode provides both horizontal and vertical dot placement plotting methods These methods enable the printing of ASCII characters in their binary code form Since each character has a unique pattern of 1 s and 0 s dots and voids that make up its binary code the correct placement of these binary forms enables you to form larger images For clarity in the text a binary 1 a printed dot will be shown as an X anda binary 0 empty dot position will be shown as a 0 In the graphics mode only the low order six bits of a seven bit character are used bits 1 6 Looking at an ASCII code chart the question mark character is represented by the binary number 0111111 bit 7 bit 1 Since only the first 6 bits are used a would print six dots on the paper A lowercase j is represented by 101010 which would print the following Horizontal Graphics Vertical Graphics 0X0X0X0 LSB LSB MSBX 0 X 0 X MSB NOTE When plotting data the Least Significant Bit LSB Bit 1 is printed first left or top bit position and the Most Significant Bit MSB Bit 6 is printed last right or bottom bit position Notice that in the horizontal graphics mode the characters are printed on a single horizontal dot row In vertical graphics mode the characters are printed six dots high a character per
39. 74 9396 8352 7482 175 9450 8400 7525 176 9504 8448 7568 177 8496 7611 178 8544 7654 179 8592 7697 180 8640 7740 181 8688 7783 182 8736 7826 183 8784 7869 184 8832 7912 185 8880 7955 186 8928 7998 187 8976 8041 188 9024 8084 189 9072 8127 190 9120 8170 191 9168 8213 192 9216 8256 193 9264 8299 194 9312 8342 195 9360 8385 196 9408 8428 197 9456 8471 82 Table 30 Decipoints for Column vs CPI Values continued MARGIN e COLUMN 10 12 13 3 15 16 7 198 9504 8514 199 8551 200 8600 201 8643 202 8686 203 8729 204 8772 205 8815 206 8858 207 8901 208 8944 209 8987 210 9030 211 9073 212 9116 213 9159 214 9202 215 9245 216 9288 217 9331 218 9374 219 9417 220 9460 221 9503 222 9546 223 9589 224 9632 225 9675 226 9718 227 9761 228 i First print column margin column 1 83 Appendix B 84 C Glossary AtoD ACIA ACK active column active line active position ASCII attributes print bar code baud A Analog to Digital Asynchronous Communication Interface Adapter Acknowledge character A transmission control character transmitted by the printer as an affirmative response to an inquiry from the host The horizontal location on the paper where the next character will print The vertical location on the paper where the next character will print The position on the paper where the next character will print The in
40. PRINTRONDe Programmer s Reference Manual 3 ANSI Printers ANS Printers Programmer s Reference Manual PRINTRONIX 164305 001D Trademark Acknowledgements Printronix Inc makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this material including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Printronix Inc shall not be held responsible for errors contained herein or any omissions from this material or for any damages whether direct indirect incidental or consequential in connection with the furnishing distribution performance or use of this material The information in this manual is subject to change without notice This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright No part of this document may be reproduced copied translated or incorporated in any other material in any form or by any means whether manual graphic electronic mechanical or otherwise without the prior written consent of Printronix Inc Copyright 1998 2002 Printronix Inc All rights reserved Trademark Acknowledgements ANSI is a registered trademark of American National Standards Institute Inc Centronics is a registered trademark of Genicom Corporation Dataproducts is a registered trademark of Dataproducts Corporation Epson is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation IBM and Proprinter are registered trademarks and PC DOS is
41. VFU loading 1620 END Once the EVFU program has been enabled and loaded sending the appropriate channel code to the printer will cause any data in the buffer to print and will move the paper to the next line on the form having the specified channel number assigned in EVFU memory The Default The default EVFU will be generated based on the current forms length and LPI setting under the following conditions e When the printer is initialized e When either the forms definition or LPI setting is changed e When the start EVFU load escape sequence ESC is immediately followed by the end load sequence ESC e When the clear vertical tabs ESC 4g sequence is received Table 25 shows how the default EVFU table is defined Table 25 Default EVFU Table Channel Description o oa A WB N Top Margin first line Bottom Margin last line Single Spacing Double Spacing Triple Spacing Half Form 69 Chapter 3 70 ANSI EVFU Table 25 Default EVFU Table Channel Description 7 Quarter Form 8 Tenth Line 9 Bottom of Form bottom margin 10 Bottom of Form minus 1 line 11 Top of Form minus 1 line last line this form 12 Top of Form The Skip to Channel Command ESC p1 p2 p Commands vertical paper movement to the channel specified by the number formed by p7 and p2 Valid channel numbers are in the range 1 12 0 1 selects channel 1 0 9 selects channe
42. a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation MS DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation Printronix IGP PGL LinePrinter Plus and PSA are registered trademarks of Printronix Inc QMS is a registered trademark and Code V is a trademark of Quality Micro Systems Inc Table of Contents eife elio qRO ERE E 9 About This Manual seen eene 9 AUGIONCE 3i EET CBE 9 Warnings and Special Information ssseeseeeess 9 Related Product Information 9 Software Features ssssssssssssssssseseeeeeenenee nennen nennen 9 Installing Printer Emulations eeeenn 10 Downloading Software Through the Serial or Parallel Port et een i T 11 Downloading Software Through the Network Interface Card NIC 14 Downloading Optional Font Files to Flash Memory 16 Flash Memory Message Guide sseeee 19 ANSI Emulation cessere 23 SIMI pee CEDE 23 ANSI Emulation Default Settings 23 Configuring The ANSI Emulation ssssseeeeeneen 26 Control Codes ssssssssssseseseeneenneee ener nnne 26 Format For Control Code Descriptions rererere 28 Control Codes Index tc rtt eder e avons ceeds 30 Character Sets International sssssee 31 Expanded Mode sssssseeeeeeeneeene nennen nennen 33 Forms Length Top Margi
43. able Disable Disable Disable Top of Line 0 columns 0 columns 0 lines Disable 11 0 inches 279 4 millimeters 66 lines 13 6 inches 345 4 millimeters 136 characters Disable 25 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation Configuring The ANSI Emulation Control codes transmit information other than printable characters to the printer They occupy the first 32 locations on the ASCII code chart shown in Appendix A and are represented by two or three letter abbreviations The control code LF decimal 10 hex 0A for example is usually interpreted as a line feed The response of the printer to other control codes will depend on the emulation NOTE Commands and control codes sent from a host system generally override previous settings that result from the configuration menus However any configuration settings from host control codes will be gone once the printer is powered off or reset to the default values unless you have saved them to memory using the configuration menus The User s Manual describes the configuration menu option for saving changes Control Codes ACK Acknowledge 06H A received ACK is ignored A transmitted ACK is used as part of the serial interface ETX ACK protocol Upon the end of transmission of a block of data terminated with an ETX the host stops sending data until the printer interface sends an ACK back to the host BEL Bell 07H Receipt of a BEL code causes the beeper to so
44. able escape sequence ETX EVFU expanded false Data Set Ready Status signal to the printer indicating the host is in a ready condition Data Terminal Ready Control signal from the printer indicating it is in a ready condition Dataproducts direct access Vertical Format Unit E Extended Binary Coded Data for Information Communication Engine Controller European Computer Manufacturers Association Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory Electronic Industries Association Telecommunications Industry Association A name indicating a monospaced font with a pitch of 12 cpi and usually 10 points in height A unit of measure in typesetting the width of a piece of type about as wide as it is tall Derived from uppercase M usually the widest character in a set Refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of another printer protocol When used as a proper noun e g Proprinter IIl XL Emulation it means printer protocol See also compatibility and protocol A unit of measure in typesetting equal to half the width of an em To activate make true 1 or set to on A command sequence in which the first byte is always the ASCII ESC character Same as escape code See also command sequence SFCC SSCC End of Text A transmission control character sent from the host to the printer indicating the end of transmission of a block of data Electronic Vertical Format Unit Relates
45. acing Between Bar Codes sssssseeeeeeee 52 Bar Code Readers isorine aiana aesa iva eite 53 Test PTOQFAITI 3 eie i e eoe iis 54 Vertical Bar Codes ssssssssssseseeeneeen nnne nnne 54 Oversize Character Font Option sssssseeeeee 56 Entering And Exiting Oversize ssssseeeeeeee 56 Selecting Si ZO sri ee e E erba ergeben ed nn 57 3 Vertical Page Formatting ss 59 OVENI Win ct chin ate atic Sof cies Sore iet mud tiec ruere 59 Planning A Vertical Page Format sssee 59 VEU Characteristics ice te ette EUER etn Peu 60 Proprinter And Epson Vertical Tab Table sseseseees 60 Executing Vertical Tabs esseeeennnnmen 60 Vertical Tab Positions eitie a a eea Ea eea en a a 60 P Series EVE tonio mn Hac PU etis 62 Start Load Code 1E or 6E Hex ssssssseeeee 62 Channel Assignment sssssssssseeeeeeeennenennennn nene 62 End Load 1F or 6F Hex 62 Wsing The EV EUs sic reed ee te le tte Pe tds 63 Clearing The EVFU Memory seeeeeneenneee 65 Relative Line Slewing sse 65 ANSEEVEU iecit Ere t ete epa eet recte 66 Loading the Table risica ea a A ARO EA 67 The Defa lt 2 2 enm ai Ses N E ee 69 The Skip to Channel Command ssssseseeeee 70 Downloading The EVFU Using The PI Line
46. and To download one file at a time enter the following at the command prompt copy b filename dwn LPT1 lt Enter gt To download multiple files enter the following at the command prompt for example copy b filenamel dwn filename2 dwn LPT1 lt Enter gt 17 While the font file is copied into flash memory the printer LCD informs you of the load process and status When the new file is successfully loaded into memory the printer will reset itself and go online 18 To verify that the optional fonts have been downloaded a Perform a configuration printout OR b Select MAINT MISC gt File Systems gt View Files List The new file names will appear with the same part number file name you downloaded but with an sf extension NOTE The optional font typefaces cannot be selected via the printer control panel They can only be selected via a software command from the host NOTE Press the ONLINE key to place the printer online and return the printer to normal operation Flash Memory Message Guide Flash Memory Message Guide Message Explanation Required Action CLEARING PROGRAM The program successfully None FROM FLASH loaded into printer RAM and the checksum matched The old program is now being deleted from flash memory DIAGNOSTIC PASSED The printer passed its None memory and hardware initialization tests ERROR DC PROGRAM NOT VALID Printer cannot find the data controller program o
47. aracter Set 75 Bar code readers 53 Bar codes ANSI parameters 48 human readable line 52 spacing 52 testing 54 vertical 54 Binary code form graphics 43 Bottom margin 34 C Character expanded 33 Character attributes 35 Character Set ASCIl 75 Character sets International 31 Characters expanded 56 CLEARING PROGRAM FROM FLASH 19 21 Clearing tabs 40 Configuring 26 Control code 30 functions 28 D Default values 23 Line Printer Plus 25 Density graphics 47 DIAGNOSTICS PASSED 19 Dot graphics mode 46 Downloading Optional Font Files to Flash Memory 16 Downloading software 14 E Epson vertical tabs 60 ERROR DC PROGRAM NOT VALID 19 DRAM AT ADRESS XXXXXXXX 19 EC PROGRAM NOT VALID 19 EC STOPPED AT STATE XXXX 19 FLASH DID NOT PROGRAM 19 FLASH NOT DETECTED 19 NO DRAM DETECTED 19 NVRAM FAILURE 19 PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM 19 PROGRAM NEEDS MORE FLASH 20 PROGRAM NOT COMPATIBLE 20 PROGRAM NOT VALID 20 SECURITY PAL NOT DETECTED 20 SHORT AT ADDRESS XXXX 20 WRITING TO FLASH 20 WRONG CHECKSUM 20 101 DC PROGRAM NOT VALID 19 DRAM AT ADDRESS XXXXXXXX 19 EC PROGRAM NOT VALID 19 EC STOPPED AT STATE XXXX 19 FLASH NOT DETECTED 19 NO DRAM DETECTED 19 NVRAM FAILURE 19 PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM 19 PROGRAM NEEDS MORE FLASH 20 PROGRAM NOT COMPATIBLE 20 PROGRAM NOT VALID 20 SECURITY PAL NOT DETECTED 20 SHORT AT ADDRESS XXXX 20 WRITING TO FLASH 19 20 WRONG CHECKSUM 2
48. bility Information regarding ANSI EVFU starts on page 66 Planning A Vertical Page Format Vertical page formatting with a VFU comprises four steps 1 Select the type of vertical format you want to use This is covered in the next section 2 Design the form determining the spacing and channel assignments for every line Channel assignments are discussed in the VFU sections 3 Determine the programming sequence The format of the sequence depends on the type of VFU you select and is discussed in each VFU section of this chapter 4 Sendthe programming sequence to the printer in the host data stream This loads the VFU program Some VFUS require the PI line normally associated with the Dataproducts parallel interface 59 Chapter 3 Proprinter And Epson Vertical Tab Table VFU Characteristics Keep in mind the following information when programming and using a VFU Elongated Characters You can use elongated double high characters in VFU programs The VFU automatically counts one line of elongated characters as two character lines VFU Not Loaded If the VFU is not loaded the printer performs a single line feed in response to VFU commands Paper Runaway Protection If the VFU memory is loaded and a channel code is sent that was not previously loaded the printer moves the paper a single line feed Line Spacing The printer can use either 6 or 8 lines per inch Ipi spacing These VFUs calculate the forms
49. codes and adjusting spacing Line 10 sets parameter p9 for 90 degree rotation using the special font for the HRL Line 20 turns on the bar code mode Line 30 contains bar code data Line 40 turns off the bar code mode 10 LPRINT CHR O272 Cis ii iii Obi 20 LPRINT CHR 27 ES 30 LPRINT 12345 40 LPRINT CHR 27 CO EZI F IAI cem 54 Vertical Bar Codes Commas and spaces function as they do for horizontal bar codes A comma does not add any space and a space adds 1 between the bar codes The quiet zones rotate with the symbol leaving almost no horizontal separation between bar codes on the same line Line 10 either enables or disables printing of the human readable line Commas With Human Readable Line iO LPRINT CHRS 27 Cie ik eO LPRINT CHR 27 L 3t 30 LPRINT 1234 5678 9012 40 LPRINT CHR 27 LOt I DAHIN Ei LL ll Commas Without Human Readable Line 10 LPRINT CHR 27 i Ci i OT j 20 LPRINT CHR 27 2 L 3t 30 LPRINT 1234 5678 9012 40 LPRINT CHR 27 Lot AU DIL Spaces With Human Readable Line 10 LPRINT CHR 27 Di 1 20 LPRINT CHR 27 2 3t 3O LPRINT 1234 9678 9012 40 LPRINT CHR 27 LOt zn qe cel TAA TAA Tog ANODNE Dus F Spaces Without Human Readable Line 10 LPRINT CHR 27 Ci 503 20 LPRINT CHR 27 C36 30 LPRINT 1234 5678 9012 40 LPRINT CHR 27 Ot IE MU DARAN 55 Chapter 2 _ O
50. dable Line HRL The human readable line which is 10 inch below the bar code will print in any of the available fonts as long as the bar code is not rotated Rotated bar codes use a special font To enable bold underlining or expanded print on the human readable line you must first print the bar code without the line Exit the bar code mode Then print the line in normal text mode with the specified enhancements Spacing Between Bar Codes The space before and after a bar code is referred to as the quiet zone and equals 25 inch If two horizontal bar codes are placed side by side the designated minimum distance between them is 50 inch You can insert commas spaces and horizontal tabs as delimiters to separate the bar codes e comma no extra space added e space adds 10 inch for a total 60 inch quiet zone e tab adds appropriate number of empty spaces to reach next tab Examples The comma does not add any space therefore only 50 inch separates the bar codes iO LPRINT CHR 27 C73 20 LPRINT CHR 27 E3t 30 LPRINT 1234 56 7890 40 LPRINT CHR 27 COt LY 1234 7890 A space character adds 1 You can insert multiple space characters iO LPRINT CHR 27 2 3t 20 LPRINT 1234 96 7890 30 LPRINT CHR 27 2 LOt IRAE MI RIN 1234 7890 Bar Code Readers To space bar codes across a page insert horizontal tabs Line 10 sets horizontal tabs at 1440 and 2880 decipoints
51. ddition of non data bits to data resulting in the number of 1 bits being either always even or always odd Parity is used to detect transmission errors Parity represents the value in the check digit of the received or transmitted data Parsing is the process of separating a programming statement into basic units that can be translated into machine instructions A printer can recover from an erroneous code sequence by performing as much of the function as possible or parsing the valid parameter from the invalid Personal Computer Printed Circuit Board A PCB is an insulating board on which circuit paths have been printed or etched Printed Circuit Board Assembly A PCBA is a PCB that has all of the electrical and mechanical components resistors capacitors ICs sockets etc mounted on it Printronix Graphics Language The software version of the old hardware based IGP that is used in the Printronix PSA line of printers It provides the same forms and barcode generation capabilities as the IGP Paper Instruction A signal from the host with the same timing and polarity as the data lines A name indicating a monospaced font with a pitch of 10 cpi and usually a 12 point height Pica is used in typography as a unit of measurement equal to 1 6 inch Establishes the physical attachment and protocol conversion connections for the host interface The number of text characters printed per horizontal inch Specified in characters
52. ding data terminate 42 LOADING PROGRAM FROM PORT XX 20 M Manuals related 9 Margins bottom 34 left 36 right 36 top 34 Messages PLEASE WAIT RESET IN PROGRESS 21 P Paper slewing 59 PLEASE WAIT RESET IN PROGRESS 21 Print position vertical 42 Private mode disable 38 enable 38 Proportional printing 38 Proprinter vertical tabs 60 P Series EVFU 62 channel assignment 62 clearing the memory 65 end load code 62 PI line disabled 64 PI line enabled 63 relative line slewing See EVFU 65 start load code 62 R Repeat graphics character 46 Resetting 39 RESTORING BOOT CODE 21 Right margin 36 S SECURITY CODE VIOLATION 21 SENDING PROGRAM TO EC PROCESSOR 21 Skip to Channel Command ANSI Using PI Line 73 Skip to Channel command ANSI 70 Slewing Paper ANSI emulation 66 Epson emulation 60 Proprinter emulation 60 P Series emulation 62 Slewing Program loading EVFU ANSI 67 Software downloading 14 Spacing between bar codes 52 Special function code 29 Supersript Subscript printing 40 T TABLE MISMATCH DOWNLOAD AGAIN 21 Tabs clearing 40 horizontal 41 Tabs Vertical Epson FX 60 Proprinter IIl XL emulation 60 Top margin 34 V Vertical bar codes 54 format unit VFU 59 formatting 66 print position 42 Vertical Formatting P Series EVFU 62 Vertical tabbing example 61 Vertical tabs Epson 60 Proprinter Ill XL emulation 60 103 104 P
53. e print position to the next preset location If no tabs are set a space is substituted If there are tabs set but none between the current position and the right margin the current position will become the right margin 41 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation Terminate Loading of Data ASCII Code ESC Hex Code 1B5C Dec Code 27 92 Expression CHR 27 Purpose Terminates the loading of EVFU tables described in Chapter 3 and the downloading of dot graphics strings Vertical Position Absolute ASCII Code ESC p1 d Hex Code 1B 5B p164 Dec Code 2791 p7100 Expression CHR 27 p 1d Purpose Line terminator Sets vertical position to specified p7 value in decipoints moving paper forward or backward to the new position Can be used to print inside top and bottom margins The specified position must be set within the current page otherwise the command will be ignored If the parameter value is omitted is less than five decipoints or is greater than 15 840 decipoints the vertical position will move to the top of form position Vertical Position Relative ASCII Code ESC p1 e Hex Code 1B 5B p165 Dec Code 27 91 p1 101 Expression CHR 27 p fe Purpose Line terminator Moves the current vertical position by the specified p1 number of decipoints as shown in Table 9 Table 9 Vertical Position Decipoint Value Movement in Inches missing or 0 4 no movement 5 9 1 144 inch 10 14 2 14
54. e serial parallel or Ethernet NIC port of the printer NOTE If the NIC is installed you must download the code through the NIC port using ftp NOTE Each printer type line matrix laser and thermal has its own CD with the specific file types for that printer Be sure to use the appropriate CD for your printer type when downloading software When downloading emulation and operating system software to the printer all other optional font files customer supplied logos setup files and TIFF files will be erased You will then need to reload those files Before starting a download procedure be sure that you have all the necessary files on hand e Serial or Parallel Port If you are going to load memory through the serial or parallel port of the printer see Downloading Software Through the Serial or Parallel Port on page 11 The load commands are different depending on the printer port you use These differences are explained in the note following step 22 page 13 e NIC If the printer has the NIC installed see Downloading Software Through the Network Interface Card NIC on page 14 e Font Files If you need to load optional font files see Downloading Optional Font Files to Flash Memory on page 16 Downloading Software Through the Serial or Parallel Port Downloading Software Through the Serial or Parallel Port 1 Make a printout of all saved configurations Installing new software erases all saved configurati
55. e used to verify microcode correctness Coaxial cable An electrical signal conductor consisting of a single wire surrounded by insulation Code V command command delimiter command sequence compatibility compressed configuration controller cpi cps CPU CR CT CTA and a braided shield Used to connect computers to input or output devices An optional QMS emulation that allows you to create and store forms generate logos bar codes and expanded characters create other graphics and merge graphics with alphanumeric data as a document is printed An operating instruction e g form feed or FF sent from a computer to the printer Also called a control code or non printable character Commands are opposed to data which is printed An ASCII character used to begin a command string same as SFCC Commonly used command delimiters are ESC 1B hex and SOH 01 hex Two or more bytes that instruct the printer to perform a special function The first character in the sequence is a special function control character SFCC This character alerts the printer that the string which follows is a command sequence not a character or graphic code See also escape sequence SFCC SSCC The ability of one printer to accept and properly process commands meant for a different printer See also emulation and protocol Refers to a typeface with a font width approximately 60 smaller than normal Character hei
56. erial data stream Two or more bytes of data or code treated as a unit See type style Commands which are an extension to the base LinePrinter printer protocol such as the bar code commands for the Epson FX protocol See also SSCC See character set T Task Control Block 97 Appendix C 98 TD TOF TTL true twinax type family type size type style typeface typographic font UPC USET VFU VGL VT Transmit Data Serial data stream from the printer for transmitting status and control information to the host Top Of Form Transistor Transistor Logic On or 1 High true refers to a positive relative voltage representing the ON state low true refers to a zero or negative relative voltage representing the ON state Twinaxial cable An electrical signal conductor consisting of two wires surrounded by insulation and a braided shield Used to connect computers to input or output devices See typeface See point Refers to either the upright or italic character style in a specific font family Roman is upright like this italic is slanted like this A descriptive name or brand name that identifies a particular design of type Also called type family See font proportional U Universal Product Code User defined Set An IGP command that creates custom character sets except OCR fonts from existing characters stored in memory V Vertical Format Unit Code V Graphic
57. ers filled in and written in the BASIC program language Tab Clear ESC p1 g ESC 3g LPRINT CHR 27 3g Horizontal Tabs Set ESC pf p2 pnu ESC 648 1386 2808u LPRINT CHR 27 648 1386 2808u Expand Characters ESC p1 p2 SP B ESC 200 200 B LPRINT CHR 27 200 200 B NOTE If you specify parameters for a control code other than the ones defined in the control code description unpredictable results may occur NOTE Throughout this chapter the term decipoints is used A decipoint equals 1 720 inch and is used as a standard of measurement for parameters associated with distances 28 IMPORTANT Format For Control Code Descriptions Escape Control Codes Overview Printer capability is greatly increased by the use of escape control code sequences Escape sequences always begin with the ASCII escape sequence introducer ESC hex 1B Many of the ASCII control codes described in this chapter are escape sequences An Escape code can occur anywhere in the data stream and is acted upon immediately if it precedes a valid command An ESC sequence introducer in the data stream signals the printer to wait for special instructions even if it is ready and printing The character codes following the ESC character tell the printer what to do NOTE For readability code sequences appear in this manual with spaces inserted between command elements Do not insert spaces between code characters when you are programming unle
58. ews of a specified number of lines within the form relative to the current print line rather than slewing to a specific line For this to occur three criteria must be met 1 The PI line must be enabled and set high 2 Data bit 5 must be 1 set and 3 The EVFU must be the selected Vertical Format Unit The Slew Relative configuration and the status of data bits 1 4 determine the number of lines slewed as described in Table 21 Note that the state of data bit 5 is the difference between line slewing and using the interface lines as EVFU channel codes As long as the EVFU is selected this type of vertical paper motion will occur regardless of whether the EVFU memory is loaded or not If the Double High for One Line attribute is active n 1 lines will be slewed rather than n lines 65 Chapter 3 ANSI EVFU Table 21 P Series EVFU Line Slewing ASCII Data Bits Lira Hex Dec Code PI 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Slewed 10 16 DE 1 X x X 1 0 O0 o OQ 1 11 17 poi 1 X X X 1 0 0 O0 1 2 12 18 p2 i x X x 1 0 O0 31 0 3 13 19 pop 1 X X X 1 0 0 1 1 4 14 20 DC4 1 X X X 1 0 1 0 0 5 15 21 NAK 1 X X X 4 0 1 0 d 6 16 22 SYN 1 X X X 1 0 1 4 0 7 17 23 ETB 1 X X X 1 0 4 1 1 8 18 24 CAN 1 X X X 1 4 0 0 0 9 19 25 EM 1 X X X 1 1 0 0 1 10 1A 26 SUB 1 X X X 1 1 O0 1 0 11 1B 27 esc 1 X XXi 1 0 1 1 12 1C 28 FS d X XX1 9 0 0 13 1D 29 GS 1 X X X 4 4 1 0 1 14 1E 30 R 1 xo o i deo 1i 1
59. ge 24 Table 2 on page 25 lists additional factory settings for parameters provided by the LinePrinter Plus formatting menus The EMULATION menu options are described in the User s Manual Host control codes can override many of the settings for these menu options 23 Chapter 2 Proportional Spacing Bold Print Slash Zero Left Margin Right Margin Top Margin Bottom Margin Form Length Form Width Define CR Code Auto LF Define LF Code Character Set Printer Select ESC c sequence Reset Cmd CFG Ld Received CR Received Del Private Mode Pos on BC OvrSz BC check digit Barcode Darkmode PUM Default Truncate PI Slew Overview Table 1 ANSI Menu Option Factory Settings Characteristic Default Setting CPI 10 0 LPI 6 0 Typeface Data Processing Disable Disable Disable 0 columns 0 columns 0 lines 0 lines 66 lines 136 characters CR CR Disable LF 2 CR LF Latin 1 8859 1 ON DC1 OFF DC3 Enable Disable Observe Observe Set 2 Set to top By host Enable Decipoints Truncate at TOF ANSI Emulation Default Settings Table 2 LinePrinter Menu Option Factory Settings Characteristic Default Setting CPI LPI Host Command Typeface Proportional Spacing Bold Print Italic Print Slashed Zero Text Position Left Margin Right Margin Bottom Margin Perforation Skip Form Length Form Width Reset Cmd CFG Ld 10 0 6 0 Enable Data Processing Dis
60. ght is not changed Refers to the operating properties that define how the printer responds to signals and commands received from the host computer at the printer interface These properties are called configuration parameters and are set to match the operating characteristics of the host computer system An independent logic unit in a data processing system that controls data paths between one or more units of peripheral equipment characters per inch A measurement of monospaced fonts indicating the horizontal character density For example 10 cpi means 10 characters can be printed in one horizontal inch See also pitch characters per second A measurement of the print speed of a serial character printer Central Processing Unit Carriage Return Coax Twinax only a model available in a previous generation of the IBM Line Matrix Printer Coax Twinax ASCII 87 Appendix C 88 CTS CVFU data bits DAVFU DC DCD decipoint default descender diagnostic DIP DIP switch disable diskette DP draft DRAM Clear To Send Status signal to the printer indicating the host is ready to receive data status signals from the printer Centronics direct access Vertical Format Unit D Binary information sent to the printer a character set grouping containing letters digits and punctuation marks to be printed or control codes to move paper format text and graphics and position the text and
61. gin 10 CPI column 136 12 CPI column 163 13 3 CPI column 181 15 CPI column 204 16 7 CPI column 226 When printing in proportional mode or line mixing the margins are converted to absolute positions for that line If the printer receives this command anywhere in a printable line the command will affect that line and subsequent printable lines 37 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation Private Mode Disable ASCII Code ESC gt 5l lowercase L Hex Code 1B 5B 3E 35 6C Dec Code 27 91 62 53 108 Expression CHR 27 gt 51 Purpose Disables private mode Discussion Selects character set 1 of the selected 8 bit international character set With non ISO character sets hex codes 20 7F and AO FF are printable Hex codes 80 9F are duplicates of 00 1F For ISO character sets hex codes 80 9F are treated as Nulls Private Mode Enable ASCII Code ESC gt 5h Hex Code 1B 5B 3E 35 68 Dec Code 27 91 6253 104 Expression CHR 27 gt 5h Purpose Enables private mode Discussion Selects character set 2 of the selected 8 bit international character set Allows printing of hex codes 15 20 7E and 80 FF Proportional Print Mode ASCII Code ESC 6 m Hex Code 1B 5B 36 6D Dec Code 279154109 Expression CHR 27 6m Purpose Sets proportional printing where each character has its own width Discussion All fonts and modes allow proportional printing The proportionalized character graphic
62. graphics on the page Direct Access Vertical Format Unit Also known as NVFU See also NVFU Data Controller Data Carrier Detect Status signal to the printer The ON condition is required for the printer to receive data One tenth of a point A unit of length equal to 1 720 inch See also point A value parameter attribute or option assigned by a program or system if another is not specified by the user The portion of a printed lowercase character that appears below the base line For example g j p q and y all are characters with lowercase descenders Pertains to the detection and isolation of printer malfunctions or mistakes Dual In line Package A method of packaging semiconductor components in rectangular cases with parallel rows of electrical contacts A DIP equipped with switches A typical DIP switch has from four to ten individual switches mounted in its package The individual switches are typically toggle rocker or slide switches To deactivate or set to OFF A thin flexible magnetic disk containing software such as test and diagnostic programs initialization files and all font specifications for the printer Data Processing See also HS for Draft Print A limited dot font used for rough copy characterized by low print quality but fast printing speed Dynamic Random Access Memory DSR DTR DVFU EBCDIC EC ECMA EEPROM EIA TIA Elite em emulation en en
63. he Vertical Tab code VT OB hex prints any data in the print buffer and rapidly slews the paper to the next line identified by the channel 12 code If channel 12 is not loaded in the EVFU memory a single line feed will be executed when a VT code is sent Channel 15 and 16 Used as general channel codes or filler channels only when the VFU is accessed by the PI line In an EVFU form that does not use the PI line the codes for Channels 15 and 16 function as the Start Load and End Load codes End Load 1F or 6F Hex The end load code terminates the memory load program The end load code is 1F hex when the PI line is disabled low or 6F hex when the PI line is high Using The EVFU Channel codes in excess of 192 channels received prior to the end load code are discarded Using The EVFU Once the EVFU program has been enabled and loaded sending the appropriate channel code to the printer will cause any data in the buffer to print and will position the paper to the next line on the form having the specified channel number assigned in EVFU memory For a data byte to be recognized as an EVFU instruction the following criteria must be met 1 Pl line must be enabled and set high and 2 Data bit 5 must be 0 not set 3 Data bits 6 8 must be 0 not set or 1 Pl line must be disabled or low and 2 Data bit 5 must be 1 set Given these conditions the lower four bits of a byte will specify the EVFU channel number Tab
64. he only selection older versions of MS DOS can use The baud rate information entered in the following commands must match the selection you made in step 13 If you are loading the file through the printer serial port enter the following commands mode COM1 9600 N 8 1 P lt Enter gt filename exe pbcl Enter 13 Chapter 1 CAUTION Installing Printer Emulations Do not interrupt the downloading process once it has started Interrupting a download will damage the flash memory on the controller board and NIC 23 24 25 26 27 28 While the file is copied into memory the printer LCD informs you of the load process and status When the new program has successfully loaded into memory and the printer has reset itself set the printer power switch to O Off Unplug the AC power cord from the printer Remove the CD from the host computer and store it with the printer Power off the computer If you had to install a data cable to the computer and printer in step 6 disconnect it from the computer and printer If required reconnect the data input cable s to the printer Using the configuration printout s you made in step 1 reconfigure the printer and reload any optional font files Downloading Software Through the Network Interface Card NIC 1 Make a printout of all saved configurations Installing new software erases all saved configurations You will use the printouts to restore the printer config
65. hen strict character alignment is desired tables charts spreadsheets etc See typeface The matrix of pixels which represents a character symbol or image A font printed parallel to the short edge of a page A font in which the width of a character cell varies with the width of the character For example i takes less space to print than m Using proportional fonts generally increases the readability of printed documents giving text a typeset appearance The thickness of the lines making up a character For example bold and light are different font weights The measurement of the width of a character cell in dots GL Characters GR Characters hammer hammer spring hammer tip hex codes hex dump HGS host computer HS HT Hz IEEE IGP G Graphic left Graphic left characters map half of the character set table The GL characters reside at 0 127 hex and comprise the ASCII portion of the table Graphic right Graphic right characters map half of the character set table The GR characters reside at 128 255 hex and comprise the graphics portion of the table H An assembly consisting of a hammer spring and a hammer tip The flat piece of metal made of spring steel which supports and pushes the hammer tip The small round point located near the end of the hammer spring which strikes the ribbon and leaves a dot on the paper Based on a numeral system with a radix of
66. ic double high double wide etc e Page Formatting American National Standards Institute ANSI commands allow you to set line spacing page length and vertical forms control Chapter 1 Installing Printer Emulations e Font Typefaces Also referred to as print modes The five typefaces include Near Letter Quality NLQ Data Processing DP High Speed HS OCR A and OCR B e Character Sets Fifty one character sets are available You can print the character sets in the different print modes e Barcodes Several bar codes are available Code 3 of 9 Industrial 2 of 5 Interleaved 2 of 5 UPC A EAN 8 EAN 13 UCC 128 and Codabar e Expanded Oversize print modes e Forms Positioning Several commands are available to set print position relative or absolute Installing Printer Emulations IMPORTANT Printer emulation software is stored in flash memory Flash memory is contained in single in line memory modules SIMMs located on the controller board Printer emulation and operating system software are loaded into flash memory at the factory but you will install software in some situations e A printer software upgrade is installed e The printer controller board has been replaced e The flash memory SIMM has been replaced Emulation and operating system software are stored on a CD You will copy the appropriate file to your computer s hard disk then download that file to the printer You can load software through th
67. isk stops rotating a different fault message will appear troubleshoot the final exists While this message message displays the asterisk rotates LOADING PROGRAM FROM The new program is loading None PORT XX into printer RAM XX indicates how much of the program has loaded 20 Flash Memory Message Guide Message Explanation Required Action LOADING PROGRAM INTO The printer has deleted the None FLASH previous program from flash memory and is loading the new program into flash memory PLEASE WAIT RESET IN The printer finished loading None PROGRESS the program into flash memory and is automatically resetting itself RESTORING BOOT CODE Normal download initialization None message SECURITY CODE VIOLATION The software running or being downloaded does not match the security PAL code Install the correct PAL or program PAL and program must match SENDING PROGRAM TO EC PROCESSOR The printer is loading the engine controller program into the engine controller None TABLE MISMATCH DOWNLOAD AGAIN EC software update in process Download the program again 21 Chapter 1 Installing Printer Emulations 22 2 ANSI Emulation Overview This chapter describes the American National Standards Institute ANSI host control codes that are supported on your printer Emulation refers to the ability of a printer to execu
68. l 9 1 1 selects channel 11 Channel 1 is always used for TOF channel 12 is always used with the vertical tab character VT OBH If the channel number is greater than 12 then the program defaults to channel 1 If the table has not been loaded and a channel command is received it is ignored Downloading The EVFU Using The PI Line The following example illustrates the skip to channel command Table 26 Skip To Channel Example Program Instruction Remarks Output 10 WIDTH LPT1 255 Required by some BASIC languages to avoid auto LF at column 80 20 LPRINT CHR 27 0 1 p Go to top of form channel 1 INCHES LINE 1 30 LPRINT TOP OF FORM Print indicated words f TOP OF FORM 40 LPRINT CHR 27 0 3 p Go to channel 3 i 50 LPRINT LINE 6 Print indicated words 60 LPRINT CHR 27 0 4 p Go to channel 4 70 LPRINT LINE 25 Print indicated words 80 LPRINT CHR 27 0 5 p Go to channel 5 90 LPRINT LINE 57 Print indicated words 100 LPRINT CHR 27 0 8 p Go to channel 8 110 LPRINT END OF FORM Print indicated words 120 END NOTE Set the top of form first When you execute the EVFU the paper will move to the top of form on the next page and then begin printing Downloading The EVFU Using The PI Line The PI EVFU is identical to the ESC sequence EVFU except for the EVFU load and command sequences The PI EVFU is used exclusively with the Dataproducts parallel interface o
69. l number and desired emulation e g T5000 gt IGP See Figure 1 18 Make note of the file name which is a six digit number plus exe e g 123456 exe This is the file you will download into the printer Downloading Software Through the Serial or Parallel Port Folders x 358724 exe A Desktop A B My Computer Xi 35 Floppy 4 a ga C Bees 24 exe H O Program Fl Recycler l H Temp winnt 2 D EC T4204 PGL CGL T5000 CT_IGP CT_IPDS_IGP C CT PPHi PGL CT PPI1 VGL EI PPI1_PGL PPI1_VGL TCP_IPDS_IGP TN_IGP Unzipped Figure 2 Copying the Emulation File to the Download Directory 19 Copy the file to the download directory NOTE You may need to hold Ctrl to make sure a appears to the right of the pointer See Figure 2 20 Start a command prompt session The Start Menu icon is usually labeled MS DOS Prompt or Command Prompt 21 At the command prompt type c lt Enter gt cd download lt Enter gt 22 At the command prompt on the computer type filename exe pb lt Enter gt where filename exe is the file name you noted in step 18 This command decompresses the file on the hard drive and copies it as a binary file into the flash memory on the printer controller board NOTE If you are loading the file using the LPT2 port on the computer enter the following command filename exe pb2 Enter The 9600 baud rate is t
70. le 19 lists the EVFU channels and their equivalent data bytes with the PI line enabled Table 20 lists the EVFU channel and their equivalent data bytes with the PI line disabled Table 19 P Series EVFU Codes PI Line Enabled ASCII Data Bits Channel Hex Dec Code PI 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 00 0 NUL 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOF 01 1 SOH 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 1 2 02 2 STX 1 X X X 0 0 0 1 0 3 03 3 ETX 1 X X X 0 0 0 1 1 4 04 4 EOT 1 X X X 0 0 1 0 0 5 05 5 ENQ 1 X X X 0 0 1 0 1 6 06 6 ACK 1 X X X 0 0 1 1 0 7 07 7 BEL 1 X X X 0 0 1 1 1 8 08 8 BS 1 X X X 0 1 0 0 0 9 09 9 HT 1 X X X 0 1 0 0 1 10 0A 10 LF 1 X X X 0 1 0 1 0 11 0B 11 VT 1 x X X 0 1 o 1 1 12 VT 63 Chapter 3 _ P Series EVFU Table 19 P Series EVFU Codes PI Line Enabled ASCII Data Bits Channel Hex Dec Code PI 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 oC 12 FF 1 X X X 0 1 1 0 0 13 OD 13 CR 1 X X X 0 1 1 0 1 14 OE 14 SO 1 X 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 15 OF 15 Sl 1 X 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 16 6E 110 n 1 X 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 Start Load 6F 111 0 1 X 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 End Load X Undefined 0 or 1 1 High 0 Low Table 20 P Series EVFU Codes PI Line Disabled or Not Used ASCII Data Bits Channel Hex Dec Code 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 10 16 DLE o 0 0 1 o 0 oO 0 1 TOF 11 17 DC1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 12 18 DC2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 13 19 DC3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 14 20 DC4 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 15 21 NAK 0
71. length by line density selected The 6 and 8 lpi spacing may be mixed on the same form but should be done carefully Form Feed A form feed sent from the control panel or a command from the host moves the paper to the first channel 1 which is the top of form Vertical Tab A VT command moves the paper to the next channel 12 If a channel 12 is not loaded a line feed will occur Proprinter And Epson Vertical Tab Table 60 The IBM Proprinter III XL and the Epson FX 1050 emulations each contain a vertical tab table It is a set of programmed vertical tabs Various lines of the form are assigned vertical tabs which are then accessed by control code for rapid paper advancement to the tab position Two control codes are used for vertical tabbing ESC B sets single channel vertical tabs and VT executes a vertical tab The Epson emulation also has ESC to select one of eight tab channels and ESC b to set the tabs in a particular channel Executing Vertical Tabs The vertical tab execute code is VT If there is any data in the print buffer it is printed and the paper moves to the next predefined vertical tab position If a tab position is not defined the paper is moved to the next line at the current line spacing If a tab position is at the current line the paper is moved to the next tab position If no tab positions are defined between the current line and the end of the form the paper moves to the next TOF Vertical Tab Positio
72. n Bottom Margin 34 Graphic Rendition ssssssssessseeeeeeenenenenennenenn nene 35 Line Spacitig itte ten ed te e d e e Uus 36 Margins Left and Right 37 Private Mode Disable ccccccssssssceeeceeesseeceeeeeeeeeeseeeeesaaeeeeeees 38 Private Mode Enable ccsccccccecssseeeceetecesseceeeetaeeaeeseeeeeeaaes 38 Proportional Print Mode seaca etn asr EEA RRA 38 iri ED 39 SUDSCMP tic PT 40 SuperscrIpt ien en nitro he e Queens 40 Tab Clear ncididunt ame 40 Tab Set Multiple Horizontal sseeeeseeeeeeeneen 41 Terminate Loading of Data 42 Table of Contents Vertical Position Absolute eeese 42 Vertical Position Relative esee 42 Graphics edet e eO IR vest gea uL Rena RATE Lex 43 Dot Patterns And Densities esseseeeeene 43 Horizontal Formate is cite et e ne bt tec des 45 Vertical Format i n ae PIER te 45 Other Graphics Considerations eeseeeeeee 46 Dot Graphics out ned te tea teer etu 46 Repeat Graphics Character sesssssseeeenee 46 Select Graphics Mode sssssseseeeeeneenennenenn enn 47 Bar Godes sioe ewe hti eto 48 Entering And Exiting Bar Codes sssssseseese 48 Setting Bar Code Parameters sssssssseeee 48 Human Readable Line HRL seeee 52 Sp
73. nd p2 size parameters are always relative to a rotation angle of zero degrees That is the characters are expanded first and then rotated Spacing Between Characters For unrotated characters and characters rotated 180 degrees the horizontal spacing between characters is 1 60 inch times the p2 parameter For characters rotated 90 or 270 degrees the horizontal spacing between characters is 3 60 inch times the p1 parameter Vertical spacing is dependent on vertical paper move commands LF CR VPR etc and the character size and line spacing currently in effect 57 Chapter 2 _ Oversize Character Font Option 58 3 Overview Vertical Page Formatting Rapid vertical paper movement is called slewing A vertical format unit VFU is a program you load into the printer that enables it to slew paper to preset locations on a page On your printer LF commands and other commands that produce blank lines are accumulated and moved in one efficient paper motion The VFUs are maintained for compatibility with earlier applications Following an introductory overview of how to plan a vertical page format the following two methods of vertical formatting are described in this chapter e Vertical tab table The IBM Proprinter IIl XL and the Epson FX 1050 emulations each contain a vertical tab table It is a set of programmed vertical tabs e Electronic Vertical Format Unit EVFU Only the P Series emulation provides the EVFU capa
74. ns Vertical tab positions are set by line number A maximum of 16 vertical tab positions can be set on the form A sample format is shown in Figure 4 The first vertical tab is set at line 6 for part number data a second tab is set at line 8 for part name data and a third tab is set at line 14 for quantity data The ESC B code assigns the vertical tabs to the lines of the form Once the tab positions are set sending the vertical tab execute code VT causes the paper Vertical Tab Positions currently at the top of form position to advance to the first tab position for PART NUMBER data Sending another VT moves the paper to the second tab position for PART NAME followed by a third VT to access the third tab position for QUANTITY data Form Data Form Line Number Vertical Tabs 1 Top of Form 2 3 4 5 PART NUMBER 6 Tab 1 7 PART NAME 8 Tab 2 9 10 11 12 13 QUANTITY 14 Tab 3 15 20 Figure 4 Example of Vertical Tab Positions 61 Chapter 3 P Series EVFU P Series EVFU 62 The EVFU may be selected in P Series protocol The EVFU provides 14 or 16 channels to identify up to 192 lines depending on the paper instruction The programming sequence is 1 start load code 2 line identification code and 3 end load code Start Load Code 1E or 6E Hex The start load code clears and initializes the EVFU memory for the memory load program The start load code is 1E hex when the PI line is disabled low
75. of a byte usually four bits Near Letter Quality Offline The printer is not ready to receive and process commands and data Nanosecond one billionth of a second Direct Access Vertical Format Unit See also DAVFU NonVolatile Random Access Memory A type of RAM in which stored data are not lost when the power is interrupted or turned off A battery supplies power to NVRAM when the system does not Unlike ROM another type of nonvolatile memory NVRAM is accessible and its contents can be altered O Optical Character Recognition A process by which a machine can read characters printed in a special standardized font Data are read by a photoelectric optical scanner and recorded on magnetic tape or disk OCR A and OCR B are two widely used OCR fonts An operational state in which the printer cannot accept commands or data from the host computer but can perform self tests form settings and record configuration changes A unit of measurement for electrical resistance An operational state in which the printer is under direct control of the host computer In this state the printer accepts commands and data sent from the host computer and acts on them immediately 93 Appendix C 94 PA PAL parity check parsing PC PCB PCBA PGL PI pica pin configuration pitch pixel PMPP P Program Attention Used in applications programs Programmable Array Logic Parity checking is the a
76. ons You will use the printouts to restore the printer configurations Set the printer power switch to O Off If the printer is already connected to the serial or parallel port of an IBM compatible computer running the PC DOS or MS DOS operating system go to step 9 If not go to step 4 Unplug the AC power cord from the printer Disconnect all data input cables from the printer interfaces Connect a parallel data cable to the LPT1 port or a serial data cable to the COM1 port of an IBM compatible computer running the PC DOS or MS DOS operating system NOTE You can connect the cable to the LPT2 port if the LPT1 port is already 10 11 12 in use The load commands are different if you use this port as described in the note after step 22 Connect the data cable to the appropriate I O port of the printer Plug the AC power cord into the printer On the printer control panel press and hold down the ONLINE PAPER ADVANCE keys Without releasing the keys power the printer on Continue holding down the keys When you see TESTING HARDWARE PLEASE WAIT on the LCD release the keys Wait until you see WAITING FOR PROGRAM DOWNLOAD on the LCD before proceeding This can take up to 30 seconds to appear depending on the emulations and interfaces installed in the printer Press the NEXT key SELECT DOWNLOAD PORTZCENTRONICS appears on the LCD NOTE The default port is CENTRONICS this is the standard load
77. program by typing quit lt Enter gt 18 When the new program has successfully loaded into flash memory and the printer has reset itself set the printer power switch to O off 19 Unplug the AC power cord from the printer 20 Remove the CD from the host computer and store it with the printer 21 Using the configuration printout s reconfigure the printer and reload any optional font files Downloading Optional Font Files to Flash Memory Optional font files are stored on a 3 5 inch floppy diskette that contains file names comprised of a part number with a dwn extension You will insert the diskette in your IBM compatible computer and use either the parallel or serial port to download the desired font file s to the printer s flash memory 1 Set the printer power switch to O off 2 Connect a parallel data cable to the LPT1 port or a serial cable to the COM port of an IBM compatible computer running the PC DOS or MS DOS operating system NOTE You can connect the cable to the LPT2 port on the computer if the LPT1 port is already in use The load commands are different if you use this port as described in the notes after step 16 3 Verify that the data cable is connected to the appropriate I O port on the printer and to the host computer Power on the computer and allow it to boot up On the printer control panel press and hold down the ONLINE PAPER ADVANCE keys while powering the printer on Continue holding
78. ption NOTE The PI line must be enabled in the interface menu Start load command 6C hex selects 6 LPI linespacing 6D hex selects 8 LPI linespacing 6E hex selects current linespacing End load command 6F hex The format of the two byte channel control code is shown in Table 27 Table 27 Two Byte Channel Control Code Format Bit Number 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Channel Number xX xX 6 5 4 3 2 1 first byte x x y y y y y y 71 Chapter 3 _ANSIEVFU Table 27 Two Byte Channel Control Code Format Bit Number 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Channel Number X X 12 11 10 9 8 7 second byte x x y y y y y y y 0 no stop in channel 1 stop in channel x bit has no meaning NOTE Each channel control code pair of bytes has the capability to indicate multiple channels since each channel indication has a unique bit position which is either ON 1 or OFF 0 Table 28 Channel Control Codes Decimal Value Binary Value ASCII Character Remarks 1 2 1 2 1 2 64 64 1000000 1000000 Fillers 65 64 1000001 1000000 A Channel 1 66 64 1000010 1000000 B Channel 2 68 64 1000100 1000000 D Channel 3 72 64 1001000 1000000 H Channel 4 80 64 1010000 1000000 P Channel 5 96 64 1100000 1000000 f Channel 6 64 65 1000000 1000001 A Channel 7 64 66 1000000 1000010 B Channel 8 64 68 1000000 1000100 D Channel 9 64 72 1000000 1001000 H Channel 10 64 80 1000000 1010000 P Channel 11 64 96 100
79. r the validation checksum is corrupt 1 Download the program again 2 If the message occurs again replace the flash memory ERROR DRAM AT ADDRESS XXXXXXXX The printer found a defective memory location Replace the DRAM ERROR EC PROGRAM NOT VALID Printer cannot find the engine controller program or the validation checksum is corrupt 1 Download the program again 2 If the message occurs again replace the flash memory ERROR EC STOPPED AT STATE XXXX Hardware fault in the engine controller Replace the CMX controller board ERROR FLASH DID NOT PROGRAM The printer could not find any flash memory 1 Download the program again 2 If the message occurs again replace the flash memory ERROR FLASH NOT DETECTED The printer could not find any flash memory Install flash memory before attempting to download this program ERROR NO DRAM DETECTED The printer could not find any DRAM Check DRAM on CMX If present reseat DRAM If missing install DRAM ERROR NVRAM FAILURE The non volatile memory has failed Replace the CMX controller board Do NOT attempt to replace NVRAM ERROR PROGRAM NEEDS MORE DRAM The printer requires more DRAM memory in order to run the downloaded program Add DRAM or use a smaller emulation program Chapter 1 Installing Printer Emulations Message Explanation Required Action
80. rage called nibbles bytes and words A print attribute specifying text of a heavy line thickness See also character weight The start up procedure which causes a computer operating system to be loaded into main memory A reserved area in memory that data is written to and read from during data transfers A circuit for the transfer of data or electrical signals between two devices A group of consecutive bits forming a unit of storage in a digital computer and used to represent one alphanumeric character A byte usually consists of 8 bits but may contain more or fewer bits depending on the computer or protocol C The invisible rectangular space occupied by a character including the white space around the character The height of a cell remains constant even with changes in the current line spacing and the width is equal to the current character spacing Used as a unit of spacing The ratio of character height to character width See also compressed and expanded A set of codes each of which represents a control or printable character including symbols punctuation numbers diacritical markings and alphabet characters Each character is assigned a unique address in memory The degree of lightness and thickness of printed text For example Bold refers to a heavy or thick character weight as shown in this sentence Medium normal or book weight refer to the character weight used in this sentence A valu
81. replace it or the printer is reset In this example the following parameters are changed on Line 10 p1 style Code 128 p2 height 3 12 inch p9 human readable font use special font The semicolons are place holders for the parameters not being changed iO LPRINT CHR amp 272 L16 3 i i75i 15 5 20 LPRINT CHR 27 2 EL3t 30 LPRINT 1234567890 40 LPRINT CHR 27 0 LOG EHE E AL MU 1234567890 A list of the 10 parameters and their values follows p1 Selects the style Table 17 p1 Values If p1 Style 0 Interleaved 2 5 1 German PTT Interleaved 2 of 5 2 Matrix 2 of 5 3 Industrial 2 of 5 4 Code 3 9 5 EAN 8 6 EAN 13 7 Code 11 8 Reserved 9 Codabar a t 10 Codabar b n 11 Codabar c 12 Codabar d e 13 UPCA 14 UPCE 49 Chapter 2 _ Bar Codes Table 17 p1 Values continued If p1 Style 15 Code 93 16 Code 128 17 Reserved 18 Reserved 50 POSTNET NOTE Parameters p2 through p70 are invalid for POSTNET Do not change the default values otherwise they will be retained in memory and will affect the other bar code styles NOTE The dimensions that follow apply to bar codes that are printed at 0 and 180 degrees rotation If you are printing bar codes that are rotated 90 or 270 degrees the dimensions will be compressed by a 6 5 ratio p2 Bar code height in 1 12 inch increments Does not include the human readable line Min 1 1 12 inch Max 1
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83. routines permanently stored in the printer ROM is not lost when power is turned off and cannot be written to hence the term read only ROM resident fonts are fonts permanently stored in a printer and available at any time See also RAM A type style in which the characters are upright This is sentence is printed in a roman type style Request To Send Control signal from the printer S Set Attribute Systems Application Architecture A typeface or font in which the characters do not have serifs This font is sans serif System Network Architecture SNA Character String Usually commands to set printer format etc The sequential transmission of data in which each element is transferred in succession A type of printing technology used in some impact printers Data are sent to the printer through either a serial or a parallel interface but the print head must receive the data serially in order to form each character The moving print head uses pins to form whole characters one at a time and one after the other The pins print dots according to programmed matrix patterns A line matrix printer also forms characters with dots in matrix patterns but it feeds print data in parallel to many hammers mounted on a rapidly oscillating shuttle The hammers fire simultaneously to print entire lines at a time A short line stemming from and at an angle to the upper or lower end of the stroke of a letter or number character A y
84. s Language An emulation of the QMS Code V Magnum firmware The software version of the old hardware based IGP that is used in the Printronix PSA line of printers It provides the same forms and barcode generation capabilities as the IGP Vertical Tab warm start weight word write X OFF X ON W A reboot or soft reset The following occurs 1 data are cleared from all buffers I O and internal print buffers 2 all internal system variables are reset to default values which is transparent to the user and 3 the power up configuration values except the host I O selection are loaded If the user has not defined power up configuration values the printer resets to the factory default configuration values See character weight 1 A storage unit consisting of the number of bits that comprise one storage location in main memory 2 The name used for a variable or constant in a program 3 The data value occupying a storage location To place data in memory RAM NVRAM or in mass storage hard disk floppy diskette etc X A character transmitted by the printer announcing that the printer is off line or the buffer is almost full A character transmitted by the printer announcing that the printer is on line or the buffer is almost empty 99 Appendix C 100 Index ANSI control codes 30 emulation 23 EVFU 66 resetting 39 ANSI emulation configuring via control codes and menus 23 ASCII Ch
85. s font however is the same as the normal character graphics font 38 Resetting Resetting ASCII Code ESC c Hex Code Dec Code 1B 63 27 99 Expression CHR 27 c Purpose Resets the printer s configuration parameters Depending on which option was selected in the Reset Cmd CFG Ld menu the parameters are set to the factory default configuration power up configuration or the current configuration If Reset Cmd CFG Ld is disabled in the menu the hardcoded parameters shown in Table 7 are set Discussion The following attributes which are not part of the configuration are also reset Character rotation is reset to no rotation Character expansions are set to 1x1 Subscript and superscript are turned off Underscoring is turned off Plot mode is terminated The horizontal and vertical tabulation tables are cleared The default EVFU table is loaded Bar code parameters are set to default values Graphic line density is set to 60 horizontal DPI x 72 vertical DPI The current line is set as the top of form TOF position Table 7 Hardcoded Reset Values Parameter Setting Font style Data processing Character size 1 x vertical 1 x horizontal Character pitch 10 CPI Country selection Latin 1 8859 1 Line spacing 6 LPI Partial Line up Reset Partial Line down Reset Bold print Disabled Underline mode Disabled Expanded mode Disabled Proportional mode Reset Horizontal tab table Empty Left margin None column
86. ss the ASCII space character SP is part of a code sequence For example a code sequence printed in this manual as ESC 1 is programmed as ESC 1 An escape sequence uses two or more bytes to define a specific printer control function The format for an escape sequence is ASCII ESC X p Hex 1B 00 5F 0 FF Escape Character s Numerical Sequence parameter s Introducer After the ESC character are one or more characters which indicate the action of the control code One or more numerical parameters may in turn follow these characters For example the sequence ESC p g tells the printer to clear all horizontal tabs if p is a 3 or to clear all vertical tabs if p is a 4 If the characters following the ESC code are not within the defined ranges or if they are within the defined ranges but are not recognized as a function of this printer the entire sequence is ignored 29 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation Control Codes Index The following index lists the control codes by ASCII sequence function and page number Some control code functions can also be selected at the control panel FUNCTION SEQUENCE PAGE Character Sets International ESC p1 x 31 Expanded Mode ESC p1 p2 SP B 33 Forms Length Top Margin Bottom Margin ESC p1 p2 p3 r 34 Graphic Rendition ESC p1 p2 9n m 35 Line Spacing ESC p1 p2 SP G 36 Margins Left and Right ESC p1 p2 s 37 Private Mode Disable ESC gt 5l 38 Private Mode Enable ESC gt 5h
87. styles of bar codes and do the following e all except POSTNET can be rotated 90 180 or 270 degrees e print with or without a human readable line HRL e adjust the symbol size e adjust the density The following examples show the correct control code syntax and the code written in the BASIC program language Entering And Exiting Bar Codes To print bar codes you must first activate the bar code mode ESC 3t LPRINT CHR 27 3t All data following this sequence will be interpreted and printed as bar codes To exit ESC Ot LPRINT CHR 27 Ot Setting Bar Code Parameters You can set the style height spacing orientation and print density There are 10 parameters p1 p10 to specify The default values are shown on the second line below and in Table 16 ESC p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p 10 LPRINT CHR 27 4 9 1 2 6 2 6 2 0 0 Table 16 Default Bar Code Parameters If pn Value Enables p1 4 Code 3 9 p2 9 3 4 high bar code p3 1 Human readable line p4 2 Narrow bar width 2 20 p5 6 Wide bar width 6 120 p6 2 Narrow space width 2 120 p7 6 Wide space width 6 120 p8 2 Intercharacter space width 2 120 p9 0 No rotation Use current font p10 0 Horizontal print density 60 dpi Setting Bar Code Parameters NOTE If no values are set for parameters p2 p10 the default values will be used If you have sent a value from the host this value is active until you
88. te the commands of a particular printer control language A printer control language is the coding system used to convey manipulate and print data In this manual the terms emulation printer protocol and printer control language are synonymous In the ANSI emulation mode the printer can print files coded for the ANSI printer control language To select the ANSI emulation as the active printer emulation refer to your User s Manual The ANSI emulation provides many adjustable parameters The default parameter values for this emulation are shown in Table 1 You can modify these parameter values in two ways e The ANSI host control codes A set of ANSI control code commands can be sent to the printer from an attached host computer via the printer I O port This chapter describes these ANSI control code commands e The printer configuration menus You can modify a subset of the ANSI emulation parameters using the configuration menus and the control panel keys as described in your User s Manual NOTE A parameter value set by a host control code overrides a value set from the printer control panel Configuration values selected from the menus or via host control codes can be saved to memory so that they will not be lost when you power off the printer The menu selection for saving a configuration to memory is described in your User s Manual ANSI Emulation Default Settings The ANSI factory settings are shown in Table 1 on pa
89. ter function codes and machine to machine communication codes In this manual protocol and emulation mean the same thing See also compatibility and emulation Printronix System Architecture A print engine design that puts all data and electro mechanical control logic on one circuit board The use of flash memory on this board permits rapid access to stored printer emulations and fast processing of print data H Random Access Memory Also called main memory or working memory this is the active memory of a printer into which programs are loaded This memory can be read from or written to at any time hence the term random access RAM is also termed volatile because whatever is in RAM is lost when power is turned off or interrupted See also ROM Receive Data Serial data stream to the printer To retrieve data from memory RAM NVRAM or mass storage hard disk floppy diskette etc Online The printer is ready to receive and process commands and data 95 Appendix C 96 reset resolution ROM roman RTS SA SAA sans serif SCS serial communications serial matrix serif set To turn off deactivate disable or return toa previously determined state A measure expressing the number of units in a given range used to create an image In printing this is expressed as the number of dots per inch dpi horizontally and vertically Read Only Memory Programs instructions and
90. tersection of the active column and the active line American Standard Code for Information Interchange A standard character encoding scheme introduced in 1963 and used widely on many computers and printers It is a 7 bit code with 128 different bit patterns There is no parity recommendation Operations performed on text that alter its appearance but do not change the font Examples underlining superscripting bold etc B A printed code consisting of parallel bars of varied width and spacing and designed to be read by a one dimensional scanning device A unit of speed that measures the rate at which information is transferred Baud rate is the reciprocal of the duration in seconds of the shortest pulse used to carry data For example a system in which the shortest pulse is 1 1200 second operates at 1200 baud On RS 232 serial lines the baud rate equals the data flow rate in bits per second bps To 85 Appendix C 86 bit bold Boot up buffer bus byte character cell character proportion character set character weight checksum coax communicate properly a printer must be configured to operate at the same baud rate as its host computer Contraction of binary digit A bit is a digit in the binary number system represented by a 0 or a 1 A bit is the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer where 0 and 1 are represented by different voltages Groups of bits form other units of sto
91. the keys down 6 When you see TESTING HARDWARE PLEASE WAIT on the LCD release the keys 7 Downloading Optional Font Files to Flash Memory Wait until you see WAITING FOR PROGRAM DOWNLOAD on the LCD before proceeding This can take up to 30 seconds to appear depending on the emulations and interfaces installed in the printer NOTE The printer default port is CENTRONICS if you want to use this port 10 11 12 13 14 15 continue to step 16 Press the NEXT key SELECT DOWNLOAD PORT CENTRONICS appears on the LCD Press the NEXT key again to cycle through the download ports available in the printer RS232 9600 RS 232 serial 9600 baud RS232 9600 RS 232 serial 19200 baud RS232 9600 RS 232 serial 38400 baud RS232 9600 RS 232 serial 115000 baud RS422 9600 RS422 serial 9600 baud RS422 9600 RS422 serial 19200 baud RS422 9600 RS422 serial 38400 baud RS422 9600 RS422 serial 115000 baud DEBUG When the printer download port you want to use displays on the LCD press the ENTER key WAITING DOWNLOAD PORT lt your selection gt appears on the display Insert the optional font diskette into diskette drive A or B of the computer Start a command prompt session The Start Menu icon is usually labeled MS DOS Prompt or Command Prompt Make the diskette drive the active drive by typing A lt Enter gt if the diskette is in drive B type B lt Enter
92. the sequence and stays in effect until changed or canceled Expansions of X3 X5 X6 and X7 are invalid for p2 An invalid or zero parameter selects the normal X1 expansion If a parameter is missing the former value is used Valid p1 and p2 values are the following X1 0 199 default X5 500 599 X2 200 299 X6 600 699 X3 300 399 X7 700 799 X4 400 499 X8 800 up Not valid for horizontal expansion Horizontal and vertical expansion are independent and different values can be mixed in a line Mixed sizes within a line are top justified Since the line feed is based on the size of the characters in the final pass the largest sized characters on a line should be printed last to avoid printing over other characters Examples ESC 200 B X1 Vert expansion X2 Horiz expansion ESC 200 200 B X2 Vert expansion X2 Horiz expansion ESC 800 400 B X8 Vert expansion X4 Horiz expansion When the printer is printing vertically expanded characters blank lines lines with non printed characters are not expanded from the current LPI setting 33 Chapter 2 _ Configuring The ANSI Emulation Forms Length Top Margin Bottom Margin ASCII Code ESC p1 p2 p3 r Hex Code 1B 5B p1 3B p2 3B p372 Dec Code 2791 p159 p259 p3114 Expression CHR 27 p1 p2 p3r Purpose Defines the form p1 Form length in decipoints Maximum allowable length is 22 inches 15 840 decipoints p2 Top margin from top of page Top of page
93. to first print line p3 Bottom margin from end of page The last print line to bottom of page The default parameters are for a 12 inch long form with a top margin of zero and a bottom margin of zero Discussion The printer keeps track of these vertical positions to the nearest half point 5 decipoints 1 decipoint 1 720 inch 1 point 2 10 decipoints 10 720 inch 1 2 point 5 decipoints 5 720 inch Examples ESC r default values of 12 inch form length zero top and bottom margins ESC 8280r 11 5 inch form length default top and bottom margins of zero ESC 720r default length of 12 inches top margin of one inch default bottom margin of zero ESC 720r default length of 12 inches default top margin of zero and a one inch bottom margin ESC 7920 360 360r 11 inch form length 1 2 inch top and bottom margins 34 Graphic Rendition Graphic Rendition ASCII Code ESC p1 p2 pn m Hex Code 1B 5B p1 3B p2 3B pn 6D Dec Code 27 91 p159 p2 59 pn 109 Expression CHR 27 p1 p2 pn m Purpose Sets the character type and enhancements such as boldface underscore expanded or proportional One font designator plus any number of enhancements can be entered in the escape sequence using the parameter values in Table 4 Discussion f the requested font is not installed the Data Processing font will be activated When a new font is selected the horizontal spacing is initially set to the default spacing
94. und for approximately 1 second BS Backspace 08H A BS permits overprinting of characters This command moves the character position one character width to the left If the current print position is at column one this command is ignored CR Carriage Return ODH If configured CR CR LF the line will print the paper will advance to the next line and the print position will move to column one If configured CR CR the print position is set at column one of the current line Any subsequent printable data preceding a paper motion command will overstrike previously printed data If it is set to ignore by the panel then the CR will be ignored DC1 Device Control 1 11H Switches the printer from local to on line mode and enables the printer to receive data If the serial interface is selected DC1 acts as a data stream control code When the buffer is empty the printer will send a DC1 XON to the host computer which will send data to the printer until the printer sends a DC3 XOFF to the host computer 26 Control Codes DC3 Device Control 3 13H Switches the printer from on line to local mode Causes the printer to ignore all data except a DC1 If the serial interface is selected DC3 acts as a data stream control code When the buffer is full the printer will send a DC3 XOFF to the host computer which will stop sending any data to the printer until the printer sends a DC1 XON to the host computer DEL Delete 7FH
95. urations Set the printer power switch to O Off On the printer control panel press and hold down the ONLINE PAPER ADVANCE keys Without releasing the keys power the printer on Continue holding the keys down When you see TESTING HARDWARE PLEASE WAIT on the LCD release the keys Wait until you see WAITING FOR PROGRAM DOWNLOAD on the LCD before proceeding This can take up to 30 seconds to appear depending on the emulations and interfaces installed in the printer Using Windows Explorer create a directory named download at the root level of your C hard drive Insert the printer emulation software CD into your computer IMPORTANT Downloading Software Through the Network Interface Card NIC Folders x s8 358724 pra da 8 Yo Desktop 5B My Computer Xil 3 Floppy 4 a ga C C download Program Files Recycler EH Temp E winnt 271 D H T4204 cC T5000 E Unzipped a T4204 CJ PGL_CGL c3 T5000 C CT IGP CT IPDS IGP Z CT PPI1 PGL CT PP vGL am C PPH_PGL 2 PPH_VGL C TCP IPDS IGP CI TN IGP Figure 3 Navigating to the Appropriate Emulation File on the CD Using Windows Explorer navigate to the appropriate file on the CD using the Unzipped directory based on the printer model number and desired emulation e g Unzipped T5000 gt IGP See Figure 3 u must use the Unzipped directory
96. versize Character Font Option Oversize Character Font Option The optional oversize font is composed with scalable characters that can be expanded 156 times the size of standard fonts This will accommodate letters up to 15 25 inches 388mm high by 13 inches 330mm wide The minimum character size default setting is two times the size of standard characters Oversize characters can also be rotated 90 180 or 270 degrees Do not mistake oversize characters with expanded characters The expanded character feature standard in your printer expands all existing fonts except high speed up to 8 times the normal size and cannot be rotated The oversize character feature works with only the ANSI protocol NOTE Control sequences displayed in the following examples show the proper syntax required from the host The program examples provided will help you to become familiar with the oversized feature All characters are printed in actual size Entering And Exiting Oversize The following sequences are used to enter rotate and exit oversize printing ESC 0l Exit oversize Printing ESC 1l Select oversize font with no rotation ESC 300 300 BSize 3x3 ABCD ESC 2 Select oversize font with 90 degree rotation ESC 300 300 BSize 3x3 ABCD ESC 3l Select oversize font with 180 degree rotation ESC 800 300 BSize 3x3 ABCD ESC 4l Select oversize font with 270 degree rotation ESC 300 300 BSize 3x3 ABCD Size 3x3

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