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Section 1: Introduction

AXIS HP MIO User’s Manual

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HP MIO

Where To Use It

The pictures below show the HP printer with AXIS HP MIO
interface in an IBM environment, also illustrating the printer sharing
function. The top picture is a 3270/Coax installation, and the bottom
picture is a 5250/Twinax installation.

The HP printer with AXIS HP MIO in an IBM 3270/Coax environment

The HP printer with AXIS HP MIO in an IBM 5250/Twinax environment

AXIS 560/660

Ethernet Print Server

PC

AXIS 560/660

Ethernet Print Server

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Summary of Contents for AXIS HP MIO

Page 1: ...more than 50 countries world wide marketing three product lines IBM Mainframe and S 3x AS 400 Printer Interfaces These products include a wide range of plug in interfaces and stand alone products such as the AXIS Cobra AXIS 330 370 Cobra AXIS HP MIO the AXIS AFP IPDS to PostScript converter and the AXIS AFP MIO IOP IPDS to PCL converters Network Print Servers These intelligent Ethernet and Token R...

Page 2: ... front panel 4 ADVANCED FUNCTIONS An overview of AXIS HP MIO functions beyond the standard IBM printer emulation The manual applies to the AXIS HP MIO with firmware release 1 21 and subsequent releases until otherwise notified Please refer to the AXIS HP MIO Technical Reference for further information of functions and parameters Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual if you de...

Page 3: ...area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Shielded cables should be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class A limits Europe This digital equipment fulfils the requirements for radiated emission according to limit B of EN55022 1987 and the requirements for immu...

Page 4: ...Preface 4 AXIS HP MIO User s Manual HP MIO This page is intentionally blank ...

Page 5: ...ystem Language SYSL 19 IBM Printer Emulation PREMUL 20 Maximum Page Length MPL 21 Automatic Orientation AUTORI 22 Page Orientation PAGEORI 23 Page Size PAGESIZE 24 Custom Page Width PAGEWIDTH 25 Custom Page Length PAGELENGTH 26 Print Parameter List 27 Section 4 Advanced Functions 29 Configuration from the System 30 Hex Transparency 31 Font Selection 32 Appendix A The AXIS HP MIO Rear Panel 34 The ...

Page 6: ...ix B System Configuration Guidelines 37 5250 Twinax Host Configuration 37 3270 Host Configuration 39 Appendix C Fonts 40 Appendix D Technical Specifications 44 Appendix E How To Contact Axis 46 Axis on line service 46 Appendix F Related Documentation 48 ...

Page 7: ...ent It supports all HP printers with an MIO expansion slot such as LaserJet 5Si LaserJet 4Si LaserJet 4 Color LaserJet DesignJet and PaintJet XL300 Your HP printer with the AXIS HP MIO appears to the IBM system as an original IBM printer while still maintaining its PC or LAN printer capabilities In addition the AXIS HP MIO allows you to make full use of all HP printer features in the IBM system en...

Page 8: ...em Communication block extracts the print data page formatting commands and font selection commands from the IBM data stream The Conversion to PCL block converts the data into PCL which is the format used by HP printers The Printer Driver block passes the data on to the printer using the internal MIO Modular Input Output interface The Printer Driver also accepts PCL data from a local PC or a LAN p...

Page 9: ...onment also illustrating the printer sharing function The top picture is a 3270 Coax installation and the bottom picture is a 5250 Twinax installation The HP printer with AXIS HP MIO in an IBM 3270 Coax environment The HP printer with AXIS HP MIO in an IBM 5250 Twinax environment AXIS 560 660 Ethernet Print Server PC AXIS 560 660 Ethernet Print Server PC ...

Page 10: ...nterface to meet a wide range of specific needs IBM Printer Emulations The AXIS HP MIO is pre configured to emulate an IBM 3816 page printer This selection makes the best use of the HP printer capabilities but you can also select from a wide range of other IBM printers Fonts The pre defined font definition table contains 130 IBM fonts each mapped to a printer resident PCL font The font mapping is ...

Page 11: ...s static sensitive components Always hold the board by the edges or the rear panel when removed from the anti static bag Make sure to take all recommended precautions related to static sensitive devices The standard delivery contains the following AXIS HP MIO board part no 0045 1 European version or AXIS HP MIO board part no 0045 3 US version AXIS HP MIO User s Manual part no 13142 Optional access...

Page 12: ... Coax mode or TX position for 5250 Twinax mode The AXIS HP MIO board should be installed into the MIO expansion slot at the rear of your HP printer The guidelines below are for the HP LaserJet 4p but the installation procedure is similar for all HP printers If you have a printer other than the LaserJet 4 consult the printer manual on how to access the MIO slot You will need one Philips and one fla...

Page 13: ...r the MIO slot 3 Slide the AXIS HP MIO board into place 4 Tighten the two screws securing the rear panel 5 Set the rotary switch in position 0 6 Switch on the printer The hardware installation is now completed Caution Twinax users Do not connect the printer to the IBM system before the rotary switch is set to the correct device address see Section 2 3 The AXIS HP MIO board installed HP LaserJet 4 ...

Page 14: ...ee sample on the next page On the HP LaserJet 4 this entry is found under the TEST MENU The AXIS HP MIO identification is printed under the MIO MENU title The example below is for an AXIS HP MIO board in 5250 Twinax mode the 3270 Coax mode is marked inactive The AXIS HP MIO parameters are printed under the MIO MENU title This shows the current settings for the configuration parameters available fr...

Page 15: ...Section 2 Getting Started AXIS HP MIO User s Manual 15 HP MIO Extract from the HP LaserJet 4 Self Test page ...

Page 16: ...ocedure is now completed Your printer is ready for permanent use and will not require any user intervention during normal operation For 5250 Twinax mode 1 Switch off the printer 2 Find a free device address on the Twinax port The selected address must be configured for an IBM 3816 printer 3 Set the rotary switch to the selected device address 4 Connect the Axis T cable bar to the twinax cables Don...

Page 17: ...g configuration parameters can be accessed from the printer s front panel System Language 37 US English IBM Printer Emulation 3816 Maximum Page Length 66 lines Automatic Orientation YES Page Orientation COR Page Size LETTER US version or A4 European version If you have a printer without a front panel or if you want to change any of the parameters not available in the front panel menu please refer ...

Page 18: ... t have any difficulties finding the menu entries The AXIS HP MIO configuration parameters are found under the MIO MENU To get there first set the printer off line then press the Menu key repeatedly until the MIO MENU appears Next press the Item key to get into the menu The first entry that appears is the System Language An asterisk is displayed in the right most position when the currently active...

Page 19: ...x will appear only in Coax mode and Tx selections will appear only in Twinax mode System Language SYSL SYSL 37 VALUE DESCRIPTION VALUE DESCRIPTION 37 US English Portuguese Alternate and Canadian Bilingual 286 Austrian German Alternate Cx 256 New Spanish Word Processing Tx 287 Danish Norwegian Alternate Cx 260 Canadian French Cx 288 Swedish Finnish Alternate Cx 273 Austrian German 289 Spanish Cx 27...

Page 20: ...ked Cx only will appear only in Coax mode and Tx only selections will appear only in Twinax mode IBM Printer Emulation PREMUL SPREMUL 3816 VALUE DESCRIPTION 3812 IBM 3812 models 2 Coax non IPDS and 1 and 2 Twinax page printer 3816 IBM 3816 models 01S and 01D page printer 3287 IBM 3287 model 2C matrix printer Cx only 3268 IBM 3268 model 2C matrix printer Cx only 3262 IBM 3262 models 3 and 13 matrix...

Page 21: ... the page when the specified number of lines have been printed The default value is 66 lines You should only change this selection if your documents are set up for a different page length Select Maximum Page Length Maximum Page Length Selections You can select any page length from 0 to 255 lines Note Selecting 0 will give a page length of one line Maximum Page Length MPL SMPL 66 ...

Page 22: ...ost For each new page a logical page size is calculated and compared to the physical size set by the Page Size parameter see page 24 The page orientation is then determined as follows If the logical length is greater than the logical width the page will be printed in Portrait orientation If the logical length is less than or equal to the logical width the page will be printed in Landscape orientat...

Page 23: ...e the COR function Select default Page Orientation Page Orientation Selections Notes COR printouts have the following characteristics Landscape orientation Vertically compressed to 70 Horizontally compressed by using a font of higher character density Top and left margins of 0 5 inches each This parameter applies to all available input bins If you should need to configure input bins individually r...

Page 24: ...ns Notes If CUSTOM is selected you will be prompted for the width and length parameters This parameter applies to all available input bins If you should need to configure input bins individually refer to Configuration from the System on page 30 Page Size PAGESIZE SPAGESIZE LETTER SPAGESIZE A4 VALUE DESCRIPTION EXEC 7 25 x 10 5 inches LETTER 8 5 x 11 inches US version default LEGAL 8 5 x 14 inches ...

Page 25: ...hes The default value is the page width for the last selected page size if you changed from LETTER to CUSTOM the default width is 850 corresponding to 8 50 inches Select Custom Page Width Page Width Selections You can select any page width from 0 to 1999 corresponding to 0 00 19 99 inches Note Pressing the or key changes the value in steps of 0 01 inches By holding down the key for a few seconds t...

Page 26: ...The default value is the page length for the last selected page size if you changed from LETTER to CUSTOM the default length is 1100 corresponding to 11 00 inches Select Custom Page Length Page Length Selections You can select any page length from 0 to 1999 corresponding to 0 00 19 99 inches Note Pressing the or key changes the value in steps of 0 01 inches By holding down the key for a few second...

Page 27: ...List The printout starts when you press the On Line key Select deselect Parameter List printout Print Parameter List Options N No The Parameter List will not be printed Y Yes The Parameter List will be printed when you set the printer on line Notes As soon as the Parameter List has been printed the Print Parameter List selection will be automatically reset to N If you only want to print the config...

Page 28: ...Section 3 Configuration 28 AXIS HP MIO User s Manual System language Page lenght Emulation This page is intentionally blank ...

Page 29: ...ging the front panel configuration parameters and for changing parameters not available from the front panel You may send a file containing the configuration commands either from your IBM system or from a local PC Hex Transparency This function allows you to use all the HP printer features in the IBM system environment Font Selection The font commands provides easy access to the printer resident P...

Page 30: ...ubstitute LETTER with A4 Example Note that page orientation and size may be set individually for each input bin while the front panel parameters affect all available bins simultaneously A common application is to print on pre printed forms from the lower bin while printing standard jobs from the upper bin To do this you may need to turn off the COR Computer Output Reduction function for the lower ...

Page 31: ... and less than characters are received the AXIS HP MIO will switch over to hex transparency mode Following data hexadecimal byte values or quoted text are passed directly to the printer without any conversion The hex transparency mode continues until the greater than and percent characters are received Example The example below shows how to embed start underline E C d0D and stop underline EC d com...

Page 32: ...t functions don t forget to resume PCL mode and reset the printer afterwards Font Selection Fonts can be selected by the system in two ways directly by font reference FGID number or indirectly by pitch selection CPI The FGID selection is only available in Twinax mode In order to gain full access to the PCL fonts in both Coax and Twinax mode the AXIS HP MIO offers an alternative font selection comm...

Page 33: ...eter used for scaling the font The value is entered as ten times the desired point size Resulting printout Notes If Point Size is omitted 10 points will be used as default for all scalable fonts Fixed pitch fonts are not scalable If a Point Size is specified it will be used to compress expand the font FONT 18 105 will compress the 10 CPI font to 10 5 CPI without changing the size of the characters...

Page 34: ... used for local PC or LAN print server input and smaller circular is used for Coax Twinax input The picture below shows the rear panel with its indicators switches and connectors The AXIS HP MIO Rear Panel The System Indicator This indicator green is lit when the AXIS HP MIO is connected to the IBM system It can also flash in the following cases At power up for a few seconds When Test Mode is ente...

Page 35: ...y the switch should always be in zero position in 3270 Coax mode The switch is also used for accessing Test Mode functions The Coax Twinax Switch This switch CX TX configures the AXIS HP MIO hardware for Coax or Twinax mode operation It should be set prior to the installation Do not alter this switch when the printer is powered on or connected to the IBM system Test Mode The Test Mode is used for ...

Page 36: ...alyzing incorrect printouts but be careful they can consume huge amounts of paper Refer to the AXIS HP MIO Technical Reference for details The Terminal Configuration Utility provides an easy to use method of customizing the AXIS HP MIO board using a directly attached IBM 5250 3270 display station Refer to the AXIS HP MIO Technical Reference for details Position Test Mode Function 0 Reserved 1 Set ...

Page 37: ... etc This is useful when you use Hex Transparency to control printer behaviour AS 400 Configuration If you will configure for a number of AXIS HP MIO interfaces or if you will use IBM 3812 emulation manual configuration is recommended Manual configuration is performed using CRTDEVPRT or WRKDEVD F6 Create You may prior to configuration use PRTDEVADR to get a chart showing free port and switch setti...

Page 38: ...P MIO S 38 Configuration If you will configure for a number of AXIS HP MIO interfaces manual configuration is recommended Manual configuration is performed using CRTDEVD Device type DEVTYPE must match the setting of AXIS HP MIO AXIS HP MIO printer emulation Device code IBM 5256 PB IBM 5224 PC IBM 5225 PC IBM 4214 PG IBM 4230 PG IBM 3812 PD IBM 3816 PD AXIS HP MIO printer emulation Device type IBM ...

Page 39: ...Printer Emulation parameter SNA LU 1 SCS SNA LU 3 3270 DSE Continuation characters in column 72 are not shown You also need to match the Printer Emulation setting in AXIS HP MIO with the setting of your 3270 printer driver software JES 328x VPS CMA Spool RSCS etc If there is no selection for 4224 4230 3812 or 3816 you can instead select 3268 SCS MODEENT LOGMODE SCS FMPROF X 03 TSPROF X 03 PRIPROT ...

Page 40: ... AXIS HP MIO Technical Reference for further information 10 CPI Fonts FGID IBM FONT NAME 3 OCR B 5 Orator 11 Courier 10 12 Prestige Pica 13 Artisan 10 18 Courier Italic 10 19 OCR A 20 Pica 30 Math Symbol 10 38 Orator Bold 39 Gothic Bold 10 40 Gothic Text 10 41 Roman Text 10 42 Serif Text 10 43 Serif Italic 10 46 Courier Bold 10 60 Prestige Bold 10 12 CPI Fonts FGID IBM FONT NAME 66 Gothic Text 12 ...

Page 41: ... IBM FONT NAME 252 Courier 17 253 Courier Bold 17 254 Courier 17 sub super 18 CPI Fonts FGID IBM FONT NAME 258 Courier 18 8 CPI Fonts FGID IBM FONT NAME 266 Courier Bold 8 20 CPI Fonts FGID IBM FONT NAME 281 Gothic Text 20 25 CPI Fonts FGID IBM FONT NAME 289 Gothic Text 25 26 7 CPI Fonts FGID IBM FONT NAME 290 Gothic Text 27 ProportionalTypographic Fonts Fixed Point Size FGID IBM FONT NAME 751 Son...

Page 42: ...alic 3853 Univers Bold Italic 3854 Univers Medium Condensed 3855 Univers Bold Condensed 3856 Univers Medium Condensed Italic 3857 Univers Bold Condensed Italic 3858 Antique Olive 3859 Antique Olive Bold 3860 Antique Olive Italic FGID PCL FONT NAME 3861 Garamond Antiqua 3862 Garamond Halbfett 3863 Garamond Kursiv 3864 Garamond Kursiv Halbfett 3865 Marigold 3866 Albertus Medium 3867 Albertus Extra B...

Page 43: ...tino Bold Italic 16951 Century Schoolbook 16971 Century Schoolbook Bold 17079 Century Schoolbook Italic 17099 Century Schoolbook Bold Italic 33335 Optima 33355 Optima Bold 33463 Optima Italic 33483 Optima Bold Italic 33591 Futura Book 33601 Futura Heavy 33719 Futura Book Italic 33729 Futura Heavy Italic 34103 Helvetica 34123 Helvetica Bold 34231 Helvetica Italic 34251 Helvetica Bold Italic 41783 C...

Page 44: ...n four orientations FGID Font Selection Fixed pitch Proportional and Typographic Fonts Scalable font support IBM 3270 Features Host Environments IBM S 370 S 390 IBM 303x 308x 309x IBM 81xx IBM 47xx IBM 43xx IBM 937x Attachments IBM 3174 Control Unit IBM 3274 type A Control Unit IBM 3276 Control Unit Display System IBM 4701 4702 Device Cluster Adapter IBM 4300 Printer Adapter IBM 9370 Subsystem Con...

Page 45: ...d ASCII hex dump modes Bar Codes Supported Printers HP LaserJet 5Si HP LaserJet 4 HP LaserJet 4V HP LaserJet 4Si HP LaserJet IIISi HP DesignJet 600 650C HP DeskJet 1200C 1600C HP PaintJet XL300 HP Color LaserJet Any HP or compatible with MIO expansion slot Dimensions 50 x 30 x 130 mm 6 0 x 1 2 x 5 1 inches Weight 0 22 kg 0 48 lb Power Max 150 mA 5V DC supplied from the printer Approvals EMI EN 550...

Page 46: ...oard Internet and World Wide Web If you are connected to Internet have a look at the Axis WWW Home Page at http www axis se or http www axisinc com Where you will find information about the company and our products You can also down load on line manuals and tools such as the Acrobat Reader for different platforms You can also get files and information through anonymous ftp log in to ftp axis se or...

Page 47: ...North Central America Axis Communications Inc 4 Constitution Way Suite G Woburn MA 01801 1030 USA Phone 1 800 444 AXIS 617 938 1188 Fax 617 938 6161 Email info axisinc com Japan Axis Communications K K 8th Center Plaza 5F 1 10 16 Nihombashi Horidome cho Chuo ku Tokyo 103 Japan Phone 81 3 3663 8801 Fax 81 3 3663 8802 Email info axiscom co jp Hong Kong Asia except Japan Middle East Axis Communicatio...

Page 48: ...ing for Printing SC21 8194 IBM AS 400 Printing GG24 3452 IBM AS 400 Device Configuration Guide SC41 8106 IBM 3274 Control Unit Customizing Guide GA23 0065 IBM 3174 Subsystem Control Unit Customizing Guide GA23 0214 IBM 3174 Character Set Reference GA27 3831 IBM 3816 Page Printer Reference for AS 400 S 36 or S 38 GA34 2084 IBM 3812 and 3816 Page Printers Programming Reference for 3270 Information D...

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