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Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts.

Typeface

Symbol Set

Orient.

Pitch

Point

Typestyle

Size

No.

Courier Italic

ASCII

P/L

Courier

Legal

Courier Bold

Legal

Courier Italic

Legal

Courier

Legal

Courier Bold

Legal

Courier Italic

Legal

Prestige Elite

ASCII

P/L

220

Prestige Elite

ASCII

P/L

Prestige Elite

ASCII

P/L

113

Bold

Prestige Elite

ASCII

P/L

114

Italic

Prestige Elite

Legal

219

Prestige Elite

Legal

Summary of Contents for PCA45A

Page 1: ...r Black Box Corporation 1000 Park Drive Lawrence PA 15055 1018 Web site www blackbox com E mail info blackbox com OCTOBER 1995 PCA45A PCA45AE PCA46A PCA46AE PQ 8P PQ 8S SW2 Host Line Sync 1 2 3 4 5 6...

Page 2: ...operated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measu...

Page 3: ...camente con carritos o pedestales que sean recomendados por el fabricante 7 El aparato el ctrico debe ser montado a la pared o al techo s lo como sea recomendado por el fabricante 8 Servicio El usuari...

Page 4: ...iado nicamente de acuerdo a las recomendaciones del fabricante 15 En caso de existir una antena externa deber ser localizada lejos de las lineas de energia 16 El cable de corriente deber ser desconect...

Page 5: ...stered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation HP and PCL are registered trademarks of Hewlett Packard IBM AS 400 and Proprinter are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation Lexmark is a trademark of Lex...

Page 6: ...Restoring Factory Defaults 47 5 Operation 48 5 1 Serial Printing 48 5 2 Printer Sharing 48 5 3 Parallel Serial Port Initialization 49 5 4 Host Printing 49 5 5 Host Port Initialization 49 5 6 Star Pan...

Page 7: ...and Pass Thru 74 6 2 User Defined Strings 75 6 3 User Defined Fonts HP PCL only 76 6 4 Color Printing 76 6 5 Printing Bar Codes 78 6 6 I O Graphics Language 94 6 6 1 I O Graphics Language Overview 94...

Page 8: ...Reference for PCL Compatible Printers 133 Appendix B Resident Scalable Font Numbers 157 Appendix C Character Sets 161 Appendix D Serial Port Specifications 164 Appendix E Parallel Port Specifications...

Page 9: ...printers Systems Supported AS 400 or System 3X Indicators 5 LEDs Power Host Line Sync Printer Online Data from Host Data Out Connectors PCA45A PCA45AE 1 DB9 1 36 pin Centronics 1 DB25 female PCA46A PC...

Page 10: ...rinter interfaces The PQ 8 can easily be set up through on board DIP switches Host PC download commands or the setup software The PQ 8P and PQ 8S attach virtually any ASCII printer to an AS 400 or Sys...

Page 11: ...eled SW2 LEDS The green LED lights indicate the following Host Line Sync Communication lines between the host and the PQ 8 are established Printer Online The printer is ready to receive data Data Out...

Page 12: ...tely if there is any damage Keep the original packaging in case you need to move or ship the PQ 8 The package should include the following PQ 8P or PQ 8S Auto terminating twinax V cable Wallmount tran...

Page 13: ...er to the self test printout to determine which configuration parameters need to be altered Change these parameters by using the setup software or Host PC download commands Before connecting the PQ 8...

Page 14: ...ID and cable address see Section 4 1 Host Configuration 3 Connect the serial cable from the PQ 8S s Serial Out connector to the printer s serial port 4 If the sharing port is used attach a second seri...

Page 15: ...r 4 for further information 9 With the PQ 8S powered off attach the auto terminating twinax V cable to the PQ 8S s Twinax In port 10 Connect the twinax host cable s to the V connector The twinax V con...

Page 16: ...int Orientation 1 On 09 Paper Size 0 Host Selected 10 True LPI 0 Compress LPI 13 Paper Drawer 1 1 Tray 1 14 Paper Drawer 2 4 Tray 4 15 Paper Drawer 3 5 Tray 5 16 Override Format Commands 0 No Override...

Page 17: ...conds 20 Star Panel Overdrive 0 Inactive 24 IBM Printer Emulated 0 5224 25 IBM Motion Commands 0 FF when possible 44 Command Pass Thru 0 Enabled 50 Sharing Port Timeout 08 seconds 76 Serial In Baud Ra...

Page 18: ...4 64 6D 75 9F 44 4D 55 34 dmu DMU4 5 A0 A1 B5 D6 65 6E 76 F5 45 4E 56 35 env ENV5 6 C6 8C C7 D7 66 6F 77 F4 46 4F 57 36 fow FOW6 7 86 8B 8F D8 67 70 78 AC 47 50 58 37 gpx1 4GPX7 8 87 8D 80 DE 68 71 79...

Page 19: ...host systems 4 1 Host Configuration Before operating the PQ 8 in twinax mode the IBM host must be configured with a device address and device ID for the printer See your system operator or system manu...

Page 20: ...eight switches referred to as SW2 to change the serial parameters Use a pointed object such as a ball point pen to change the switch settings When operating the PQ 8 will only recognize EBCDIC Hex Dum...

Page 21: ...an invalid switch setting is encountered at power up all LED lights will blink and the PQ 8 cannot operate Table 4 2 Twinax Address Switch Settings Twinax Address SW1 1 SW1 2 SW1 3 0 o o o 1 o o 2 o o...

Page 22: ...o o dot matrix Epson ESC P2 o o o Epson DFX o Epson LQ 24 pin o o Epson 9 pin DFX o o o Generic o o Hewlett Packard o o LinePrinter To obtain the default IBM printer emulation associated with the sel...

Page 23: ...BCDIC Hex Dump Operating Mode o Tests Diagnostic SW1 4 SW1 5 SW1 6 SW1 7 ASCII Hex Dump The first three functions Twinax Diagnostics Restore Factory Defaults Self Test are only performed if the config...

Page 24: ...communication with the printer Table 4 5 Serial Out Baud Rate Switch Settings Serial Out Baud Rate SW2 1 SW2 2 SW2 3 38 400 o o o 19 200 o o 9 600 o o 4 800 o 2 400 o o 1 200 o 600 o 300 Table 4 6 Ser...

Page 25: ...witch Settings Serial Out Stop Bits SW2 5 1 bit o 2 bits Table 4 8 Serial Out Parity Switch Settings Serial Out Parity SW2 6 SW2 7 None o o Odd o Even o Table 4 9 Serial Out X On X Off Switch Settings...

Page 26: ...oad commands from the Host PC to the PQ 8 you can change all configuration parameters not already covered through the configuration switches Most Host PC download commands are placed in a Host PC docu...

Page 27: ...haracter in a command causes the PQ 8 to ignore the command and resume printing from the point the error occurred 6 A space or control character NL FF CR or LF signals the end of the download command...

Page 28: ...String 88 15 CPI Printing Proprinter Mode only 28 15 CPI String 87 16 7 CPI String 89 6 LPI String 84 8 LPI String 85 11 x 17 A3 Printing 32 Alternate CPT Start Delimiter 01 Alternate CPT End Delimite...

Page 29: ...anguage 05 Host Port Timeout 03 Host Port Initialization 11 IBM Printer Emulated 24 IBM Motion Commands 25 Override Format Commands 16 Paper Drawer 1 13 Paper Drawer 2 14 Paper Drawer 3 15 Paper Size...

Page 30: ...Baud Rate PQ 8S only 76 Serial In Word Length PQ 8S only 77 Serial In Stop Bits PQ 8S only 78 Serial In Parity PQ 8S only 79 Serial Port Initialization String PQ 8S only 58 Sharing Port Timeout 50 St...

Page 31: ...r VALUE DESCRIPTION New characters Alternate CPT end delimiter Two spaces Deletes the alternate delimiter COMMAND 03 HOST PORT TIMEOUT Selects a new timeout value for the interface to wait for data fr...

Page 32: ...rance 09 Italy 10 Japan 11 Japan U S 12 Portugal 13 Spain 14 Spanish speaking 15 United Kingdom Example Z05 00 selects the multinational character set COMMAND 07 PRINT ORIENTATION HP PCL and HP LinePr...

Page 33: ...alization string in hex code up to 25 pairs that is sent to the printer after the interface has reconfigured the printer for host printing Consult the printer s user s guide for the available commands...

Page 34: ...s the optional 500 sheet cassette on an HP LaserJet 4 Plus to the host s paper drawer 2 command COMMAND 15 PAPER DRAWER 3 COMMAND HP PCL only Matches the host s Paper Drawer 3 command with a physical...

Page 35: ...character set selected is also used by the printer and the selected font is supported VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Roman 8 HP PCL only 1 Code Page 850 2 Code Page 437 not valid for HP PCL Example Z17 0 select...

Page 36: ...to the printer s user s guide or the documentation accompanying the font cartridge for a list of available fonts and their respective strings Use the character to indicate the ESCape character VALUE D...

Page 37: ...hanging the output protocol the PQ 8 only loads the default IBM printer emulation if the active IBM emulation is invalid To obtain the default IBM printer emulation you need to restore factory default...

Page 38: ...lations Hewlett Packard PCL 3812 1 SCS IBM Proprinter 4214 5224 5225 5256 IBM PPDS dot matrix 4214 5224 5225 5256 Epson ESC P2 4214 5224 5225 5256 Epson DFX 4214 5224 5225 5256 Epson LQ 24 pin 4214 52...

Page 39: ...CR LF and FF NOTE The Generic output protocol is strongly recommended when using a selection other than the default Example Z25 1 sets the PQ 8 to count the lines specified through LPI settings and r...

Page 40: ...e paper like the HP LaserJet 4V printer VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 11 x 17 A3 selection is OFF 1 11 x 17 A3 selection is ON NOTE With the 11 x 17 A3 selection ON the PQ 8 s APO feature if turned ON will auto...

Page 41: ...uffer hex dump printing Z42 2 stops buffer hex dump printing COMMAND 44 COMMAND PASS THRU I O 8215 Emulation only Enables or disables Command Pass Thru CPT and host download When CPT is disabled the a...

Page 42: ...the hex strings previously defined as the parallel port initialization string COMMAND 58 SERIAL PORT INITIALIZATION STRING Allows the user to define a serial port initialization string of up to 25 ASC...

Page 43: ...new setting will not be effective immed iately To activate the new setting cycle power on the PQ 8 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 None 1 Odd 2 Even Example Z79 2 sets the parity to even COMMAND 84 6 LPI STRING U...

Page 44: ...es the 10 CPI hex bytes string 1 Deletes the 10 CPI string Example Z86 1 1B 50 stores the 10 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 50 in the PQ 8 s memory COMMAND 87 15 CPI STRING Used...

Page 45: ...ts out the active setup selections 2 Restores the setup selections stored in the permanent memory to active status NOTES If a document is printed using temporary host download commands commands not st...

Page 46: ...figuration switches SW1 1 SW1 2 and SW1 3 to the position and switch SW1 8 far right of the first bank of switches to the o position if it is not already there 4 Power on the PQ 8 The factory defaults...

Page 47: ...n switch settings is irrelevant for printing from the shared port For PC LAN printing select the appropriate printer driver on the PC LAN printer server 5 1 Serial Printing By default the PQ 8S sends...

Page 48: ...of the emulated IBM printer ASCII printers will often have other capabilities that you can take advantage of using Command Pass Thru 5 5 Host Port Initialization After shared printing the PQ 8 reconf...

Page 49: ...led Automatic Print Orientation APO and Computer Output Reduction COR The PQ 8 s emulation of the 3812 provides bolding underlining superscripts and subscripts by recognizing the host commands for the...

Page 50: ...tch CPI Description 05 05 10 Presentation 11 0B 10 Courier 80 50 12 Courier 85 55 12 Courier 86 56 12 Prestige Elite 87 57 12 Letter Gothic 91 5B 12 Courier Italic 158 9E Prop Times Roman 159 9F Prop...

Page 51: ...ew page If the pitch is changed there may be formatting problems since the host is still formatting each line accor ding to the pitch of the original typestyle number Text Management 38 does not allow...

Page 52: ...upported font The size of the desired font is entered separately in the font change command For example to increase the size of the word saves in the following sentence to 30 points assuming the curre...

Page 53: ...lected option is chosen the PQ 8 will not send any paper requests and the paper size selected through the printer s front panel will be used The following describes how to select legal size paper in D...

Page 54: ...ction should be turned ON through Host PC download command 32 or through the setup software With this selection turned ON the PQ 8 will request the printer to load A3 size paper when the host requests...

Page 55: ...r s manual By changing the paper drawer on the host up to three different paper sources on the printer can be accessed Table 5 2 shows the default values and as an example lists the corresponding pape...

Page 56: ...document 2 Automatic Print Orientation APO setting on the printer interface 3 Print Orientation setting on printer interface As you read the following explanation refer to Figure 5 1 for an illustrati...

Page 57: ...n the height The dimensions of a word processing document are specified directly through the document format menu The dimensions of a data processing report are calculated in the following manner Widt...

Page 58: ...s the host s page rotation or the PQ 8 s APO setting determine the print orientation a The PQ 8 has a second COR option This COR option is a true 3812 1 emulation With certain page rotation settings o...

Page 59: ...t Quality Std or NLQ Draft Orientation set to Landscape Orientation set to Portrait Orientation set to COR Orientation set to COR host override allowed LANDSCAPE in requested font LANDSCAPE in request...

Page 60: ...on and print quality affects the final print orientation Table 5 3 Page Rotation Settings Host System Page Rotation Setting Print Quality Setting Causing Portrait Orientation AS 400 DEVD print file NL...

Page 61: ...ows Lines Page 6 8 7 66 8 11 6 88 Table 5 6 shows the print orientation results desired and recommends a combination of settings required to obtain that result Most print orientation results can be ac...

Page 62: ...less at 10 CPI in portrait AND print reports with a width of 132 at 10 CPI or 198 at 15 CPI columns in landscape with reduced font COR Word processing Rotate Paper 1 Print documents of Automatic up to...

Page 63: ...to the second screen 6 Locate the Rotate Paper option 7 Move the cursor to the currently selected rotation setting and type in the desired selection To permanently change the page rotation setting for...

Page 64: ...to activate the selection and exit the print file menu 5 9 Envelope Printing To print envelopes set the PQ 8 to landscape orientation Host PC download command 7 Value 2 or activate the Auto Print Ori...

Page 65: ...en 3 for Typestyle color Select the font ID for the envelope and press ENTER to return to the Alternate Format screen 6 Select 4 Page layout paper options Choose a first typing line of 1 then scroll d...

Page 66: ...ugh the printer file OS 400 V2 R3 Refer to page 64 for a description on how to change the printer file I O duplexing commands are similar to the I O Font Change commands These commands are placed on t...

Page 67: ...ejected To manually eject the last page take the printer off line by pressing the ONLINE button then press the FORM FEED button to eject the last page Put the printer back on line by pressing the ONL...

Page 68: ...he data to the printer I O s laser printer emulation is compatible with the many popular electronic forms software applications If the PQ 8 replaces XPoint s Twinax Controller set the PQ 8 s True LPI...

Page 69: ...the default for most of the output protocols IBM 5224 Model 1 IBM 5225 Model 1 IBM 5256 Model 3 These IBM matrix printer emulations can be selected through Host PC download command 24 or through the...

Page 70: ...ide Format Commands option of the interface through Host PC download command 16 or through the setup software the printer s front panel settings are locked in and remain valid until the Override Forma...

Page 71: ...ted to fit the narrow paper since the text beyond an 8 margin will truncate not print 5 14 7 TRUE 15 CPI Epson 9 pin printers IBM Proprinters and similar printers do not have the capability to print a...

Page 72: ...mple assume the printer protocol the printer requires is not available on the PQ 8 To change the printer to 10 CPI the printer s user s manual provides the hexadecimal value of 1B 50 Use the Host PC d...

Page 73: ...d and printing will resume at the point where the error occurred 6 1 Command Pass Thru The Command Pass Thru feature allows access to all of the built in features of the printer even if these features...

Page 74: ...tage of the User Defined Strings feature Using Host PC download command 04 assign the numbers 0 through 9 to frequently used printer command strings After a command string has been defined activate it...

Page 75: ...sonalized font IDs can be assigned to printer resident fonts or to fonts from an optional font cartridge These fonts can then be called up by using the newly assigned font ID the same way the standard...

Page 76: ...2 To define and print a color send the following string to the printer Z04 1 1B 2A 76 30 61 30 62 30 63 31 69 31 53 NOTE The first 30 preceding the value 61 identifies the amount of red of the color...

Page 77: ...U0 U3 red C08 in this sentence red type NOTE The C08 in the above example returns the print color back to black 6 5 Printing Bar Codes When generating bar codes on an IBM AS 400 or S 3X the PQ 8 must...

Page 78: ...printed since POSTNET uses one standard height However a valid value 1 9 must be entered for the height parameter to ensure the bar code command string is complete width Specifies the width of a bar...

Page 79: ...6 5 7 5 8 4 9 4 10 4 of 9 1 14 18 22 25 29 33 37 41 Code 2 2 3 1 3 9 4 7 5 6 6 4 7 3 8 1 8 9 128 09 12 15 19 22 25 29 32 35 Inter 2 3 3 2 4 4 9 5 8 6 6 7 5 8 4 9 3 leaved 2 09 12 16 19 23 26 3 33 36 o...

Page 80: ...inches Epson or IBM Proprinter Dot Matrix Width 1 2 3 Code 3 of 9 2 7 5 4 8 1 11 22 32 Code 128 2 5 5 7 6 1 2 3 Interleaved 2 2 2 4 4 6 6 of 5 9 18 26 POSTNET 6 5 25 EAN 13 1 5 3 1 4 6 06 12 18 EAN 8...

Page 81: ...Calculate and add a check digit to the bar code data ast Specifies whether start stop characters are automatically generated or manually added This parameter only applies to bar code type Code 3 of 9...

Page 82: ...er the incorrect value For example a bar code command string has been entered however an invalid hr value of 3 has been specified B2 6 6 3 0 0 code128_B The PQ 8 would cause all characters after the i...

Page 83: ...s does not include start stop characters and check digits This data overrun by barcode To avoid overlapping bar codes with text always allow for sufficient vertical line spacing by adding line feeds f...

Page 84: ...characters A Z Valid other characters space Example B1 4 1 1 1 1 0123456789 B 0123456789 Figure 6 2 Code 3 of 9 POSTNET Maximum number of data characters 30 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanu...

Page 85: ...ric characters N A Valid other characters N A Example B5 5 1 1 1 0 0123456789 B 0 01234 56789 5 Figure 6 4 UPC A EAN 8 Required number of data characters 7 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanume...

Page 86: ...N A Valid other characters Example B7 3 1 1 1 0 012345678912 B Figure 6 6 EAN 13 Interleaved 2 of 5 Maximum number of data characters 30 Valid numeric characters 0 9 Valid alphanumeric characters N A...

Page 87: ...se two steps 1 Define which code set you want to use type A to represent code A type B to represent Code B and type C to represent code C 2 If you are using code set B enter the data characters direct...

Page 88: ...stration purposes only and is not a recommended way of bar coding The following data string is a fairly complex way of bar coding 10PQ 810 B2 A1716 6PQ 8 510 B A selects code set A 17 selects the numb...

Page 89: ...bol Character Data Character Value Code A Code B Code C 00 SP SP 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 07 07 08 08 09 09 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 0 0 16 17 1 1 17 18 2 2 18 19 3 3 19 20...

Page 90: ...Character Value Code A Code B Code C 28 28 29 29 30 30 31 31 32 32 33 A A 33 34 B B 34 35 C C 35 36 D D 36 37 E E 37 38 F F 38 39 G G 39 40 H H 40 41 I I 41 42 J J 42 43 K K 43 44 L L 44 45 M M 45 46...

Page 91: ...Code A Code B Code C 56 X X 56 57 Y Y 57 58 Z Z 58 59 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 63 _ _ 63 64 NUL 64 65 SOH a 65 66 STX b 66 67 ETX c 67 68 EOT d 68 69 ENQ e 69 70 ACK f 70 71 BEL g 71 72 BS h 72 73 HT i 73...

Page 92: ...ta Character Value Code A Code B Code C 84 DC4 t 84 85 NAK u 85 86 SYN v 86f 87 ETB w 87 88 CAN x 88 89 EM y 89 90 SUB z 90 91 ESC 91 92 FS 92 93 GS 93 0 RS 94 1 US DEL 95 2 FNC3 FNC3 96 3 FNC2 FNC2 9...

Page 93: ...mmands This means that if an I O font change command is followed by an IOGL command to rotate text the text would print in the specified font IOGL is also independent of regular text data This allows...

Page 94: ...t x center y center angle of rotation Shading Color GS of values color 1 shading 1 color 2 shading 2 Pie Chart GP line width x center y center radius of segments segment value 1 segment value 2 Bar Ch...

Page 95: ...each 1 to 9 segments printed in pie chart integers of number of values to be printed each 1 to 12 entries in bar or run line chart integers angle of angle of rotation of arc or text degrees arc 0 to r...

Page 96: ...point in integer integer a line chart x start x coordinate of start position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl 0 x end x coordinate of end position n 300 inch positive for lines a...

Page 97: ...lues y start y coordinate of start position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl 0 y end y coordinate of end position n 300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers incl 0 y increme...

Page 98: ...left hand corner of the printable area of the page see Figure 6 9 The printable area of the page may vary with the printer model and paper size being used Refer to your printer s user s guide for spec...

Page 99: ...rd slash 4 Do not enter numeric values with commas for example 50 000 The printer interface will interpret the to be the end of the parameter so that for example 50 000 would be interpreted as two val...

Page 100: ...101 PQ 8P PQ 8S Figure 6 10 Example of Line X Y end 100 600 X Y start 100 0 2 inches...

Page 101: ...ified xy start to the xy end The box cannot be rotated line width is specified in mm shading can range from 0 to 100 For example GB2 300 300 600 600 30 draws a box with 2 mm wide border and 30 shading...

Page 102: ...y center For example GC2 900 2400 300 70 draws a circle with a radius of 1 inch 300 300 inches Figure 6 12 NOTE To avoid cutting off part of the circle make sure that the radius and the x y center val...

Page 103: ...rting at xy start and ending when the angle of rotation is completed Angle is measured from theoretical line xy center to xy start and rotates clockwise For example GA1 500 900 900 900 180 draws an ar...

Page 104: ...ter is not capable of recognizing PCL color commands all printing will be black Refer to pie and bar charts for an example Pie Chart GP line width x center y center radius of segments segment value 1...

Page 105: ...00 3 10 20 30 draws a three segment pie chart If the attached printer is a PCL color printer the first segment will be blue 01 the second segment will be red 02 and the third segment will be green 04...

Page 106: ...value 10 will be 1 6 of the complete circle 10 10 20 30 10 60 1 6 the second segment value 20 will be 2 6 of the complete circle 20 60 and the third segment will be 3 6 of the complete circle Figure 6...

Page 107: ...ar will have the color and or shading as specified in the shading command bar 1 is color shading value 1 A maximum of 12 bars can be printed For example GS3 01 20 02 50 04 80 GH1 100 2400 300 1 100 3...

Page 108: ...dollars the y increment should be small for example 1 If you are charting the number of customer complaints per period the y increment should be high for example 100 or more Be aware that the bar hei...

Page 109: ...the y increment should be small for example 1 If you are charting the number of customer complaints per period the y increment should be high for example 100 or more x increment horizontal distance b...

Page 110: ...t text in the active font with the specified rotation and specified xy start Text will be rotated counterclockwise For example GT1000 1000 90 TEXT prints the word TEXT in the active font with 90 degre...

Page 111: ...c tronic forms However progra mming with IOGL follows the ame general steps 1 Determine which IOGL elements are needed to create the desired output For example the bar chart in Figure 6 19 uses four d...

Page 112: ...margin Figure 6 20 BOYD GARY SHAWN WEEKDAY Wednesday Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday OF CALLS 40 30 20 10 Week of March 24 1995 SALES CALLS PER DAY 1 Following the above mentioned general steps we fir...

Page 113: ...114 PQ 8P PQ 8S Figure 6 20 Placement of Bar Chart Origin of Chart 1 inch 5 inches 10 inches 4 inches Approximate Area of Bar Chart...

Page 114: ...d the preceding shading color command string GS of values color 1 shading 1 color 2 shading 2 GH line width x start y start x increment y increment bar width of entries value 1 value 2 The bar chart s...

Page 115: ...meters are GX bar chart Gary GS5 02 75 02 75 02 75 02 75 02 75 GH1 375 3000 300 30 75 5 35 36 38 39 31 Bar Chart Shawn Shawn s bar chart was to be printed directly to the right of Gary s The resulting...

Page 116: ...on There are several ways to link the graphical output to a host application One method is to simply add the IOGL commands to the application code This means that whenever the application is used and...

Page 117: ...ing the cartridge or SIMM differs the final result is the same The stored image is assigned a macro ID number that must be called up by the application when the image is to be printed Please refer to...

Page 118: ...ly to the PQ 8 and in Ready mode 2 Type Z98 1 on the screen This chapter provides instructions for performing diagnostic tests on the PQ 8 It also contains a problem resolution guide that describes co...

Page 119: ...ing mode 5 Power off the PQ 8 and return configuration switch SW1 8 to the o position Two self test pages will print if the PQ 8 is installed properly Sample printouts are shown beginning on page 17 T...

Page 120: ...urn configuration switch SW1 8 to the o position after printing is completed 7 3 ASCII Hex Dump The PQ 8 can be set up to print the buffer in hexadecimal ASCII code This differs from the EBCDIC hex du...

Page 121: ...PQ 8 3 Set configuration switches SW1 1 through SW1 3 and SW1 8 to 4 Verify that the printer is connected properly to the PQ 8 and in Ready mode 5 Power on the PQ 8 The PQ 8 will start the self diagno...

Page 122: ...r Improper Byte process received an non functioning circuits Vector improper interrupt or microprocessor problems value Error in Poll A poll test was sent to A terminated cable is not Address X the in...

Page 123: ...eriod Input Data Available The bit signaling that A properly terminated cable Bit Bad data was received was is not attached a driver not set as expected circuitry failure a receiver circuit failure or...

Page 124: ...nsmitter circuit failure proper data a receiver circuit failure or an ASIC failure Overflow Counter This tests the This indicates an ASIC Bad protection circuit in failure the ASIC designed to prevent...

Page 125: ...r This error indicates This indicates an error in Detected or Parity that the twinaxial the parity generation by the Failure receiver detected a twinaxial output a parity error on malfunctioning of th...

Page 126: ...to the host at the address specified printer Host is not operating Check host system Damaged or improper Check host cabling for cabling damage or improper connection Twinax cable Make sure the prior d...

Page 127: ...pinouts are Review the pin assignments incompatible with on the printer s input port printer cable PQ 8 and the PQ 8 s output port Printer loses host Improper or damaged Check host cabling for communi...

Page 128: ...ndscape is changed Form length is Form length incorrect Change form length incorrect in software Incorrect configuration Make sure the host at the host configuration matches the printer s Printer won...

Page 129: ...or increase and page size is page size so it is larger than 8 1 2 x 14 or less 8 1 2 x 14 or change width and width is less than and height so width is height greater than height Refer to Section 5 8...

Page 130: ...Section 5 8 for additional information APO feature is OFF Set PQ 8 orientation to and orientation is set portrait to COR COR host override allowed or landscape Printer does not APO feature is ON Turn...

Page 131: ...AFT print quality processing printer file in printer file is set to COR and host print quality in printer file is STD or NLQ DisplayWrite 36 or There might be a Choose yes to printer OfficeVision 400...

Page 132: ...8 CP850 P L 17 1 8 5 254 Line Printer R 8 CP850 P L 19 8 5 281 Line Printer R 8 CP850 P L 13 33 8 5 204 Courier italic R 8 CP850 P L 10 12 18 Courier bold R 8 CP850 P L 10 12 46 Courier R 8 CP850 P L...

Page 133: ...12 87 CG Times R 8 CP850 P L Prop 6 4605 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 8 4606 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 10 4607 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 12 4608 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 14 4609 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 18 4611 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 24 46...

Page 134: ...850 P L Prop 30 4637 CG Times R 8 CP850 P L Prop 6 4645 italic R 8 CP850 P L Prop 8 4646 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 10 4647 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 12 4648 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 14 4649 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 18 4651 R 8...

Page 135: ...P L Prop 24 4674 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 30 4677 Univers R 8 CP850 P L Prop 6 4805 medium R 8 CP850 P L Prop 8 4806 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 10 4807 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 12 4808 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 14 4809 R 8 CP8...

Page 136: ...R 8 CP850 P L Prop 14 4829 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 18 4831 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 24 4834 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 30 4837 Univers med R 8 CP850 P L Prop 6 4845 condensed R 8 CP850 P L Prop 8 4846 R 8 CP850 P L Pro...

Page 137: ...c R 8 CP850 P L Prop 8 4866 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 10 4867 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 12 4868 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 14 4869 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 18 4871 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 24 4874 R 8 CP850 P L Prop 30 4877 ITC Zapf R...

Page 138: ...ts Time R 8 CP850 P Prop 8 157 Time R 8 CP850 P Prop 10 158 Time Bold R 8 CP850 P Prop 10 159 Time Italic R 8 CP850 P Prop 10 155 Helvetica R 8 CP850 P Prop 14 4 34126 Bold Courier Bold R 8 CP850 P L...

Page 139: ...Bold Letter Gothic R 8 CP850 P L 12 10 112 Italic Helvetica ASCII P Prop 6 181 Helvetica ASCII P Prop 8 183 Helvetica ASCII P Prop 8 182 Bold Helvetica ASCII P Prop 10 185 Bold Helvetica ASCII P Prop...

Page 140: ...0 12 3 Code 3 9 4 6N 3 of 9 P 4 6 12 240 Code 3 9 9 3N 3 of 9 P 9 3 12 61 EAN UPC UPC P Prop 12 171 Bold Bar Code EAN UPC UPC P Prop 12 170 Bar Code HP Cartridge Font Assignments Procollection Cartrid...

Page 141: ...12 51 Courier Bold Legal P 10 12 52 Courier Italic Legal P 10 12 53 Courier Legal P 12 10 93 Courier Bold Legal P 12 10 94 Courier Italic Legal P 12 10 95 Prestige Elite ASCII P L 15 7 220 Prestige E...

Page 142: ...l P 12 10 99 Italic Letter Gothic ASCII P L 27 3 6 291 Letter Gothic ASCII P L 19 6 281 Letter Gothic ASCII P L 17 1 9 5 257 Letter Gothic ASCII P L 12 12 66 Letter Gothic ASCII P L 12 12 69 Bold Lett...

Page 143: ...imes Roman ASCII P Prop 12 168 Bold Times Roman ASCII P Prop 12 169 Italic Times Roman Legal P Prop 8 173 Times Roman Legal P Prop 10 174 Times Roman Legal P Prop 10 175 Bold Times Roman Legal P Prop...

Page 144: ...rop 10 184 Helvetica ASCII P Prop 10 185 Bold Helvetica ASCII P Prop 10 186 Italic Helvetica ASCII P Prop 12 187 Helvetica ASCII P Prop 12 188 Bold Helvetica ASCII P Prop 12 189 Italic Helvetica ASCII...

Page 145: ...CG Times DskTop P Prop 8 4814 Italic CG Times DskTop P Prop 10 4687 CG Times DskTop P Prop 10 4707 Bold CG Times DskTop P Prop 10 4815 Italic CG Times DskTop P Prop 12 4688 CG Times DskTop P Prop 12...

Page 146: ...Bold CG Times DskTop P Prop 24 4714 Bold Univers DskTop P Prop 14 4789 Univers DskTop P Prop 18 4791 Univers DskTop P Prop 24 4794 Microsoft Cartridge Helv R 8 P Prop 8 34102 Helv R 8 P Prop 10 34103...

Page 147: ...e Size No Helv Bold R 8 P Prop 14 34125 TmsRmn R 8 P Prop 8 5686 TmsRmn R 8 P Prop 10 5687 TmsRmn R 8 P Prop 10 5707 Bold TmsRmn R 8 P Prop 10 5815 Italic TmsRmn R 8 P Prop 12 5688 TmsRmn R 8 P Prop 1...

Page 148: ...L 15 7 221 Prestige Elite R 8 P L 12 10 86 Prestige Elite R 8 P L 12 10 111 Bold Prestige Elite R 8 P L 12 10 112 Italic Prestige Elite Legal P L 15 7 219 Prestige Elite Legal P L 12 10 97 Prestige El...

Page 149: ...ter Gothic Legal P L 27 3 6 292 Letter Gothic Legal P L 12 12 90 Letter Gothic Legal P L 12 12 107 Bold Letter Gothic Legal P L 12 12 106 Italic Presentation ASCII P L 8 1 16 434 Bold Presentation Leg...

Page 150: ...tion ASCII P L 8 1 16 434 Bold Presentation Legal P L 8 1 16 431 Bold Presentation ASCII P L 6 5 18 435 Bold Presentation Legal P L 6 5 18 432 Bold Presentation ASCII P L 5 7 24 436 Bold Presentation...

Page 151: ...Line Bold PCLin P L 10 14 32 Forms Etc Cartridge Univers R 8 P L Prop 6 33101 Univers R 8 P L Prop 8 33102 Univers Bold R 8 P L Prop 8 33122 Univers Bold R 8 P L Prop 10 33123 Univers Bold R 8 P L Pr...

Page 152: ...idge Letter Gothic R 8 P L 15 9 5 230 Letter Gothic R 8 P L 12 12 87 Letter Gothic R 8 P L 10 14 40 OCR A OCR A P 10 12 19 OCR B OCR B P 10 12 3 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 P 8 1 12 60 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 P 4 6...

Page 153: ...Size No Text Equations Prestige Elite R 8 P 15 7 221 Prestige Elite R 8 P 17 1 7 256 Prestige Elite R 8 P 12 10 86 Prestige Elite R 8 P 12 10 111 Bold Prestige Elite R 8 P 12 10 112 Italic CG Times R...

Page 154: ...Typestyle Size No Global Text Cartridge CG Century R 8 P L Prop 8 16950 Schoolbook CG Century R 8 P L Prop 10 16951 Schoolbook CG Century R 8 P L Prop 10 16971 Schlbk Bold CG Century R 8 P L Prop 10...

Page 155: ...Faces Cartridge Microstyle ASCII P Prop 18 5910 Microstyle ASCII P Prop 36 5920 Bold Hobo ASCII P Prop 30 5930 Medium Hobo ASCII P Prop 14 5940 Medium Thunderbird ASCII P Prop 54 5950 Signet ASCII P...

Page 156: ...talic 430 Courier 460 Courier bold 470 Courier italic 480 Courier bold italic 490 Symbol 3400 Wingdings 3500 Table B 1 is a list of the resident scalable fonts and font numbers for current PCL compati...

Page 157: ...600 CG Omega 4919 CG Omega bold 4939 CG Omega italic 5047 CG Omega bold italic 5067 CG Times 5687 CG Times bold 5707 CG Times italic 5815 CG Times bold italic 5835 Arial 6199 Arial bold 6219 Arial ita...

Page 158: ...albfett 8651 Coronet 8759 Clarendon condensed 8779 Marigold 8887 Albertus medium 12855 Albertus extra bold 12875 Times New 16951 Times New bold 16971 Times New italic 17079 Times New bold italic 17099...

Page 159: ...Univers bold condensed italic 33729 Univers medium 34103 Univers bold 34123 Univers medium italic 34231 Univers bold italic 34251 3812 Font Numbers that use the CG Times Typeface Sonoran Serif 751 Son...

Page 160: ...Code Page 850 The IBM 4214 5224 5225 and 5256 printer emulations support both the Code Page 850 and Code Page 437 character sets The selection between the two available character sets decides which is...

Page 161: ...7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z D d S s NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL BS HT LF VT FF C...

Page 162: ...Code Page 850 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z _ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x...

Page 163: ...S input 6 Data Set Ready DSR input 7 Signal Ground 8 19 No connection 20 Data Terminal Ready DTR output Figure D 1 Input and Output Connector Pinout The PQ 8S uses a standard RS 232 C 25 pin serial pr...

Page 164: ...Figure D 2 Serial Printer Cable Pinout This pinout will work with most PCs and printers which means the supplied cable can be used as either sharing cable or printer cable When used to connect the pri...

Page 165: ...ut Select 14 Output nAutoFd always high 15 Input nFault 16 Output nInit always high 17 Output nSelectIn always high 18 25 Signal Ground Shell Chassis Ground The PQ 8P uses standard 36 pin 25 pin Centr...

Page 166: ...rection Name 1 Input nStrobe 2 9 Input Data 1 Data 8 10 Output nAck 11 Output Busy 12 Output PError 13 Output Select 14 15 No connection 16 Signal Ground 17 Chassis Ground 18 Output Optional 5V 350 mA...

Page 167: ...s on the back panel 9 Connect the printer and the PC LAN to the PQ 8 then connect the power cord 10 Power on the printer then the PQ 8 To transfer power to pin 18 of the parallel input connector of th...

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