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7.4  Host Printing

The TX/CX 4000 will auto-detect
which host environment (coax or
twinax) to operate in by the cable
adapter plugged into the 9-pin host
connector. If no host cable adapter
is connected to the interface, the
front panel will display a message to
connect one.

Depending on the IBM printer

emulation selected, you will have
access to all the features of the IBM
printer the TX/CX 4000 is
emulating. The interface also needs
to be told which ASCII output
printer (command 60) to use to
convert EBCDIC data streams from
the host into the ASCII format the
printer can use.

In addition to the features of the

emulated IBM printer, ASCII
printers will often have other
capabilities, which you can take
advantage of using Command Pass-
Thru.

7.5  Host Port Initialization

The TX/CX 4000 reconfigures the
printer according to the active coax
configuration settings after shared
printing. If you want to modify the
printer configuration further (for
example, select a different font for
all host printing) take advantage of
the host-port initialization string.
Unlike the Parallel and Serial
Shared Port Initialization Strings,

which are usually overridden by
commands coming with the
PC/LAN print job, the Host Port
Initialization String is not sent to the
printer until after the interface has
reconfigured the printer for host
printing. The initialization string is
sent at the beginning of each
printed page.

7.6  Connecting Two Printers

The TX/CX 4000 allows host print
jobs to be sent to two different
printers. Simply connect one printer
via the parallel port and the other
via the serial port to the interface.
Verify the Serial Out Settings. Switch
from one Printer Port to the other
by using the Host/PC download
command 66 or by changing the
printer-port settings through the
TX/CX 4000’s front panel.

It does not matter whether the

printer port is selected with or
without the initialization string. In
coax mode, the interface always
sends the host port initialization
string with each page. 

7.7  Serial Printing

When printing to a serial printer,
verify the current Serial Out setting:
baud rate, word length, stop bits,
parity. The TX/CX 4000 does not
offer handshaking settings. Rather, it
automatically detects if the printer is
ready to receive data or not,

Summary of Contents for TX/CX 4000

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Page 6: ...Host Port Initialization 47 5 6 Connecting Two Printers 47 5 7 Twinax Drive 48 5 8 Serial Printing 48 5 9 Laser Printer Operation 48 5 9 1 Changing Typestyles 50 5 9 2 Font Change Commands 50 5 9 3 Pa...

Page 7: ...5 Host Port Initialization 114 7 6 Connecting Two Printers 114 7 7 Serial Printing 114 7 8 Print Position and Page Length 115 7 9 Laser Printing HP PCL protocol selected 116 7 10 Computer Output Redu...

Page 8: ...2 H x 6 4 W x 5 5 D 5 1 x 16 3 x 13 9 cm Weight 3 lb 1 4 kg Hardware Requirements ASCII parallel or serial printer Software Requirements No special host drivers needed Emulation AS 400 or System 3X t...

Page 9: ...ale cross cable The TX CX 4000 is a powerful yet easy to operate printer interface It has a multitude of features that you can access through its front panel or by sending download commands from the h...

Page 10: ...the printer verify that the printer functions properly by performing a printer self test Consult the printer s user s guide for instructions on how to start and evaluate the self test If the printer...

Page 11: ...Pressing List displays the next setup item I O Powers the TX CX 4000 ON and OFF A flow chart of the twinax front panel is shown in Chapter 4 A flow chart of the coax front panel is shown in Chapter 6...

Page 12: ...will appear in front of the chosen selection Press List to list the next item in the Setup Menu Press Menu to exit the Setup Menu and go to the next menu 7 Follow the instructions in Step 6 above to...

Page 13: ...he printer See your system operator or system manuals for details You must also set the twinax address on the TX CX 4000 Table 4 1 Emulation and Device IDs for Various Host Systems Host System Printer...

Page 14: ...X 4000 configure the BASIC SETUP parameters The following pages outline the main menu options with their accompanying host download command numbers shown to the left To change any of the default optio...

Page 15: ...Stop 75 Out Parity 76 Input Baud 77 Input Word 78 Input Stop 20 Twinax Drive 03 Host Timeout 50 P S Timeout Matrix 16 Override Host 17 ASCII Codes 22 Print Quality 23 Draft Print 24 IBM Emulation 25 C...

Page 16: ...in 06 Denmark Norway 14 Spanish Speaking 07 Finland Sweden 15 United Kingdom 42 Buffer Print 0 No 1 Yes 60 Output Printer 0 IBM PPDS 6 EPSON LQ 24 pin 1 EPSON ESC P2 7 EPSON DFX 2 HP PCL 3812 8 EPSON...

Page 17: ...NLQ 23 Draft Print 0 Normal Draft 1 Fast Draft 24 IBM Emulation 0 5256 1 5224 2 5225 3 4214 25 Carriage Cmds 0 Use Form Feeds 1 FF by LFs 2 Ignore FFs 3 No CR LF FF 26 Line Length 0 Wrap beyond 8 1 Tr...

Page 18: ...rt of the command is printed the TX CX 4000 did not recognize the command because of a problem in the format Check the syntax of the command and send it again You can send Host PC downloads commands t...

Page 19: ...TX CX 4000 to ignore the command and resume printing from the point where the error occurred For example to change the Twinax Address from the default of 0 to 4 enter Z00 4 6 Multiple commands can be...

Page 20: ...ands Table 4 2 shows the Twinax Host PC Download command and its command number in alphabetical order This table includes all configuration parameters accessible through the front panel as well as add...

Page 21: ...d Commands Host PC Download Command Command Number 11 x 17 A3 Paper Size 32 10 CPI String 86 12 CPI String 88 15 CPI String 87 16 7 CPI String 89 6 LPI String 84 8 LPI String 85 Alt CPT End Delimiters...

Page 22: ...load Command Command Number Auto Print Orientation 08 Buffer Print 42 Carriage Cmds 25 Draft Print 23 Duplexing 33 Horizontal Margin Adjust 19 Host Language 05 Host Timeout 03 IBM Emulation 24 Input B...

Page 23: ...ber Output Port 66 Output Printer 60 Override Format 16 P S Timeout 50 Paper Drawer 3 15 Paper Drawer 1 13 Paper Drawer 2 14 Paper Size 09 Parallel Port Initialization 56 Portrait 06 Print Quality 22...

Page 24: ...ownload Commands continued Host PC Download Command Command Number Serial Out Baud Rate 72 Serial Out Word Length 73 True LPI 10 Twinax Address 00 Twinax Drive 20 Twinax Port Initialization 11 User De...

Page 25: ...PTION 0 Sets new twinax address to 6 Example Z00 4 sets twinax address to 4 COMMAND 01 ALTERNATE CPT START DELIMITER Creates an alternate Command Pass Thru CPT start delimiter Also works as an alterna...

Page 26: ...delimiter COMMAND 03 HOST TIMEOUT Selects a new timeout value in seconds for the interface to wait for data from the host before allowing the printer to honor PC print jobs VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 to 99...

Page 27: ...tugal 13 Spain 14 Spanish speaking 15 United Kingdom Example Z05 00 selects the multinational character set COMMAND 06 PORTRAIT ORIENTATION 3812 laser printing only Selects or deselects portrait print...

Page 28: ...ownload commands 06 and 07 to value 1 Example Z07 1 selects landscape COMMAND 08 AUTOMATIC PRINT ORIENTATION 3812 laser printing only Selects or deselects automatic print orientation APO VALUE DESCRIP...

Page 29: ...page in 3812 emulation or when the host becomes active after serial or parallel printing in matrix emulation Consult the printer s user s guide for the available commands and proper hex values Exampl...

Page 30: ...ches the host s Paper Drawer 3 command with a physical paper source from the printer When the host sends a command to the printer to feed from paper drawer 3 the printer will feed from the paper sourc...

Page 31: ...or HP PCL Matrix only Example Z17 0 selects the HP Roman 8 character set COMMAND 18 VERTICAL MARGIN ADJUST 3812 laser printing only Adjusts the upper left corner starting vertical position for printin...

Page 32: ...The characters shown in parentheses are sent to the printer when the host font number is received Refer to the printer s user s guide or the documentation accompanying the font cartridge for a list of...

Page 33: ...print command comes from the host or from the TX CX 4000 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Normal draft 1 Fast Draft NOTE Fast Draft is not available on all printers Example Z23 1 sets the printer to print Fast Dra...

Page 34: ...tings and replace FF with multiple LF COMMAND 26 LINE LENGTH Matrix only Sets the printer to wrap or truncate text lines longer than 8 inches VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Wrap beyond 8 1 Truncate at 8 Example...

Page 35: ...ode All data is printed in hex code which allows the detection of any unwanted commands coming from the host VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No action taken 1 Yes start buffer print 2 Stop buffer print only possi...

Page 36: ...readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes Refer to Section 5 3 VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 up to 25 hex bytes Defines the init string 1 Deletes init string Example Z56 1 deletes the hex strings...

Page 37: ...g will not be effective immediately To activate the new output printer setting cycle power on the TX CX 4000 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 IBM PPDS 1 EPSON ESC P2 2 HP PCL 3812 5 IBM Proprinter 1 6 EPSON LQ 24...

Page 38: ...0 baud 1 19 200 baud 2 9 600 baud 3 4 800 baud 4 2 400 baud 5 1 200 baud 6 600 baud 7 300 baud Example Z72 0 sets the outgoing baud rate to 38 400 COMMAND 73 SERIAL OUT WORD LENGTH Selects the Word Le...

Page 39: ...cycle power on the TX CX 4000 VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 1 Bit 2 2 Bits Example Z74 2 sets the number of Stop Bits to 2 COMMAND 75 SERIAL OUT PARITY Selects the Parity of a data stream sent from the interfa...

Page 40: ...baud 1 19 200 baud 2 9 600 baud 3 4 800 baud 4 2 400 baud 5 1 200 baud 6 600 baud 7 300 baud 9 Disabled Example Z76 0 sets the receiving baud rate to 38 400 COMMAND 77 INPUT WORD Selects the word len...

Page 41: ...ng cycle power on the TX CX 4000 VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 1 Bit 2 2 Bits Example Z78 2 sets the number of Stop Bits to 2 COMMAND 79 INPUT PARITY Selects the parity of a data stream received at the serial i...

Page 42: ...84 1 1B 32 assigns the 6 LPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 32 to the Host PC download command 84 COMMAND 85 8 LPI STRING Matrix only Generic output protocol see command 60 Defines...

Page 43: ...see command 60 Defines the 12 CPI String See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 bytes of ASCII hex code Example Z88 1 1B 4D assigns the 12 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 printer hex value 1B 4D t...

Page 44: ...ve setup in the permanent memory of the interface so it will be in effect whenever the printer is powered on Otherwise active configuration commands are lost when the printer is turned off VALUE DESCR...

Page 45: ...will indicate from which input port the print job is coming host serial or parallel and to which output port the print job is directed serial or parallel When the TX CX 4000 is powered on it checks f...

Page 46: ...onfiguration for shared printing e g set it to PostScript mode use the parallel and or serial initialization strings Host PC download commands 56 and 58 respectively Consult the printer s user s guide...

Page 47: ...host printing In 3812 emulation the Init String is sent at the beginning of each printed page in all other emulations the Init String is sent at the beginning of the first host print job 5 6 Connecti...

Page 48: ...ther ASCII device The TX CX 4000 will indicate to the PC LAN printer server or other ASCII device when it is ready to receive data and when it isn t regardless of what handshaking method the PC LAN pr...

Page 49: ...38 Typestyle Number Font ID Hex Pitch CPI Description 05 05 10 Presentation 11 0B 10 Courier 13 0D 10 Courier 80 50 12 Prestige Elite 85 55 12 Courier 86 56 12 Prestige Elite 87 57 12 Letter Gothic 9...

Page 50: ...has taken place and may send the original font number to the printer at the beginning of each page Therefore the user may have to put a Font Change command at the beginning of each new page If the pit...

Page 51: ...he last line or two of the page prints at the top of a new page more lines per page have been formatted than can print 5 9 4 PAPER SIZE Configure the printer s setup to the paper size used most The TX...

Page 52: ...gns the right margin The interface supports justification for fixed fonts only For best results using justification change the zone width to 1 instead of 6 5 9 5 PAPER DRAWER SELECTION Hewlett Packard...

Page 53: ...as an example lists the corresponding paper tray used for an HP LaserJet 4 Si and HP LaserJet 4 Plus Table 5 2 Default Values for Paper Tray Host PC Paper Default HP LaserJet HP LaserJet Download Draw...

Page 54: ...or legal size page without redesigning the report APO and COR can also be applied to word processing documents Figure 5 1 shows the decision process used to determine the orientation of reports sent...

Page 55: ...he report will print in landscape If it is set to portrait the report will print in portrait If COR is selected by setting portrait and landscape to OFF on the front panel or by sending host download...

Page 56: ...ion Use STO Command with requested font STO COR NO 2 Automatic Print Orientation APO YES NO 3 Is Page Size Valid YES NO 6 Width Greater Than Height YES NO LANDSCAPE in requested font PORTRAIT in reque...

Page 57: ...ivate the Auto Print Orientation feature via the front panel The following example shows how to print envelopes from a word processing program using the printer s optional envelope feeder 1 Select lin...

Page 58: ...lect a paper size of 8 5 width x 11 length inches and paper source 1 If the letter is more than one page select paper source of 1 for the following pages Press ENTER to return to the Document Format s...

Page 59: ...er s operator panel to eject the last page 5 10 3 DUPLEX PRINTING Some printers can perform both simplex single sided and duplex double sided printing Duplex printing can be accomplished in three ways...

Page 60: ...age will be 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 press...

Page 61: ...ign correctly In these cases the TY command prevents the printer from compressing the line spacing Use the I and S commands to remove unwanted host commands from a print file For example when printing...

Page 62: ...5224 5225 emulation only allows 10 and 15 CPI printing and the 5256 emulation only allows 10 CPI printing unless the CPI is overridden at the printer s front panel 5 14 2 GRAPHICS PRINTING The TX CX...

Page 63: ...tly the only Epson 9 pin printer with the capability to print true 15 CPI 5 15 Generic Mode The Generic output protocol should be used when the other output protocols of the TX CX 4000 are inadequate...

Page 64: ...able through the host software Command Pass Thru lets you place printer specific command sequences into the data sent to the printer The TX CX 4000 recognizes these special sequences and passes the co...

Page 65: ...inted an error has been made entering the codes Check the document and make sure the correct format and EBCDIC hexadecimal characters are being used Avoid sending codes that would move the print posit...

Page 66: ...ss Thru delimiters you should take advantage of the User Defined Strings feature Using Host PC download command 55 assign the numbers 0 through 5 to frequently used printer command strings After a com...

Page 67: ...ult represents Courier 10 cpi You can assign the font ID 11 to a different font e g Courier bold 10 cpi by sending the Host PC download command Z21 0 11 12U s0p10h12v0s3b 4099T to the printer Font ID...

Page 68: ...8 LPI 1 Double 3 4 LPI 07 Print Case 0 Mono 1 Dual 30 Override Format 0 Disable 1 Enable 42 Buffer Hex Dump 1 Yes 2 No NOTE indicates factory defaults The TX CX 4000 can be configured through the fron...

Page 69: ...d 0 38 4K 4 2400 1 19 2K 5 1200 2 9600 6 600 3 4800 7 300 77 Input Word and 73 Output Word 7 7 bits 8 8 bits 78 Input Stop and 74 Output Stop 1 1 bit 2 2 bits 79 Input Parity and 75 Output Parity 0 No...

Page 70: ...11 Paper Path 0 Ignore Host 4 Manual sheet 1 Tray 1 Tractor 5 Manual envelope 2 Tray 2 Primary 7 Epson DFX Front 3 Envelope 8 Epson DFX Rear 25 Form Feed Usage 0 Obey All 2 Ignore FFs 1 FF by LFs 26 E...

Page 71: ...t MMP 1 0 Next Line 1 Current Line 16 NL at MMP 1 0 2 Lines 1 Current Line 17 Text After FF 0 PP 1 2 lines 1 PP 1 1 line 18 FF at EOB 0 PP 1 on Line 2 1 PP 1 on line 1 19 FF Valid Position 0 PP 1 or M...

Page 72: ...oblem in the format Check the syntax of the command and send the command again You can send invalid Host PC download commands to the printer For example if you selected an output printer different fro...

Page 73: ...chained together by using a slash or backslash to separate the commands no spaces allowed For example to set the Output Printer Command 60 to HP LaserJet PCL 4 Option 2 the Output Port Command 66 to P...

Page 74: ...I String 86 12 CPI String 88 15 CPI String 87 16 7 CPI String 89 6 LPI String 84 8 LPI String 85 Action at End of Job 20 Alternate Command ID Characters 41 Alternate Paper Tray 63 Automatic Print Orie...

Page 75: ...ng Delimiter Characters 40 CPT Ending Delimiter Characters 39 CR at MPP 1 15 Custom User Strings 55 Empty Forms 26 EPSON Matrix Font 09 FF After Dump 13 FF After Timeout 27 FF At End of Print 18 FF Be...

Page 76: ...mand Number Input Parity 79 Input Stop 78 Input Word 77 Interval Timeout 34 Laser Paper Size 32 Line Spacing 04 Lines Per Inch 02 LU1 Language 08 Manual Feed Tray Organization 64 Matrix Quality 21 Max...

Page 77: ...nslation Table 71 Overwrite EBCDIC SCS LU1 Translation 70 Table PA Response 35 Paper Path 11 Parallel Port Initialization String 56 Primary Paper Tray Orientation 62 Print Case 07 P S Timeout 50 Resto...

Page 78: ...in Permanent Memory 99 Suppress IBM Code 36 Text After FF 17 True LPI 38 Truncate Wrap Select 31 Vertical Channel 37 Asterisks identify factory default settings Invalid commands such as selecting 2 L...

Page 79: ...rs COMMAND 02 LINES PER INCH Selects default LPI VALUE DESCRIPTION 3 3 LPI 4 4 LPI 6 6 LPI 8 8 LPI NOTE This default emulates the front panel selection on an IBM printer Example Z2 8 Sets the printer...

Page 80: ...01 Set form length in number of lines to 255 66 Factory Default NOTE The 000 value enables the front panel selection on the printer to control the form length when Command 25 is set to value 0 Example...

Page 81: ...Example Z6 80 Sets MPP to 80 characters COMMAND 07 PRINT CASE Selects default print case VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Mono case 1 Dual case NOTE This default affects only LU3 printing Example Z7 0Sets default...

Page 82: ...ace The command value should match the language number used in IBM CU configuration sequence number 121 Example Z8 04 Sets LU1 language to Brazil COMMAND 09 EPSON MATRIX FONT Selects Epson default fon...

Page 83: ...the PPM command is received from the host the interface always sends the paper source to the printer unless value 0 or 1 is selected The printer ignores the command if it does not have a secondary pa...

Page 84: ...erations Example Z12 1 Performs a FF before local screen dump COMMAND 13 FF AFTER DUMP Specifies whether a form feed is performed after a local screen dump VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No form feed after local...

Page 85: ...local copy NOTES To use this function the RPQ should be IBM 3268 RPQ SC9505 IBM 3287 RPQ SC3741 IBM 4214 OPT 18 2 Available only in LU3 non SCS operations Values 0 and 1 are only functional from CUT...

Page 86: ...S operation Example Z16 1 Performs first PP of next line as the next PP when an NL is received at MPP 1 COMMAND 17 TEXT AFTER FF Sets the printer in accordance with the RPQ installed in the control un...

Page 87: ...ion Example Z18 1 Performs first PP of first line on next form as the next PP when a valid FF is received at the end of an IBM print buffer COMMAND 19 FF VALID POSITION Sets the printer in accordance...

Page 88: ...Available only in LU3 non SCS operation Do not press the form feed or line feed button on the front of the printer This will cause the host and printer to lose synchronization of paper position This...

Page 89: ...s specified in Command 5 COMMAND 26 EMPTY FORMS Suppresses blank printout pages caused by form feed commands that occur at the top of a form VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 No do not suppress empty forms 1 Yes su...

Page 90: ...when unprinted data remains in the print buffer COMMAND 30 OVERRIDE FORMAT Enables the printer s front panel selections to control how a job is printed VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Disable 1 Enable NOTES When...

Page 91: ...the paper size used for printing VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Selects 8 1 2 x 11 letter paper 1 Selects A4 210mm x 297mm 8 27 X 11 69 paper 2 Selects 8 1 2 x 14 legal paper 3 Printer selected Example Z32 1 Sel...

Page 92: ...LPI control code 5 Suppress print quality specified in the PPM command NOTES If this command is set to 1 documents need to be formatted by sending transparent control codes to the printer using Comma...

Page 93: ...ss the vertical LPI spacing 1 Print using true 6 and 8 LPI spacing NOTE If true LPI is selected the user needs to adjust the document formats to allow for the reduced number of lines that can be print...

Page 94: ...3F COMMAND 40 CPT BEGINNING DELIMITER CHARACTERS Specifies the two characters to be used for the beginning delimiter characters for Command Pass Thru VALUE DESCRIPTION XXYY XX is the ASCII hexadecimal...

Page 95: ...P or U Example Z41 59 Specifies Y as the alternate command ID character COMMAND 42 BUFFER HEX DUMP After receiving a start command the TX CX 4000 starting with the next buffer received sends all host...

Page 96: ...Value 0 causes the 8 bit binary codes to be sent directly to the printer just as they are received from the host SCS code 36 functions the same as code 35 Available in SCS LU1 mode only Example Z45 0...

Page 97: ...printer supports intelligent emulation switching IES make sure the printer s timeout period is set to less than the Command 50 timeout setting Example Z50 10 Sets the time interval to 10 seconds COMM...

Page 98: ...then a parenthesis to end 4 5 NOTES To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes but is not included in the string The strings could specify a special font selection command or ot...

Page 99: ...initialization string Example Z56 1 deletes the hex strings previously defined as parallel port initialization string NOTES To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes but is not...

Page 100: ...esis to end NOTES To aid in readability a single space is allowed between hex bytes but is not included in the string The coax port initialization string is sent to the printer only when you turn the...

Page 101: ...IBM PPDS Matrix 1 Epson ESC P2 2 HP LaserJet PCL 4 3 IBM PPDS Laser 4 IBM HP Laser 5 IBM Proprinter 6 Epson LQ 24 pin 7 Epson DFX 8 Epson FX DFX old 9 Generic Matrix CPI and LPI NOTES A new setting w...

Page 102: ...1 2 x 11 or smaller Example Z61 1 Disables APO COMMAND 62 PRIMARY PAPER TRAY ORIENTATION The SCS LU1 PPM command specifying the paper tray can also have a printing orientation assigned to that paper...

Page 103: ...ommands Example Z63 2 Specifies that landscape orientation will be used for all printing in which the SCS LU1 PPM code specifies the alternate paper tray be used COMMAND 64 MANUAL FEED TRAY ORIENTATIO...

Page 104: ...t selection is changed This is the character set that the printer uses It must be selected at the printer by using the front panel Refer to the character set summary tables at the end of the self test...

Page 105: ...rmanent memory for them to be effective when the printer is next turned on The active EBCDIC SCS LU1 translation table prints out at the end of the interface self test summary Example Z70 7B 40 Z99 0...

Page 106: ...73 SERIAL OUT WORD LENGTH Selects the Word Length of data sent from the TX CX 4000 to the printer A new setting will not be effective immediately To activate the new setting cycle power on the TX CX 4...

Page 107: ...at the serial in port A new setting will not be effective immediately To activate the new setting cycle power on the TX CX 4000 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 38 400 baud 1 19 200 baud 2 9 600 baud 3 4 800 baud...

Page 108: ...tely To activate the new setting cycle power on the TX CX 4000 VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 None 1 Odd 2 Even Example Z79 2 Sets the parity to even COMMAND 84 6 LPI STRING Matrix only Generic output protocol s...

Page 109: ...ric output protocol see command 60 Defines the 10 CPI String See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 bytes of ASCII hex code Example Z86 1 1B 50 Assigns the 10 CPI command for an Epson LQ 2500 print...

Page 110: ...ing See command 84 VALUE DESCRIPTION 1 max 25 bytes of ASCII hex code Example Z89 1 1B 10 Assigns the 16 7 actually 17 CPI normal draft CPI command for an IBM Proprinter X24E hex value 1B 10 to the Ho...

Page 111: ...ORY Send this command after all desired host download configuration commands have been sent to the interface It stores the active setup in the permanent memory of the interface so it will be in effect...

Page 112: ...ttachment cable to determine which mode of operation is desired If none is found a message is shown on the front panel and the interface waits for a proper cable to be attached With the TX CX 4000 ins...

Page 113: ...one of the shared ports For PC LAN printing select the appropriate printer driver on the PC LAN printer server PC printing longer than 10 20 minutes depends on host configuration may cause the 3270 t...

Page 114: ...he host port initialization string Unlike the Parallel and Serial Shared Port Initialization Strings which are usually overridden by commands coming with the PC LAN print job the Host Port Initializat...

Page 115: ...e serial out port make sure that the in and out settings are comparable 7 8 Print Position and Page Length Table 7 1 outlines the PMPP Physical Maximum Print Position and PMPL Physical Maximum Page Le...

Page 116: ...font available in the printer or in the installed cartridge If the proper cartridge is not installed or the font does not exist on the cartridge then the printer will automatically select an alternat...

Page 117: ...at selection is not recommended 7 11 Automatic Print Orientation APO When Automatic Print Orientation APO is activated command 61 value 0 or through the front panel the TX CX 4000 notes the format of...

Page 118: ...lock 2 2 The TX CX 4000 calculates the page size If the page size is more than 8 1 2 x 11 the TX CX 4000 uses the paper source selections to control the orientation in the active font If the report is...

Page 119: ...n Logic YES 1 APO Active Command 61 or Front Panel Print according to Paper Tray Orientation Command 62 64 or Front Panel Setting NO 2 Print Size Less Than 8 1 2 x 11 NO YES NO 3 Is Length Less Than W...

Page 120: ...value of 1B 50 Use the Host PC download command 88 to assign the value 1B 50 to the 10 CPI string Type Z88 1 1B 50 From now on when the interface receives a request for 10 CPI from the host it will se...

Page 121: ...of the print feature Enter the beginning printer command then enter the ending delimiter or the custom delimiter as defined with command 39 No spaces are allowed 4 Move the cursor to the point in the...

Page 122: ...m feed command to the printer when it encounters the U3 code 7 13 3 SCS MODE TRANSPARENT DATA SCS transparent mode SCS TRN code 35 provides a method for transparent data transmission when operating in...

Page 123: ...tput is selected 6 Press the Menu button a second time to display TEST MENU This chapter provides instructions for performing diagnostic tests on the TX CX 4000 and a problem resolution guide that des...

Page 124: ...load command Z98 1 to start the self test Two self test pages will print if the TX CX 4000 is installed properly A sample printout of the first page is shown on the following page The selections in th...

Page 125: ...t Draft 24 IBM Emulation 0 5256 25 Carriage Cmds 0 Use Formfeeds 26 Line Length 0 Wrap beyond 8 50 Parallel Serial Timeout 08 seconds 60 Output Printer 9 Generic Strings 66 Output Port 0 Parallel 76 I...

Page 126: ...63 6C 74 FA 43 4C 54 33 4 85 8A B7 D4 64 6D 75 9F 44 4D 55 34 5 A0 A1 B5 D6 65 6E 76 F5 45 4E 56 35 6 C6 8C C7 D7 66 6F 77 F4 46 4F 57 36 7 86 8B 8F D8 67 70 78 AC 47 50 58 37 8 87 8D 80 DE 68 71 79...

Page 127: ...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 Host 0 No Overrides 17 ASCII Codes 1 Code Page 850 18 Vertical Margin Adjust 00 19 Horizontal...

Page 128: ...128 TX CX 4000 Twinax Self Test PrintoutLaser Page 2 04 User Defined Strings U0 U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 U7 U8 U9 21 User Defined Fonts 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Figure 8 5 Twinax Self Test Printout Laser Page 2...

Page 129: ...D6 65 6E 76 F5 45 4E 56 35 6 C6 8C C7 D7 66 6F 77 F4 46 4F 57 36 7 86 8B 8F D8 67 70 78 AC 47 50 58 37 8 87 8D 80 DE 68 71 79 AB 48 51 59 38 9 A4 E1 A5 60 69 72 7A F3 49 52 5A 39 A 5B 5D 7C 3A AE A6...

Page 130: ...press Empty Forms 0 No 27 Form Feed After Time Elapse 0 No 30 Override of formatting cmds 0 Disable 31 Truncate Wrap select 0 Wrap text beyond MPP 34 Interv Required IR Time out 120 Times 5 Seconds 35...

Page 131: ...2C 23 AF A7 A8 B3 93 96 E2 EA C 3C 2A 25 40 D0 91 D1 EE 94 81 99 9A D 28 29 5F 27 EC F7 ED F9 95 97 E3 EB E 2B 3B 3E 3D E8 92 E7 EF A2 A3 E0 E9 F 21 5E 3F 22 F1 CF A9 F2 E4 98 E5 20 DSC LU3 DBC to AS...

Page 132: ...Usage 0 FF 26 Suppress Empty Forms 0 No 27 Form Feed After Time Elapse 0 No 30 Override of formatting cmds 0 Disable 31 Truncate Wrap select 0 Wrap text beyond MPP 32 Paper Size Laser 0 Letter 34 Inte...

Page 133: ...25 40 D0 91 D1 EE 94 81 99 9A D 28 29 5F 27 EC F7 ED F9 95 97 E3 EB E 2B 3B 3E 3D E8 92 E7 EF A2 A3 E0 E9 F 21 5E 3F 22 F1 CF A9 F2 E4 98 E5 20 DSC LU3 DBC to ASCII Translate Table DBC 00 10 20 30 40...

Page 134: ...sing the Menu button on the TX CX 4000 s front panel 6 Press Menu twice to enter the BASIC SETUP MENU 7 Press List until 42 Buffer Print is displayed 8 Press Alt to display 1 Yes 9 Press the Select bu...

Page 135: ...4000 3 Power on the printer and wait for it to go to READY mode 4 Power on the TX CX 4000 The LCD screen should display 3X AS 400 No Sync Line Par Ser Out Ready 5 Enter the front panel mode by pressi...

Page 136: ...essor value problems Error in Poll A poll test was sent to A terminated cable is Address X the indicated address not properly installed but was not received a circuit is not functioning properly or co...

Page 137: ...cuitry failure a receiver circuit failure or an ASIC failure No Interrupt on Bad This test sends a This indicates an ASIC Parity or Wrong transmission with the failure Interrupt on Bad parity purposel...

Page 138: ...ilure or an ASIC failure Overflow Counter This tests the This indicates an Bad protection circuit ASIC failure in the ASIC designed to prevent a host failure from over filling the interface buffer and...

Page 139: ...olving Problems The following is a general guide to resolve common problems that may occur Please refer to this guide before contacting technical support Table 8 2 Problem Resolution Guide Problem or...

Page 140: ...sted pair cabling is Activate Star Panel not attached to an active Overdrive front panel or or boosted hub host PC download command 20 No Sync message and Address conflict with Make sure no other Sync...

Page 141: ...panel or or boosted hub host PC download command 20 Right margin is cut off Page width in word Change to a wider page processing program is not set wide enough Page width is too wide Select a narrowe...

Page 142: ...artridge Load the cartridge with loaded the font that corresponds to the font ID Font cartridge damaged If possible try a known or not seated into the good cartridge to printer properly determine if c...

Page 143: ...rientation is set to COR orientation to landscape COR host selected or portrait Printer does not print Selected a rotation in the Deselect rotation setting portrait in requested font word processing p...

Page 144: ...re is OFF and Set orientation to COR orientation is set to portrait or landscape APO feature is OFF and Set orientation to COR orientation is set to COR selected or change host COR host selected setti...

Page 145: ...nments Table A 1 Input and Output Connector Pinnings Shell Chassis Ground 1 Chassis Ground 2 Transmit TXD output 3 Receive TXD input 4 Request To Send RTS output 5 Clear To Send CTS input 6 Data Set R...

Page 146: ...CX 4000 has the pin assignments shown in Table A 3 Table A 3 Pin Assignments for the 25 Pin Parallel Connector on the TX CX 4000 Pin Number Direction Name 1 Output nStrobe 2 9 Output Data 1 Data 8 10...

Page 147: ...nts for the 36 Pin Connector on the TX CX 4000 Pin Number Direction Name 1 Input nStrobe 2 9 Input Data 1 Data 8 10 Output nAck 11 Output Busy 12 Output PError 13 Output Select 14 Input Reserved for f...

Page 148: ...the 36 Pin Connector on the TX CX 4000 Pin Number Direction Name 31 Input nSelectIn an Acknowledge will be generated in response to this input going active however the interface will not be reset 32...

Page 149: ...out DB25 Connector AT Standard TTL 36 Pin Connector Pin Number Levels Signal Name 1 Strobe 1 2 Data Bit 0 2 3 Data Bit 1 3 4 Data Bit 2 4 5 Data Bit 3 5 6 Data Bit 4 6 7 Data Bit 5 7 8 Data Bit 6 8 9...

Page 150: ...ontinued 25 to 36 Parallel Cable Pinout DB25 Connector AT Standard TTL 36 Pin Connector Pin Number Levels Signal Name 14 Auto Feed 14 15 Error 32 16 Initialize Printer 31 17 Select Input 36 18 25 Grou...

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