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IBM

3130 Advanced Function Printer

Introduction and Planning Guide

G544-3974-04

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Page 1: ...IBM 3130 Advanced Function Printer Introduction and Planning Guide G544 3974 04...

Page 2: ...your IBM representative or to your IBM branch office serving your locality If you request publications from the address given below your order will be delayed because publications are not stocked the...

Page 3: ...er 3 Preparing the Processing Environment 13 Performance Considerations 13 Compatibility Considerations 14 Attachments 14 Advanced Function Presentation Licensed Programs IPDS Only 14 Installing and V...

Page 4: ...2 Prepunched Paper 32 Paper Cassettes 33 Preprinted Paper 34 Envelopes 34 Selecting Testing and Ordering Paper Forms 36 Storing Paper and Supplies 36 Appendix A 3130 Font Set 37 IBM Core Interchange R...

Page 5: ...2 Support 65 PSF for AIX Support 65 System Test 65 Applications IPDS 65 Token Ring Network Attachment 65 Ethernet Network Attachment 66 PSF Support Summary 67 Attachment Hardware 69 Appendix C Plugs...

Page 6: ...vi 3130 Advanced Function Printer Introduction and Planning Guide...

Page 7: ...r meets the requirements of IEC 950 First Edition Amendments 1 and 2 The laser used in the 3130 complies with IEC 825 and EN 60825 Communication Statements Federal Communications Commission FCC Statem...

Page 8: ...en zu erwarten sind Auszug aus dem EMVG vom 9 Nov 92 Para 3 Abs 4 European Community EC Conformity Statement This product is in conformity with the protection requirements of EC Council Directive 89 3...

Page 9: ...ystem 2 PrintManager PS 2 RISC System 6000 SAA System 360 System 370 VSE ESA Trademark Company Agfa Agfa Gevaert A G Agfa Rhombus Agfa Gevaert A G AXIS AXIS Communication Inc CG Intellifont Miles Inc...

Page 10: ...ee System Attachments on page 26 however for detailed worksheets instructions and examples please refer to the IBM InfoPrint 60 3130 3160 and 3935 Advanced Function Printer Attachment Configuration Ha...

Page 11: ...What s New in This Release Most of the changes in this release concern attaching the 3130 to a Novell NetWare network Copyright IBM Corp 1994 1996 xi...

Page 12: ...xii 3130 Advanced Function Printer Introduction and Planning Guide...

Page 13: ...int at a resolution of either 240 x 240 or 300 x 300 picture elements pels and can be used for text graphics optical character recognition OCR and bar code printing Text images and electronic overlays...

Page 14: ...heet input tray One side 500 sheet input tray C O 8 I 0 0 2 9 High capacity Simplex 02S One top stacker Three front 250 sheet input trays One front 2000 sheet input tray C O8 I00 30 High capacity Simp...

Page 15: ...Ethernet Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol TCP IP and or NetWare SPX IPX interfaces 10BaseT twisted pair 10Base2 thin 10Base5 thick An additional interface slot for one of the following...

Page 16: ...mation G544 3290 IPDS Application Environment The 3130 supports IBM Advanced Function Presentation AFP software a collection of licensed programs that let application developers take advantage of many...

Page 17: ...up IPDS NetWare LPR FTP TFTP Setup Print Quality Samples Print Demo Pack Machine Configuration Job Management Font Management Data Streams IPDS PostScript Emulation PCL Emulation Printer Configuration...

Page 18: ...3130 monitors the toner supply and alerts the operator when it should be replenished In addition automatic toner recycling reduces the amount of toner the 3130 uses Error log sensors and other error c...

Page 19: ...age 8 summarizes the types of paper you can use and the maximum impressions per minute you can print Notes 1 Actual printer performance is affected by a number of factors including how you configure t...

Page 20: ...information on print materials you can use Paper input trays provide automatic printer controlled paper tray switching so you can load unused paper trays while the printer is running Prints are stack...

Page 21: ...19 In addition IBM offers special assistance with physical planning Contact your IBM branch office for information System planning consists of IPDS only Ordering the Advanced Function Presentation lic...

Page 22: ...operating system is at the level required to support the Advanced Function Presentation licensed programs and their updates IPDS and printer drivers and colon files PostScript and PCL5e 6 IPDS only De...

Page 23: ...eet for the attachment you plan to use Completing the attachment worksheets usually requires input from the personnel responsible for network and device driver configuration For detailed worksheets in...

Page 24: ...dures Who will need copies of IBM hardware and software documents Supplies How large should the initial 3130 supply order be What is the local procedure for ensuring that supplies are kept in stock Wh...

Page 25: ...he equipment vendor can answer your questions about configuration options and other attachment issues High speed direct access storage devices DASD are recommended for spool data sets and library data...

Page 26: ...o the customer engineer who installs the 3130 Refer to IBM InfoPrint 60 3130 3160 and 3935 Advanced Function Printer Attachment Configuration Handbook for more details about configuring host systems A...

Page 27: ...n IOCA Images and IM Images The 3130 printer supports image printing in one of two formats IM image or IOCA image If you print at 300 pel resolution 240 pel IM images are automatically converted to IO...

Page 28: ...contain images and fonts that are dependent on resolution Check these resources to see if they specify fonts overlays and page segments that need to be considered for migration or conversion Also over...

Page 29: ...lly prints the indicated characters bold for any font supported by the printer The 3130 printer supports this same function for the set of fonts resident in the printer that have bold versions See AS...

Page 30: ...e 3130 is powered off However the printer can store downloaded IPDS fonts on the hard disk A facility in the printer allows you to add fonts from a diskette to the hard drive and avoid losing them at...

Page 31: ...in an air conditioned computer room with year round humidity control and recirculated filtered air Dust and other contamination can cause machine problems To reduce any health risks associated with pr...

Page 32: ...such as modems or communication modules If necessary make sure a telephone line and jack are available The 3130 is equipped with an approved plug for your safety Use it in conjunction with a properly...

Page 33: ...physical layout Install the 3130 away from the main traffic pattern Allow space for key operators and customer engineers to perform their tasks This space should not extend into walkways Install the...

Page 34: ...requirements See Implementation Plan on page 10 for complete planning information The installation is done by a service person however the customer is responsible for the following pre installation r...

Page 35: ...mperature Relative humidity ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ Space Layout Supplies storage space C...

Page 36: ...24 3130 Advanced Function Printer Introduction and Planning Guide...

Page 37: ...e structure Printer Configuration Worksheet Printer Configuration includes duplex sleep time beeper languages and print density Fill in the requested information in Table 8 and give a copy to the cust...

Page 38: ...ion Printer Attachment Configuration Handbook contains the configuration worksheets for the items that follow Items are included here as a reminder Font Management The printer control unit allows you...

Page 39: ...ugh external transceivers The coaxial T connector is used in addition to the 10Base2 transceiver to connect to the thin Ethernet coaxial cable You should use a customer supplied RJ45 unshielded twiste...

Page 40: ...mum of 100 meters 328 feet from the 8228 Multistation Access Unit or 8230 Controlled Access Unit The 8219 or 8220 Optical Fiber Repeaters can be used to increase this distance PC Parallel Attachment T...

Page 41: ...and pre printed forms may significantly reduce supply life When the 3130 runs low on a particular supply it displays a message on the operator panel Table 9 Printer Supplies and Parts Supply Item Par...

Page 42: ...ormation about where to return items Selecting Paper Printing on paper that does not comply with paper specifications may result in paper jams and print quality degradation The 3130 uses standard whit...

Page 43: ...chemical wood pulp Acceptable Recycled or with cotton content Color White or Pastel Colors Filler Kaolin or china clay aluminosilicate or calcium carbonate To improve brightness paper may contain tita...

Page 44: ...er sub tray lower sub tray or main tray Run labels only in simplex mode Before ordering large quantities of your labels run several small jobs to be sure they work properly Refer to IBM 3130 Advanced...

Page 45: ...5 and Letter Size 5 m m 0 2 0 i n 1 0 m m 0 3 9 i n 1 6 m m 0 6 3 i n 1 2 8 m m 5 0 4 i n 2 2 m m 0 8 7 i n C O 8 M 0 0 9 8 4 4 m m 1 7 3 i n 3 5 m m 1 3 8 i n 5 m m 0 2 0 i n P a p e r F e e d D i r...

Page 46: ...rinting results use either new 90 g m 24 lb sulfite 100 chemical wood pulp or 25 cotton bond envelopes Before ordering large quantities of your envelopes run several small jobs to make sure that they...

Page 47: ...izes Commercial 10 114 x 241 mm 4 5 x 9 5 in ISO international DL 110 x 220 mm 4 3 x 8 7 in Table 14 and Figure 5 on page 36 show other allowable dimensions Table 13 Envelope Recommendations Parameter...

Page 48: ...loor In a closable cabinet for protection and monitoring Store forms and special purpose materials in an area where the temperature and humidity are similar to the environment where you will use them...

Page 49: ...nd OfficeVision IPDS Only on page 50 IBM Core Interchange Resident Scalable Font Set IPDS Only Table 15 lists the type faces in the IBM Core Interchange Resident Scalable Font Set the 3130 resident ty...

Page 50: ...Italic Bold 2307 1300 Courier Roman Medium 416 1300 Courier Roman Bold 420 1300 Courier Italic Medium 424 1300 Courier Italic Bold 428 1300 Arabic ITC Boutros Setting Medium 2308 1264 ITC Boutros Set...

Page 51: ...329 0337 0341 0611 0697 0919 0959 0965 0980 0982 0983 0987 0990 0991 0993 0995 1111 1132 1133 1145 1146 1149 1152 1166 1167 1174 1188 1189 1198 1220 1232 1233 1237 1256 1258 1259 1260 1261 1268 1286 1...

Page 52: ...nch 386 1145 Danish Norwegian 387 1145 Finnish Swedish 388 1145 French Catalan 389 1145 Italian 390 1145 Japanese 391 1145 Portuguese 392 1145 Castillian Spanish 393 1145 Latin American Spanish 394 11...

Page 53: ...nd ASCII Code Pages 880 960 Cyrillic Multilingual Primary 1025 915 1150 Cyrillic ISO ASCII 8 Bit 855 985 Cyrillic PC 866 996 Cyrillic 2 PC 1025 1150 Cyrillic Multilingual 423 218 Greek 183 Primary 875...

Page 54: ...for the Times Roman fonts listed in Table 18 2 Table 20 on page 44 describes the code pages that correspond to the Code Page column in Table 18 3 Prestige fonts with a Code Page ID CPGID of 259 are ma...

Page 55: ...12 80 A Times Roman Bold 5707 1053 Typo 10 67 A Times Roman Bold 5707 761 Typo 12 80 A Times Roman Bold 5707 762 Typo 14 93 A Times Roman Bold 5707 1803 Typo 18 120 A Times Roman Bold 5707 2103 Typo 2...

Page 56: ...d by 500 337 289 Replaced by 500 but missing obsolete Peseta character 329 Miscellaneous 310 963 259 340 892 968 893 969 IBM Coordinated Font Set IPDS Only Table 21 on page 45 lists the IBM Coordinate...

Page 57: ...51 0265 0269 0273 0277 0281 0285 0288 0289 0293 0297 0301 0305 0309 0313 0317 0321 0325 0329 0337 0341 0611 0697 0919 0980 0990 0991 0993 0995 1132 1133 1145 1146 1149 1198 1220 1258 1259 1260 1306 03...

Page 58: ...Gothic G32F 32x32 9 6 192 370 300 53815 Gothic G36F 36x36 10 8 216 370 300 53815 Gothic G40F 40x40 12 240 370 300 53815 Gothic G48F 48x48 14 4 288 370 300 53815 Gothic G64F 64x64 19 2 384 370 300 538...

Page 59: ...t Width GCSGID CPGID FGID Official O40F 24x40 12 144 939 839 57655 Official O60F 24x60 18 144 939 839 57655 Italics I60F 24x60 18 144 939 839 58039 DBCS Resident Scalable Outline Fonts IPDS Only The f...

Page 60: ...idth with User Defined Character UDC support 1172 290 Japanese Half Width 1132 1002 Japanese Half Width 1172 1027 Japanese Half Width 1187 11041 Japanese Half Width Traditional Chinese Code Pages 0935...

Page 61: ...an Medium 12 pitch 10 point using code page 500 version 1 The printer operator can change the default font and code page by selecting from the code pages listed below Table 31 Page 1 of 2 Selectable D...

Page 62: ...e Note Courier Medium 10 and 12 Courier Bold 10 and 12 Courier Italic 10 and 12 Courier Italic Bold 10 and 12 AS 400 Bolding Function Native and OfficeVision IPDS Only The following tables show the ty...

Page 63: ...dium 416 Courier Roman Bold 420 Courier Italic Medium 424 Courier Italic Bold 428 Arabic ITC Boutros Setting Medium 2308 ITC Boutros Setting Bold 2309 ITC Boutros Setting Italic Medium 2310 ITC Boutro...

Page 64: ...ript Resident Font Set This font set is available in SBCS outline 300 pel only The 3130 has three sets of resident PostScript fonts These three sets are Fifty six Type 1 fonts A few of these fonts hav...

Page 65: ...Bold Courier Bold Courier BoldItalic Courier Bold Italic Courier Italic Courier Italic CenturySchlbk Roman Century Schoolbook Roman GothicText Gothic Text GothicKatakana Gothic Katakana Helvetica Hel...

Page 66: ...turySchlbk BoldItalic Century Schoolbook Bold Italic NewCenturySchlbk Bold Century Schoolbook Bold NewCenturySchlbk Italic Century Schoolbook Italic Courier BoldOblique Courier Bold Italic Courier Obl...

Page 67: ...rs and the same encoding used in the Adobe Type 1 Symbol font PCL5e Resident Font Set This font set is available in SBCS outline 300 pel only Table 35 Page 1 of 2 PCL5e Resident Fonts Font Number Type...

Page 68: ...es New Roman Italic TrueType 36 Times New Roman Bold Italic TrueType 37 Symbol TrueType 38 Wingdings TrueType 39 Courier Bold Intellifont 40 Courier Italic Intellifont 41 Courier Bold Italic Intellifo...

Page 69: ...Turkish 19U Windows 3 1 Latin 1 Latin 1 9E Windows 3 1 Latin 2 Latin 2 5T Windows 3 1 Latin 5 Latin 5 7J Desktop Multilingual 10J PS Text Multilingual 13J Ventra International Multilingual 14J Ventur...

Page 70: ...Language Support Symbol Set ID Symbol Set Language 9U Windows 3 0 Latin 1 Latin 1 12J MC Text Multilingual 19M Symbol Multilingual 579L Wingdings Multilingual 58 3130 Advanced Function Printer Introd...

Page 71: ...ed at a time The following are standard with every 3130 PC Parallel Interface Ethernet Interface 10BaseT 10Base2 or 10Base5 One optional interface slot is available for one of the following Twinaxial...

Page 72: ...9000 ES 9370 ES 9371 Connectivity to the host processors is through the following architectures Twinaxial SDLC SNA V 24 19 2 Kbps SDLC SNA V 35 56 Kbps Token Ring SNA Token Ring TCP IP Ethernet TCP IP...

Page 73: ...Ware 3 11 and later releases support the 3130 Token Ring using IPX SPX for print server mode only Ethernet using IPX SPX for print server mode only Network print server attached to the printer PC para...

Page 74: ...DOS Windows PostScript 3130WIN PS DOS OS 2 PCL 3130OS2 PCL DOS OS 2 PostScript 3130OS2 PS DOS AIX PCL 5e 3130 pcl DOS AIX PostScript 3130 ps DOS Table 42 PCL 5e and PostScript Attachment Support Syst...

Page 75: ...and IBM Font Collection for Operating Systems installed can Activate the proper resident fonts without using the APSRMARK utility Use downloaded and printer resident outline fonts Media Destination Se...

Page 76: ...supported IBM AFP Multiple up page capability is not supported multiple up page capability is available only by using the OS 400 function Only the printer default output bin is supported 5 first top s...

Page 77: ...n the ring itself For AS 400 use the Verify Print VFYPRT command to obtain the printer type and send a test print The AS 400 uses ERAPs to log errors Applications IPDS The 3130 prints text data referr...

Page 78: ...air The 3130 can attach to standard Twisted Pair 10BaseT cable The feature attachment includes the type 10BaseT transceiver and the transceiver cable used to connect the transceiver to the printer RJ4...

Page 79: ...PSF Support Summary Table 43 on page 68 summarizes the support that various versions of PSF provide the 3130 Appendix B Software and Hardware Requirements 67...

Page 80: ...No No No No No No PSF VSE V2 2 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5 Yes 3 All Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes V2 1 V 2 1 1 No Yes Yes Yes Yes 5 No All Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No P...

Page 81: ...ntroller Access Unit attached to an RS 6000 or a PS 2 The SNA Token Ring interface attaches to either 4 or 16 Mbps Token Ring networks through the following devices 8228 Token Ring Multistation Access...

Page 82: ...attached to AS 400 5494 Remote Control Unit attached to AS 400 The PC Parallel interface port supports a subset of the IEEE 1284 Standard This includes Compatability Mode It does not support bi direct...

Page 83: ...ed at a time The following are standard with every 3130 PC Parallel Interface Ethernet Interface 10BaseT 10Base2 or 10Base5 One optional interface slot is available for one of the following Twinaxial...

Page 84: ...9000 ES 9370 ES 9371 Connectivity to the host processors is through the following architectures Twinaxial SDLC SNA V 24 19 2 Kbps SDLC SNA V 35 56 Kbps Token Ring SNA Token Ring TCP IP Ethernet TCP IP...

Page 85: ...Ware 3 11 and later releases support the 3130 Token Ring using IPX SPX for print server mode only Ethernet using IPX SPX for print server mode only Network print server attached to the printer PC para...

Page 86: ...DOS Windows PostScript 3130WIN PS DOS OS 2 PCL 3130OS2 PCL DOS OS 2 PostScript 3130OS2 PS DOS AIX PCL 5e 3130 pcl DOS AIX PostScript 3130 ps DOS Table 42 PCL 5e and PostScript Attachment Support Syst...

Page 87: ...and IBM Font Collection for Operating Systems installed can Activate the proper resident fonts without using the APSRMARK utility Use downloaded and printer resident outline fonts Media Destination Se...

Page 88: ...supported IBM AFP Multiple up page capability is not supported multiple up page capability is available only by using the OS 400 function Only the printer default output bin is supported 5 first top s...

Page 89: ...n the ring itself For AS 400 use the Verify Print VFYPRT command to obtain the printer type and send a test print The AS 400 uses ERAPs to log errors Applications IPDS The 3130 prints text data referr...

Page 90: ...air The 3130 can attach to standard Twisted Pair 10BaseT cable The feature attachment includes the type 10BaseT transceiver and the transceiver cable used to connect the transceiver to the printer RJ4...

Page 91: ...PSF Support Summary Table 43 on page 68 summarizes the support that various versions of PSF provide the 3130 Appendix B Software and Hardware Requirements 67...

Page 92: ...No No No No No No PSF VSE V2 2 1 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5 Yes 3 All Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes V2 1 V 2 1 1 No Yes Yes Yes Yes 5 No All Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No P...

Page 93: ...ntroller Access Unit attached to an RS 6000 or a PS 2 The SNA Token Ring interface attaches to either 4 or 16 Mbps Token Ring networks through the following devices 8228 Token Ring Multistation Access...

Page 94: ...attached to AS 400 5494 Remote Control Unit attached to AS 400 The PC Parallel interface port supports a subset of the IEEE 1284 Standard This includes Compatability Mode It does not support bi direct...

Page 95: ...ide S544 5337 IBM 3130 Advanced Function Printer Maintenance Information Volume 1 57G5477 IBM 3130 Advanced Function Printer Maintenance Information Volume 2 57G5478 IBM 3130 Advanced Function Printer...

Page 96: ...ling System Interface Technical Specification GA27 3773 IBM Local Area Network Technical Reference SC30 3383 IBM Token Ring Area Network Architecture Reference SC30 3374 IBM Network Problem Determinat...

Page 97: ...ots punched at set intervals that allows the form to be inserted in a loose leaf or ring binder bond paper Paper formulated with at least 80 wood pulp Bond paper forms work best in the IBM 3130 C cale...

Page 98: ...harge to perform various functions during the printing process copy group One or more copies of a sheet of paper Each may have modifications applied for example overlays and text suppression copy modi...

Page 99: ...of machine checks device errors and volume statistical data error recovery procedure Procedures designed to help isolate and where possible to recover from errors in equipment The procedures are often...

Page 100: ...s or upper and lower paper supplies The term impression is interchangeable with image initial machine load IML A procedure that prepares the 3130 for use installation 1 In system development preparing...

Page 101: ...rol unit to manage the printer and its functions N NetWare A network operating system developed by Novell Inc NetWare runs on a server and provides several functions to the network and the application...

Page 102: ...h The entire route that forms travel while they are being processed The paper path usually begins where the forms are loaded and ends at the stacker Because not all forms are paper the term forms path...

Page 103: ...eved in a non sequential matter raster 1 In computer graphics a predetermined pattern of lines that provides uniform coverage of a display space 2 The coordinate grid that divides the display area of...

Page 104: ...device or part of a device that can retain data Synchronous Data Link Control SDLC For managing synchronous code transparent serial by bit information transfer over a link connection System Applicati...

Page 105: ...and addresses in form letters Contrast with constant data vector graphics Computer graphics in which display images are generated from display commands and coordinate data Contrast with raster pattern...

Page 106: ...acter Set Global Identifier GDDM Graphical Data Display Manager HAID Host Assigned ID IHF Image Handling Facility IML Initial Microcode Load IPDS Intelligent Printer Data Stream ISO International Orga...

Page 107: ...SNA Token Ring attachment 28 checklists and work sheets continued twinaxial attachment 27 cleaner unit 29 clearances service 21 common features 3 Compatibility Resident Font Set 4028 42 configuration...

Page 108: ...eet 23 requirements 22 Interchange Resident Scalable Font Set IBM CORE 37 L labels 32 LAN Manager Microsoft 61 LAN Server OS 2 61 large print function 17 layout considerations 21 levels sound 20 Lexma...

Page 109: ...e 19 ventilation 19 Resident Raster Font Set DBCS 45 Resident Scalable Font Set IBM CORE Interchange 37 S safety 20 Scalable Font Set IBM CORE Interchange 37 security data 6 service clearances 21 SNA...

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