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Page 1: ...User s Guide Publication Number 1720393A February 1987...

Page 2: ...of Apple Computer Inc Times Helvetica and Palatino are registered trademarks of Al lied Corporation ITC Avant Garde Gothic ITC Zapf Chancery ITC Zapf Ding bats and ITC Bookman are registered trademar...

Page 3: ...C J liablo 630 Emulation Mode Appendix D Hewlett Packard LaserJet Plus Emu lation Mode Appendix E Hewlett Packard 7475 Plotter Emu lation Mode Part I Getting Started will take you from unpacking to p...

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Page 5: ...kages written for earlier versions Although unlikely it is possible that a software package developed using an earlier version of POSTSCRIPT may cause an error If this should occur it is NOT due to pr...

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Page 7: ...y QMS Inc Mo bile Ala All Rights Reserved This manual may not be copied in whole or in part nor transferred to any other media or language without the express written permis sion of QMS Inc Afanual No...

Page 8: ...s radio frequency energy If not installed and used properly in strict accordance with the man ufacturer s instructions it may cause interference to radio and television reception It has been type test...

Page 9: ...solve Radio TV Interference Problems This booklet is available from the U S Government Printing Of fice Washington DC 20402 Stock No 004 000 00345 4 A SHIELDED INTERFACE CABLE IS REQUIRED TO COM PLY W...

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Page 11: ...tridge Installation o 0 0 BA Fixing Assembly Cleaner Installation 0 0 0 B 5 Paper Tray Installation 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 6 Lllstalling the Paper Cassettes 0 0 0 0 0 0 B 7 Print Density 0 0 0 0 0 0 C Connec...

Page 12: ...istent Parameters 2 8 D 2 Changing Volatile Parameters 2 10 E Printer Communications 2 10 E l Interfaces 2 10 E 2 Set Up 2 11 E 3 Modes of Operation 2 11 E 4 The Mode Switch 2 12 E S Changing Communic...

Page 13: ...a Font 2 27 J Things You Need To Know 2 27 J l When to Replace the Print Cartridge 2 27 J 2 Paper Jam 2 28 J 3 Print Quality 2 28 K For More Information 2 29 III Maintenance Troubleshooting 3 1 A Pri...

Page 14: ...13 F The Separation Belt 3 14 F l Cleaning the Separation Belt 3 14 F 2 Replacing the Separation Belt 3 14 G Troubleshooting 3 16 G l Display Panel Lights G 2 Print Quality Problems H Placing A Servic...

Page 15: ...2 Pin Assignments 4 4 B 3 Connecting to the Host 4 4 C Protocols 4 5 C l AppleTalk 4 8 D Interactive Mode 4 9 D I Using the Inte active Mode 4 9 D 2 Changing setsccbatch 4 11 E Fonts 4 15 F Status Que...

Page 16: ...interactive 5 7 B 2 9 setdostartpage 5 7 B 2 10 dostartpage 5 7 B 2 ll setmargins 5 7 B 2 12 margins 5 8 B 2 13 setdefaulttimeouts 5 8 B 2 14 defaulttimeouts 5 9 B 2 15 setpassword 5 9 B 2 16 checkpas...

Page 17: ...16 D Idle Time Font Scan Conversion 5 16 E Known Problems 5 18 E 1 Input Output Problems 5 18 E 2 Font and Cache Problems 5 18 E 3 Miscellaneous Problems 5 19 Appendix A Fonts A I Appendix B Printer S...

Page 18: ...us Emulation C Communications D Protocol E LaserJet Plus Parameters F Supported Commands G Differences G l Clipping Region G 2 Paper Size Interactions G 3 Symbol Set G 4 Character Widths G 5 Line Prin...

Page 19: ...Parameters F Paper Size G Text H Character Sets I Pens J Transparent Communication K Removing the Output L Persistent State M Commands Mol Supported Commands E l E l E l E 2 E 2 E 2 E 3 E 3 E 3 E 4 E...

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Page 21: ...ce of your printer Technical information for advanced users is also included A Unpacking and Inspection Before you attempt to use your QMS PS 800 carefully unpack and inspect it Retain the shipping ca...

Page 22: ...ge shipping container 1 Print Cartridge 2 Fixing Assembly Cleaner plastic felt rod 3 Installation sheet A 2 Unpacking After opening the shipping container carefully remove the trays from the depressio...

Page 23: ...cassettes and inspect them for damage 2 Check for exterior damage to the printer 3 Locate the green release lever right side of printer and lift it to raise the springloaded top half of the printer In...

Page 24: ...QMS to make arrangements for repair or re placement as soon as possible When preparing the equipment for reshipment please give special attention to packing in order to prevent fur ther damage B Prin...

Page 25: ...itioners etc 4 It should not be exposed to excessive heat dust ammonia fumes or direct sunlight 5 The room temperature should be 50 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit and the relative humidity 20 to 80 per cent...

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Page 27: ...ingers down under the door and pull out and down with your thumb The door should pop open 2 Take the print cartridge out of its bag Hold the cartridge as shown in Figure 4 Rotate it slowly 45 degrees...

Page 28: ...ridge into the printer through the right door The cartridge handle should be to the left and the instruction label should face upward See Figure 5 Figure 5 Inserting the Print Cartridge into the Print...

Page 29: ...tridge and flex the black tab back and forth until it breaks loose Pull the tab out completely to remove the attached sealing tapes See Figure 6 5 Close the right door Figure 6 Breaking the Black Tab...

Page 30: ...tridge box Remove its plastic wrapper 2 Raise the upper half of the printer 3 Open the fixing assembly cover and insert the cleaner into the groove on the underside of the cover See Figure 7 4 Close t...

Page 31: ...nt tray and move to the front of the printer Hold the tray so that the wide end is toward the front of the printer and the sliding extension is underneath the end corner of the sliding extension shoul...

Page 32: ...ard the rear of your printer The top of the tray has raised lines along the surface Install the tray by inserting the installation nubs on the out side edges of the printer s rear handle into the hole...

Page 33: ...per length you intend to use The cassette size is on a foil label on its right side Po sition the adjustment bar to the appropriate paper size 2 Place paper into the cassette and push the paper under...

Page 34: ...3 Insert the paper cassette into the slot under the front handle until it stops See Figure 11 Paper Cassette Foil Label Figure 11 Inserting the Paper Cassette into the Printer 1 14 Getting Started...

Page 35: ...dial Figure 12 is used to adjust the darkness of the print Turning the dial counter clockwise darkens the print turning it clockwise lightens the print Print Density Adjustment Dial Figure 12 The Prin...

Page 36: ...ate interface cable for the commu nication channel you intend to use 25 pin serial or 9 pin serial or AppleTalk from your dealer Connect the interface cable to the communication ports on your host com...

Page 37: ...he Power Cord Connect the power cord to a grounded outlet where the line voltage varies no more than 10 percent from the voltage marked on the printer nameplate inside D Ready To Go Now that your prin...

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Page 39: ...specific requirements The Tutorial will describe how to change these features using POSTSCRIPT commands The Tutorial will not attempt to teach the POSTSCRIPT language For a detailed explanation of the...

Page 40: ...s how to change the features of the printer Things You Need To Know covers routine main tenance as well as some comrrlon problems and their solutions For More Information describes the structure of th...

Page 41: ...single quick flash of the amber Active Paper Out light the printer is busy executing a job or immediately after power on com puting the start up page to be printed A steady green light is displayed w...

Page 42: ...ed black if they are not lighted and black and white if they are blinking c J Light is On _ Light is Off ITIJ Light is Blinking Single mnn Light is Blinking Double Figure 2 Display Panel Lights B Powe...

Page 43: ...printed to date by the printer The currently selected interface The baud rates and parities of each of the commu nication channels The printer name 2 Note the small gap in the line at the top of the l...

Page 44: ...sed either in the Tutorial or in other parts of the user s guide See the following chart for locations of information 2 6 Topic Fonts Interface Baud Rate Parity Location Part IV Section I Appendix A P...

Page 45: ...cmiObJique Palatinoi l Ruman P datino Hold Pa atino ltalic Palatino Boldltalic New Century Schoolbook BoldItalic Helveuca lt Narrow Helvetica Narrow Bold llelvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica Narrow Bol...

Page 46: ...nging Persistent Parmneters Changes to persistent parameters described in this Tuto rial are made with POSTSCRIPT programs4 a series of POSTSCRIPT instructions sent to the printer like a text file The...

Page 47: ...ram should be concluded by end This program is sel to the printer like any file All changes made by the program will be in effect for all subsequent jobs after a D even after the printer is powered of...

Page 48: ...ata and send output over the same channel The output it most frequently sends back to your host computer are en or messages E I Interfaces One of the channels is wired to a 9 pin connector and the oth...

Page 49: ...ignore parity Protocol is the set of rules that the computer and printer use when they communicate The QMS PS 800 uses either XON XOFF or DTR protocol E 3 Modes of Operation The QMS PS 800 can print...

Page 50: ...Emulation allows you to print a file that is not compatible with POSTSCRIPT E 4 The Mode Switch The mode switch is located on the lower left side of the printer just to the right of the communication...

Page 51: ...Changing a switch setting has an immediate effect if a job is in progress it is terminated when the switch is changed Set the switch to the desired mode before printing Figure 4 Mode Switch Tutorial...

Page 52: ...stablished through software The default parameters are 9600 baud parity ignored This switch position can also be configured to come up in interactive mode 3 POSTSCRIPT batch mode operation AppleTalk c...

Page 53: ...cbatch end To change communications parameters for switch 2 send the following program to the printer serverdict begin password exitserver statusdict begin channel baud option setsccinteractive end Ch...

Page 54: ...XOFF flow control is used I Even parity the eighth bit is checked for even par ity XON XOFF flow control is used I No parity all 8 bits of each character are treated as data and no parity checking is...

Page 55: ...to confirm that the printer is properly set up and communicating with the host computer The chart in Section F 2 illustrates the sequence of events for properly printing a file If your printer does n...

Page 56: ...tline true charpath stroke def Inamecir I5 15 345 gsave rotate 0 0 moveto Your Name Here outline grestore for def 4 25 inch 5 75 inch translate 5 setlinewidth namecir 00 moveto Your Name Here true cha...

Page 57: ...page sizes The table on the following page lists the available page sizes and the dimensions of their actual printable areas The size of the printable area is determined by the physical capabilities...

Page 58: ...ze letter legal A4 or B5 must be used with the appropriate paper tray Each paper tray when inserted depresses a unique combination of internal switches which identifies it to the printer At the be gin...

Page 59: ...d Tray Cassette Figure 5 Paper Sources H t The Default Automatic Paper Feed The default setting for the paper source is automatic cas sette paper feed If you do not wish to use the manual feed functio...

Page 60: ...dure 1 Send the following program to the printer serverdict begin password exitserver statusdict begin Imanualfeed true def end 2 Send the file to be printed to the printer 3 Line up a sheet of paper...

Page 61: ...eed Tray Cassette Figure 5 Paper Sources H I The Default Automatic Paper Feed The default setting for the paper source is automatic cas sette paper feed If you do not wish to use the manual feed funct...

Page 62: ...edure 1 Send the following program to the printer serverdict begin password exitserver statusdict begin ImanuaIfeed true def end 2 Send the file to be printed to the printer 3 Line up a sheet of paper...

Page 63: ...Tray Cassette Figure 5 Paper Sources H I The Default Automatic Paper Feed The default setting for the paper source is automatic cas sette paper feed If you do not wish to use the manual feed function...

Page 64: ...dure 1 Send the following program to the printer serverdict begin password exitserver statusdict begin Imanualfeed true def end 2 Send the file to be printed to the printer 3 Line up a sheet of paper...

Page 65: ...Figure 5 Paper Sources Manual Feed Tray H I The Default Automatic Paper Feed The default setting for the paper source is automatic cas sette paper feed If you do not wish to use the manual feed functi...

Page 66: ...edure 1 Send the following program to the printer serverdiet begin password exitserver statusdict begin Imanualfeed true def end 2 Send the file to be printed to the printer 3 Line up a sheet of paper...

Page 67: ...eeding a Sheet of Paper 4 If your current job produces more than one page then the amber Paper Out light will light again and the printer will wait for another sheet to be inserted into its manual fee...

Page 68: ...per with Feed mechanism tray guide will pull sheet into printer ICJ I Paper in Motion I CJ I Feed Paper Continue feed IlDIIIllDIIIl I Printing com ing paper un plete til rc 1 1 Printer ready The print...

Page 69: ...ge and reinsert the paper with the same side up This will overlay the second image over the first H 5 Double Sided Printing Double sided printing is also possible using manual feed Print the first sid...

Page 70: ...sIze sIze size Figure 8 Font Style and Size 1 1 The Fonts The QMS PS 800 has available the following fonts Courier Courier Bold Courier Oblique Courier Bold Oblique Times Roman Times Italic Times Bold...

Page 71: ...e Avant Garde Oemi Avant Garde DemiOblique Bookman Demi Bookman DemiItalic Bookman Light Bookman LightItalic New Century Schoolbook BoldItaUc New Century Schoolbook Bold New Century Schoolbook Italic...

Page 72: ...artridge is used the color changes from green to yellow to red When the indicator begins to show red the print cartridge will print about 1 000 more pages de pending on the type printing being done Wh...

Page 73: ...s may sometimes be cleared by opening the back door under the manual feed tray For complete information and illustrations see the follow ing section in Part III Maintenance and Troubleshoot ing Part I...

Page 74: ...on the printer and the POSTSCRIPT language for the experienced user Part V POSTSCRIPT Addendum is an addendum to the POSTSCRIPT Language Reference Guide It contains printer specific POSTSCRIPT operato...

Page 75: ...xplains differences between the LaserJet Plus and the emulation Appendix E Hewlett Packard 7475 Plotter Emula tion Mode presents a description of the HP 7475 Plot ter Emulation Mode It lists supported...

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Page 77: ...by Step instructions for clearing a paper jam 3 A discussion of print quality problems and how they may be corrected The instructions in Part III will refer to parts of the printer and will assume th...

Page 78: ...ered when the indi cator begins to show red At this time about 2 000 copies have been printed with about 1 000 more copies remain ing depending on the type of printing being done See Figure 1 for a co...

Page 79: ...w print cartridge by holding it horizontally and rotating it at 4S degree angles several times 4 Insert the print cartridge and pull the black tab to remove the sealing tapes For details cautions and...

Page 80: ...d standing the cartridge on its end inverting it or handling it roughly toner can be difficult to remove from clothing 2 Avoid touching the surface of the drum If the sur face of the drum becomes dirt...

Page 81: ...as Fig ure 2 1 the manual feed area 2 the cassette feed area 3 the separation feeder area and 4 the fixing delivery area Fixing Delivery Separation Feeder Manual Feed Area Area Area 1 Cassette Feed Ar...

Page 82: ...ial Section A Frequent jams in any area indicate that the area should be checked and either re paired or cleaned Clear paper jams as follows 3 6 1 Open the upper half of the printer 2 Remove any jamme...

Page 83: ...3 Open be reat dOot figure 4 andretno e anY i ed l al er there Figure 4 ltear Door 3 1...

Page 84: ...assembly cover Figure 5 Be careful it may be hot 3 8 Figure 5 The Fixing Assembly Area 5 Close the upper half of the printer after the paper jam is cleared The page that was being printed when the ja...

Page 85: ...a closed cabinet and 4 in a cool dry area Do not leave paper unwrapped or in a place where it can be damaged by dampness or heat C Fixing Assembly Cleaner The fixing assembly cleaner is a long plasti...

Page 86: ...ixing roller is located under the fixing assembly cover Because toner collects across the top of the roller it should be cleaned when replacing the fixing assembly cleaner This area may be hot if the...

Page 87: ...a wire is located in the top side of the print cartridge and is labeled Corona Wire A thin plastic shield protects the wire 3 Insert the wire cleaner into the long slot of the print cartridge Figure 6...

Page 88: ...st the chrome background 2 Use a cotton swab provided with the print car tridge to gently clean the transfer corona wire Fig ure 7 It may be helpful to dip the swab in alcohol if there is a stubborn s...

Page 89: ...colored area toward the back of the inside the printer Paper dust collects in this area 1 Raise the upper half of the printer 2 Moisten a cloth and wipe the transfer guide clean Figure 8 Figure 8 Cle...

Page 90: ...sing Figure 9 as a guide 2 If there is any residue on the belt clean it with a cotton swab or soft cloth F 2 Replacing the Separation Belt The separation belt lasts for about 50 000 pages If the belt...

Page 91: ...pinch roller Figure 9 5 Hook loop B to the underside of the spring suspen sion side of the spring suspender Separation Transfer f JhrJRoner Spring Hanger Suspender F Loop A I r 0 I I Inden tation Hand...

Page 92: ...instructions for replacing paper See Part II Tutorial Section H 2 for manual feed Paper Jam If the amber Paper Jam light is on a sheet of paper has failed to feed from the paper tray or has jammed in...

Page 93: ...e the print cartridge and rotate it as you would when installing a new cartridge This redistributes the toner inside the print cartridge 3 If the cartridge indicator is red install a new print cartrid...

Page 94: ...rint cartridge 2 Install a new print cartridge Stain Along Right Edge of Page 1 Clean the separation belt see Section G 1 2 Install a new print cartridge Stains On Back of Page 1 Clean the area around...

Page 95: ...ll a new print cartridge White Horizontal Shapes on a Black Print 1 Replace the paper in the printer with dry paper White Vertical Lines on a Black Page 1 Remove the print cartridge and rotate it as y...

Page 96: ...act your dealer or distributor Your dealer distributor is best equipped to immediately handle any problem that you may encounter Be prepared to provide a complete description of the problem a start up...

Page 97: ...of 300 dots per inch and a maximum printing speed of 8 1 pages per minute The controller the top lid of the printer which houses the POSTSCRIPT software contains a single board built around a MC68000...

Page 98: ...up after the current job and restores the virtual memory to its initial state in preparation for the next job Ordinarily each job is executed solely for the purpose of generating printed pages However...

Page 99: ...er fusion The result is a high quality smudge proof image on standard copier paper B Serial Communication Serial communication is asynchronous start stop with 8 data bits per character of which the ei...

Page 100: ...puter requires them or if you are using DTR flow control The remaining pins are not used B 3 Connecting to the Host Technically the QMS PS 800 has a DTE type of RS 232 interface This means that you ca...

Page 101: ...ntrol protocols The choice of protocol is controlled with the options param eter of the setsccbatch or setsccinteractive operators1 The default is XON XOFF flow control XON XOFF flow control makes use...

Page 102: ...occurrences ofioerror an input output er ror caused by the overflow of the printer s input buffer There are also several character codes that are reserved for simple communication protocol Some of the...

Page 103: ...the PostScript Language Reference Man ual If a return and a line feed are received in sequence only one newline character is passed to the PostScript in terpreter When a newline character is written t...

Page 104: ...ocket While the QMS PS 800 is attached to AppleTalk it listens for a connection request from an AppleTalk host When it hears a request it uses that connection to re ceive a POSTSCRIPT file to execute...

Page 105: ...n response to a prompt The printer imme diately executes the statement and then prompts again for the next While you are entering in a statement the printer echoes characters i e the printer allows yo...

Page 106: ...re not echoed back to you Once you do this a POSTSCRIPT herald and prompt should appear POSTSCRIPT TM version 46 1 Copyright c 1986 Adobe Systems Incorpo rated PS Each time the printer prints the PS p...

Page 107: ...e termines the baud rate parity sense and choice of flow control protocol used when the mode switch is set to 1 5 The default parameters for switch position 1 are 9600 baud parity ignored and XON XOFF...

Page 108: ...the QMS PS 800 s controller More than likely a null modem cable will need to be interposed somewhere in the connection 3 Type in executive all lower case letters at the terminal press return Immediat...

Page 109: ...r ity and XON XOFF flow control when the four position switch is set to I Note once again characters will not be echoed to the screen 7 Finally set the four position switch to 1 Now the 25 pin serial...

Page 110: ...an alternative quicker way of changing parameters through the usual batch mode This is done by sending the QMS PS 800 a batch file with the appropriate commands You must of course already have commun...

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Page 112: ...one line status message back to the host over the same channel This channel does not have to be the same one from which the printer is receiving its current file The message is bracketed by the text...

Page 113: ...sages These are Error error OffendingCommand operator An error has been detected by the POSTSCRIPT soft ware and the standard error handler handleerror has been invoked error is the name of the error...

Page 114: ...SCRIPT program has successfully exited from the printer s normal save restore context and may now make permanent changes to system parameters or to the VM see Part V POSTSCRIPT Addendum G Timeouts The...

Page 115: ...g tied up indefinitely by a host computer that crashes or is disconnected in the midst of sending a file to the printer If a job or wait timeout expires the POSTSCRIPT soft ware executes the timeout e...

Page 116: ...ef ty 10 def currentpoint toy exch def tox exch def 1 setgray newpath tox toy 2 sub moveto 0 ty rlineto tx 0 rlineto o ty neg rlineto closepath fill tox toy moveto o setgray show bind def n1 currentpo...

Page 117: ...typeprint forall tprint ifelse pop array tprint ifelse headonly def courier Courier findfont 10 scalefont def end brkpage errordict handleerror systemdict begin error begin brkpage begin newerror newe...

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Page 119: ...typeprint forall tprint ifelse pop array tprint ifelse readonly def courier Courier findfont 10 scalefont def end brkpage errordict handleerror systemdict begin terror begin brkpage begin newerror new...

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Page 121: ...machine is turned off Other parameters are volatile and generally remain in effect only through the execution of a single job This addendum covers both types of parameters All system parameters are a...

Page 122: ...pply only to that job Parameters which cause changes which affect subsequent jobs are called persistant pa rameters B I Changing Persistent Parameters To make permanent changes e g to install addition...

Page 123: ...nd dictionary stacks etc as if it were preparing to execute the next job but it does not perform another save The POSTSCRIPT program executed between a success ful exitserver and the next end of file...

Page 124: ...2 1 pagecount pagecount int Returns the number of pages that have been printed by this QMS PS 800 There is no way to reset this value ERRORS stackoverflow B 2 2 pagestackorder pagestackorder boolean...

Page 125: ...used STANDARD VALUE QMS PS 800 ERRORS invalidaccess rangecheck stackunderfiow typecheck B 2 S setsccbatcht channel baud options setsccbatch Sets communication parameters as specified by three in tege...

Page 126: ...the specified channel 9 or 25 These are the parameters used when the mode number is 1 STANDARD VALUE 96000 ERRORS rangecheck stackoverftow stackunderftow typecheck B 2 7 setsccinteractivet channel ba...

Page 127: ...tartpaget bool setdostartpage Specifies whether or not the QMS PS 800 is to print a test page upon subsequent power on ERRORS invalidaccess stackunderflow typecheck B 2 10 dostartpage dostartpage bool...

Page 128: ...area There are limits to the range of adjustment that is possible The printer hardware im poses margins that cause the image to be clipped if it is moved too closed to the edge of the paper unfortu n...

Page 129: ...timeouts job manualfeed wait Returns the default job manual feed and wait timeout values STANDARD VALUE 06030 ERRORS stackoverfiow B 2 15 setpasswordt old new setpassword bool Sets the system administ...

Page 130: ...emoves the mark and the in tegers and remembers them permanently The integers are interpreted in groups of 5 to specify characters to be scan converted while the QMS PS 800 is idle as described at the...

Page 131: ...ck B 2 20 eescratch index eescratch value Returns the value at position index in the EEROM scratch array see seteescratch STANDARD VALUE 0 ERRORS rangecheck stackunderflow typecheck B 3 Additional Per...

Page 132: ...e If it detects an inconsistency it defines eerom to be a 512 character POSTSCRIPT string into which it reads the entire contents of the EEROM then it sets the page count to zero and resets all system...

Page 133: ...ams C l I setjobtimeout int setjobtimeout Sets the timeout for the current job to the value int a non negative integer specifying a time interval in sec onds If the current job continues for int secon...

Page 134: ...turned by defaulttimeouts but a POSTSCRIPT program may change it to any non negative integer value by us ing def put or store STANDARD VALUE 60 C 1 4 waittimeout waittimeout integer The wait timeout...

Page 135: ...e I 7 printererror status tries printererror A procedure called during execution of showpage or copypage if the printer mechanism reports an error such as no paper jam cover open etc The status is an...

Page 136: ...of the POSTSCRIPT Language Reference Manual If the next job uses those characters it will execute faster than it otherwise would The characters normally scan converted during idle time are listed belo...

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Page 138: ...The readline operator does not recognize return as a newline character only line feed This does not mat ter for serial communication since return characters and return line feed pairs are converted t...

Page 139: ...normal feed from the paper tray the printer mechanism ignores the request to use manual feed To avoid this problem when switching from normal to man ual feed be sure at least 5 seconds elapse before...

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Page 141: ...Appendix A Font Tables Times Roman Times Roman Appendix A A I...

Page 142: ...AvantGarde Book ITe Avant Garde Gothic Book A 2 Appendix A...

Page 143: ...lOx A B I c 0 E i F G Ix H I J K L M N 0 t P I Q R S T U V W l13x X y Z 1 114x b c d e f 9 115x h i j k I m n 0 116x P q r s t u w 17x x y z J 2Qx I 5t i 12fx i i f i 22x i E 1 t5t L ji i r i tr 123x...

Page 144: ...Helvetica Helvetica A 4 Appendix A...

Page 145: ...Palatino Roman Palatino Roman Appendix A A 5...

Page 146: ...ZapfChancery Mediumltalic fTC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic A 6 Appendix A...

Page 147: ...ZapfDingbats ITC Zapf Dingbats Appendix A A 7...

Page 148: ...Symbol Symbol A 8 Appendix A...

Page 149: ...Courier Courier Appendix A A 9...

Page 150: ...NewCenturySchlbk Roman New Century Schoolbook Roman A lO Appendix Ii...

Page 151: ...Bookman Light ITe Bookman Light Appendix A A ll...

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Page 153: ...eets minute Optical system Laser Semiconductor laser Scanning system Rotating six faced mirror Scanning pitch Horizontal Selectable 0 300 dots inch Vertical 300 raster lines inch Printing system Proce...

Page 154: ...te feed Maximum paper load Cassette loading depth is 10 mm 0 4 in max Cassette Paper size mm inches A4 210 x 297 8 3 x 11 7 B5 182 x 257 7 2 x 10 1 Legal 216 x 356 8 5 x 14 0 Letter 216 x 279 8 5 x 11...

Page 155: ...mm D 18 7 in W x 11 0 in H x 21 0 in D Weight 33 kg 72 lb Line voltage requirements Voltage V Freq Hz 115 60 220 50 The Controller The PostScript controller is a single board built around a MC68000 m...

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Page 157: ...pose This emulation mode is used primarily for printing sim ple text files that are not in POSTSCRIPT fonn or for processing output from software packages that do not directly support POSTSCRIPT B How...

Page 158: ...computer operating systems support the XON XOFF protocol It may be necessary to issue special commands or to obtain a separate software package to support this protocol The procedure for dealing with...

Page 159: ...n the QMS PS 800 these features of the Diablo 630 emulator may be accessed by the seteescratch and ee scratch operators 2 To access these features send the following program to the printer serverdict...

Page 160: ...12 and 15 the default value 0 selects 10 characters per inch Bold font 61 Selects the bold font used for Diablo 630 emulation This is a font number taken from the table in the QMS PS 800 addendum exc...

Page 161: ...rs have stopped arriving All Diablo 630 printer settings margins tabs spacing etc remain in effect for about 30 seconds after the last character is received Then the printer automatically performs a D...

Page 162: ...The emulator uses exact positioning on the paper Out put from a word processor that has attempted to com pensate for slippage on vertical movement may appear slightly uneven H Unsupported Commands Th...

Page 163: ...mulated A Purpose This emulation mode is used primarily for printing sim ple text files that are not in POSTSCRIPT form or for processing output from software packages that do not directly support POS...

Page 164: ...special commands or to obtain a separate software package to support this protocol The procedure for dealing with this problem varies from one computer and operating system to another Consult your ow...

Page 165: ...imes and Helvetica Unlike the actual Laser Jet Plus printer these can all be scaled to any size and can be used for printing either in portrait or landscape mode G Differences The remainder of this ap...

Page 166: ...xecuted G 3 Symbol Set The LaserJet Plus printer escape sequences define a num ber of symbol sets The most widely used is Roman8 an 8 bit extension of the ASCII symbol set This is the symbol set for a...

Page 167: ...the appearance is not objectionable If printing justified proportional spaced documents with the emulator is of critical importance a downloadable bitmap font designed for a LaserJet Plus printer may...

Page 168: ...ob and a restore after its completion The emulator works similar to POSTSCRIPT by running a series of jobs with storage reclamation at the end of each job Since transparent communication in the emulat...

Page 169: ...e not Thus you are more likely get what you ask for in the emulation than on the LaserJet Plus If the application software is sloppy realizing that close enough will get the right font then the output...

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Page 171: ...A Purpose This emulation mode is used primarily for printing sim ple text files that are not in POSTSCRIPT form or for processing output from software packages that do not directly support POSTSCRIPT...

Page 172: ...sue special commands or to obtain a separate software package to support this protocol The procedure for dealing with this problem varies from one computer and operating system to another Consult your...

Page 173: ...n uses Courier for text labels As in the 7475 Plotter the characters may be indepen dently scaled horizontally and vertically using the ap propriate command sequences Unlike the 7475 Plotter the strok...

Page 174: ...ed To be compatible with the 7475 Plotter the 7475 Plotter em ulation masks off the high order bit of each character simulating 7 bit communications Transparent communi cations has the effect of elimi...

Page 175: ...wait timeout M Commands Most of the commands of the 7475 Plotter are supported by the 7475 Plotter emulation Others are supported with differences and some are not supported M I Supported Commands CP...

Page 176: ...solute Character Size SL Character Slant SP Pen Select SR Relative Character Size TL Tick Length UC User Defined Character XT X Tick YT Y Tick M 2 Unsupported Commands CA Alternate Character Set CS St...

Page 177: ...per Size SA Select Alternate Character Set SS Select Standard Character Set VS Velocity Select M 3 Supported Commands with Differ ences AA Arc Absolute AR Arc Relative CI Circle EW Edge Wedge WG Shade...

Page 178: ...as no effect on solid fill or characters ISM Symbol I On the 7475 Plotter this mode causes a specified char acter character to be drawn at each plotted point This is also true for the 7475 Plotter emu...

Page 179: ...of speed at which information is transferred indicated by changes in line condition Baud is equiv alent to bits per second BPS which is the number of information bits that can be sent through a channe...

Page 180: ...ystems or devices to communicate with each other Mode One of several alternative conditions or methods of op eration Octal A number system with the base 8 The octal system uses eight number symbols 0...

Page 181: ...dot density of the printer s output The QMS PS 800 has a vertical and horizontal resolution of 300 dots per inch 90 000 dots per square inch RS 232 Designation for the industry standard interface for...

Page 182: ...Serial Interface An interface which sends the bits representing each char acter sequentially along a single wire 0 4 Glossary...

Page 183: ...de 2 11 2 15 Connecting the Power Cord 1 17 Baud Rate 2 5 2 11 2 12 2 15 Connecting the Printer 1 16 2 16 2 18 4 11 4 12 Connector 25 Pin 2 10 2 17 4 5 5 5 C l D l B 1 4 3 4 4 4 9 4 12 4 Cable Null Mo...

Page 184: ...8 4 4 4 5 C 2 0 2 E 2 Flow Control XON XOFF 2 17 2 18 4 11 4 13 4 5 C 1 C 2 0 1 0 2 B 1 B 2 Flow Control 4 11 Fonts 2 27 4 15 Diablo 630 C 5 1 2 Literal Name 2 29 Problems 5 18 Scan Conversion 5 16 Se...

Page 185: ...ion Line Voltage Requirements B 3 Literal Name Font 2 29 Index Location Choosing 1 4 MODE COM1 IBM PC 2 18 MODE LPT1 IBM PC 2 18 MacTerminal4 lO Macintosh I I 4 10 Making Changes 2 8 Manual Feed 2 23...

Page 186: ...2 9 5 2 5 3 Persistant Statusdict Operators 5 4 Persistent Parameters 2 8 5 2 Persistent Parameters Changing 2 8 5 2 1 4 Photosensitive Drum B 1 Pin Assignments 4 4 Ports Communication 2 10 PostScript...

Page 187: ...x stop 4 18 5 15 5 3 systemdlct 5 1 timeout 2 23 typecheck 5 5 5 6 5 8 5 9 5 10 5 11 5 13 unmatchedmark 5 10 userdict 5 1 virtual memory 4 2 waittimeout 4 19 5 14 5 9 Power Consumption B 2 Power Cord...

Page 188: ...atusdict Operators Persistant 5 4 Volatile 5 13 Storage of Information LaserJet Plus Emulation D 6 Supported Commands LaserJet Plus D 3 1 6 Switch Mode 2 12 4 3 Switch Sening Mode 2 16 4 8 4 10 4 11 4...

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