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Step

Key

Result

Notes

Make sure the printer is on. Raise the printer cover.

Press:

ON LINE

OFFLINE
CONFIG. CONTROL

ENTER SWITCH
UNLOCKED

OFFLINE
CONFIG. CONTROL

Allows you to make

configuration changes.

UNTIL

OFFLINE
PRINTER CONTROL

PRINTER CONTROL
Unidirectional

Unidirectional
Disable*

Unidirectional
Enable

Cycle through the choices.

ENTER

Unidirectional
Enable *

Asterisk (*) indicates this

choice is active.

UNTIL

PRINTER CONTROL
Unidirectional

10.

Continue pressing the Next, Prev, Up and Down keys to move within the menu and press Enter to

save the parameters. All changes stay in memory until you turn off the printer. Figure 3–1 on

page 3–4 shows the first level of the configuration menu.

Содержание LGplus Series

Страница 1: ...LGplus Series Text and Graphics Printer Setup Guide Order Number EK LGPLS SG Rev A Digital Equipment Corporation TM...

Страница 2: ...ommunications compliance statement This equipment does not exceed Class A limits per radio noise emissions for digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulation of the Canadian Departm...

Страница 3: ...gital Equipment Corporation 1995 Printed in U S A The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation DEClaser DECnet DECserver OpenVMS PrintServer ThinWire ULTRIX VAX and the DIGITAL logo P...

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Страница 5: ...Emulations 1 6 Text Formatting and Language Options 1 6 Graphics and Vertical Formatting 1 7 Built in Diagnostic Tools 1 7 Graphics Enhancement Options 1 8 Protocols and Emulations 1 8 Line Matrix Pr...

Страница 6: ...er Settings 3 6 Default and Custom Configurations 3 7 Operating Modes 3 7 Control Panel Keys 3 8 Factory Default Configuration Values 3 10 Changing Parameters 3 12 Saving Your New Configuration 3 15 P...

Страница 7: ...Define CR Code 4 20 Auto LF 4 21 Define LF Code 4 21 FF Valid at TOF 4 22 Character Set 4 22 20 CPI Condensed 4 22 Epson FX Emulation LinePrinter Plus 4 23 Define CR Code 4 24 Auto LF 4 24 Define LF C...

Страница 8: ...splay Language 4 35 HOST INTERFACE Menu 4 36 Serial Submenu 4 38 Interface Type 4 39 Data Protocol 4 39 Baud Rate 4 40 Word Length 4 40 Stop Bits 4 40 Parity 4 40 Data Terminal Ready 4 40 Request to S...

Страница 9: ...AG Slow Paper Slew 4 49 Power Saver Time 4 49 DIAGNOSTICS Menu 4 51 Printer Tests 4 53 Test Width 4 54 Paper Out Dots 4 54 System Memory 4 54 Print Statistics 4 54 5 Interfaces Overview 5 2 Dataproduc...

Страница 10: ...d RS 422 Serial Interface Error Handling 5 17 RS 232 and RS 422 Serial Interface Configuration 5 18 Interface Configuration with the VMS Operating System 5 19 6 Routine Service and Diagnostics Routine...

Страница 11: ...s 1 3 The LGplus Series Line Matrix Printer 1 4 Taking Care of Your Printer 1 5 Standard Features 1 6 Host Computer Interface 1 6 Printer Emulations 1 6 Text Formatting and Language Options 1 6 Graphi...

Страница 12: ...l Warnings and Special Information Read and comply with all information highlighted under special headings WARNING Conditions that could harm you as well as damage the equipment CAUTION Conditions tha...

Страница 13: ...PlusTM Programer s Reference Manual P N EK LGPLE RM Covers the host control codes and character sets for the three LinePrinter Plus emulations LGplus Series LG Emulation Programmer s Reference Manual...

Страница 14: ...L Epson FX 1050 and Printronix P Series emulations are also available as part of the LinePrinter Plus group of emulations The IGPR PGL and IGPR VGL graphics enhancement emulations are available as opt...

Страница 15: ...world Taking Care of Your Printer Your printer will produce high print quality jobs if it is well taken care of Periodic cleaning handling the printer properly and using the correct consumables such a...

Страница 16: ...IEEE 1284 parallel interface RS 232 serial interface RS 422 serial interface Printer Emulations You may select the following printer emulations or protocols at the control panel Digital LG P Series Ep...

Страница 17: ...al formatting features are available Four built in graphics generators 1 IBM Proprinter III XL bit image graphics 2 Epson FX dot graphics mode 3 P Series Plot 4 LG Sixel Graphics Programmable electron...

Страница 18: ...same protocol As used in this manual protocol and emulation mean the same thing Most impact printers use single ASCII character codes to print text numbers and punctuation marks Some characters both s...

Страница 19: ...shuttle The hammers strike the paper through a moving ink ribbon Unlike serial dot matrix printers which form whole characters one at a time with a moving printhead the printer divides every printable...

Страница 20: ...fter a line of characters is printed hammer action stops while the paper is advanced to the first dot row of the next print line The number of rows allowed for line separation depends on the line spac...

Страница 21: ...minute ipm Unidirectional plotting produces slightly better print quality and takes about twice as long as bidirectional plotting You can select either plotting mode from the control panel Printing an...

Страница 22: ...1 12...

Страница 23: ...he Bubble Wrap and Protective Film 2 6 Remove the Cardboard Packing 2 7 Remove the Platen Protective Foam 2 8 Remove the Hammer Bank Protective Foam 2 9 Release the Paper Chains 2 10 Connect the Inter...

Страница 24: ...ected at 10 amperes for 120 volts or 5 amperes for 230 volts at 50 or 60 Hertz The printer must be connected to a power outlet that supplies 88 to 135 Volts AC or 178 to 270 Volts AC at 47 to 63 Hz Th...

Страница 25: ...usts itself to conform to the correct voltage range For the 100 120 Volt outlet power may fluctuate between 88 and 135 Volts AC For the 200 240 Volt outlet power may fluctuate between 178 and 270 Volt...

Страница 26: ...2 4 Printer Cover Cabinet Rear Door 41 0 in 104 1 cm 57 5 in 146 1 cm 27 0 in 68 6 cm 27 0 in 68 6 cm 78 5 in 199 5 cm 29 0 in 73 7 cm 22 5 in 57 2 cm Figure 2 1 LGplus Series Printer Dimensions...

Страница 27: ...urce has already been connected disconnect it before performing the shipping restraint removal procedures To avoid shipping damage reinstall the shipping restraints whenever you move or ship the print...

Страница 28: ...rap Protective Film Paper Path Operator Panel Figure 2 2 Removing the Bubble Wrap and Protective Film 1 Raise the printer cover 2 Carefully remove the bubble wrap off the operator panel See Figure 2 2...

Страница 29: ...2 7 Remove the Cardboard Packing Cardboard Packing Cardboard Packing Figure 2 3 Removing the Cardboard Packing 1 Remove the cardboard packing See Figure 2 3...

Страница 30: ...cks down Slide the tractors outward as far as they will go See Figure 2 4 The forms thickness lever should be in the fully open position 2 Rotate the platen protective foam toward the front of the pri...

Страница 31: ...ive Foam Hammer Bank Protective Foam Figure 2 5 Removing the Hammer Bank Protective Foam 1 Rotate the hammer bank protective foam toward the front of the printer and remove it from between the ribbon...

Страница 32: ...leasing the Paper Chains 1 Open the rear cabinet door 2 Cut the tie wraps and release the paper chains from the bags at the top rear of the printer frame Remove the tie wraps and bags See Figure 2 6 3...

Страница 33: ...ecting or disconnecting the host interface signal cable make sure that the printer is powered off and the power cable is unplugged WARNUNG Um ernstliche k rperliche Verletzungen durch Stromschlag beim...

Страница 34: ...2 Serial Connector RJ12 Diagnostic Serial Port AC Power Connector Power Switch Dataproducts Parallel Connector AC Power Cable Cable Routing Notches Host Interface Cable OFF ON Figure 2 7 LGplus Series...

Страница 35: ...grommets seated in the notch c Pull the cable up through the notch until it reaches the I O plate attach the cable connector to the printer interface connector 2 Open the cabinet s front door and remo...

Страница 36: ...o install the ribbon provided with your printer Forms Thickness Lever Tractor Door Figure 2 9 The Forms Thickness Lever and Tractor doors 1 Open the printer top cover 2 Raise the forms thickness lever...

Страница 37: ...the ribbon path diagram on the shuttle cover Be sure to thread the ribbon between the hammer bank cover and the ribbon mask CAUTION The ribbon must not be twisted A twisted ribbon can lower print qual...

Страница 38: ...paper for the first time Forms Thickness Lever Tractor Door Figure 2 11 The Forms Thickness Lever and Tractor doors 1 When you start this procedure verify that the printer cover is open the forms thi...

Страница 39: ...per 2 Open the front door of the cabinet Align the paper supply with the label on the floor Ensure that the paper pulls freely from the box 3 Feed the paper up through the paper slot inside the cabine...

Страница 40: ...e the tractor door Normally you should not need to adjust the position of the left tractor 5 If adjustment is necessary unlock the left tractor Slide the tractor until it is directly to the left of th...

Страница 41: ...ose the tractor door If necessary slide the right tractor to remove paper slack or to adjust for various paper widths Then lock the tractor Horizontal Adjustment Knob Figure 2 15 The Horizontal Adjust...

Страница 42: ...scale corresponds approximately to 1 3 and 6 part paper thickness Adjust until you have the desired print quality NOTE Do not set the forms thickness lever too tightly excessive friction can cause pap...

Страница 43: ...rom displaying after the printer is powered on 2 Set the power switch to the ON position see Figure 2 17 The printer initializes and runs several self tests The messages TESTING HARDWARE PLEASE WAIT a...

Страница 44: ...that the printer is in online mode with the printer cover open and the forms thickness lever lowered 2 Press ON LINE to place the printer in offline mode The LCD will then display OFFLINE CONFIG CONTR...

Страница 45: ...tical position knob freely in order to align the top of form TOF Indicator Vertical Position Knob Perforation Figure 2 20 Aligning the Top of Form 5 Locate the TOF indicator on the left tractor The TO...

Страница 46: ...1 3 and 6 part paper thickness Adjust until you have the desired print quality NOTE Do not set the forms thickness lever too tightly excessive friction can cause paper jams ribbon jams with potential...

Страница 47: ...s Shift Recycle The printer outputs a sliding alphabet pattern 8 To stop test R S Printer Tests Shift Recycle Stops test 9 ENTER SWITCH LOCKED Locks the configuration parameters 10 CLEAR OFFLINE CONFI...

Страница 48: ...2 26...

Страница 49: ...6 Default and Custom Configurations 3 7 Operating Modes 3 7 Control Panel Keys 3 8 Factory Default Configuration Values 3 10 Changing Parameters 3 12 Saving Your New Configuration 3 15 Printing the C...

Страница 50: ...g control codes in the data stream from a host computer attached to the printer This chapter provides a tutorial introduction to configuring the LGplus Series printer using the configuration menus sto...

Страница 51: ...ions are described in the LGplus Series LinePrinter PlusTM Programmer s Reference Manual The host control codes for the LG emulation are provided in the LGplus Series LG Programmer s Reference Manual...

Страница 52: ...ndard Inverted Strobe Polarity Standard Inverted Resp Polarity Standard Inverted Busy On Strobe Enable Disable Latch Data On Leading Trailing Prime Signal Enable Disable TOF Action Reset Do Nothing Bu...

Страница 53: ...lt OCR A OCR B CPI LPI Select Font Attributes Page Format Select CPI 10 0 CPI 12 0 CPI 15 0 CPI 17 1 CPI 20 0 CPI Select LPI 6 0 LPI 8 0 LPI 10 3 LPI Typeface Data Processing NLQ OCR A OCR B High Spee...

Страница 54: ...ent from a host attached to the printer they override control panel settings For example if you set the line spacing to 6 lpi with the control panel and application software later changes this to 8 lp...

Страница 55: ...llows you to save eight groups of parameter settings in memory as custom configurations numbered from 1 to 8 Page 3 15 explains how to save a set of parameter values as a custom configuration using th...

Страница 56: ...splay the CONFIG CONTROL submenu options Load Config Save Config Print Config etc NEXT Press this key to move forward through the options at the same level within a menu If OFFLINE CONFIG CONTROL disp...

Страница 57: ...ing and Locking the ENTER Key The ENTER key is locked by default to prevent you from accidentally changing the printer configuration You should generally unlock the ENTER key directly before you begin...

Страница 58: ...ited Rpt No Print Mode Opt Enable Plot Mode Opt Enable LinePrinter Printer Protocol Proprinter Define CR code CR CR Auto LF Disable Define LF code LF LF FF Valid at TAF Enable Character Set Code Page...

Страница 59: ...CE Serial Interface Type RS 232 Data Protocol XON XOFF Baud Rate 9600 Baud Word Length 8 Stop Bits 1 Parity None Data Term Ready True Request to Send True Buffer Size 8 Kbyte PRINTER CONTROL Unidirect...

Страница 60: ...ocedure shows how to change and save the settings for the Unidirectional option Use these basic guidelines to navigate the configuration menus and change other parameters If you think that the configu...

Страница 61: ...NTROL Unidirectional 6 Unidirectional Disable 7 OR Unidirectional Enable Cycle through the choices 8 ENTER Unidirectional Enable Asterisk indicates this choice is active 9 UNTIL PRINTER CONTROL Unidir...

Страница 62: ...the configuration menu 12 UNTIL OFFLINE CONFIG CONTROL 13 Go to the CONFIG CONTROL submenu Save Config option as described on page 3 16 step 4 TO USE THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION WITHOUT SAVING 14 ENTER...

Страница 63: ...NLQ typeface 12 cpi 8 lpi Once you have saved a custom configuration using this option it will not be lost if you power off the printer You can load a configuration for a specific print job see page...

Страница 64: ...e Config 2 Press until a desired number 1 8 displays NOTE Do not power off the printer while save is in progress you might lose your configuration 8 ENTER Save Config 2 The configuration is now saved...

Страница 65: ...ve Config Print Config Delete Config Power up Config Protect Configs Factory Default The configuration printout lists the stored parameters You can print any or all of the configurations shown above C...

Страница 66: ...CONTROL Load Config 5 UNTIL CONFIG CONTROL Print Config 6 Print Config Current 7 OR Print Config Factory Press until the desired option displays 8 ENTER OFFLINE CONFIG CONTROL The configuration listi...

Страница 67: ...ation remains active as long as the printer is on If you power off the printer the power up configuration will load Page 3 21 explains how to select the power up configuration If you do not set a powe...

Страница 68: ...onfiguration changes 4 CONFIG CONTROL Load Config 5 Load Config 0 0 factory default configuration 6 OR Load Config X X configuration that you want to load 7 ENTER Loading Saved Configuration Load Conf...

Страница 69: ...1 and turn the power off and then back on the printer will load the designated power up configuration not the last saved configuration For your convenience you can specify which configuration 0 8 shou...

Страница 70: ...on changes 4 CONFIG CONTROL Load Config 5 UNTIL CONFIG CONTROL Power up Config 6 Power up Config 0 7 OR Power up Config X X configuration that you want to load 8 ENTER Power up Config X Loading Saved...

Страница 71: ...fig 4 9 Save Config 4 9 Print Config 4 9 Delete Config 4 9 Power Up Config 4 9 Protect Configs 4 10 ACTIVE EMULATION Menu 4 11 EMULATION Menu 4 12 LG Emulation 4 13 Font Submenu 4 14 Vert Forms 4 15 H...

Страница 72: ...ation LinePrinter Plus 4 23 Define CR Code 4 24 Auto LF 4 24 Define LF Code 4 24 Printer Select 4 24 Character Set 4 25 20 CPI Condensed 4 25 P Series Emulation LinePrinter Plus 4 26 Control Code 06 4...

Страница 73: ...35 Display Language 4 35 HOST INTERFACE Menu 4 36 Serial Submenu 4 38 Interface Type 4 39 Data Protocol 4 39 Baud Rate 4 40 Word Length 4 40 Stop Bits 4 40 Parity 4 40 Data Terminal Ready 4 40 Request...

Страница 74: ...a Request Polarity 4 46 Strobe Polarity 4 46 Buffer Size in K 4 47 Bidirectional IEEE 1284 Parallel Options 4 47 Buffer Size in K 4 47 PRINTER CONTROL Menu 4 48 Unidirectional 4 48 PMD Paper Motion De...

Страница 75: ...lete your configuration of the printer This chapter provides descriptions for each parameter provided by the configuration menus Figure 4 1 shows the configuration main menu and its first level parame...

Страница 76: ...ndard Inverted Strobe Polarity Standard Inverted Resp Polarity Standard Inverted Busy On Strobe Enable Disable Latch Data On Leading Trailing Prime Signal Enable Disable TOF Action Reset Do Nothing Bu...

Страница 77: ...emulation then the LG emulation options can be configured using this menu MAINT MISC These options provide miscellaneous functions such as printing a hex dump selecting a display language and choosin...

Страница 78: ...ss DOWN UP NEXT PREV To select option value press ENTER To go to online mode press ON LINE Factory Default B Y A Menu Function To return to main menu press CLEAR From page 4 6 Figure 4 2 Configuration...

Страница 79: ...uration which can not be changed or saved See page 3 15 for a fuller description and sample procedure NOTE If the Protect Configs parameter is enabled the new configuration will not be saved unless th...

Страница 80: ...e Save Configs parameter When disabled default the new configuration will overwrite the existing configuration When enabled the new configuration will not overwrite the existing configuration and the...

Страница 81: ...as the active emulation for your printer The Proprinter XL Epson FX and P Series emulations are all part of LinePrinter Plus You may configure options for the active emulation via the EMULATION menu d...

Страница 82: ...nter control language P Series emulation This LinePrinter Plus emulation is the Printronix P Series printer control language Three additional LinePrinter Plus submenus may be configured that are used...

Страница 83: ...Katakana DP 10 6 5 DP 10 8 6 DP 12 6 DP 12 8 DP 15 6 DP 15 8 DP 15 10 HS 10 6 CORESPON 5 6 CORESPON 5 8 CORESPON 6 6 CORESPON 6 8 CORESPON 10 6 CORESPON 10 8 CORESPON 12 6 CORESPON 12 8 CORESPON 15 6...

Страница 84: ...3 inches 1 NOTES FOR LG MENU DIAGRAM Press DOWN to change units NEXT increases PREV descreases LG Font Submenu This options for this submenu select a default font style and character set for the LG em...

Страница 85: ...margins do not cross each other Horiz Forms Left Mrg This sets the left margin for the forms You must specify the left margin in 1 10 inch increments from 0 to 13 2 inches The default value is 0 Pres...

Страница 86: ...to the data stream This feature can be used in most installations but it is required if the host computer does not send Carriage Returns to the printer Unsolicited Rpt This option enables or disables...

Страница 87: ...t mode with greater efficiency Enable the default Enables the print mode option Disable Disables the print mode option This provides compatibility with older LG printer products Plot Mode Opt When ena...

Страница 88: ...printer protocols emulations and formatting options that are included when LinePrinter is selected as the active emulation LinePrinter Plus is also available when the PGL or VGL graphics upgrade is i...

Страница 89: ...rimary Extended DEC Mult OCR A OCR B CPI LPI Select Font Attributes Page Format Select CPI 10 0 CPI 12 0 CPI 15 0 CPI 17 1 CPI 20 0 CPI Select LPI 6 0 LPI 8 0 LPI 10 3 LPI Typeface Data Processing NLQ...

Страница 90: ...s press DOWN UP NEXT PREV To select option value press ENTER To go to online mode press ON LINE Factory Default B Y A Menu Function To return to main menu press CLEAR From page 4 19 Code Page 437 Figu...

Страница 91: ...line feed when data is received past the forms width Disable discards any data past the forms width Define LF Line Feed Code The Define LF Code option controls the action of the printer when it recei...

Страница 92: ...feed when the host sends a Form Feed command and the printer is at the top of form Character Set Selects from four character sets Code Page 437 the default Code Page 850 OCR A and OCR B 20 CPI Condens...

Страница 93: ...overwriting the buffer Printer Select When enabled allows you to place the printer on line or off line from the host computer Epson Set IBM PC OCR B OCR A ASCII USA French German English Danish I Swe...

Страница 94: ...iscards any data past the forms width Define LF Code The Define LF Code option controls the action of the printer when it receives a Line Feed code 0Ah from the host computer If this feature is enable...

Страница 95: ...ompressed print characters are narrower than the normal character set This is helpful for applications where you need to print the maximum amount of information on a page Enable the default prints abo...

Страница 96: ...Define LF Code Overstrike Enable Disable Character Set Select SFCC 1 Range 00 7F hex Enable Disable Control Code Printable See page 4 27 EVFU Select Alt Set 80 9F To view options press DOWN UP NEXT P...

Страница 97: ...anadian Latin American Danish II Spanish II Latin Am II ASCII USA German Swedish Danish Norwegian Finnish English Dutch French Spanish Italian Turkish Japanese Multinational Barcode 10 cpi Mult LG 10...

Страница 98: ...receives a Carriage Return code 0Dh from the host computer If this feature is enabled each time the printer receives a Carriage Return it inserts an additional Line Feed code 0Ah into the data stream...

Страница 99: ...Line Feed it inserts an additional Carriage Return code 0Dh into the data stream This feature can be used in most installations but it is required if the host computer does not send Carriage Returns t...

Страница 100: ...codes 80h through 9Fh as control codes or as printable characters Character Set You can specify IBM PC Multinational ECMA Latin 1 DEC Multinational OCR A or OCR B as the character set As Figure 4 9 s...

Страница 101: ...ta Processing NLQ OCR A OCR B High Speed NLQ Sans Serif Disable Enable Bold Print Disable Enable Slashed Zero Disable Forward Slant Backward Slant Disable Enable See page 4 32 To view options press DO...

Страница 102: ...e 1 2 Inch 2 3 Inch 5 6 Inch 1 Inch Abs Length IN 0 columns Range 0 369 0 lines Range 0 451 To view options press DOWN UP NEXT PREV To select option value press ENTER To go to online mode press ON LIN...

Страница 103: ...he page Perforation Skip Perforation Skip allows or prevents printing on page perforation When enabled it sets up a total skip over margin of 1 2 2 3 5 6 or 1 For example a skip over margin of 1 allow...

Страница 104: ...enu Function To return to main menu press CLEAR From page 4 6 Figure 4 12 Maintenance Miscellaneous Menu Diagram Hex Dump Mode A hex code printout or hex dump translates all incoming data to hexadecim...

Страница 105: ...e This parameter allows you to configure the printer to power up in the offline or online state Display Language This parameter chooses the language that will appear on the LCD English German French S...

Страница 106: ...e interface in your computer is a serial interface then the serial interface must be selected from the Host Interface Menu in the printer HOST INTERFACE Centronics Serial Dataproducts See page 4 42 Se...

Страница 107: ...Bidirectional IEEE 1284 Parallel The currently selected interface is indicated with an asterisk on the control panel message display Each interface has its own submenu with the set of associated inter...

Страница 108: ...rial 1200 Baud 2400 Baud 4800 Baud 9600 Baud 19200 Baud 38400 Baud 57600 Baud 115200 Baud Word Length 1 2 Stop Bits 8 7 None Odd Even Mark Sense Parity Data Terminal Ready Request to Send True On line...

Страница 109: ...ault serial protocol ETX ACK End of Text Acknowledge The host controls the flow of communication to the printer by sending a block of data and ending the block with an End of Text ETX signal When the...

Страница 110: ...bits Stop Bits The Stop Bits parameter sets the number of stop bits in the serial data word Either one or two stop bits can be selected The setting must match the corresponding stop bit setting in the...

Страница 111: ...efault for the LG emulation Unsolicited Rpt option and the Digital emulation Device Status Reports function to work properly see page 4 16 Buffer Size in K This option configures the amount of memory...

Страница 112: ...text From page 4 36 Centronics Parallel To view options press DOWN UP NEXT PREV To select option value press ENTER To go to online mode press ON LINE Factory Default B Y A Menu Function To return to m...

Страница 113: ...versa Strobe Polarity The Strobe Polarity must be set to match the data strobe polarity of your host computer When the host computer sends a data strobe signal to the printer this enables the printer...

Страница 114: ...Disable a warm start will not occur TOF Action TOF Top of Form Action determines whether or not a form feed is performed before a warm start when the prime signal is asserted from the host This setti...

Страница 115: ...er might not print or might print as garbled text Enable Disable Data Bit 8 Parellel Data Request Pol Strobe Polarity PI Ignored Data Polarity Enable Disable Standard Inverted Standard Inverted Standa...

Страница 116: ...to ignore the PI signal and interpret the associated data character as text Data Polarity The Data Polarity parameter must be set to match the data polarity of your host computer Standard the default...

Страница 117: ...ore detail Configuration of this interface is configured and controlled from the host Parallel From page 4 36 To view options press DOWN UP NEXT PREV To select option value press ENTER To go to online...

Страница 118: ...aver Time 15 min 15 60 PRINTER CONTROL From page 4 6 Figure 4 18 Printer Control Menu Diagram Unidirectional The Unidirectional feature affects both print quality and printing speed By setting this fe...

Страница 119: ...isabled If PMD is enabled and a paper jam occurs an audible alarm beeps three times CLEAR PAPER JAM appears on the message display and the printer stops printing The default for this parameter is Enab...

Страница 120: ...r electricity usage while it stays idle The time interval you specify for this parameter sets the number of minutes of idle time before the printer goes into power saver mode The default setting is 15...

Страница 121: ...m Memory X Megabytes Print Statistics DIAGNOSTICS Full Width 80 col 48 dots Range 4 76 SEE PAGE 4 52 To view options press DOWN UP NEXT PREV To select option value press ENTER To go to online mode pre...

Страница 122: ...Slow Paperout Adj Burnin Test Shuttle Fast Shuttle Only Phase Printer 1 to 2000 93 To view options press DOWN UP NEXT PREV To select option value press ENTER To go to online mode press ON LINE Factor...

Страница 123: ...feeding problems All H s A pattern of all uppercase H s used to detect missing characters misplaced dots smeared characters or improper phasing All Underlines An underline pattern useful for identify...

Страница 124: ...poses Printer statistics accumulate continuously they do not reset when you turn off the printer All of the printer statistics are set to zero at the factory after burn in testing On The cumulative ti...

Страница 125: ...onfiguration 5 8 IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface 5 9 Operating Modes 5 9 The Negotiation Phase 5 10 Signals 5 10 Configuration 5 12 Terminating Resistor Configurations 5 13 RS 232 and RS 422 Serial Inter...

Страница 126: ...over parallel or serial lines IMPORTANT The LGplus is equipped with three parallel interfaces and two serial interfaces Only one interface can be used at a time and it must be selected via the control...

Страница 127: ...gnments with a 50 pin AMP HDH 20 Data Cable Connector Input Signals Output Signals Miscellaneous Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin DATA LINE 1 19 Return 3 READY 22 Return 6 CABLE VERIFY 45 46 DATA LINE...

Страница 128: ...g default or trailing Paper Instruction PI Carries a DAVFU signal from the host with the same timing and polarity as the data lines Ready Carries a high true signal from the printer when AC power and...

Страница 129: ...4 The Configuration Menus for Dataproducts parameter descriptions and information on selecting values for the following parameters Data Bit 8 enable or disable PI Ignored enable or disable Data Polari...

Страница 130: ...nector Pin Assignments Input Signals Output Signals Miscellaneous Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin DATA LINE 1 2 Return 20 ACKNOWLEDGE 10 Return 33 CHASSIS GROUND 17 DATA LINE 2 3 Return 21 ONLINE SEL...

Страница 131: ...that clocks data into the printer Paper Instruction PI Carries a VFU control signal from the host with the same timing as the data lines Acknowledge A low true pulse from the printer indicating the c...

Страница 132: ...nd information on selecting values for the following parameters Data Bit 8 enable or disable Data Polarity standard or inverted Strobe Polarity standard or inverted Response Polarity standard or inver...

Страница 133: ...nter will respond and a message will display on the host Operating Modes The 1284 supports three operating modes which are determined by negotiation between the printer and the host Compatibility Mode...

Страница 134: ...k nWrite Driven by host Data transferred from host to printer When printer sends data two types are available If Nibble Mode signal is set high If Byte Mode signal is set low Data 1 through Data 8 The...

Страница 135: ...is selected Host Logic High Driven by the host When set to high the host indicates all of its signals are in a valid state When set to low the host indicates its power is off or its signals are in an...

Страница 136: ...Ground PError Select nAck 29 Signal Ground Busy nFault 30 Signal Ground nAutoFd nSelectIn nInit 31 Host nInit 32 Printer NFault nDataAvail aDataAvail 33 Not Defined 34 Not Defined 35 Not Defined 36 Ho...

Страница 137: ...hm pull down terminating resistors are located at RP1 and RP2 shown in Figure 5 1 If the values of these terminating resistors are not compatible with the particular interface driver requirements of y...

Страница 138: ...resistor configurations you may install Configuration Pull Up RP1 Pull Down RP2 Factory Default 470 ohm 1K ohm Alternate 1 220 ohm 330 ohm Alternate 2 1K ohm none Removal and Installation IMPORTANT T...

Страница 139: ...erpreted with the least significant bit first Parity checking is determined by printer configuration options selected from the operator panel The printer interface uses a first in first out buffer The...

Страница 140: ...tted Data TD Serial data stream from the printer for transmitting status and control information to the host Subject to protocol selection Request To Send RTS Control signal from the printer Subject t...

Страница 141: ...s that require operator intervention Parity Error Handling Parity error checking is a configuration option selected from the operator panel With odd or even parity checking selected a character with a...

Страница 142: ...nformation on selecting values for the following parameters RS 232 and RS 422 Baud Rate data rate selected from the operator panel Data Bits 7 or 8 Bits Stop Bits 1 or 2 Bits Parity None Odd Even Mark...

Страница 143: ...riented device carriage control device is spooled through an intermediate device error logging is enabled Error count 0 Owner process SYMBIONT_0001 Owner process ID 00000087 Reference Count 2 Page wid...

Страница 144: ...No_Wrap No_Broadcast No_Modem No_Brdcstambx Line_Editing No_Secure_server No_SIXEL_Graphics No_ANSI_CRT No_Edit_mode Echo TTsync Scope No_Readsync No_Local_echo No_DMA Overstrike_editing No_Disconnec...

Страница 145: ...ents Routine Service 6 2 Cleaning Requirements 6 2 Exterior Cleaning 6 3 Interior Cleaning 6 3 Printer Self Tests 6 6 Running the Self Tests 6 7 Printing a Hex Dump 6 9 Fault Messages 6 11 Fault Messa...

Страница 146: ...g Requirements Periodic cleaning ensures efficient operation and clear print quality If the printer is located in a dusty area or is used for heavy duty printing clean it more often WARNING Disconnect...

Страница 147: ...aper and ink accumulate inside impact printers This is normal Paper dust and ink build up must be periodically removed to avoid degraded print quality Most paper dust accumulates around the ends of th...

Страница 148: ...ments Make sure the cleaning solution contains no water 7 Using a soft cloth lightly moistened with anhydrous alcohol remove dust and ink from the platen The platen is the thick silver bar behind the...

Страница 149: ...6 5 Splined Base Tractor 2 Shuttle Forms Thickness Lever Ribbon Guide 2 Shaft Casting Cover Assembly Figure 6 1 Cleaning the Print Mechanism...

Страница 150: ...ers misplaced dots smeared characters or improper phasing Underline Only An underline pattern useful for identifying hammer bank misalignment All Black A condition where all dot positions are printed...

Страница 151: ...s Guide 2 Press ON LINE OFFLINE CONFIG CONTROL The printer must be offline to test the printer 3 ENTER SWITCH UNLOCKED OFFLINE CONFIG CONTROL Allows you to make configuration changes 4 UNTIL OFFLINE D...

Страница 152: ...nter Tests All E s Stops tests 16 ENTER SWITCH LOCKED Locks the configuration parameters 17 CLEAR OFFLINE CONFIG CONTROL Moves the printer out of the menus to offline 18 Examine the print quality The...

Страница 153: ...quivalent A hex dump lists all ASCII character data received from the host computer with their corresponding two digit hexadecimal codes Hex dumps are used to troubleshoot printer data reception probl...

Страница 154: ...e 6 Hex Dump Mode Disable 7 OR Hex Dump Mode Enable Cycle through the choices 8 ENTER Hex Dump Mode Enable Asterisk indicates this choice is active 9 ENTER SWITCH LOCKED Locks the configuration parame...

Страница 155: ...rocedures for resolving fault conditions However many of the procedures described should be performed only by your Digital Customer Service Engineer Fault Messages Requiring Field Service Attention Fo...

Страница 156: ...or a Vertical Format Unit VFU for one of the LinePrinter Plus emulations Refer to the LinePrinter Plus Programming Reference Manual chapter on Vertical Formatting for further information BUFFER OVERFL...

Страница 157: ...in fan circuit Power off the printer and remove the paper path Check that the fan cable connector is connected Check for obstruction of vents and fan airway and remove any obstructions Check for item...

Страница 158: ...rd Contact your Digital Customer Service Engineer 1 ILLGL OPR ACCSS No Fatal firmware error on CMX controller board Contact your Digital Customer Service Engineer 1 ILL INST ACCSS No Fatal firmware er...

Страница 159: ...ur Digital Customer Service Engineer 1 PAP NOT SCHED No Fatal firmware error on CMX controller board Contact your Digital Customer Service Engineer 1 PAP NT AT SPEED No Fatal firmware error on CMX con...

Страница 160: ...ustomer Service Engineer 1 RIB INVLD STATE No Fatal firmware error on CMX controller board Contact your Digital Customer Service Engineer 1 RIBBON DRIVE No CMX controller does not detect ribbon drive...

Страница 161: ...Service Engineer 1 STACK UNDERFLOW No Fatal firmware error on CMX controller board Contact your Digital Customer Service Engineer 1 TCB CORRUPTED No Fatal firmware error on CMX controller board Contac...

Страница 162: ...6 18...

Страница 163: ...Paper A 3 Labels A 3 Printer Dimensions A 4 Environmental Characteristics A 4 Temperature A 4 Relative Humidity A 4 Acoustic Noise Level A 4 Energy Star Power Saver A 4 Electrical Characteristics A 5...

Страница 164: ...stalled in accordance with this Setup Guide Printer is maintained in accordance with the LGplus Series Maintenance Manual Ribbon Specifications NOTE Use only the Digital Equipment Corporation ribbons...

Страница 165: ...s Sheet Thickness 0 025 inch 0 0635 cm maximum Drive Adjustable tractors 6 pin engagement Slew Rate 16 in sec 40 64 cm sec maximum Slew rapid vertical paper movement Labels On Backing One part continu...

Страница 166: ...g 41 to 104 F 5 to 40 C up to 5000 feet 1524 meters 41 to 90 F 5 to 32 C up to 8000 feet 2438 meters Storage 40 to 158 F 40 to 70 C Relative Humidity Operating 10 to 90 noncondensing Storage 5 to 95 n...

Страница 167: ...VAC outlet Actual voltage may fluctuate between 178 and 270 VAC Phase Single Frequency 47 63 Hz Max RMS Current 6A 100 120 V 3A 200 240 V Power Rating Standby 121 Watts Operating 400 Watts Radio Freq...

Страница 168: ...esident serial diagnostic port Logic Levels TTL EIA 232 D EIA 422A Data Format ASCII or EBCDIC Compatibility Centronics parallel Dataproducts parallel IEEE 1284 parallel and RS 232 RS 422 Maximum Cent...

Страница 169: ...tributes will print at no less than half the rate shown The exact print rate of lines containing these attributes is dependent upon the specific case software maximizes the throughput by dynamically d...

Страница 170: ...12 13 3 15 17 1 5 9 X 7 2 4 7 X 7 2 4 7 X 7 2 3 5 X 7 2 3 5 X 7 2 HIGH SPEED 60 120 X 48 10 12 13 3 5 9 X 5 1 4 7 X 5 1 7 x 5 1 NOTE A B X C where A is maximum horizontal dot density B is horizontal...

Страница 171: ...53 43 2B 54 44 2C 55 45 2D 56 46 2E 57 47 2F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 60 48 30 61 49 31 62 50 32 63 51 33 64 52 34 65 53 35 66 54 36 67 55 37 70 56 38 71 57 39 72 58 3A 73 59 3B 74 60 3C 75 61 3D 76 62 3E...

Страница 172: ...B 2...

Страница 173: ...ons performed on text that alter its appearance but do not change the font Examples underlining superscripting bold etc B bar code A printed code consisting of parallel bars of varied width and spacin...

Страница 174: ...r including symbols punctuation numbers diacritical markings and alphabet characters Each character is assigned a unique code value character weight The degree of lightness and thickness of printed te...

Страница 175: ...cters per inch A measurement of monospaced fonts indicating the horizontal character density For example 10 cpi means 10 characters can be printed in one horizontal inch See also pitch cps Abbrev for...

Страница 176: ...le To activate make true 1 or set to ON escape sequence A command sequence in which the first byte is always the ASCII ESC character See also command sequence SSCC and SFCC expanded Refers to a typefa...

Страница 177: ...character cell varies with the width of the character For example i takes less space to print than m Using proportional fonts generally increases the readability of printed documents giving text a ty...

Страница 178: ...nvoke To put into effect or operation ipm Abbrev for inches per minute A measurement of the speed of a printer printing in graphics print mode plotting speed italic A slanted type style This is an ita...

Страница 179: ...which a machine can read characters printed in a special standardized font Data are read by a photoelectric optical scanner and can be recorded on magnetic tape or disk OCR A and OCR B are two widely...

Страница 180: ...is printed in 11 point type This is 14 point type port A channel used for receiving data from or transmitting data to one or more external devices portrait Printed parallel to the short edge of a page...

Страница 181: ...printing this is expressed as the number of dots per inch dpi horizontally and vertically ROM Acronym for read only memory Programs instructions and routines permanently stored in the printer Informat...

Страница 182: ...dicating the end of a character or data element string Two or more bytes of data or code treated as a unit style type See type style symbol set See character set T type family See typeface type size S...

Страница 183: ...Glossary 11 V VFU Abbrev for vertical format unit W weight See character weight write To store data to memory RAM or to mass storage hard disk floppy diskette etc...

Страница 184: ...Glossary 12...

Страница 185: ...ectional parallel interface menu Buffer Size in Kbytes 4 47 Bidirectional printing 4 48 BUFFER OVERFLOW 6 12 Buffer Size in Kbytes Bidirectional parallel interface menu 4 47 Centronics parallel interf...

Страница 186: ...ng resistors 5 13 Configuration menus Centronics parallel 4 42 Dataproducts 4 45 serial interface 4 38 Configurations types of 3 7 Configuring printer 3 2 Connections cable 2 11 Connectors for host in...

Страница 187: ...ne Line Feed code 4 23 Delete Configuration parameter 4 9 Demand signal Dataproducts parallel interface 5 4 Diagnostic capabilities 1 7 Diagnostic tests 6 6 Diagnostics main menu option 4 51 Dimension...

Страница 188: ...PAP INVLD PARM 6 15 PAP NOT SCHED 6 15 PAP NT AT SPEED 6 15 PAP UNEXP INT 6 15 PARITY ERROR 6 15 PLAT INV CMD 6 15 PLAT INV PARM 6 15 PLAT INV STATE 6 16 PROTECTED INSTR 6 16 RIB INVLD CMD 6 16 RIB IN...

Страница 189: ...uirements 2 3 I IEEE 1284 interface 5 9 configuration 5 12 operating modes 5 9 pinout signals 5 11 5 12 signals 5 10 IGP PGL upgrade option 1 8 IGP VGL upgrade option 1 8 ILL EXT BUS ACC 6 14 ILL INST...

Страница 190: ...ENTER switch 3 9 M Maintenance 6 2 Maintenance Miscellaneous menu 4 34 Menu Options Host Interface 4 36 Menu configuration 3 4 3 5 4 6 4 19 N Negotiation phase 5 10 Network Interface 5 16 Nibble mode...

Страница 191: ...meter 4 53 6 6 PI ignored parameter 4 46 Pin assignments Centronics parallel interface 5 6 Dataproducts parallel interface 5 3 RS 232 serial interface 5 15 RS 422 serial interface 5 15 Pinout signals...

Страница 192: ...interface 5 16 RS 422 serial interface 5 17 Request to send RTS signal RS 232 serial interface 5 16 Request to Send parameter 4 41 Requirements printer power 2 2 Resistors configuration 5 13 installat...

Страница 193: ...NV PARM 6 16 Shuttle fast test 6 6 SHUTTLE JAM 6 17 Shuttle only test 6 6 Shuttle slow test 6 6 Signals Centronics parallel interface 5 7 Dataproducts parallel interface 5 4 IEEE 1284 interface 5 10 R...

Страница 194: ...nderline only test 6 6 UNDFNED OPCODE 6 17 Unidirectional parameter 4 48 Unlocking the ENTER switch 3 9 Unpacking a new printer 2 5 UP DRV SHORT 6 17 V Vertical formatting features electronic vertical...

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