Apple 310 manual

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Developer Note

Developer Press

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Developer Note

Apple LaserWriter Select 310

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Contents

Main Contents LaserWriter Select 310 Software Chapter 2 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware Page Chapter 3 Communication Channels Page vii Figures and Tables Chapter 3 Chapter 2 Communication Channels LaserWriter Select 310 Software Page About This Note What This Note Contains 0 Conventions Used in This Note 0 Other Reference Material 0 For More Information 0 Page Page Page Page Communication Ports 1 Serial Port for RS-232C Devices 1 Centronics Parallel Connector 1 Page 7 Status Lights 1 Memory Capabilities 1 ROM Capability 1 DRAM Expansion 1 Batch Mode 1 Basic Operation 1 Interactive Mode 1 Page Types 1 Paper Handling 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware Paper Handling 13 Figure 1-7 Paper handling options Page Page Software Overview 2 Adobe PostScript Programming Language 2 PostScript Interpreter 2 LaserWriter Select 310 Driver 2 Page Types 2 Page Product Strings 2 Software Parameters 2 Communication Device Parameters 2 Compatibility Operators 2 Page Setting Compatibility Operators 2 Page Setting System Parameters 2 checkpassword 2 pagecount 2 defaulttimeouts 2 idlefonts 2 printername 2 product 2 productA 2 ramsize 2 revision 2 setdefaulttimeouts 2 setidlefonts 2 setpassword 2 setprintername 2 Setting Page Device Parameters 2 dostartpage 2 defaultmultipurposetraysize 2 defaultpapertray 2 manualfeed 2 manualfeedtimeout 2 pagestackorder 2 margins 2 papersize 2 papertray 2 setdefaultmultipurposepapertraysize 2 setdefaultpapertray 2 setdostartpage 2 setmargins 2 setpagestackorder 2 setpagetype 2 setpapertray 2 Setting User Parameters 2 jobname 2 setjobtimeout 2 jobtimeout 2 waittimeout 2 Setting Device Parameters 2 setsoftwareiomode 2 softwareiomode 2 Setting Communication Parameters 2 packetbackchannel 2 sccbatch 2 setpacketbackchannel 2 setsccbatch 2 Setting Engine Device Parameters 2 darkness 2 setdarkness 2 Setting Extensions to PostScript Level 1 2 currentpacking 2 currentcacheparams 2 packedarray 2 setcacheparams 2 setpacking 2 Printer Error Parameter 2 printererror 2 PostScript Language Changes 2 Packed Arrays 2 Packed Arrays Versus Ordinary Arrays 2 Creating Packed Arrays 2 Immediately Evaluated Names 2 Changes in Font Cache Operation 2 Device Resolution Images 2 End-of-Line Recognition 2 New Operators 2 TrueType Fonts 2 Page Serial Communication 3 Baud Rates 3 Parity Settings 3 Flow Control 3 DTR Flow Control 3 XON/XOFF Flow Control 3 SCC Operator Encoding 3 Communication Protocols 3 Simple Communication Protocol 3 Binary Communication Protocol 3 Page Communicating with an IBM PC 3 Parallel Interface 3 Serial Interface 3 DTR Flow Control for PC Communication 3 XON/XOFF Flow Control for PC Communication 3 Communication Dynamics 3 Status Queries and Spontaneous Messages 3