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5. Operation

A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO

5. Operation

5.1 Printer Sharing

The A/C-7P RO and A/C-7S RO allow the printer to be shared automatically between an attached PC/LAN and an IBM coax host. Simply connect the PC/LAN printer server to the parallel/serial port. The A/C-7P RO can supply external devices attached to its parallel sharing port with 5V up to 350 mA. See Appendix E for instructions on how to transfer power to pin 18 on the A/C-7P RO. The A/C-7 RO uses a timeout after each print job before it honors print jobs from another port.

At the end of a host print job, the A/C-7P RO waits for the specified Host Port Timeout period before it honors data streams coming in through the parallel port. The Host Port Timeout period is set through Host/PC download command 51.

After a parallel or serial print job is completed, the A/C-7 RO will again wait for a period of time before it honors host print jobs. The Sharing Port Timeout is set through Host/PC download command 50.

If the PC print job is sent while a host job is printing, the printer responds as “busy” to the PC print request. The print job can be spooled through a spool program, sent to the printer when the host job is finished or if the PC’s printer port is set for infinite retry through the DOS “Configure Printer” command (described in the DOS manual), the print job waits for the printer to be available to receive the data.

By default, the A/C-7S RO sends data at 96N81 (9,600 baud; parity = none; word length = 8 bits; stop bits

=1). Make sure that the printer and the A/C-7S RO are using the same serial parameters. The A/C-7S RO’s Serial-Out parameters can be changed using the second (right) bank of switches located on the front panel.

Also make sure that the A/C-7S RO’s Serial-In settings are the same as those of the PC/LAN. Note that when printing from the share por, the slowest baud rate (Serial-In, Serial-Out) will determine the print speed.

The A/C-7S RO’s Serial In parameters can be changed through Host/PC download commands 76 through 79.

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Black Box manual Operation, Printer Sharing, A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO

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Data A/C-7P RO A/C-7S ROFrom HostA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND INDUSTRY CANADARADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENTS NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS NOM ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDADA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 18. Servicio por personal calificado deberá ser provisto cuando A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO TRADEMARKSChapter ContentsPage A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 1. SpecificationsFigure 2-1. Front Panels of the A/C-7 RO 2. IntroductionA/C-7P RO A/C-7S RO2.2 About This User’s Guide 2.1 Description of Front Panels2.3 Unpacking LEDSThe package should include the following A/C-7P RO or A/C-7S RO A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROWallmount transformer 9V AC output Standard parallel cable for A/C-7P RO only Standard serial cable forA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 3. InstallationA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO The self-test printouts in Figures A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 3-1. Self-Test Printout for A/C-7P ROA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 3-2. Self-Test Printout for A/C-7S ROA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 3-2. Self-Test Printout for A/C-7S RO, Page 1 continuedA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 3-3. Self-Test Printout, Page4. Configuration 4.1 A/C-7 RO ConfigurationA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 4.2 Configuration Switch SettingsOutput Protocol Table 4-1. Configuration Switch SettingsSW14 SW15Tests/Diagnostic Table 4-2. Tests/DiagnosticTable 4-3. Tests/Diagnostic SW11SW21 Table 4-5. Serial Out Baud-Rate SwitchesSW22 SW23Table 4-7. Serial Out Stop Bits Switch Table 4-6. Serial Out Word-Length SwitchTable 4-8. Serial Out Parity Switch Table 4-9. Serial X-On/X-Off SwitchA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 4.4 Host/PC Download CommandsA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 4.4 Host/PC Download Command OverviewHost/PC Download Command Table 4-11. Host/PC Download CommandsCommand Number A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROHost/PC Download Command Table 4-11 continued. Host/PC Download CommandsCommand Number A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROHost/PC Download Command Table 4-11 continued. Host/PC Download CommandsCommand Number A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROHost/PC Download Command Table 4-11continued. Host/PC Download CommandsCommand Number A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 2 LINES PER INCH COMMAND 1 BUFFER SIZECOMMAND 3 CHARACTERS PER INCH A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 5 FORM LENGTH COMMAND 4 LINE SPACINGCOMMAND 6 MAXIMUM PRINT POSITION A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 7 PRINT CASE COMMAND 8 LU1 LANGUAGEA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 11 PAPER PATH COMMAND 9 EPSON MATRIXFONT A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 13 FORM FEED AFTER LOCAL SCREEN COPY COMMAND 12 FORM FEED BEFORE LOCAL SCREEN PRINTCOMMAND 14 LU3 PRINT IMAGE Non-SCS Mode A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 15 CR at MPP + COMMAND 16 NL at MPP +A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 18 VALID FF AT END OF PRINT BUFFER COMMAND 17 VALID FF FOLLOWED BY DATACOMMAND 19 FF VALID LOCATION A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 20 AUTOMATIC FUNCTION AT END OF JOB COMMAND 21 PRINT QUALITY FastDraftA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 26 SUPPRESS EMPTY FORMS COMMAND 25 IBM MOTION COMMANDSCOMMAND 27 FF AFTER TIME ELAPSE A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 31 TRUNCATE/WRAP SELECT COMMAND 30 OVERRIDE OF FORMATTING COMMANDSCOMMAND 32 PAPER SIZE A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 36 SUPPRESS IBM CONTROL CODES COMMAND 34 INTERVENTION REQUIRED IR TIMEOUTCOMMAND 37 VERTICAL CHANNEL SELECT VCS A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROCOMMAND 38 TRUE LPI SPACING COMMAND 39 CPT ENDING DELIMITER CHARACTERSA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 40 CPT START DELIMITER CHARACTERS COMMAND 41 COMMAND ID CHARACTERA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 42 START AND STOP EBCDIC HEX DUMP COMMAND 45 SCS TRN TRANSLATEA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 50 SHARING PORT TIMEOUT COMMAND 51 HOST PORT TIMEOUTA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 55 CUSTOM USER STRINGS COMMAND 56 PARALLEL PORT INITIALIZATION STRINGA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 57 HOST PORT INITIALIZATION STRING COMMAND 58 SERIAL-PORT INITIALIZATION STRINGA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 61 AUTOMATIC PRINT ORIENTATION APO COMMAND 62 PRIMARY PAPER TRAY ORIENTATIONA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 63 ALTERNATE PAPER TRAY ORIENTATION COMMAND 64 MANUAL FEED TRAY ORIENTATIONA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 65 CHARACTER SET SELECTION COMMAND 70 OVERWRITE EBCDIC SCS/LU1 TRANSLATION TABLEA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 71 OVERWRITE DSC LU3 TRANSLATION TABLE COMMAND 76 SERIAL-IN BAUD RATEA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 78 SERIAL-IN STOP BITS COMMAND 77 SERIAL-IN WORD LENGTHCOMMAND 79 SERIAL-IN PARITY COMMAND 84 6 LPI STRINGCOMMAND 85 8 LPI STRING COMMAND 86 10 CPI STRINGA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 89 16.7 CPI STRING COMMAND 87 15 CPI STRINGCOMMAND 88 12 CPI STRING COMMAND 98 RESTORE DEFAULTS OR PRINT CONFIGURATIONA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 99 STORE CONFIGURATION IN PERMANENT MEMORYA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 4.5 Restoring Factory Defaults5. Operation 5.1 Printer SharingA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 5.3 Host Port Initialization 5.4 Print Position and Page LengthA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table 5-1. PMPP and PMPL 5.5 Laser Printing17.1 TrueA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 5.6 Computer Output Reduction CORA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 5.7 Automatic Print Orientation APOFigure 5-1. Printing with the APO Feature Print according to Paper Tray Orientation CommandsA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Other Printer Commands 5.8 Generic ModeA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Command Table 5-2. CommandsFunction A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO6. Advanced Features 6.1 Command Pass-ThruA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6.2 Custom User Strings 6.3 SCS Mode Transparent DataA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6.5 Printing Bar Codes 6.4 Color PrintingTable 6-1. Bar Codes Bar Code= 2.5 mm, dot-matrix = 3.175 mm to 9 laser = 22.5 mm, dot-matrix = A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROTable 6-2. Module Width in mm inches PCL Laser WidthA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO or IBM Proprinter Dot-Matrix Table 6-3. Module width in mm inches EpsonWidth A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO0 = Do not print human readables 1 = Print human readables A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO¬B5,7,1,0,0,0,1234567890¬B This data overrun by barcode A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROFigure 6-1. Bar Code Overlapping Text This data overrun by barcodeA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-3. POSTNET Figure 6-2. Code 3 ofCode 3 of 01234567891234 Figure 6-4. UPC AFigure 6-5. EAN UPC A789128 123456Figure 6-6. EAN 0123456789Figure 6-8. Code CodeA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO ¬B2,...,A1716~6A/C-7RO~510¬B A selects code set A A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROSymbol Table 6-4. Symbol Character Value and Data CharacterCharacter ValueSymbol Table 6-4 continued. Symbol Character Value and Data CharacterA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO CharacterSymbol Table 6-4 continued. Symbol Character Value and Data CharacterA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO CharacterSymbol Table 6-4 continued. Symbol Character Value and Data CharacterA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Character6.6 I-O Graphics Language A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO6.6.1 I-O GRAPHICS LANGUAGE OVERVIEW Table 6-5. IOGL Graphics Language IOGL Command StringGraphical Element A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RODescription ParameterUnits of ValidMeasurement Table 6-5 continued. IOGL Graphics LanguageA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO ParameterTable 6-5 continued. IOGL Graphics Language A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROParameter DescriptionA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-9. XY Coordinate System on the Page100,0 X,Y startX,Y end 100,600X,Y end 600,600 X,Y start 300,300Figure 6-11. Example of Box A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO900,2400 X,Y centerFigure 6-12. Example of Circle Line width = 2mm180 X,Y center X,Y start 900,900 500,900 Figure 6-13. Example of ArcA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Color/Shading-¬GS# of valuescolor 1% shading 1color 2% shadingFigure 6-14. Color/Shading and Pie Chart “9 o’clock” = starting point for first pie segmentA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-15. Segment of CircleA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Draws a bar chart. xy start specifies the bottom left hand corner of the first bar the origin on the chart’s xy scale. The x increment specifies the horizontal movement before the next bar is printed. The y increment in n/300 inches determines the height of the bar multiplied by the value. The bar width in n/300 inches specifies the width of the bar. Bar chart values can range from 0 to 3,000. Each bar will have the color and/or shading as specified in the shading command bar 1 is color/shading value 1,.... A maximum of 12 bars can be printedX,Y start Figure 6-16. Bar Chart Histogram100,2400 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO900,2400 Figure 6-17. Run Line ChartA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO X,Y startFigure 6-18. Text TEXT6-18 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6.7 I-O Graphics Language IOGL in ActionFigure 6-19. Bar Chart SALES CALLS PER DAYA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6-20 Figure 6-20. Placement of Bar ChartBar Chart Origin of ChartBar Chart Boyd A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO¬GS# of valuescolor 1% shading 1color 2% shading Bar Chart Shawn Bar Chart Gary¬GXbar chart Boyd ¬GS501100110011001100110 ¬GH1300300030030755303439 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO6.8 Linking Graphical Output to a Host Application A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO6.7.4 LABELS/TITLE/SUBTITLE/LEGEND A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6.9 Printing Images From The HostA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A PCL command used to reposition the stored image on a page is ¬E&l#u#Z, where the first # l#u specifies the “Left Offset Registration” or horizontal movement in n/720 inch and the second # #Z specifies the “Top Offset Registration” or vertical movement of the image in n/720 inch7. Troubleshooting 7.1 A/C-7 RO Self-TestA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 7.2 EBCDIC Hex DumpA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 7.3 ASCII Hex DumpTable 7-1. Problem Resolution Guide 7.4 Problem Resolution GuideProblem or Message Probable CauseProblem or Message Table 7-1. Problem Resolution GuideA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Probable CauseProblem or Message Table 7-1. Problem Resolution GuideA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Probable CauseProblem or Message Table 7-1. Problem Resolution GuideProbable Cause ActionProblem or Message Table 7-1. Problem Resolution GuideA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Probable CauseAppendix A Font FGID Reference for HP LaserJet Printers Symbol SetTable A-1. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceSymbol Set Table A-1 continued. Selecting Standard FontsA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Symbol SetTable A-1 continued. Selecting Standard Fonts TypefaceA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Appendix B Character SetsA B C D E F Figure B-1. Roman0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 A B5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F Figure B-2. Code PageA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A B C D E FFigure C-1. Input and Output Connector Pinout Appendix C Serial-Port SpecificationsFigure C-2. Serial Printer Cable Pinout A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S ROA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table D-1. 25-Pin Connector Pinout Appendix D Parallel-Port SpecificationsPin Number DirectionA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table D-2. 36-Pin Connector PinoutPin Number DirectionAppendix E Transferring Power to Pin Figure E-1. JumpersA/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 10. Power on the printer, then the A/C-7 RO A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO8. Tighten the black screws on the back panel 1000 Park Drive Lawrence, PA 15055-1018 724-746-5500 Fax Copyright 2000. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved