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

2. Introduction

The A/C-7P RO and the AC-7S RO are powerful, yet easy-to-operate external printer interfaces. You can easily set them up through on-board configuration switches or Host/PC download commands.

The A/C-7P RO and A/C-7S RO attach virtually any ASCII printer to an IBM 30XX, 43XX, 937X host, or 3174, 3274 or 3276 controller. They offer reliable emulations of IBM 3812, 4214, 4224, 3287, 3262 and 3268 printers (all non-IPDS™). When connected to a laser printer

operating in PCL® mode, the A/C-7 RO allows Computer Output Reduction (COR) and Automatic Page Orientation (APO). In addition, paper can be pulled from several sources and a multitude of fonts (printer-resident or from optional cartridges) are supported.

The A/C-7P RO comes with a standard parallel sharing port that allows automatic sharing of the attached printer between the host and a PC or LAN. The A/C-7S RO comes with a standard serial sharing port.

							A/C-7P RO
SW1		Host	Printer		Data	Data	ON
		Host	Printer		Data	Data
	I	Line	On		From	From
I	I	Sync	Line		Host	Parallel	Power
		Sync	Line		Host	Parallel	Power
O	O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8							OFF

								A/C-7S RO
SW1	SW2		Host	Printer		Data	Serial	ON
			Host	Printer		Data	Serial
		I	Line	On		From	Data
I		I	Sync	Line		Host	Out	Power
			Sync	Line		Host	Out	Power
O		O
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8							OFF

Figure 2-1. Front Panels of the A/C-7 RO.

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Black Box A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO manual Introduction, Front Panels of the A/C-7 RO

Contents

7P RO 7S RO 7P RO, A/C-7S RO 7P RO, A/C-7S RO 7P RO, A/C-7S RO Trademarks Contents 7P RO, A/C-7S RO Specifications Front Panels of the A/C-7 RO Introduction About This User’s Guide Description of Front PanelsUnpacking Leds 7P RO, A/C-7S RO Installation 7P RO, A/C-7S RO POWER-ON/OFF Sequence Self-Test Printout for A/C-7P RO Self-Test Printout for A/C-7S RO Self-Test Printout for A/C-7S RO, Self-Test Printout, A/C-7 RO Configuration Configuration Configuration Switch Settings Output Protocol SW14 SW15 SW16 SW17 Tests/Diagnostic SW11 SW18 SW14 SW15 SW16 SW17SW11 SW14 SW15 SW16 SW17 SW18 SW21 SW22 SW23 SW25 SW24SW26 SW27 Serial X-On/X-Off SW28 Host/PC Download Commands Host/PC Download Command Overview Command Number Host/PC Download Command 11 . Host/PC Download Commands LPI 11. Host/PC Download Commands Command 1 Buffer Size Command 2 Lines PER InchCommand 3 Characters PER Inch Command 4 Line Spacing Command 5 Form LengthCommand 6 Maximum Print Position Command 8 LU1 Language Command 7 Print Case Command 9 Epson Matrix Command 11 Paper PathFont Command 13 Form Feed After Local Screen Copy Command 12 Form Feed Before Local Screen Print Command 15 CR at MPP + Command 17 Valid FF Followed by Data Command 18 Valid FF AT END of Print BufferCommand 19 FF Valid Location Command 21 Print Quality FastDraft Command 20 Automatic Function AT END of JOB Command 25 IBM Motion Commands Command 26 Suppress Empty FormsCommand 27 FF After Time Elapse Command 30 Override of Formatting Commands Command 31 TRUNCATE/WRAP SelectCommand 32 Paper Size Command 34 Intervention Required IR Timeout Command 36 Suppress IBM Control CodesCommand 37 Vertical Channel Select VCS Command 39 CPT Ending Delimiter Characters Command 38 True LPI Spacing Command 41 Command ID Character Command 40 CPT Start Delimiter Characters Command 45 SCS TRN Translate Command 42 Start and Stop Ebcdic HEX Dump Command 51 Host Port Timeout Command 50 Sharing Port Timeout Command 56 Parallel Port Initialization String Command 55 Custom User Strings Command 58 SERIAL-PORT Initialization String Command 57 Host Port Initialization String Command 62 Primary Paper Tray Orientation Command 61 Automatic Print Orientation APO Command 64 Manual Feed Tray Orientation Command 63 Alternate Paper Tray Orientation Command 70 Overwrite Ebcdic SCS/LU1 Translation Table Command 65 Character SET Selection Command 76 SERIAL-IN Baud Rate Command 71 Overwrite DSC LU3 Translation Table Command 78 SERIAL-IN Stop Bits Command 77 SERIAL-IN Word LengthCommand 79 SERIAL-IN Parity Command 84 6 LPI String Command 86 10 CPI String Command 85 8 LPI String Command 89 16.7 CPI String Command 87 15 CPI StringCommand 88 12 CPI String Command 98 Restore Defaults or Print Configuration To complete the command, the value 0 must be used Command 99 Store Configuration Permanent Memory Restoring Factory Defaults Printer Sharing Operation Print Position and Page Length Host Port Initialization 17.1 Laser Printing Computer Output Reduction COR Automatic Print Orientation APO Printing with the APO Feature Other Printer Commands Generic Mode ¬TN Command Function Command Pass-Thru Advanced Features Custom User Strings SCS Mode Transparent Data Color Printing Printing Bar CodesBar Code Be aware that the table gives rounded values only Width Module width in mm inches Epson 7P RO, A/C-7S RO 7P RO, A/C-7S RO This data overrun by barcode Postnet Code 3 1234 UPC aEAN 0123456789 123456 789128 Code 7P RO, A/C-7S RO Value Code a Code B Code C Symbol Character 7P RO, A/C-7S RO NUL SOH STX ETX EOT ENQ ACK BEL DLE DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 NAK SYN O Graphics Language Iogl Command String Values Parameter Description Units Valid Measurement Helpful Hints XY Coordinate System on 100,0 StartEnd 100,600 End 600,600 Start 300,300 900,2400 Center 13. Example of Arc 180 Center Start 900,900 500,900 7P RO, A/C-7S RO ’clock = starting point for first pie segment 14. Color/Shading and Pie Chart 15. Segment of Circle 7P RO, A/C-7S RO 16. Bar Chart Histogram 17. Run Line Chart Text O Graphics Language Iogl in Action Sales Calls PER DAY 20. Placement of Bar Chart 104 105 Linking Graphical Output to a Host Application Printing Images From The Host 108 A/C-7 RO Self-Test Troubleshooting Ebcdic Hex Dump Ascii Hex Dump Problem or Message Probable Cause Action Problem Resolution Guide 113 114 115 116 Typeface Symbol Set Orient Pitch Point Appendix a Font Fgid Reference For HP LaserJet PrintersSize Table A-1 . Selecting Standard Fonts 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 Appendix B Character Sets Figure B-1. Roman Figure B-2. Code Figure C-1. Input and Output Connector Pinout Appendix C Serial-Port Specifications 145 Pin Number Direction Name Appendix D Parallel-Port Specifications Table D-2 -Pin Connector Pinout Figure E-1b Appendix E Transferring Power To Pin 149 Copyright 2000. Black Box Corporation. All rights reserved