Genicom manual Appendix, Functional Description of the 3600 Software A-14

Contents

A	Appendix
	Functional Description of the 3600	Mechanics	A-3
	Functional Description of the 3600	Electronics	A-4

Power Supply A-4

+5V A-4

+40V A-4

+24V A-4

Power Fail Detection A-5

Battery A-5

Battery Life Calculations A-5

Reset A-5

Motor Driver A-6

Processor A-7

Chip Selects A-7

TPU A-7

QSM A-8

Interrupt Priority Levels A-8

Crystal A-8

Memory A-9

Static RAM A-9

EPROM A-9

DRAM A-9

Communications Interface A-10

A/D Converter A-10

DIP Switches A-10

ASIC and I/O Option Interface A-10

Address/Data Multiplexor A-10

Chip Select Generation A-11

I/O Option Connector A-11

FIFO A-11

Front Panel Interface A-11

Debug Interface A-11

Functional Description of the 3600 Software A-14

Band Buffering and Font Caching A-14

Image Band Buffering A-14

Image Band Example A-15

Font Caching A-18

Print Energy Compensation A-18

Digital Thermal Compensation A-18

Global Compensation A-18

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