IBM S544-5750-00

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Contents

Main Page Page Page Table of Contents iv Page vi List of Figures viii List of Tables x Page Page Notices Trademarks Page Chapter 1. Introducing IBM Printing Systems Printers Printers Described in This Publication Finding Additional Information About Printing Advanced Function Common Control Unit (AFCCU) Printer Characteristics and PSF-Supported Functions Printer Characteristics 2 Workgroup Laser Printers Page Cutsheet Production Printers 4 Continuous Form Production Printers Page 6 Enterprise Color Printers 8 Industrial Impact and Non-Impact Printers 10 AFP Font Collection Font Technologies 12 Page Network Printer Resource Utility IPDS Functions 14 Page 16 Page Data Streams Attachment Modes for Supported Printers 18 Attachment Modes for Workgroup Laser Printers Attachment Modes for Cut Sheet Production Printers Attachment Modes for Coninuous Form Production Printers 20 Attachment Modes for Enterprise Color Printers Attachment Mode for Industrial/Impact and Non-Impact Printers 22 Page Page Chapter 2. Network Printer 12 (4312) Table36 summarizes the printer characteristics for the Network Printer 12. 26 PC Parallel and RS-232 Serial Interface: 28 Chapter 3. Network Printer 17 (4317) 30 Envelope sizes: Com-10, C5, DL and Monarch Media weights: 16 to 117 lbs. (60 to 190 g/m ) PC Parallel and RS-232 Serial Interface: 32 Chapter 4. Infoprint Color 8 Printer (4308) Selecting the Printing Medium 34 Page 36 Chapter 5. Infoprint 12 Printer (4912) 38 Page Page Chapter 6. Infoprint 20 Printer (4320) 42 Envelope sizes: Com-10, C5, DL and Monarch Paper weights: 16 to 28 lbs. (64 to 135 g/m ) PC Parallel Interface: 44 Chapter 7. Infoprint 21 Printer (4322) 46 Page 48 Page Page Page Table61 summarizes the printer characteristics for the Infoprint 32 and Infoprint 40 printers. 52 Page 54 Page 56 Page Table66 summarizes the printer characteristics for the Infoprint 60 printer. 58 Page Page Chapter 10. Infoprint 70 Printer (2770) 62 The Infoprint 70 printer accepts the following media: 0.24inch 0.24inch 0.24inch 10.52inches 8.02inches 0.24inch Page Page Chapter 11. Infoprint 2000 NP1 and RP1 Printers (2710NP1, 2710RP1) Table70 summarizes the printer characteristics for the Infoprint 2000 NP1 and RP1 printers. 66 Page Page Chapter 12. Infoprint 2000DP1 Printer (2710DP1) Table71 summarizes the printer characteristics for the Infoprint 2000DP1 printer. 70 Page Page Chapter 13. Infoprint 3000ES1 and ED1/ED2 Printers (3300) Table72 summarizes the printer characteristics for the Infoprint 3000ES1 and ED1/ED2 printers. 74 Page 76 Page Page Chapter 14. Infoprint 4000 IS1and IS2 Printers (4000IS1 and IS2) 80 Page 82 Page Page Chapter 15. Infoprint 4000IR1/IR2 and IR3/IR4 Printers (4000IR1/IR2 and IR3/IR4) 86 Page 88 Chapter 16. Infoprint 4000ID1/ID2 and ID3/ID4 Printers (4000ID1/ID2 and ID3/ID4) 90 Page 92 FOR TEXT, OCR, AND BAR CODES FOR SOLIDFILL AND IMAGES Page 94 Chapter 17. Infoprint 4000ID5/ID6 Printer (4000ID5/ID6) 96 FOR TEXT, OCR, AND BAR CODES 98 Page Page Chapter 18. InfoColor 70 Printer (3170002) 102 Page Page Chapter 19. Infoprint Color 100 Printer (3170003) 106 Page Page Chapter 20. Infoprint Color 130 Printer (3170004) 110 Page Page Chapter 21. Infoprint Color 130 Plus Printer (3170005) 114 Page 116 Page Page Chapter 22. 4230 Printer (4230) Table81 summarizes the printer characteristics for the 4230 Printer. 120 Page Fonts Print-Quality Levels 122 Page 124 Chapter 23. 4232 Impact Printer (4232) 126 Page Page Chapter 24. 4247 Printer (4247) Table87 summarizes the printer characteristics for the 4247 Printer. Selecting the Printing Medium Specifying the Source of the Medium for a 4247-001 Printer 130 Identifying the Paper Source (Media IDs) Selecting Paper Sources Compatible with Other Printers Page 132 IBM 4247-001 Coax Software Support IBM 4247-001 Twinax Software Support Using PSF Selecting AS/400 Media 134 Using GDDM Using formsparameters Print-Quality Levels for IPDS Models 136 Page Page Chapter 25. 4400 Thermal Label Printer (4400) Table94 summarizes the printer characteristics. 140 Software Requirements The following table summarizes the IPDS support by platform. 142 Page 144 Page 146 Page 148 Print-Quality Levels in IPDS Mode 150 Chapter 27. Infoprint 62 Printer (4370) 152 Page 154 Page Page Appendix A. Migrating Your 3800 PrinterApplications Compatibility among PSF-Supported Printers Page Presentation 158 Figure54. Media Origins and Print Directions for PSF-Supported Printers When Not to Use Compatibility Form Definitions When To Use Compatibility Form Definitions Compatibility between an AFCCU continuous forms printer and 3800 Compatibility between Cut-Sheet Printers and AFCCU continuous forms printers 160 ABCD 1234 ABCD Example: ACROSS Print Direction with Wide Forms Example: DOWN Print Direction with Wide Forms Example: ACROSS Print Direction with Narrow Forms 162 3800 AFP Mode 3800 Compatibility Mode 164 Hardware RPQ for 3800 Compatibility Performance Considerations RPQ Installation Considerations PSF/MVS Line Mode Function 166 How PSF/MVS Line Mode Works Invoking PSF/MVS Line Mode Function Considerations for Line-Merge Jobs Printers Supported by PSF/MVS Line Mode 168 Implementing PSF/MVS Line Mode 3900 or 4000 Installation Considerations Page Appendix B. Font Information for IPDS Printers Font Terminology, Names of Font Groups, and Font Structure IBM Font Structure and Terminology Coded Font Font Character Set Code Page 172 AA Different Code Pages Global Resource IDentifier (GRID) 174 -0 -1 -3 -2 -4 -5 -6 Page Tables Listing Printer-Resident Fonts Abbreviations Used in the Tables 176 Fonts Resident in the AFCCU Printers Activating Resident Fonts in the AFCCU Printers IBM Expanded Core Fonts Resident in the AFCCU Printers 178 Page 180 Table117 lists the scalable OCR, APL, and Katakana fonts resident in the AFCCU printers. 182 Page 184 Appendix C. Related Publications 186 Page 188 Page 190 Page Page Glossary Glossary Source Identifiers References A B C 194 Page D 196 E F G 198 H I J K 200 L M N O P 202 Page R S 204 T U V 206 W X Index Numerics A B C 208 D E H I 210 L M N O P 212 R S T W X Page ReadersComments Wed Like to Hear from You ReadersComments Wed Like to Hear from You ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ S544-5750-00 BUSINESS REPLY MAIL