Serial Interface, Technical Character | Output Solutions 650

7.Interface Description

7.1Serial Interface

Standard C-650 Plus has one asynchronous V24 RS232C serial interface with 9 cores connected to the host.

Technical Character:

The following parameters can be modified in SETUP:

•	BAUD RATE:	2400, 4800, 9600, 19200 (bit/s)
•	BITS/CHARACTER:	7 or 8 bits
•	STOP BITS:	1 or 2 bits
•	PARITY:	none, even or odd.
•	DSR:	YES or NO

Communication Cable:

•HOST: 9 PINS (DB-9S)

•PRINTER: 9 PINS (DB-9S)

This protocol uses the following signal lines:

•Receive Data (RXD)

•Transmit Data (TXD)

•Data Terminal Ready (DTR)

•Projective Ground (GND)

•Data Set Ready (DSR)

•Clear To Send (CTS)

•Ready to send (RTS)

•Signal Ground (SG)

Host System

Printer

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Output Solutions 650 manual Serial Interface, Technical Character, Communication Cable, Host System

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Plus Acknowledgements General Installation Precautions Electrical Power SupplyEnvironmental Conditions Locating the Machine Work EnvironmentPrinter Operating Condition Table of Contents Print Test Page Command Index Command Description Technical Data Configuring the PrinterMaintenance Firmware Update Epson LQ Emulation Commands Trouble Shooting and DiagnosticsIBM ProPrinter Emulation Commands Appendix Character Set Table Delivery Contents Printer C-650 Plus Unpacking Preconditions for Installation Power Requirements First Look at the Printer Front View Rear View Remove Transport Lock Re-packing Information Ribbon Installation InstallingDetails of the Ribbon Cassette Getting Started Mains Connection and Power On Display shows the message CX LQ Display CompressStation Selftest Printing Contents Printing Test Users Guide Installing the Printer Drivers Connection to the System Serial/Parallel InterfaceDSR RS1 Printer Operation Operator Panel FEED/EJECT Accept Compress Station OFF-LINE Mode Menu Setup Liquid Crystal Display LCDOFF-LINE Load Print Medium Menu ModeAdjustment Debug Test To Confirm a Macro Selection and Save the Settings C-650 Plus EmulationsEpson LQ1600K Emulation IBM ProPrinter X24 Emulation Main Functions and Entry Points into the Menu Menu SetupAdjustment Menu Printing What is Configuration? DSRLine Display Standard Configuration Configure Explanation of the Printout on the Previous Pages Menu Structure Emulations of C-650 Plus How to use the Key in the Menu ModeMenu Setup Description IBM Select User to Setup ConfigureSelect Current Macro Modify RS1 Config Special Forms Error IBM Configure High Speed Printing YES IBM Character SET IBM Configure Zero Slash LQ Configure Auto Compression LQ Configure CPI of West Font Zero Slash Line Length Reset When Eject PNS Selection Save Parameters SAVING, Please Wait and then SAVED, Restart C-650 Plus Character Attributes Printing TestUsers Guide 4 Dr. Grauert Adjustment Photosensor ValueTwo line display Select Adjustment Left Margin TOP Margin RUN in Test Bidirectional Alignment Adjustment Compress together Print Photo Values Inquire Photo Values Compress or FEED/EJECT Resume Hardware Parameters Debug / Test Data Backup Mode Printing Saved Data Printing Last Data Printing Flash Data Directly Dump FW Version HW ConfigurationInfo Inquiring Printer ID Cleaning Surrounding Areas Preferred Material Remove the Ribbon Remove the Alignment Unit Cleaning Procedure Install the AlignmentInstall the Ribbon Cassette Working with single communication port Optional DevicesAdd the second interface port Working with dual-port CPI HSDNLQ Ribbon Cassette Quality CharacteristicsDiagnose Machine Character Printing Media Character Document Single and multi-copy Sheet Document Technical Character This protocol uses the following signal linesSerial Interface Communication Cable Parallel Interface TTL Program Update Release Stop KEY Update Busy Update O.KProgramming 13BB0 How to Use This Section Power-related ProblemsUncompleted Power On Carriage does not move smoothly Ribbon or Carriage-related Problems Ribbon ProblemsPaper-related Problems Printer does not accept the sheet Paper tears or jams Part of printed text is missing loss of data Print-related Problems Print faint or of poor qualityCharacters do not print evenly or are not uniform in pitch Dot Missing No Printout Self-test printout does not start Printing does not start Appendix a Code Pages Code page of C-650 Plus PC Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages ISO Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages Appendix a Code Pages OCR-A Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages OCR-B Character Sets Appendix a Code Pages Conventions ESC Command Index Mnemonic Hex Code Function ESC D Backspace Command Description by functionSpecial features Carriage Return Line Feed Forward Form FeedHorizontal Tabulation Vertical Tabulation ESC ESC O Reset Bottom of FormESC N n Bottom of Form ESC X n1 n2 Left and Right Margins Line Feed 7/72 ESC \ c1 c2 t1 t2 n1 n2 Line feed Value ModificationLine Feed 1/8 Line Feed = 1/6 or Activate ESC a n Line Feed n/72 or n/60 Line Feed n/216ESC a Line Feed n/72 One Line Feed of n/216 Hexadecimal code 1B 4A n ESC JOne Line Feed of n/216 or n/180 Line Feed Backward DC2 N1n2 = 00 Adjust characters spaceFS S 16.6 / 17.1 cpi Condensed ESC F DC4ESC E ESC G Select Print Mode Hexadecimal code 1B 49 n Print ModeESC H ESC T Cancel Superscript/SubscriptESC S n Superscript/Subscript ESC U n Uni/Bidirectional Printing ESC n Underline Double Height/Width M3 Line feed and height of charactersM4 Width of characters ESC a n1 n2 m1 m2 m3 m4 Triple Height/Width ESC B n1..n254 k1..k64 NUL Vertical Tabulation Program Clear All Tabulation Stops ESC d n1 n2 Relative Forward Horizontal MovementESC R Set by ESC B BIM resolution Normal Double Quadruple Space occupied by characters inside BIM data ESC L n1 n2 Double Resolution and Half Speed BIM IBM graphic commands are ESC K n1 n2 Normal resolution BIMDouble resolution BIM Calculation of the parameters for the BIM data ESC Y n1 n2 Double Resolution BIM Line Feed n/180 Alternate Graphic Mode AGMESC a n Line Feed n/60 One line feed of n/180 for graphics ESC * m n1 n2 AGMCRT Downloading Customized Characters DLL ESC = n1 n2 ID m Customized Characters DLL in Draft Print Mode DLL in NLQ Print Mode Example of How to Create a DLL Character Parameters a and b Parameters n1 and n2Parameter m BIT Bit Value Function Parameters p1 .. p11 DLL in NLQ Can DC1DC3 ESC \ n1 n2 Print Characters from Table Print a Character from Table ESC Q ETX Hex Decimal Conversion Table Appendix C Epson LQ-Emulation Commands Command Index By Code Command HEX Value Function ESC @ ESC G ESC EESC F ESC H DEL BEL BSBackspace CRCarriage Return FFForm Feed Eject ESC l n ESC C NUL n Set Page Length as n InchESC C n Set Page Length as n lines ESC Q nSet Right Margin as n Characters ESC U nL nH m Set 6 LPI Line Feed ESCSet 8 LPI ESC 3 n Set Line spacing as n/180 inch ESC + n ESC J n Advance n / 180 inch verticallyESC j n LFLine feed ESC V nL nH mL mH ESC $ n1 n2 ESC \ n1 n2 ESC M ESC PESC SI ESC g Set Character to 15 CPI Set character condensed printing DC4 Reset double width printing one line ESC I n ESC SOSet double width one line Reset subscript / superscript characterESC S n Set subscript/superscript character ESC SP n Set CPI ESC p n ESC U nESC W n ESC t n ESC n Set / Reset the underlined character ESC x n Set Character QualityCharacter Definition must be set to LQ ESC ! n Bit of n ESC 0x03 0x00 0x01 0x01 d2 ESC 0x03 0x00 0x01 d1 ESC B n1 ... nk NULSet Tab Stop of Vertical Tab Set ESC D n1 ... nk NULESC / n ESC b n m1 … mk NULSet Vertical Tab in Tab Set n ESC L n1 n2 ..data ESC Y n1 n2 ..data ESC Z n1 n2 ..data ESC * m n1 n2 ...data ESC @ Can DLE BESC R n DLE BSoft initialization ESC @ ESC ESC a On lineOff line ESC c ESC k ESC c n1 n2 ESC q n Set/reset shadow fontESC a n Set justification ESC k n Set font ESC c nL nH ESC % n Hex 1B 36H Decimal 54D Octal 66O Hex Decimal Conversion Table