Printronix P5000LJ Output Control, Graphics and Vertical Formatting, Built-in Diagnostic Tools

Chapter 1 Printer Overview

Output Control

Depending on the active emulation, the printers have the following output control features:

•Four modes for printing text:

1.Correspondence (High Density)

2.Data Processing (DP) (Standard Density)

3.Sparse (high speed) (Sparse Density)

4.OCR A and OCR B

•Selectable forms length and width

•Character attribute specification:

1.Selectable pitch: normal, expanded, and compressed

2.Emphasized (shadow) printing

3.Automatic underlining and overscoring

4.Superscript and subscript printing

5.Double high and wide printing

•Resident multinational character sets and bar codes

Graphics and Vertical Formatting

Several graphics and vertical formatting features are available:

•Built-in graphics generators:

1.IBM Proprinter III XL bit-image graphics

2.Epson FX-1050 dot graphics mode

3.P-Series Plot

4.PCL raster graphics

•Programmable electronic vertical formatting provides rapid vertical paper movement to specified lines for printing repetitive and continuous forms. You can choose from the following methods:

1.Vertical tabbing in Proprinter III XL and Epson FX emulation modes

2.Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU) in P-Series emulation mode

3.PCL vertical forms control (VFC)

Built-in Diagnostic Tools

The following diagnostic tools are provided with the printer:

•Comprehensive diagnostic self-tests permanently stored in the printer

•Configuration printout

•Data stream hex code printout

•Symbol set printout

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