Printronix P9000 Series manual

P9000 Series Multifunction Printer

User's Reference Manual

Contents

Main Page Page Trademark Acknowledgements TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page 1 OVERVIEW 2 OPERATION 2 OPERATION (continued) 3 CONFIGURATION 4 GRAPHICS 5 VERTICAL FORMAT UNITS 6 PROGRAMMING Page 6 PROGRAMMING (continued) 7 INTERFACES 8 ROUTINE SERVICE & DIAGNOSTICS 9 RIBBONMINDER 10 MULTINATIONAL CHARACTER SETS 11 INSTALLATION APPENDICES: About This Manual What This Manual Contains Warnings, Cautions, and Notes Switches and Indicators Page CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW Features Optional Features Character Formation Line Matrix Printing Print Rate Plot Rate Page CHAPTER 2 OPERATION Operation Features On Line Off Line Command Sets (Protocol Modes) Power Switch - WARNUNG The Control Panel Status Lamps ON LINE Switch CLEAR Switch and CHECK Indicator 6/8 LPI Switch PAPER ADV Switch VFU LOADED Indicator HOLD ENABLE, REPRINT PA1, CANCEL PA2, ALT MODE (Optional Switches) MENU UP, MENU DOWN, NEXT, and PREV Switches RUN/STOP ENTER PRINT MODE F/L (Forms Length) Loading Paper Page Setting Top-Of-Form Setting Top-of-Form - Forward Paper Motion Setting Top-of-Form - Reverse Paper Motion Paper Stacking Page Page Unloading Paper Replacing The Ribbon - VORSICHT Page Setting Forms Length To Set Forms Length in Inches To Set Forms Length in Lines Selecting Print Mode Setting Line Spacing Printer Reset Hex Code Printout Running the Self-Test Fault Condition Messages Operator Correctable Faults - IMPORTANT Field Service Required Page CHAPTER 3 CONFIGURATION Lock/Unlock Printer Configuration Configuration Menus Configuration Printout Page Factory Default Configuration Values Configuration Procedure Load Configuration Values Control Panel Configuration Diagram Page 3-9Configuration CONTROL PANEL anel Configuration Diagram Symbols Figure 3-2. 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Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 1 of 17) ** Configuration 311 LEVEL I PRINT FORMAT Configuration312 simultaneously pressing MENU UP Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 2 of 17) LEVEL II MAIN CONFIGURATION MENUS Configuration 313 A Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 3 of 17) LEVEL III CONFIGURATION MENU PARAMETERS * Configuration314 Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 4 of 17) B Configuration 315 Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 5 of 17) Configuration316 Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 6 of 17) Configuration 317 Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 7 of 17) Configuration318 D Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 8 of 17) Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 9 of 17) *** Configuration 319 Configuration320 E ****** Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 10 of 17) Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 11 of 17) ** ** Configuration 321 H Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 12 of 17) Configuration322 I Configuration 323 Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 13 of 17) ** ** * Configuration324 Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 14 of 17) Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 15 of 17) Configuration 325 Configuration326 Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 16 of 17) Control Panel Configuration Diagram (sheet 17 of 17) Configuration 327 Page CHAPTER 4 GRAPHICS Serial Matrix Compatible Bit Image Graphics Plotting a Bit Image Pattern How Bit Image Graphics Are Produced Bit Image Density Bit Image Programming Format Bit Image Sample Program P-Series Compatible Plot Mode Plot Density Page Plot Data Byte Format 111 1110 00 01111 Plot Data Line Format Page Plotting the Data Page To Exit the P-Series Plot Mode Combining Graphics and Text CHAPTER 5 VERTICAL FORMAT UNITS General VFU Programming VFU Load/Save/Clear P-Series EVFU Start Load Code - 1E or 6E Hex End Load - 1F or 6F Hex Using the EVFU Page Clearing the EVFU Memory DVFU Start Load Code - 6C, 6D, or 6E Hex End Load Code - 6F Hex Using the DVFU Clearing the DVFU Memory Page NVFU Start Load Code - 6D Hex LPI Byte End Load - 6F Hex Using the NVFU Clearing the NVFU Memory CVFU Start Load Code - 1D Hex End Load Code - 1E Hex Using the CVFU - 1F Hex Clearing the CVFU Memory Page Serial Matrix Vertical Formatting Executing Vertical Tabs Vertical Tab Positions CHAPTER 6 PROGRAMMING Overstrike/Overlay Mode Control Code Functions Special Function Control Code - Control Code Header Attribute Set and Reset Codes Control Code Reference Index Page Page Backspace Bell Bit Image Mode, Single Density Bit Image Mode, Double Density Bit Image Mode, Double Density Double Speed Bit Image Mode, Quadruple Density Bold Print Bold Print Reset Cancel Carriage Return Character Pitch 10 CPI Character Pitch 12 CPI Character Set Select Page Page Character Set Select: 80-9F = Control Codes Page Character Set Select: 80-9F = Printable Symbols Character Set Select: International Languages Character Set Select: International Languages (continued) Character Set Select: ECMA 94 Latin 1 Extended Condensed Print Condensed Print Reset Delete Download a Language Download a Language (continued) Download a Character Elongated (Double High) Print (1 line) Emphasized Print Emphasized Print Reset Expanded (Double Wide) Print Expanded (Double Wide) Print (One Line Only) Extended Character Set Extended Character Set Cancel (Primary Character Set Select) Form Feed Forms Length Set (Inches) Forms Length Set (Lines) Horizontal Tab Horizontal Tab Set Line Feed Line Feed n/216 Inch (One Line Only) Line Spacing 1/6 Inch Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi) Line Spacing 8 or 10.3 lpi (One Line Only) Line Spacing 7/72 Inch Line Spacing n/72 Inch Line Spacing n/216 Inch Overscoring Plot, Even Dot (P-Series High Density Graphics) Plot, Odd Dot (P-Series Normal Density Graphics) Printer Reset Print Mode/Pitch Selection Print Mode/Pitch Selection (continued) Printer Select Printer Deselect RibbonMinder, Enable/Disable RibbonMinder, Set Job Rate RibbonMinder, When Worn Action Skip-Over Perforation Page Superscript/Subscript Printing Superscript/Subscript Printing Reset Underline VFU Commands (P-Series) Vertical Tab Vertical Tab Set/Clear (Serial Matrix) CHAPTER 7 INTERFACES Dataproducts Parallel Interface Dataproducts Interface Signals Page Dataproducts Parallel Interface Configuration Centronics Parallel Interface Centronics Interface Signals Centronics Parallel Interface Configuration Alternate Terminating Resistors RS-232 Serial Interface RS-232 Interface Signals RS-232 Serial Interface Protocols RS-232 Serial Interface Configuration Page CHAPTER 8 ROUTINE SERVICE & DIAGNOSTICS Cleaning - WARNUNG - CAUTION - - CAUTION Cleaning the Paper Motion Detector Page Printer Self-Tests Running the Self-Tests Fault Messages Hex Code Printout Page Fault Displayed Operator Correctable? Explanation Corrective Action CHAPTER 9 R IBBON M Overview Analyzing a Job Page Page Running a Job Page Page Multiple Jobs on the Same Ribbon Changing a Ribbon Early Host Control SET JOB RATE WHEN WORN ACTION ENABLE/DISABLE Procedure Application Hints RibbonMinder 913 RibbonMinder Diagram Page CHAPTER 10 MULTINATIONAL CHARACTER SETS Selecting the Character Set and Language Selecting Extended Character Set ECMA OCR-A and OCR-B Downloading Languages and Characters Multinational Character Sets 103 Multinational Character Set Diagram * Character Address Table (Character Library) Page Numeric Character Location Listing Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Alphabetical Character Location Listing Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page CHAPTER 11 INSTALLATION Power Requirements - Site Requirements Shipping Restraints - WARNUNG - Page Paper Stacking Chain Assembly Installation Cable Connections Preliminary Test Page APPENDIX A STANDARD ASCII CHARACTER CHART ^ Page APPENDIX B CHARACTER SETS IBM PC Character Set Charts Page B-3Appendix EM FS Page B-5Appendix Page B-7Appendix EM FS Page B-9Appendix IBM PC International Languages Substitution Table ~]~ Multinational Character Set Charts Page Page Page B-15Appendix Page Page Page B-19Appendix Multinational Primary Character Set in OCR-A B-21Appendix Multinational Extended Character Set in OCR-A ^ Multinational Primary Character Set in OCR-B B-23Appendix Multinational Extended Character Set in OCR-B ^ " Zz Multinational International Languages Substitution Table ECMA-94 Latin 1 Character Set Charts Page B-27Appendix EM FS Page B-29Appendix EM FS AppendixB-30 EM FS B-31Appendix EM FS Page B-33Appendix AppendixB-34 B-35Appendix AppendixB-36 B-37Appendix Page B-39Appendix EM FS Page B-41Appendix EM FS AppendixB-42 EM FS B-43Appendix EM FS Page B-45Appendix AppendixB-46 B-47Appendix AppendixB-48 B-49Appendix ECMA-94 Latin 1 International Languages Substitution Table ~ DEC Multinational Character Set Charts Page Page Page B-55Appendix Page Page Page B-59Appendix DEC Multinational International Languages Substitution Table APPENDIX C SPECIFICATIONS Printing Characteristics Physical Characteristics Printer Dimensions Shipping Dimensions Environmental Characteristics Temperature _C Storage - 40 to 70_C Relative Humidity Acoustic Noise Electrical Characteristics Input Power Power Rating Dissipated Power Per Hour Data Input Rate (maximum) Interfaces Forms Paper Labels Forms Control Cleaning Character Sets Page APPENDIX D CONTROL CODE CROSS REFERENCE Alphabetical By Function Page Alphabetical By Function (continued) Alphabetical By P-Series Code Alphabetical By P-Series Code (continued) Alphabetical By Serial Matrix Code Alphabetical By Serial Matrix Code (continued) Page APPENDIX E DOWNLOADING CHARACTERS Procedure Page Page AppendixE-4 Examples Figure E-1. Characters with no Attributes Layout able E-2) Example 1: Characters with No Attributes Page Example 2: Characters with Descenders Page Example 3: Characters with Extenders Page Page APPENDIX F HARDWARE JUMPER CONFIGURATION - VORSICHT - Side Panel Removal Removing the DCU PCBA - VORSICHT - Page Index1 INDEX A B C Index2 D E F Index3 G H I J L O P R Index5 S T U Index6 V W