Black Box A/C-7S RO - Manuals

10 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 2. Introduction operating in PCL ® mode, the A/C-7 RO allows Computer OutputReduction (COR) and AutomaticPage Orientation (APO). Inaddition, paper can be pulled fromseveral sources and a multitude offonts (printer-resident or fromoptional cartridges) are supported. The A/C-7P...

11 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 2.1 Description of Front Panels C ONFIGURATION S WITCHES The Configuration Switches are usedto set the output protocol and toperform the available test anddiagnostic functions. While the A/C-7P RO models come with only onebank of switches, the A/C-7S ROcomes with two banks of...

13 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 3. Installation 4. If the sharing port of the A/C-7P RO is used, attach the parallelcable now. Note that a PC orLAN connected to the A/C-7PRO’s sharing port should alwaysbe powered up when the A/C-7PRO is operating. 5. Connect the wall mount transformer from the outlet tothe ...

14 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO NOTE W h e n e v e r t h e p r i n t e r i spowered off, the A/C-7P ROmust also be powered off toensure they stay in sync witheach other. To install the A/C-7S RO: 1. Power off the printer and PC (if used) and disconnect the powercord(s). 2. Use the configuration switches on ...

15 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 9. With the A/C-7S RO powered off, attach the coax cable fromthe host to the A/C-7S RO’sBNC connector. NOTE W h e n e v e r t h e p r i n t e r i spowered off, the A/C-7S ROmust also be powered off toensure they stay in sync witheach other. The self-test printouts in Figures ...

21 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 4.2 Configuration Switch Settings Use the A/C-7 RO’s configurationswitches to select the outputprotocol and to perform theavailable test and diagnosticfunctions. Use a pointed object, suchas a ball-point pen, to change theswitch settings. When operating, the A/C-7 RO will onl...

22 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table 4-1. Configuration Switch Settings. Output Protocol SW1:4 SW1:5 SW1:6 SW1:7 Hewlett-Packard ® PCL o o | o IBM Proprinter o | o | IBM PPDS o o o o Epson ESC/P1 o o o | Epson DFX+ o | | | Epson LQ (24-pin) o | | o Epson 9-pin (DFX) | o o o Generic | o o |

23 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table 4-2. Tests/Diagnostic. Tests/Diagnostic SW1:1 SW1:8 Restore Factory Defaults | o Self-Test o | EBCDIC Hex Dump o | Table 4-3. Tests/Diagnostic. Tests/Diagnostic SW1:4 SW1:5 SW1:6 SW1:7 ASCII Hex Dump | | | | Table 4-4. Operating Mode. Operating Mode SW1:1 SW1:4 SW1:5 SW...

24 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO The second (right) bank of switches of the A/C-7S RO is used to set up the A/C-7S RO forcommunication with the printer. Table 4-5. Serial Out Baud-Rate Switches. Serial Out Baud Rate SW2:1 SW2:2 SW2:3 38,400 o o o 19,200 o o | 9,600 o | o 4,800 o | | 2,400 | o o 1,200 | o | 6...

26 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 4.3 Setup Software (does not apply to versions after February 1996) Older versions of the A/C-7 ROincluded a setup disk. For newerversions (after February 1996), allconfiguration parameters notalready covered throughconfiguration switches can bechanged through the host/PCdown...

27 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 1. Type the Command Pass-Thru delimiter &% (or alternate CPTbeginning delimiter) in thedocument at the point where thecommand is to take effect. 2. Type an upper case “Z” (or the alternate command IDcharacter). 3. Type the command number for the command to be used, asshow...

32 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Asterisks (*) identify factory- default settings. Invalid commands(such as selecting 2 LPI) areignored. The last valid setting will beunchanged. Examples in this sectionapply to configuration throughHost/PC download only. COMMAND 1: BUFFER SIZE Selects logical default buffer ...

34 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 7: PRINT CASE Selects default print case. VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 Mono case *1 Dual case NOTE This default only affects LU3printing. Example: &%Z7,0 sets default tomono case. COMMAND 8: LU1 LANGUAGE Selects default LU1 language. VALUE DESCRIPTION * 01 English (U.S.) E...

35 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 9: EPSON MATRIXFONT Selects Epson default font, ifsupported by the printer. VALUE DESCRIPTION *1 Draft Print Quality 2 Roman, NLQ 3 Sans Serif, NLQ 4 Courier, NLQ 5 Prestige, NLQ 6 Script, NLQ 7 OCR-B, NLQ Example: &%Z9,2 selects near-letterquality (Roman) as the ...

37 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 1 Null-line suppression in non-SCS print and true screen image in local copy 2 True screen image in non-SCS print and null-line suppression in local copy 3 True screen image in non-SCS print and true screen image in local copy NOTES T o u s e t h i s f u n c t i o n , t h eRP...

39 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 20: AUTOMATICFUNCTION AT END OF JOB Sets the printer in accordance withthe RPQ installed in the controlunit. VALUE DESCRIPTION *0 NL is automatically executed after the buffer is completed (unless a FF, NL, orCR was last in the buffer). 1 FF is automatically executed ...

41 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 30: OVERRIDE OFFORMATTING COMMANDS Enables the printer’s front-panelselections to control how a job isprinted. VALUE DESCRIPTION *0 Normal operation (disabled) 1 Formatting commands are not sent to the printer (enabled) NOTES When active, this commando v e r r i d e s...

50 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 3 User Defined mode. Documents are printed using the fonts and orientation that the user specifies through use of the &% font ID commands. Example: &%Z62,3 specifies thatthe document is printed asformatted when the primary papertray is specified as the paper source. C...

53 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO COMMAND 77: SERIAL-IN WORDLENGTH Selects the Word Length of datareceived at the serial-in port. A newsetting will not be effectiveimmediately. To activate the newsetting, cycle power on the interface. VALUE DESCRIPTION 7 7 Bits *8 8 Bits Example: &%Z77,7 sets the wordleng...

54 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO NOTES T h i s s t r i n g r e p r e s e n t s t h eprinter-specific command tos e t t h e p r i n t e r t o 6 L P I .C o n s u l t y o u r p r i n t e r ’ smanual for the appropriatehex value representing the 6LPI command. Example: &%Z84,1(1B 32) storesthe 6 LPI command f...

57 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 4.5 Restoring Factory Defaults The factory-default configurationcan be restored either by sendingHost/PC Download Command“Z98,0” or by taking the followingsteps: 1. Power off the printer and the A/C-7 RO. 2. Disconnect the host and PC sharing cables from theinterface. 3. Set ...

58 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 5. Operation If the PC print job is sent while a host job is printing, the printerresponds as “busy” to the PC printrequest. The print job can bespooled through a spool program,sent to the printer when the host jobis finished or if the PC’s printer portis set for infinite ret...

59 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO PC printing longer than 10 to 20 minutes (depending on hostconfiguration) may cause the 3270host to drop communication withthe printer (“go to sleep”). The output protocol specified in the A/C-7S RO’s configuration(through configuration-switchsettings) is irrelevant for print...

60 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table 5-1. PMPP and PMPL. PMPP at PMPL at Paper Size 10 12 15 17.1 6 8 True True CPI CPI CPI CPI LPI LPI LPI LPI Letter Portrait 80 96 120 136 66 88 63 84 Landscape 105 126 157 178 50 87 48 84 COR 136 154 201 201 66 89 — — Legal Portrait 80 96 120 136 84 112 81 108 Landscape ...

61 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO For example: &%L00086 selects a Prestige 12 CPIfont in landscape orientation. The font ID number must select a font available in the printer or in theinstalled cartridge. If the propercartridge is not installed, or the fontdoes not exist on the cartridge, thenthe printer ...

62 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO A combination of control codes in the printer data stream and thesettings in the configuration areused to determine page orientationwhen processing DSC, DSE, or LU1(SCS) data streams. Some applications will not allow you to insert the data streamcommands required to selectori...

64 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 5.8 Generic Mode The Generic output protocol shouldbe used when the other outputprotocols of the A/C-7 RO areinappropriate. This could be thecase with printers such as certainbarcode label printers or embossers,but also with printers from Okidata ® , Mannesmann-Tally ® , etc....

65 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table 5-2. Commands. Command Function ¬E Sends an ASCII ESC command to the printer ¬TY Enables true LPI printing ¬TN Disables true LPI printing ¬I Ignores all host formatting commands ¬S Stops ignoring host formatting commands Use the ¬I and ¬S commands to remove unwanted hos...

67 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO This is an&%1B26643044&%underlined&%1B266440&% word. to print on the printer as: This is an underlined word. NOTES Only numbers or the uppercase letters A–F are allowed. E r r o r s i n t h e C o m m a n dP a s s - T h r u s e q u e n c e w i l lcause the A/C-...

68 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO SCS TRN data is user-defined is not scanned for SCS control codes. However, to emulate thecharacteristics of the IBM 3287, non-printable characters (controlcharacters) are converted tohyphens. Data is translated to ASCIIwith undefined characters printed as hyphens. The A/C-7 ...

70 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Module width (from Table 6-2) : 3.6 mm (0.14 inches) Calculation: 11 x 3.6 mm = 39.6 mm = 3.96 cm; or11 x .14 in = 1.54 inches Table 6-2. Module Width in mm (inches): PCL Laser. Width 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Code 3 2.6 3.6 4.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.4 9.4 10.4 of 9 (.1) (.14) (.18) (.22) (....

73 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO <data>: The data to be printed as abar code. Some bar codes require acertain number of characters.Others only allow alphanumeric ornumeric characters. Before the A/C-7 RO processes the data string, it willcheck the complete data string andverify that it is valid. This i...

74 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-1. Bar Code Overlapping Text. This data overrun by barcode To avoid overlapping bar codes with text, always allow for sufficient vertical line spacing (by adding line feeds, for example) to accommodate the heightof the bar code. 6. When text data is entered to the ri...

75 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO O VERVIEW AND E XAMPLES The examples shown on the following pages give an overview of thesupported bar code types. Note that the “maximum number of datacharacters” does not include start/stop characters and check digits. Code 3 of 9 Maximum number of data characters: 30 Valid...

76 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO UPC A Required number of data characters: 10 Valid numeric characters: 0-9 Valid alphanumeric characters: N/A Valid other characters: N/A Example: ¬B5,5,1,1,1,0,0123456789¬B Figure 6-4. UPC A. EAN 8 Required number of data characters: 7 Valid numeric characters: 0-9 Valid alp...

78 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO NOTE Since Interleaved 2 of 5 symbols are created from data-character pairs,the number to be encoded must have an even number of digits. If an oddnumber of data characters (including the optional check digit) is entered,the A/C-7 RO adds an “0” to the beginning of the bar cod...

84 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6.6 I-O Graphics Language ™ The I-O Graphics Language ™ (IOGL ™ ) allows printing of graphical elements and charts on PCL5compatible printers. IOGL isindependent of other I-O features,such as internally generated barcodes or font change commands.This means that if an I-O font...

89 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-9. XY Coordinate System on the Page. semi-colon “;” as a separatorbetween parameters, you mayalso enter a comma “,” or aforward slash “/”. 4. Do not enter numeric values with commas (for example,50,000). The printer interfacewill interpret the “ ,” to be theend of th...

90 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6.6.3 B ASIC D ESCRIPTION Lines —¬GL<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end> Draws a line from the specified xy start to xy end. <Line width> isspecified in mm. Figure 6-10. Example of Line. X,Y end(100,600) X,Y start(100,0) 2 inche...

95 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-14. Color/Shading and Pie Chart. = startingpoint for firstpie segment “9 o’clock”

97 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Bar Chart (Histogram) —¬GH<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<xincrement>;<y increment>;<barwidth>;<# of entries>; <value1>;<value 2>; ... Draws a bar chart. xy start specifies the bottom left hand corner of thefirst bar (th...

98 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-16. Bar Chart (Histogram). NOTE The y-increment determinesthe scaling. Only integers (1,2, 3, 4, etc.) are valid. If youare charting sales figures inthousands of dollars, the y-increment should be small(for example, 1). If you arec h a r t i n g t h e n u m b e r o f...

99 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Run Chart —¬GR<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x increment>;<yincrement>;<# of entries>;<value1>;<value 2>; ... Draws a run (line) chart. The xy start specifies the origin of thechart’s xy scale (xy axes are notdrawn). The x in...

100 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO NOTE The y-increment determinesthe scaling. Only integers (1,2, 3, 4, etc.) are valid. If youare charting sales figures inthousands of dollars, the y-increment should be small(for example, 1). If you arec h a r t i n g t h e n u m b e r o fc u s t o m e r c o m p l a i n t s...

101 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Comments— ¬GX<'text'> Allows text to be added to IOGLcommands for documentation.Comments will not print out. For example: ¬GX’Pie chart with 3elements’ can be used to documentan IOGL pie chart command. 6.7 I-O Graphics Language™ (IOGL) in Action 6.7.1 G ENERAL S TEPS I...

102 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure 6-19. Bar Chart. 2. To determine the printable area of the paper, we printed a boxusing 0;0 as the x;y startingcoordinates. This was done bytyping ¬GB1;0;0;300;300;50 onthe screen and sending it to theprinter. The top left corner ofthe printed box marks the topleft co...

103 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 3. Determine where the chart should be placed (always inrelation to the top left-handcorner of the printable area). Inthe example, the bar chart is onthe bottom half of a letter-sizepage. The origin of the chart isone inch away from the leftmargin and 10 inches away fromthe ...

104 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Next, determine theapproximate maximum heightand width of the chart. In theexample, 40 was the expectedmaximum number of calls. Wechose to represent 10 calls byone inch, resulting in a totalmaximum height of four inches(not including the title andsubtitle.) Similarly, each d...

106 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 6.7.4 L ABELS /T ITLE /S UBTITLE /L EGEND All text was created through textrotation command strings. Text wasalways printed in the selected font.In the example, Universe Mediumwas used in different point sizes(¬Q...). The legend consists of threeseparate boxes followed by te...

107 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO For the # symbol, substitute a number that identifies the macro.Make sure this command precedesall IOGL commands. Also, be awarethat PCL is case-sensitive. At the end of the IOGL routine, stop the macro and save itpermanently (until the printer ispowered down) in the printer...

112 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO 7.4 Problem Resolution Guide The following is a general guide toresolve common problems that mayoccur. Please refer to this guidebefore contacting technical support. Table 7-1. Problem Resolution Guide. Problem or Message Probable Cause Action “Host Line Sync” LED is not Hos...

117 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Appendix A: Font (FGID) Reference for HP LaserJet Printers The following table lists the standardHP LaserJet resident fonts and theHP font cartridges that are available,along with the font ID number usedto select the font. Table A-1. Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol...

118 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. Courier R-8/CP850 P/L 12 10 85 Courier bold R-8/CP850 P/L 12 10 88 Courier italic R-8/CP850 P/L 12 10 89 Letter Gothic R-8/CP850 P/L 12 12 87 LaserJet III and IIISi Re...

123 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 24 4874 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 30 4877 ITC Zapf R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 6 4985 Dingbat R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 8 4986 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 10 4987 R-8/CP850 P/...

130 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 12 189 Italic Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 14 190 Bold Helvetica Legal P Prop. 14 191 Bold WordPerfect Cartridge CG Times DskTop P Prop. 6 4685 CG T...

132 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. Microsoft Cartridge Helv R-8 P Prop. 8 34102 Helv R-8 P Prop. 10 34103 Helv Bold R-8 P Prop. 10 34123 Helv Italic R-8 P Prop. 10 34231 Helv R-8 P Prop. 12 34104 Helv B...

133 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 12 5688 TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 12 5708 Bold TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 12 5816 Italic TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 14 5709 Bold Line Printer R-8 P/L 15 8.5 223 Polished W...

135 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. Presentation Legal P/L 8.1 16 431 Bold Persuasive Presentations Cartridge Letter Gothic ASCII P/L 10 14 39 Letter Gothic Legal P/L 10 14 38 Presentation ASCII P/L 10 1...

137 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. Helv Cond. TaxNum P/L Prop. 24 34128 Black Bold OCR-A OCR-A P 10 12 19 Tax Line TaxLin Drw P/L 10 12 30 Draw Bar Codes & More Cartridge Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 15 9....

138 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Table A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. Typeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point Typestyle Size No. USPS Zip ZIP P/L Prop. 12 172 Line Draw LinDrw P/L 10 12 33 Text Equations Prestige Elite R-8 P 15 7 221 Prestige Elite R-8 P 17.1 7 256 Prestige Elite R-8 P 12 10 86 ...

141 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Appendix B: Character Sets The IBM 3812-1 printer emulationsupports both the Roman 8character set and Code Page 850.The IBM 4214, 5224,5225, and 5256printer emulations support both theCode Page 850 and Code Page 437character sets. The selectionbetween the two available chara...

142 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Figure B-1. Roman 8. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z [ \ ] ^ _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x ...

144 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Appendix C: Serial-Port Specifications The A/C-7S RO uses a standard, RS-232-C, 25-pin serial printer cable forconnection to a serial printer and for connection to a serial PC/LAN printserver port. The A/C-7S RO’s input and output connectors use the same pin assignments. The...

146 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Appendix D: Parallel-Port Specifications The A/C-7P RO uses standard 36-pin/25-pin Centronics printer cables forconnection to a parallel printer and to connect a parallel PC/LAN printerserver port. The 25-pin connector on the A/C-7P RO label “Parallel Out To Printer” has the...

147 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO The 36-pin connector on the A/C-7P RO labeled “Parallel In From PC/LAN” (TxP plus) and “Parallel Setup Port From PC/LAN” uses thefollowing pin assignment: Table D-2. 36-Pin Connector Pinout. Pin Number Direction Name 1 Input nStrobe 2-9 Input Data 1 - Data 8 10 Output nAck 1...

148 A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO Appendix E: Transferring Power to Pin 18 To transfer power to pin 18 of the parallel input connector of the A/C-7P RO,you must move a jumper on the A/C-7P RO board. To move this jumper do thefollowing: 1. Power off the printer, the A/C-7P RO, and the attached PC or LAN print...

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