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Page 3 - HPIIISi TWINAX CARD; ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT; que el aparato eléctrico sea operado.

2 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY STATEMENT INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 1. Todas las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser leídas antes de que el aparato eléctrico sea operado. 2. Las instrucciones de seguridad y operación deberán ser guardadas para...

Page 4 - NOM STATEMENT

3 NOM STATEMENT 12. Precaución debe ser tomada de tal manera que la tierra fisica y la polarización del equipo no sea eliminada. 13. Los cables de la fuente de poder deben ser guiados de tal manera que no sean pisados ni pellizcados por objetos colocados sobre o contra ellos,poniendo particular aten...

Page 5 - TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL

4 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD TRADEMARKS USED IN THIS MANUAL PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Inc. CG Century Schoolbook, CG Omega, CG Times, CG Triumvirate, and Microstyle are trademarks of Agfa Corporation. Centronics is a registered trademark of Centronics Corporation. WordPerfect is...

Page 6 - TABLE OF CONTENTS; Contents; Chapter

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications ........................................................................................... 7 2. Introduction ............................................................................................ 9 3. Quick Start .......................

Page 8 - CHAPTER 1: Specifications

7 CHAPTER 1: Specifications 1. Specifications System Hardware Required — Host: IBM AS/400 or System/34, /36, or /38; PC: IBM AT ® , PS/2 ® , PC/XT™ or compatible with available parallel port and using the ASCII code set; Printer: Any Hewlett-Packard printer with MIO interface port Cable Required — H...

Page 9 - NVRAM for storing configuration settings and

8 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Processor — Z80H CMOS Internal Memor y — 8 KB static RAM, including: Dual 256-byte buffers for received twinax data; 16-byte twinax command buffer; 1-byte parallel data buffer; 2-KB HP MIO dual-port communications buffer; NVRAM for storing configuration settings and user-define...

Page 10 - CHAPTER 2: Introduction

9 CHAPTER 2: Introduction 2. Introduction 2.1 General Overview The HPIIISi Twinax Card is a twinax interface that can be installed in aHewlett-Packard ® printer with an MIO interface port, such as the HP ® LaserJet ® IIISi, 4, 4 Plus, 4Si, 4V, 5, DeskJet ® 1200 or 1600, etc. With the Card installed,...

Page 11 - CAUTION; Remove the power cord and other cables attached to the printer.; NOTE

10 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 3. Quick Start CAUTION T h e H P I I I S i T w i n a x C a r d i s s t a t i c - s e n s i t i v e . M a k e s u r e y o u d o n o tdamage the Card with static electricity. Take precautions as you wouldwith any static-sensitive device. When one is available, stand on an anti-s...

Page 12 - CHAPTER 3: Quick Start; Power off the printer.

11 CHAPTER 3: Quick Start A self-test will print out immediately. A sample page is shown in Figure3-1 on the next page of this manual; the values shown for the optionsare the factory defaults. Alternatively, if your printer doesn’t have a front panel, you can printa printer self-test: The Twinax Car...

Page 14 - CHAPTER 4: Installation; Host System; • The 3812 emulation only supports HP laser-printer commands.

13 CHAPTER 4: Installation 4. Installation CAUTION! T h e H P I I I S i T w i n a x C a r d i s s t a t i c - s e n s i t i v e . M a k e s u r e y o u d o n o tdamage the Card with static electricity. Take precautions as you wouldwith any static-sensitive device: Be aware that some work surrounding...

Page 15 - Remove the power cord and any cables attached to the printer.

14 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD No special training is needed to install the Card. A Phillips and a flat-bladescrewdriver are the only tools you’ll need. If you need assistance, call yoursupplier. 4.1 Putting the Card into the Printer Take the following steps to install the Card in your printer. Consult your...

Page 16 - Tighten the bracket’s screws.; Connecting to the Host

15 CHAPTER 4: Installation 10. Tighten the bracket’s screws. 11. Make sure the printer’s power switch is in the OFF position, thenreplace the power cord. 12. Turn on the printer. After the printer is READY, perform an interfaceself-test (to verify the Card’s operation) by selecting that optionthroug...

Page 17 - Attach the printer cable’s DB25 connector to the PC.

16 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 4.3 Connecting to a PC If you also want to use the printer from a PC, take the following steps toconnect the printer through the Card. (You will need a standard parallel-printer cable with a DB25 connector on one end and a 36-pin Centronics ® on the other.) 1. Attach the print...

Page 18 - CHAPTER 5: Configuration; download commands (see; HP LaserJet IIISi; Press the Menu button until the AUX IO Menu appears.; HP LaserJet 4Si and 4SiMX; Press the Menu button until the MIO Menu is displayed.

17 CHAPTER 5: Configuration 5. Configuration After installation and self-test, the Card is ready to operate in mostenvironments. The factory-default configuration settings are satisfactory formany applications. The Card can also be configured to meet the special needsof an application using the prin...

Page 20 - . Always use two digits for the command number

19 CHAPTER 5: Configuration 3. Type the number of the command you want to use, as shown in theexamples in Section 5.3 . Always use two digits for the command number (“&%Z05,” for example). 4. Type a comma. 5. Type the argument (the value) representing your desired selection. Nospaces are allowed...

Page 21 - The Commands In Detail; permanently

20 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 5.3 The Commands In Detail This section describes each of the host-download commands, including allavailable arguments (options). (Any argument that represents a factory-default value is marked with an asterisk.) Examples are also included for eachcommand. Command: 00, Twinax ...

Page 22 - Defines new alternate end delimiter for command

21 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 02, Alternate CPT-End Delimiter Description: Creates an alternate end delimiter for command pass-through. Itscharacteristics are the same as those of the alternate start delimiter definedwith command 01, except that it cannot be used as an alternate host/PCdownlo...

Page 23 - Possible

22 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 04, User-Defined Strings Description: Creates user-defined strings to be sent to the printer. Place up to 25 pairs ofhex codes, corresponding to your desired printer commands, inside a pair ofparentheses following the main command argument (the string number).Each num...

Page 28 - 6, Override Format Commands; No override of any IBM format commands allowed.

27 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 15, Paper Drawer 3 Description: Matches the host’s “Paper Drawer 3” command with a physical paper sourceon the printer. When the host tells the printer to feed from paper drawer 3,the printer will feed from the paper source assigned with this command.Consult the ...

Page 29 - Roman 8

28 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 17, Character Set Description: Use this command to select which character set should be used as theunderlying ASCII table for EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation when both Roman 8and Code Page 850 are available for the desired font. Consult your printer’smanual to verify that...

Page 30 - not

29 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 19, Starting Horizontal Position Description: Use this command to adjust (in increments of 1/60" [423.3 µm]) the startinghorizontal print position in the upper left-hand corner of the page, for thisjob and all subsequent jobs. Possible Arguments: Results: –12...

Page 31 - 1, User Font Strings

30 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 21, User Font Strings Description: Use this command to assign a printer font-setup string to a host’s font ID. Thefirst argument for this command is the number of the font string, the secondargument is the host’s font-ID number, and the third argument (enclosed inpare...

Page 33 - Start EBCDIC hex dump; Start ASCII hex dump

32 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Command: 42, Start/Stop EBCDIC Hex Dump Description: Use this command to start or stop an EBCDIC hex dump. Once you initiatethis kind of hex dump, the Card sends all host data, starting with the nextbuffer received, directly to the printer as hexadecimal print data. The hexdum...

Page 34 - Defines a parallel-port initialization string

33 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 50, Sharing-Port Timeout Description: Use this command to select the sharing port’s timeout value (the time inseconds that must elapse before the Card automatically switches from theparallel sharing port to check for data from the host). Possible Arguments: Resul...

Page 36 - 9, Save All Current Settings; All current configuration settings are saved to NVRAM

35 CHAPTER 5: Configuration Command: 99, Save All Current Settings Description: Saves all current configuration settings as established by host/PC-downloadcommands in permanent memory. Possible Result: Argument: 0 All current configuration settings are saved to NVRAM Example: “&%Z99,0” saves all...

Page 37 - Restoring the Factory Defaults; Press “Item” to display the Test menu.

36 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 5.4 Restoring the Factory Defaults You can replace the HPIIISi Twinax Card’s current configuration withthe factory-default configuration settings by sending the host-downloadcommand “&%Z98,0” (see the entry for command 98 in the previous section)or by taking these steps: 1...

Page 38 - Chapter 5; To print from your PC or LAN, follow these steps:

37 CHAPTER 6: Operation 6. Operation With the HPIIISi Twinax Card, your printer can automatically switchbetween print jobs from an attached twinax host and an attached PC orLAN server. The Card uses a timeout between each print job to select thenext job without your having to change cables or switch...

Page 39 - ) to automatically reinitialize the printer before each job.

38 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 2. Make sure you have defined your printer correctly in the softwareprogram you are using (refer to the manuals for the software andprinter). 3. Reinitialize the printer. You can set up an initialization string (see Section 6.1 ) to automatically reinitialize the printer befor...

Page 40 - Appendix A; for a list of font IDs.; Typestyle

39 CHAPTER 6: Operation fixed pitch fonts. For proportionally spaced (typographic) fonts, the usermust specify the font that is to be printed. Like an IBM 5219 printer, the 3812 printer is configured with a defaultfont ID on the host. Configure the most commonly used font as the systemdefault, then ...

Page 41 - nnnnn; Appendix D

40 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD To select a different font that is not a resident scalable font, type in a font-change command “ ¬Q nnnnn ”, where “¬” is a “logical not”, “Q” indicates a font change, and “ nnnnn ” is the font ID. To select a resident scalable font with a specific point size, type in a font-c...

Page 43 - Select a paper size in the host program.

42 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD The System/38 sends margins and other format specifications to a printeronly when they are different from the previous document or when theprinter has been turned off. To choose a different paper size, take thesesteps: 1. Select a paper size in the host program. 2. Install the...

Page 44 - Table 6-2. Assigning Paper Sources to Paper Drawers; Upper

43 CHAPTER 6: Operation To change the physical tray assigned to the theoretical paper drawer (#1,#2, or #3), take these steps: 1. Select the paper drawer with host/PC-download command 13, 14, or15. 2. Select the number representing the physical tray listed in the printer’smanual. By changing the pap...

Page 45 - The Card’s Print Orientation setting.

44 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 6.4.8 P RINT O RIENTATION When operating the printer and the HPIIISi Twinax Card in IBM 3812-1emulation mode, the print orientation of the host document or report isdetermined by a variety of factors. These factors are, in order of theirimpact on the final print orientation: 1...

Page 47 - after

46 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD The dimensions of a word-processing document are specified directlythrough the document-format menu. The dimensions of a data-processingreport are calculated in the following manner: • Width = Page Width (in no. of columns) divided by CPI • Length = Page Length (in no. of line...

Page 48 - Reduction; Host LPI

47 CHAPTER 6: Operation Table 6-3. Page-Rotation and Print-Quality Settings Host System Page-Rotation Setting Print-Quality SettingCausing Portrait Orientation AS/400 *DEVD (print file) *NLQ, *STD AS/400 *AUTO (OfficeVision/400) NLQ, Test S/36 not specified Text - Yes S/38 not specified *NLQ, *STD C...

Page 49 - Table 6-6. Settings for Different Print Orientations

48 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Table 6-6. Settings for Different Print Orientations Card Card Setting Setting for Print Result Host Setting for APO Orientation Data processing: Degree of Page ON COR Print reports with a Rotation... width of 80 columns *AUTO or less (at 10 CPI) inin portrait AND printreports...

Page 50 - To change the print file:

49 CHAPTER 6: Operation 6.4.9 V IEWING AND C HANGING P AGE -R OTATION S ETTINGS Before changing page-rotation settings, first verify the current settings.In OfficeVision/400 and DisplayWrite/36, take these steps to view(and change) page-rotation settings: 1. Press [F20], “Format options.” 2. Press [...

Page 51 - To override the print file:; Envelope Printing

50 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 6. Move the cursor to the beginning of the dashed line and enter thedesired selection. 7. Press [ENTER] to activate the selection and exit the print-file menu. To override the print file: 1. Type “OVRPRTF” on the command line of the host, then press[ENTER]. 2. Type the name of...

Page 53 - If you are running OS/400

52 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD NOTE T h e p r i n t e r m i g h t e j e c t a b l a n k p a g e w h e n y o u c h a n g e p r i n t i n gorientation. If the Buffer LED and Ready LED on the printer’s operatorpanel remain steady, press the Print/Check button on the operator panelto eject the last page of the ...

Page 54 - Other Print Commands

53 CHAPTER 6: Operation d. Set the Card to duplexing mode through the printer’s front panel.The available selections are “no duplexing,” “long-edge,” and “short-edge” (tumble). e. Set the Card to duplexing mode through host/PC-downloadcommand 33. The possible arguments are: 0 = simplex;1 = duplex, l...

Page 55 - Command

54 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Table 6-2. Other Print 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

Page 56 - CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features; Find the command for the print feature in the printer’s manual.

55 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7. Advanced Features The HPIIISi Twinax Card has several advanced features for accessingspecial printer functions that are not normally available on the IBM 3812-1printer. These features, which include command pass-through, user-defined strings and fonts, color and ba...

Page 57 - The printer will print the sentence above as:

56 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD This is an &%1B26643044&% underlined&%1B266440&% word. The printer will print the sentence above as: This is an underlined word. Only characters from 00 to FF are recognized (letters must be in uppercase). Errors in the command pass-through sequence will cause ...

Page 58 - and; bold; User-defined fonts cannot be used with the ¬F font-change commands.

57 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Some commands, such as emphasized ( bold ) printing, may stay in effect until another string is encountered that returns printing to normal, or, forsome host systems, until the next page is sent to the printer. The Card’sself-test prints out a list of command numbers ...

Page 59 - This prints ¬C02red¬C00 in red.

58 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 7.4 Color Printing The HPIIISi Twinax Card allows printing of color on the HP ColorLaserJet, DeskJet 1200C, or DeskJet 1600C printer. Simply insert the colorcommand in front of the text you want to print in color. Return to the“normal” black color by inserting ¬C00. The color ...

Page 60 - Type; To print any of these bar codes, use the following format:

59 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7.5 Printing Bar Codes 7.5.1 T HE C OMMAND L INE Using the HPIIISi Twinax Card’s “bar code” feature, the bar codes in Table7-1 can be easily printed. Table 7-1. Printable Bar Codes Type Bar Code 1 Code 3 of 9 2 Code 128 3 Interleaved 2 of 5 4 POSTNET 5 UPC A 6 EAN 8 7...

Page 61 - • Number of characters: 11

60 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD <width> : Specifies the width of a bar-code module. A module is defined as a specificcombination of bars and spaces used to represent a human-readablecharacter. By changing the width parameter (it can range from 1 to 9), you candetermine the width of the module and the t...

Page 62 - Width

61 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Table 7-2. Module Width in mm (Inches) 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) (.25) (.29) (.33) (.37) (.41) Code 2.2 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.6 6.4 7.3 8.1 8.9 128 (.09) (.12) (.15) (.19) (.22) (.25) (.29) (.32) (.35) Inte...

Page 64 - will print “Invalid Data” in the place of the bar code.

63 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features will print “Invalid Data” in the place of the bar code. BAR-CODE NOTES 1. Valid values must be entered for each of the parameters specifiedabove, even if the parameter is irrelevant for the type of bar code beingprinted. 2. If an invalid parameter value (other than in...

Page 65 - POSTNET

64 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD bar-code print ends. 7.5.2 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...

Page 66 - UPC A

65 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features UPC A Required number of data characters: 10 Valid numeric characters: 0 through 9 Valid alphanumeric characters: N/A Valid other characters: N/A Example: ¬B5,5,1,1,1,0,0123456789¬B Figure 7-3. UPC A. EAN 8 Required number of data characters: 7 Valid numeric character...

Page 68 - 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

67 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Code 128 Code 128 has three unique character subsets—codes A, B, and C—which areshown in Table 7-3 on the following pages. When you enter data representing aCode 128 bar code, follow these two steps: 1. Define which code set you want to use: Type “A” to represent code...

Page 69 - Data Character

68 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Table 7-3. Character Subsets of Code 128 Symbol- Data Character CharacterValue Code A Code B Code C 00 SP SP 00 01 ! ! 01 02 " " 02 03 # # 03 04 $ $ 04 05 % % 05 06 & & 06 07 ' ' 07 08 ( ( 08 09 ) ) 09 10 * * 10 11 + + 11 12 . . 12 13 - - 13 14 . . 14 15 / / 15...

Page 74 - Graphical Element

73 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Table 7-4. The Card’s Graphics Language: Commands Graphical Element GL Command String Line ¬GL<line width;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end> Box ¬GB<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end>; <% shadin...

Page 79 - Line; inches

78 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD The printer interface will interpret the “ ,” to be the end of theparameter (so that, for example, “50,000” would be interpreted as twovalues: value 1 = “50”, value 2 = “000”). International users should also be aware that commas used torepresent decimal points for line width ...

Page 80 - Box—

79 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Box— ¬GB<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end>; <% shading>6 Draws a box from the specified x,y start to the x,y end. The box cannot berotated. <line width> is specified in mm; <% shading> can range from 0to 10...

Page 81 - Circle

80 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Circle —¬GC<line width>;<x center>;<y center>;<radius>; <% shading> Draws a circle with the specified radius (in n/300 inches) and line width(in mm) around the x,y center. For example: ¬GC2;900;2400;300;70 draws a circle with a radius of 1 inch(30...

Page 82 - Arc

81 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Figure 7-11. Example of a circle. Arc —¬GA<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x center>;<y center>; <angle of rotation> Draws an arc around the x,y center, starting at x,y start and ending whenthe angle of rotation is completed. (Angl...

Page 84 - Pie Chart

83 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Pie Chart —¬GP<line width>; <x center>;<y center>;<radius>;<# of segments>;<segment value 1>;<segment value 2>;.... Draws a pie chart around the x,y center with the specified radius (in n/300 inches), number of segments (maxim...

Page 85 - of the complete circle

84 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD For example: ¬GS3;01;20;02;50;04;80 ¬GP5;900;2400;600;3;10;20;30 drawsa three-segment pie chart. If the attached printer is a PCL color printer,the first segment will be blue (01), the second segment will be red (02),and the third segment will be green (04). The segments will ...

Page 88 - Run Chart

87 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Run Chart —¬GR<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x-increment>; <y-increment>;<# of entries>;<value 1>;<value 2>; ... Draws a run (line) chart. The x,y start specifies the origin of the chart’s x,yscale (x,y axes are not d...

Page 89 - Text; TEXT

88 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Text —¬GT<x start>;<y start>;<angle of rotation>;<'text'> Prints the word “text” in the active font, with the specified rotationand specified x,y start. Text will be rotated counterclockwise. For example: ¬GT1000;1000;90;'TEXT' prints the word “TEXT”in ...

Page 90 - Determine the printable area of the page.

89 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features 7.7 The Graphics Language in Action 7.7.1 G ENERAL S TEPS The HPIISi Twinax Card’s graphics language can be used in many differentways. It can enhance the appearance of standard host reports with a fewsimple graphical elements such as lines, boxes, and circles; or it ...

Page 91 - Following the general steps listed in; SALES CALLS PER DAY

90 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 7.7.2 T UTORIAL : P RIMARY B AR C HARTS This section describes how multiple GL elements interact to create a barchart like the one shown in Figure 7-18. Figure 7-18. Finished bar chart. 1. Following the general steps listed in Section 7.7.1 , we first determined the makeup of ...

Page 92 - Origin of Chart

91 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features Figure 7-19. Placement of the bar chart. Origin of Chart 1 inch 5 inches 10 inches 4 inches ApproximateArea ofBar Chart

Page 93 - Bar Chart—Boyd

92 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 4. Next, determine the approximate maximum height and width of thechart. In the example, 40 was the expected maximum number of calls.We chose to have one inch represent 10 calls, resulting in a totalmaximum height of four inches (not including the title and subtitle.)Similarly...

Page 94 - Bar Chart—Gary

93 CHAPTER 7: Advanced Features The bar representing Boyd’s calls for Tuesday was to be printed one inch tothe right of Monday’s bar. The resulting <x-increment> was 300 (x 1 ⁄ 300 " = 1"). Since the maximum height of a bar was specified at four inches, theresulting value for the <y...

Page 95 - Bar Chart—Shawn

94 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Bar Chart—Shawn Shawn’s bar chart was to be printed directly to the right of Gary’s. Theresulting horizontal starting position <x start> was: 375 (Gary’s) + 75 (Bar width) 450 The parameters are: ¬GX'bar chart Shawn'¬GS5;04;50;04;50;04;50;04;50;04;50¬GH1;450;3000;300;30;...

Page 100 - CHAPTER 8: Troubleshooting; Press the “Online” button once to take the printer off line.

99 CHAPTER 8: Troubleshooting Follow the steps below to start the self-test from your host, PC, or LANserver: 1. Verify that the printer is connected properly to the Card and in“READY” mode. 2. Type the “&%Z98,1” host/PC-download command on the screen.(Refer to the entry for this command in Sect...

Page 101 - Press the “Online” button to take the printer off line.

100 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8.3 EBCDIC Hex Dump The HPIIISi Twinax Card can be set up to print its buffer in hexadecimalEBCDIC code. This can be useful for a technician to diagnose problemswith the Card or the printer. The EBCDIC hex data is printed on a grid corresponding to the data’sposition in the b...

Page 104 - TEST SEQUENCE COMPLETE

103 CHAPTER 8: Troubleshooting 8. Reinstall the Card and reconnect all cables to the printer and theCard. 9. Turn ON the printer. The Card now performs its self-diagnostics andprints the message TEST SEQUENCE COMPLETE The diagnostics repeat and each full page is printed until you turn theprinter OFF...

Page 105 - Problem or Message

104 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8.6 Problem-Resolution Guide Table 8-2. Typical Problems. Problem or Message Probable Cause Action “Printer not ready” Printer not in a ready Make sure the printer message at host. status. is on line, haspaper, etc. Printer loses host Improper or damaged Check twinax communic...

Page 107 - do not; Shipping and Packaging

106 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8.7 Calling Your Supplier If you determine that your HPIIISi Twinax Card is malfunctioning, do not attempt to alter or repair the unit. It contains no user-serviceable parts. Contact your supplier. Before you do, make a record of the history of the problem. Your supplierwill ...

Page 108 - APPENDIX A: Font Reference; Appendix A: Font Reference; Chapter 6

107 APPENDIX A: Font Reference Appendix A: Font Reference The following chart lists the HP LaserJet IIISi and HP LaserJet 4 residentfonts and the HP font cartridges that are available, along with the font IDnumber used to select the font. For more information on selecting fonts,refer to Chapter 6 . ...

Page 109 - Typeface

108 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Typeface Symbol Orient Pitch Point Font/ID CG Times Bold R-8/850 P/L Prop. 6 4625 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 8 4626 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 10 4627 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 12 4628 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 14 4629 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 18 4631 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 24 4634 R-8/850 P/L Prop. 30 4645 CG Times Ital...

Page 120 - APPENDIX B: Character Sets; Appendix B: Character Sets

119 APPENDIX B: Character Sets Appendix B: Character Sets The IBM 3812-1 printer emulation uses either Code Page 850 or Roman 8character sets. Refer to your printer’s manual for illustrations andinformation on character sets. An EBCDIC-to-ASCII translation table is printed at the bottom of theinterf...

Page 123 - DIRECTION is the direction of signal flow from the interface.

122 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD Appendix C: Parallel-Port Pinouts Table C-1 shows the pinouts for the parallel printer connector on theHPIIISi Twinax Card. DIRECTION is the direction of signal flow from the interface. RETURN PIN is the twisted-pair return, to be connected at signal groundlevel. For the inte...

Page 126 - APPENDIX D: HP MIO Resident Scalable Font Numbers; Appendix D: HP MIO Resident; Font

125 APPENDIX D: HP MIO Resident Scalable Font Numbers Appendix D: HP MIO Resident Scalable Font Numbers Font Font ID No. Letter Gothic 410 Letter Gothic bold 420 Letter Gothic italic 430 Courier 460 Courier bold 470 Courier italic 480 Courier bold italic 490 Symbol 3400 Wingdings 3500 Dingbats 3600 ...

Page 128 - APPENDIX E: Transferring Power to Pin 18; Appendix E: Transferring Power to Pin 18; Turn OFF the printer.

127 APPENDIX E: Transferring Power to Pin 18 Appendix E: Transferring Power to Pin 18 The HPIIIsi Twinax Card has the ability to supply 5 VDC at up to 350 mAto an external device attached to its PC parallel (“Auto Sharing/Parallel”)port. If you want the Card to supply this power on Pin 18 of this po...

Page 129 - Turn the printer back ON.

128 HPIIISi TWINAX CARD 8. Reinstall the Card and reconnect all cables to the printer and theCard. 9. Turn the printer back ON. 10. To stop the Card from providing power on Pin 18, repeat Steps 1 through 3 ; then remove the plastic jumper from the J6 pins and put it back on its original pin, or back...