Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product H-SERIES P7000 Printronix
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P7000 H-Series User ’ s Manual.
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User ’ s Manual P7000 H-Series Line Matrix Printers.
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Table of Contents 1 Introduction ........ ....... ......... ....... ........ ....... ......... ...... 9 Printer Ov erview ................. ............ ............. ............. .................... ............ 9 The Printer Family .............. .
Table of Contents 4 The Configuration Menus .... ....... ........ ....... ......... .. 39 Configur ation Over view ................... ............ ............. .................... .......... 39 Changing A nd Savi ng Param eter Set tings ......... .
Table of Contents 5 In terf ace s ......... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... ....... ..... ..... .... ... 11 1 Overview ......... ............. ................... ............. ............. .................... ........ 111 Centronics Parallel Interface .
Table of Contents C Zero Tear Pedestal .... ......... ........ ......... ......... ..... 173 Overview ... ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ................... .. 173 Performan ce Limit ations ........... ....
9 1 Intr oduction Printer O verview This cha pter pro vides a gen eral overview o f your pr inter a nd the con ventions used within thi s manual. The Printer Family The Prin tronix® P7000 H-Series consis ts of P70 02H, P7 202H, P7 003H, P7203H, P 7006H, P7206H, P7008H , and P7208H models that a re pac kaged in va rious co nfigur ations.
10 Chapter 1 Printe r Overv iew Refer to th e followi ng tabl e for a c omplete li sting of model numbers and option s. Conventions In This Manual All upperc ase print indicate s control pan el keys . Example: Press th e CLEAR k ey, then p ress the O N LINE key .
Warnings And Specia l Information 11 W arnings And Special Informa tion Read an d comply with all informat ion highl ighted under s pecial h eading s: W ARNING A wa rn ing not ic e ca lls att ent io n t o a c on dit ion th at c oul d ha rm yo u. WARNUNG Ein Warhinweis dieser Art weist auf Ver letzungsgefahr hin.
12 Chapter 1 Printe r Overv iew Protocols And Emulations A protoc ol is a set of rul es gove rning the ex change of i nformati on between t he printer and its host comp uter. Th ese rul es cons ist of co des th at manipul ate and prin t data a nd allow fo r machine- to-mac hine com munic ation.
13 2 Setting Up The Printer Before Y ou Begin Read th is chapt er care fully be fore ins talling a nd operat ing the printer . The printer i s easy t o install . However , for you r safety an d to pr otect valua ble equipmen t, perf orm all the proce dures i n this c hapter in the order prese nted.
14 Chapter 2 Printer Dimensions Printer Dimensions Figure 1. Printer Dimensions - Cabinet Model T ab le 2. Maximu m Interf ace Connect ion Cable L ength Interfac e T ype Maximum Cable Le ngth Centroni.
15 Figure 2. Printer Dimensions - Cabinet Model with Pape r Stacker 27.0 in (68.6 cm) 83.0 in (210.8 cm) 32.5 in (82.6 cm) 27.0 i n (68.6 cm) 27.0 i n (68.
16 Chapter 2 Printer Dimensions Figure 3. Printer Dimensions - Pedestal Model 25 in. (63.5 cm) 10.5 in. (26.67 c m.) 48.0 in . (122 cm) 30 in. (76.2 cm.
17 Print er Component Locat ions Familiar ize you rsel f with the n ames and locat ions o f the pri nter com ponents , shown in Figure 4 before contin uing w ith the re st of th e instal lation procedu res.
18 Chapter 2 Printer Component Loc ations.
19 3 Operating The Printer Powering On The Printer When you power on the pr inter, it executes a se lf-test. The defau lt power- up state is onlin e. When the self -test complete s and the sof tware has initial ized succes sfully , the sta tus indic ator ligh t turns on, indicati ng the prin ter is onl ine.
20 Chapter 3 The Control Panel The Control Panel Figure 5 s hows the keys , displa ys, a nd indic ators as th ey app ear on the control panel. T he follow ing se ction provid es the des cripti ons, and f unctio ns of the con trol p anel ke ys. Key com binations are in dicat ed with the plus (+ ) sign.
Control Panel Keys 21 VIEW / EJECT When the p rinte r is on line or offline, pr essin g this ke y execu tes the view or eject functio n, depen ding on whe ther the printe r is a cabinet or a pe destal (o r zero tea r ped estal). If online wit h data in the printer buffer , the data p rints and the k ey functio ns as describe d below .
22 Chapter 3 The Control Panel JOB SELE CT In offline mode, t his key allows f or fast s electio n of any of the previousl y stored c onfig urations. P ressi ng this k ey caus es the pr inter to cycle through the follow ing me ssages: Load Co nfig., Fa ctory Co nfig, Load Config 1, Lo ad Config 2, L oad Conf ig 3,.
Reload Paper 23 Operational Procedures This secti on cont ains routi ne printe r operatin g proced ures on how to: • reload p aper; • unload pa per; • cancel a print j ob. Reload Paper Do this pr ocedure wh en “L OAD PAPER ” display s. (This me ssage occurs when the la st sh eet of p aper pas ses thr ough the pa per slot .
24 Chapter 3 Operational Proce dures Figure 7. Loading New Paper into the Printer 6. Pull the new pap er above and be hind th e ribbon mask, bu t in front of the existi ng paper. The ribbon mask locatio n is sho wn on th e ribbon path diagram . If neces sary, gentl y pres s the exi sting pa per back .
Reload Paper 25 Figur e 8. Settin g the P laten Lev er 9. Turn the pl aten s top knob c lockwi se or coun tercloc kwise t o matc h the paper thi ckness . (The A-B-C scale c orrespon ds app roximat ely to 1- , 3-, and 6-pa rt paper thickness) . NOTE: If you are u sing the s ame th icknes s of pa per, there i s no n eed to readjust.
26 Chapter 3 Operational Proce dures Figure 9. Paper Slots on t he Printers NOTE: Perform s teps 15 through 32 only i f you are unabl e to lo ad the new paper ov er the exis ting pape r. 15. Open both tractor do ors. 16. Rem ove th e old paper f rom the tr actors.
Reload Paper 27 18. Pull the paper ab ove an d behin d the rib bon mask . See Fi gure 4 on page 1 7 for the ri bbon ma sk loca tion. 19. Load the pa per o n the left tr actor.
28 Chapter 3 Operational Proce dures Figure 12. Loading Pape r onto the Sprockets 22. Unl ock the right tractor . 23. Load the pa per onto the sproc kets an d close the tractor door. If necess ary, s lide the ri ght tract or to rem ove p aper slac k or to ad just for variou s pape r widths .
Reload Paper 29 24. Pedestal mode ls : Using the vertic al posit ion k nob to mov e the pa per up, gu ide the paper over the lower pa per guid e and th rough the slot in t he top c over. For pedestal models w ith the Qu ick Ac cess Cove r, refer to the Quick Setup Guide for pape r exiting options.
30 Chapter 3 Operational Proce dures Figure 15 . Adjustin g the Plat en Lever 28. Lower the platen lever. Set it to matc h the paper thickn ess. (The A-B -C scale cor respon ds appro ximatel y to 1-, 3 -, and 6- part pape r thicknes s. Adjust u ntil y ou have t he des ired prin t quali ty.
Unload Paper 31 Unload Paper 1. Press O N LINE to place th e printer i n offline mode an d open the p rinter cove r. 2. For cabi net mod els, open the ca binet rea r door. For models with the power st acker i nstalle d, press the STA CKER U P key on the rear c ontrol panel.
32 Chapter 3 Operational Proce dures Figure 17. Removing Stacked Paper from the Printer 6. For cabin et model s, remove the s tacked pa per from th e rear ca binet floor . For cabi net mod els with t he power s tacker in stall ed, remov e the paper from the wire pap er tent an d press the STACK ER DOW N key to lower the stacke r mec hanis m.
Unload Paper 33 Figure 18. Completely Removing the Pa per 8. To comple tely rem ove the pa per from the prin ter: a. Raise the platen le ver as far as i t will go a nd open bo th tractor doors . CAUTI ON Be careful when pulling any paper backward through the paper path, especial ly when usi ng a labe l stock .
34 Chapter 3 Integrated Print Management System Integrated Print Management Syst em The P70 00’s Integ rated Print M anagement S yste m feature automat ically monitors and commun icates the status of the ribbo n’s life to hel p the operato r know when to chan ge ribbo ns.
Changing Ribbons 35 Changing Ribbon s Before c hanging th e ribbon, determ ine whethe r at the end of rib bon life if you want to mak e the p rint lighter ( extend th e ribbon life) or d arker (s horten th e ribbon lif e).
36 Chapter 3 Integrated Print Management System Figure 20. L oa ding the Ba rcoded Ribbon 5. Place th e empty s pool o n the rig ht hand si de ribbo n hub a nd press it into place. IMPORT ANT The empty spool has a barcode label on the bottom side and a date c ode label on the t op.
Changing Ribbons 37 Figure 21. Threading the Ribb on Around the Ribbon Guide 6. Thread the ribbon a round the ribbon g uide a nd along th e ribbon path. Be sur e to thread the r ibbon betwe en the h ammer ba nk co ver and the ribbon m ask. 7. Place th e full sp ool on the le ft hub.
38 Chapter 3 Integrated Print Management System Cancel A Print Job The proced ure to canc el a print job de pends on the printer emu latio n and your applica tion s oftware. Co ntact you r system a dminist rator for additio nal informat ion. 1. If the pri nter is onl ine, pres s ONLINE /CLEAR to p lace the printer in offline mode.
39 4 The Configuration Menus Configuration Overview To print d ata, the print er must r espond correc tly t o signal s and com mands received from the hos t compute r.
40 Chapter 4 Configurat ion Over view Default And Custo m Configuratio ns A conf igurati on consi sts of a group of p arame ter settings , such a s line spacin g, form s length, etc. Y our printe r provi des a fix ed def ault confi guratio n and all ows you to d efine s everal custom conf iguratio ns for use wi th parti cula r print jo bs.
Cha ngi ng Pa ram ete rs Ex am ple 41 Chan ging Pa rameter s Example A conf igurati on consi sts of s everal paramete rs. The de fault fa ctory configur ation has a sta rting s et of para meters.
42 Chapter 4 Configurat ion Over view The foll owing pr ocedure sh ows ho w to change and sav e the setti ngs for t he Unidirecti onal a nd Acce nted Cha r options. U se thes e guidel ines to n avigate the confi guration menus and chang e other p arameter s.
Cha ngi ng Pa ram ete rs Ex am ple 43 The para meters you ha ve cha nged will r emain acti ve as long as the printe r is on. When yo u turn off th e printer, the pa rame ters will be eras ed from mem ory unless you save them in a conf iguratio n.
44 Chapter 4 Configurat ion Over view Auto Sa ve Configu ration After any chang es are mad e to the Fac tory Defau lt configu ration men u items , you will be promp ted to s ave the c hanges t o “Conf ig #” whe n you p lace the printer online. “#” repr esents th e next availabl e unass igned con figur ation numb er.
Saving Your New Configuration 45 Example 1 This exa mple show s how to save a c onfigur ation as a numbe red configurat ion, the n later p rint it. Step Press LCD Notes 1. Make sure t he printer is on. 2. OF FLINE CONFIG . CONTROL 3. ENTER SWITCH UNLOCKED Allows you to make configuration changes.
46 Chapter 4 Configurat ion Over view NOTE: We recommend that you print the configuration. To prin t the configuration go to St ep 9. T o skip this procedure and resume printe r operation, go to St ep 14. 10. CONFIG . CONTROL Save Config. 1 1. CONFI G .
Saving Your New Configuration 47 Example 2 This exa mple show s how to save a c onfig uration a s a named confi guration . Step Press LCD Notes 1. Make sure the printer is on. 2. OFFLINE CONFIG . CONTROL 3. ENTER SWITCH UNLOC KED Allows you to make configuration changes.
48 Chapter 4 Configurat ion Over view 11 . 2 T_ Saves the first character . 12. 2 TE Cycle through the c hoices until “E” displays. 13. 2 TE_ Saves the se cond character . 14. 2 TES Cycle through the c hoices until “S” displays. 15. 2 TES_ Saves the third character .
Optimizing Print Quality 49 Opti mizing P rint Qua lity The print quality will vary accordin g to the typeface selected . Both tex t and barcode s will p rint using the re solution of the t ypeface s elected . Opti mizing P rint S peed The print speed wil l vary ac cordin g to the ty peface se lected.
50 Chapter 4 Main Menu Main Menu Figure 22. Main Menu Configuration OFFLINE CONFIG. CONTROL page 57 Load Config. Save Config. Print Config. Delete Config.
Optimi zing Print Sp eed 51 Brief d escrip tions fol low for the first- leve l config urati on menu opt ions: • QUICK SE TUP — These o ptions allo w quic k access to the main prin ter option s used most. • ZTP SETTINGS These options a llow you to set param eters for zero tear pedestal printer s.
52 Chapter 4 QUICK SETUP QUICK SETUP Host Interface The Hos t Interfac e menu ena bles you to sel ect and c onfigur e interfac es between the prin ter and y our host compu ter.
Optimi zing Print Sp eed 53 Adapter Address • IP Address . A numeric address such as 123.45 .61.23 wh ich iden tifies a printer or server in a LA N or WA N. • Subnet Mask . A binary value us ed to di vide IP networks i nto sm aller subnetwor ks or subn ets.
54 Chapter 4 QUICK SETUP This o ption sets th e paus e time in the data stream that the ZTP requ ires before mo ving the form t o the tea r bar once a print j ob is complet ed. The values range from .5 to 5 s econds. The default is .5 secon ds. ZTP W ait Time This opti on sets th e minimu m amount of time th at the fo rm stays a t the tear bar.
Optimi zing Print Sp eed 55 Select LPI Defines th e defau lt values for verti cal cha racter spacing. T he numb er of li nes per inch c an be 6. 0 or 8.0. NOTE: The factor y default for th e Hanzi an d Hangu l LP+ is 6.0. The facto ry default for Kanji LP+ is 8.
56 Chapter 4 ZTP SETTINGS Save Config. This opt ion allows you to sa ve up to eight configu ratio ns to meet diff erent pri nt job requ irements . This elimina tes the need to change th e paramet er se ttings for each n ew job. The config urations ar e stored in memo ry and will n ot be lost if you tu rn off the prin ter.
Optimi zing Print Sp eed 57 ZTP Data T ime This opti on sets th e pause ti me in the data st ream that the ZTP requir es before mo ving the form t o the tea r bar once a print j ob is complet ed. The values range from .5 to 5 s econds. The default is .
58 Chapter 4 CONFIG. CONTROL Save Config. This opt ion allows you to sa ve up to eight configu ratio ns to meet diff erent pri nt job requ irements . This elimina tes the need to change th e paramet er se ttings for each n ew job. The config urations ar e stored in memo ry and will n ot be lost if you tu rn off the prin ter.
Optimi zing Print Sp eed 59 Reset Cfg Names You can reset s pecific configur ation names bac k to the d efault value of the configur ation number. Auto Save • Enabl e (def ault). W hen a chan ge has bee n made to a co nfigurat ion menu, t his optio n autom atically p rompts y ou to sav e or not save the chang e to confi g #.
60 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE Auto Switching Subme nu Auto Switching Gives the pri nter the abil ity to handle multipl e data streams se quentiall y . Wi th Auto Sw itching , the prin ter can servic e hosts attache d to the serial, paralle l, coax and twinax po rts as if th ey were t he only interfa ce co nnected.
Auto Switching Submenu 61 Port T yp e Select t he type s of parall el, se rial an d/or C/T interfac es which are con nected to the pri nter . For exampl e, if your p rinter is attached to one host wit.
62 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE Centronics (P arallel) Submenu Dat a Bi t 8 • Enabl e (def ault). Allo ws acce ss to the extend ed ASC II characte r set. • Disable . The print er inte rpre ts b it 8 of each inc oming data charact er as a zero, rega rdle ss of its actua l sett ing.
Centronics (Parallel) Submenu 63 Re sp. P ola rity The Resp. P olarity paramete r must b e set to ma tch the response polarity of your ho st co mputer . • Stan da rd (de fault). Doe s not inv ert the r esponse s ignal. • Inverted . In verts th e respon se signa l sen t to the hos t comp uter .
64 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE T r ickle Time When the p rinte r is prin ting d ata from a h ost and a seco nd job is receiv ed by the prin ter from a different host, Trickle Time preven ts the second ho st fro m timing ou t while it is wai ting for its data to be pr inted.
Dataproducts Subme nu 65 PI Ignored The PI (P aper I nstruct ion) signal i s used to control vertic al paper mo tion. • Enabl e (def ault). Cau ses the pri nter to inter pret the eight data li nes as DVFU co mmands wh en the P I signal is true. • Disable .
66 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE Auto T rickl e Auto Tric kle is used to p revent a host com puter fro m timing out becaus e the paralle l interfa ce was busy for too lon g.
Serial S ubmenu 67 Serial Submenu Interface T ype This paramet er allow s you to sel ect eithe r the RS- 232 or RS -422 se rial po rt interfac e. Serial (from page 59) Inte rfac e Type Data Protocol B.
68 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE Data Pr ot ocol Y ou can select one of th e followi ng seri al inter face prot ocols to meet th e host interfac e requi rements. • XON / XOFF (defaul t). The pr inter co ntrols the flow of commun ication from the h ost by tu rning the transmis sion on a nd off.
Serial S ubmenu 69 The respo nse char acters are desc ribed in T abl e 3. • SERIES1 2 CH AR . This pr otocol be haves ex actly t he same as the Series1 Ch ar exc ept there i s a two- charac ter respon se to th e host . The response char acters ar e descr ibed in T able 4 .
70 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE Baud Ra te Sets the baud rate of the serial inter face in the pri nter . Baud rate is the speed at which s erial d ata is trans ferred betw een the h ost comp uter and th e printer. The choic es for the RS -232 and RS-422 i nterface s are 60 0, 1200, 24 00, 4800, 9600 , 19200, 38400, 57600, and 1 15200 Bau d.
Serial S ubmenu 71 Request T o Send This con figurati on is part of hardwar e flow con trol and d etermine s when the Request to Send (RTS) s ignal is generat ed. This signal indicate s wheth er or not the printer is ready to recei ve data. • On Line and BNF (d efault).
72 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE One Char Enquiry The One Cha r Enquir y mode us es the P oll Chara cter to de tect a req uest from the ho st and sends a res ponse back to the host. T his o ption also al lows you to turn on a nd off this featu re. The Poll C haracter i s remov ed from t he data stream.
IEEE 1 284 Paral lel (Bidir ectional ) Subm enu 73 IEEE 1284 Parallel (Bidirec tional) Submenu The IEE E 1284 in terface i s faster an d mor e versatil e than Centronic s and suppo rts bidirec tional co mmuni cation . Config uration of this in terface is control led from the host.
74 Chapter 4 HOST INTERFACE T r ickle Time When the p rinte r is prin ting d ata from a h ost and a seco nd job is receiv ed by the prin ter from a different host, Trickle Time preven ts the second ho st fro m timing ou t while it is wai ting for its data to be pr inted.
Ethernet Submenu 75 Bu ffe r Siz e in K This opti on con figures the amount of memo ry allo cated for the Et hernet buffer . Y ou ca n speci fy betwe en 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 128, an d 256 K bytes.
76 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU NETWORK SETU P MENU ADAPTER ADDRE SS IP Address A nume ric addres s such as 123.45. 61.23 whic h identifie s a printe r or serve r in a LA N or W AN. Subnet Mask A bina ry value used to divide IP netw orks into s maller subnetwor ks or subnets.
ADAPTER PARAMS 77 Gateway Address A gatew ay addr ess is the I P addres s of a har dware de vic e (gateway ) that transla tes data b etween tw o inco mpatib le netw orks, wh ich can include protoco l translati on. MAC Address This menu item i s the Manu facturer ’s Assi gned Numbe r, and is uniqu e for each pr inter.
78 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU Novell Protoco l Thi s opt ion de termi nes whe ther t he Novell protoco l will be av ailable . The sele ctions a re as in dicat ed belo w: • Enabl e (def ault). Ma kes the No vell protoco l availa ble with th e etherne t insta lled.
ADAPTER PARAMS 79 Keep Alive T i mer This is the time tha t the Keep Alive Ti mer will run. With t he Kee p Alive Time r on, the tcp conn ection will sta y co nnected ev en after the print job ha s termina ted.
80 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU ETHERNET ADDRESS IP Address A nume ric addres s such as 123.45. 61.23 whic h identifie s a printe r or serve r in a LA N or W AN. Subnet Mask A bina ry value used to divide IP netw orks into s maller subnetwor ks or subnets.
ETHERNET PARAMS 81 ETHERNET P ARAMS The ETHE RNET P ARAMS m enu hel ps your prin ter comm unicate on a network. For in formatio n on as signing the IP Address , Gateway Addres s, Subn et Mask, and M AC Addre ss, refer to th e Network Inte rface Car d User's M anual .
82 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU Ethernet S peed This m enu opt ion only appears if a 10/100 Base -T netwo rk inter face ca rd (NIC) is ins talled. Th e Ethernet Speed men u allows co mpatib ility with different system s and n etworks. The fact ory def ault is A uto Selec t.
WLAN ADDRESS 83 WLAN ADDRESS IP Address A nume ric addres s such as 123.45. 61.23 whic h identifie s a printe r or serve r in a LA N or W AN. Subnet Mask A bina ry value used to divide IP netw orks into s maller subnetwor ks or subnets . This m ask is us ed to help determ ine whethe r IP pac kets nee d to be forward ed to other subnets .
84 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU WLAN P ARAMS WLAN PARAMS (from page 76) Signal Strength 5 0% SSID Name SSID Name (01 - 15) SSID Name (16 - 30) SSID Name (31 - 32) Preamble 6 Default* Short Long Operation Mode 6 Infr astr uct ure * Pseudo IBSS Ad Hoc Ant.
WLAN PARAMS 85 Sign al Str eng th This menu disp lays the strength of the wi reless signal . NOTE: This is a display val ue only and canno t be changed. Operation M o de Allows you to selec t the wa y the Wi reless option comm unicates : • Infrastructu re (defa ult).
86 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU Ant. Di versit y The typ e of antenna used: • Diverse ( default). Select wh en yo u want to use the an tenna with t he bes t reception. • Primar y . Select when yo u want t o use the Primar y antenn a on th e server .
WLAN PARAMS 87 Default WE P Key This featu re ena bles yo u to enc rypt (sc ramble) i nformati on for securi ty purpose s. Wi th this fe ature, you can set up to four en crypti on keys , in either ASCII or hexadec imal fo rmat, an d in eith er 40 o r 128 bi ts.
88 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU WLAN KERBEROS Kerberos E nable • Disable (the default) . Disable s Kerbe ros auth enticatio n in th e wirele ss network int erface. • Enabl e . Enab les Kerbe ros authe nticatio n in the wi reless network interfac e.
WLAN KERBEROS 89 Clock Skew Sets the maxim um allowa ble am ount of tim e in s econds o r minutes th at Kerber os authen tication will tole rate b efore as suming th at a Ke rberos message is val id. The ran ge for Seconds is 60- 900, an d the defaul t is 300.
90 Chapter 4 NETWORK SETUP MENU WLAN LEAP Auth Meth od This fe ature allows the u ser to sele ct the authenti cation m ethod use d for the wireless network i nterface. • Open (the defa ult). Sel ects ope n authe ntica tion. • Shared . Selects shared key authe nticatio n.
Hanzi GB LP+ Emulation 91 EMULA TIO N The EMU LA TIO N menu al lows you to selec t the emul ation to be used w ith your pri nter . Y ou can co nfigure options fo r the act ive emul ation vi a the EMUL A TIO N menu . Emul ation op tions are further descr ibed in the ir corre sponding Programme r's Re ference Man ual.
92 Chapter 4 EMULATION Hanzi Big5 LP+ Emulation EMULATION (from page 50) LinePrinter+ Printer Protocol CPI /LPI Select Select CPI 10.0 CPI* 12.0 CPI 13.
Kanji LP+ Emulation 93 Kanji LP+ Emulati on EMULATION (from page 50) LinePrinter+ Printer Protocol CPI/LPI Sel ect Select CPI 10.0 CPI 12.0 CPI 13.3 CPI 15.
94 Chapter 4 EMULATION Hangul LP+ Emulation Prin te r Pro toc ol For the Han zi LP+ print er, refer to the the LQ-160 0K Progr ammer’ s Referenc e Manual f or det ails. For the Han gul LP+ printer , refer to the KS or KSSM P rogramm er’s Re ference M anual for details.
Hangul LP+ Emulation 95 CPI/LPI Select This p arameter lets yo u speci fy the ch aract ers per inch (cpi) an d lines p er inch (lpi) va lues. T he defau lts are 10 c pi, 6 lpi, and 6 .7 cpi for the Ha nzi LP+ printer. For the Hangul LP+ pri nter, the defaul t is 6 c pi and 6 lpi.
96 Chapter 4 EMULATION The opti on “DBCS / ASCII mod e” spec ifies th e operati ng mode of the H anzi printer. If it is se t to DBCS mode , it can p rint double- byte cha racters as wel l as a limite d numbe r of single -byt e charac ters. Othe rwise, i t can only pr int singl e- byte cha racters.
Hangul LP+ Emulation 97 Page Form at See page 98. Reset Cmd CFG Ld When the p rinte r rece ives a h ost data str eam rese t comm and (ES C @ or ESC[K) in additi on to res etting printer v ariables , the p ower-up co nfigurati on will be loaded. • Disable (the default) .
98 Chapter 4 EMULATION Page Format Submenu Page Form at • Margins . Y ou can s et the b ottom, left, and righ t form margi ns. • Perforation Skip . Allows or pre vents pri nting on pa ge perforati on. W hen enabled, i t sets up a skip-o ver margin of 1/2,” 2/3, ” 5/6,” o r 1.
Page Format Submenu 99 PRINTER CONTROL Ribbon E nd Point This par ameter ad justs th e point at which t he syste m will de clare th e ribbon as being expended . The li fe count wi ll alway s be from 10 0% to 0%, b ut if a darker s etting is selecte d 0% wil l be rea ched mor e quick ly.
100 Chapter 4 PRINTER CONTROL T ear Bar Dist . (Distance) Allows fine an d cours e adjustm ent of t he tear bar pos ition. F or a pede stal model pr inter us ing the to p paper exit , the def ault (7.46 in ches) is us ed. Y ou c an sp ecify 4.5 to 10.
Page Format Submenu 101 ADV ANCED USER ADVANCED USER (from page 50) Power-up State Auto Locking PTX Set up Option Online* Offline Disable* Enable Setup Pars e Disable Enable* Ignore Setup SF CC 21h* (.
102 Chapter 4 ADVANCED USER PTX Setup Option Selects the S pec ial Fun ction Cont rol Co de for the PTX_SETU P comman d and functi ons. • Setup Pars e . Disables or enabl es the PTX _SETUP command. • Setup SFCC . Allows you to choose the hex v alue of the ASCII charac ter you wis h to use as the SFC C for th e PTX_SETUP c ommand .
Page Format Submenu 103 PMD (P aper Motion Detection) Fault • Enabl e (def ault). In the event o f a paper jam , an audibl e alarm beeps, “CLEAR P APER JAM” a ppear s on the me ssage di spla y , a nd the pri nter stops prin ting. • Disable . Y o u should disab le PM D only if special paper requ ires it .
104 Chapter 4 ADVANCED USER Set Sh ari ng This o ption allows character sets to be s hared be tween th e active LP+ protoco l and the a ctive IG P emu lation. Changing c haract ers sets in LP + caus es the ac tive IGP to chang e to the same ch aracter s et if the s elected s et exists in IGP .
Page Format Submenu 105 Pwr Save Contro l Allows you to enable or disa ble the P ower S ave (En ergy St ar) mod e. • Enabl e (def ault). Allo ws yo u to ena ble the Po wer Sav e (Ener gy Star ) mode. • Disable . Allows you to d isable th e Power Sav e (Energy Star) mod e.
106 Chapter 4 ADVANCED USER Job S el /Pri nt Mo de Allows you to cu stomize thi s key to either fu nction as Job Se lect or Type face Select . • JOB-SELECT ON (default) . In offli ne mode , JOB SEL ECT allows you to chang e the acti ve confi gurat ion withou t havi ng to navi gate the configur ation menu.
Page Format Submenu 107 RBN Low Acti on This menu deter mines h ow the p rinter beha ves once a r ibbon lo w cond ition is reached . • Warn & Continue (default) . Once a ribbon low co ndition i s reac hed the printer be eps an d displa ys the "R IBBON UN DER XX% / Ch ange RB N Soon" war ning mes sage.
108 Chapter 4 DIAGNOSTICS Printer T est s These t ests are used to check the prin t quali ty and op eration o f the pr inter . NOTE: Y our aut hor ized se rvice repr esent ative w ill t ypica lly run the tests. They are described in mo re detail in the Maintenan ce Manual .
Page Format Submenu 109 T est Width Set this parameter to r un the sel f-tests at fu ll width or 8 0 column s. Paper Out Dots CAUTI ON Only authorized s ervice repr esentativ es should set t his parame ter.
110 Chapter 4 Printer M GMT Pri nt er MGM T PNE Port This m enu se lects wh ich por t the pr inter ex pects P NE to conn ect to, via Ethernet or Ser ial. The fac tory de fault is Ethe rnet. Mgm t Protocol Since P XML and UC P mana gement protocol s shar e the same Ether net Po rt, only one can b e active at a time .
111 5 Interfaces Overview This chapter describes the host i nterfaces provide d with the p rinter. The printer interfac e is the point where the d ata line from the host com puter plug s into th e printer. The int erface pr ocesse s all comm unica tions signals and dat a to and from the host comput er.
112 Chapter 5 Centronics Para llel Inte rface Optional Host Interfaces : • Ethernet 10/100 BaseT • Dataprodu cts par allel In additio n to de scription s for the multi-lin e interfac es, this chapter also provid es instr uctions for con figurati on of te rminatin g resis tors for the par allel interfac es.
Centronics Parallel Interface Signals 113 Centronics Parallel Interfa ce Signals Data Lines 1 through 8. Provides ei ght stand ard or i nverted leve ls from the host that s pecify ch aracter data, plo t data, o r a contr ol code . Data Line 8 allows a ccess to the exte nded ASCII char acter set.
114 Chapter 5 IEEE 128 4 Para llel Interfac e Nibble Mode Eight bits equals on e byte. When a byte o f data is sent to the pr inter, the eight bits are sent over eight data lines. Some dev ices c annot send data over their eight d ata lines. To bypas s this, the 1284 pe rmit s data to be sent as half a byte ov er four s tatus lin es.
Signals 115 NOTE: The length of the da ta cable from the h ost co mputer to the print er should n ot excee d 32 fee t (10 meter s). Host Clock / nWrit e. Driven b y host. Da ta transfer red from hos t to pri nter. When pr inter s ends data, t wo typ es are availab le.
116 Chapter 5 IEEE 128 4 Para llel Interfac e Printer Clock / Peripheral Clock / Interrup. Driven by the printer . A sign al from the p rinter indicating the ch aracter or function code has been r eceiv ed and the pr inter i s ready for the ne xt data tr ansfer.
Terminating Resistor Configurations 117 T erminating Resisto r Configurations V5 Controller Board The fac tory equ ips the pr inter wi th sever al resis tors tha t are use d for paralle l interfac e conf igurati ons and ar e su itable for most appli cation s.
118 Chapter 5 IEEE 128 4 Para llel Interfac e V6 Controller Board For par allel i nterface conf iguratio ns, the prin ter is eq uipped with 47 0 Oh m and and 1K Oh m termin ating res istors on the cont roller boa rd. The se are suita ble for most appli catio ns.
RS-232 119 RS-232 And RS-422 Se rial Interfaces NOTE: The RS-23 2 and RS -422 se rial in terface cir cuit char acteri stics a re compa tible with the El ectroni c Indu stry A ssociat ion Spec ific ations EIA-232 -E and E IA-422- B.
120 Chapter 5 RS-232 And RS-422 Seria l Interfac es Receive Data (RD). Seri al data stream t o the pri nter. Transmit Status & Contr ol Data (TD). Seria l data str eam from th e printer for transmitti ng status and contr ol infor mation to the hos t.
RS-422 121 Dat aproduct s Parallel In terface The length of the da ta cable from the h ost comput er to the printer mu st not exceed 40 feet (12 meter s).
122 Chapter 5 Dataproducts Pa rallel Interf ace Dat aproduct s Parallel Interface Signals Data Lines 1 through 8. Provides ei ght stand ard or i nverted levels from the host that s pecify ch aracter data, plo t data, o r a contr ol code . Data Line 8 allows a ccess to t he exte nded ASCI I charac ter set.
123 6 Repr ogramming the Security Key Reprogramming The Securit y Key The secur ity ke y on th e PSA3 c ontroll er board can be r eprogr ammed w ith a Software Progr am Exc hange (S PX) m odule.
124 Chapter 6 Reprogramming The Security Key Figure 26. Inserting The SPX into the Debug Port 4. Power on the prin ter. The prin ter will beg in its boot-up seque nce.
125 7 T r oubleshooting Cleaning Requirement s Clean the p rinte r every s ix mont hs or afte r ever y 1000 hou rs of op eration, whichever occurs fir st. If the p rinter is loc ated in a dusty ar ea or i s used for heavy d uty prin ting, cle an it m ore often.
126 Chapter 7 Cleaning Requirements Interior Cleanin g Over t ime, part icles o f paper and i nk accu mulate in side impac t printer s. This is norm al. Paper dust and ink build-u p must be per iodical ly rem oved to avoid degraded print qu ality. Most pap er dust a ccumula tes arou nd the e nds of the platen and ribbon path.
Interior Cleaning 127 6. Lift the r ibbon out of the rib bon path. NOTE: If there are ink stai ned finger prints on t he ribbon barcode (locat ed on the ribb on spool), w ipe it clean wi th a soft c loth or to welette moistene d with a lcohol.
128 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems Diagnosing Problems This se ction is design ed to help you fix pr oblems whi ch may ar ise with nor mal printer operation. Bar Code V erification The mos t importa nt consider ation when printi ng a bar c ode is t o ensu re that the bar c ode will be scann ed pr operly.
Fault Messages 129 Figure 28. Hex Dump Sampl e Fault Messag es If a fau lt condit ion occu rs in th e printer , the sta tus in dicat or on the c ontrol panel flas hes on and off, and the message di splay in dicat es the specifi c fault. Fault m essages are sum marized i n Table 1 2.
130 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems Fault Messag es Requiring Field Service Atten tion If a fault is not correct able by the o perato r, the fault message i s followed by an asterisk (*). T his us ually indic ates that an authori zed ser vice r eprese ntativ e is needed .
Fault Messages 131 33 PLA TEN OPEN TIMEOUT Y es T he forms t hickness l ever has bee n op en for at least one minut e. Load p aper , close th e forms thickne s s leve r , and press CLEAR.
132 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems ACCESS NULL P TR* No Access Nul l Pointer: The proces sor tried to acce ss a pointer tha t contain s nothing (null). Cont act your authorize d service represen tative . 1 ACTIV A TE LOST No The printer dete cts a twinax prot ocol commun ica tion error and reports the error .
Fault Messages 133 B22 ERROR: DECOMPRESS SIZE* No FLASH memor y has no t pas s ed boot initializati on test s. Cycle po wer to see if th e message c l ears, if not, contact your authori zed service represen tative . 1 B23 ERROR: DECOMPRESS CKSUM* No FLASH memor y has no t pas s ed boot initializati on test s.
134 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems B45 ERROR: SDRAM IS WRONG VOL T AGE* No Printer boot ini tialization test s detect inc orrect SDRAM. Cycle po wer to see if th e messa ge clears, if not, contact your authori zed service represen tative . 1 B46 ERROR: SDRAM HAS MIXED SIZES* No Printer boot ini tialization test s detect inc orrect SDRAM.
Fault Messages 135 BARCODE MISSING Install New RBN Y es The ribb on sensor does not detect the pres ence of the ribbon s pool, in dicating a missi ng label or a dama ged sensor. If label is missing, i nstall new ribbon. I f barcode label i s prese nt and undamage d, clean sensor lens usi ng damp c loth or swab.
136 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems D51 S tatu s %XX Progr ammin g... No S tatus message: The printe r is loa ding firmwa re, where %XX repres ents the percent age comp leted. No act ion is req uired. D55 S tatu s : Send Program to EC No S tatus message: The printe r is loa ding the engine control ler program into the engine controller (EC).
Fault Messages 137 E01A TYPE 0x40 See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2.
138 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems E03A DSI HASH L See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion wa s attempt ed in the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. If the message appears , load the la test emul ation soft ware.
Fault Messages 139 E03D DSI BA T PS See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2.
140 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems E03G DSI ECXIWX See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion wa s attempt ed in the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. If the message appears , load the la test emul ation soft ware.
Fault Messages 141 E04B ISI DIRECT See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2.
142 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems E07 ILLEG AL INS See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion wa s attempt ed in the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. If the message appears , load the la test emul ation soft ware.
Fault Messages 143 E13 TRACE INT See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2. Cycle p ower.
144 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems E18 DSTORE MISS See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion wa s attempt ed in the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. If the message appears , load the la test emul ation soft ware.
Fault Messages 145 E30 DEBUGGER See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2. Cycle p ower.
146 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems E31C EVENT 2 BP See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion wa s attempt ed in the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. If the message appears , load the la test emul ation soft ware.
Fault Messages 147 E31F EVENT 5 BP See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2.
148 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems E32A CND 0 BP See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion wa s attempt ed in the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. If the message appears , load the la test emul ation soft ware.
Fault Messages 149 E32D CND 3 BP See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2. Cycle p ower.
150 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems E32G CND 6 BP See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion wa s attempt ed in the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. If the message appears , load the la test emul ation soft ware.
Fault Messages 151 E34 TRACE CMPL T See User M anual Y es An il legal or unsupp orted instruc tion was a ttempted i n the a pplication program. 1. Cycle Power. Run the print j ob again. I f the message appea rs, load the la test emul ation soft ware. 2.
152 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems ERROR: DRAM A T ADDRESS XXXXXXXX Y es The printer can not find th e engine controller prog ram or the va lid ation chec ksum is corrupt. Download th e program again. If the mes sage app ears, con tact your authori zed service represen tative .
Fault Messages 153 ERROR: PROGRAM NOT COMP A T IBLE Y es The p rinter is not comp atible with t he downloa ded progra m. Use t he cor rec t emul ati on softwa re options(s) for this printe r model. ERROR: PROGRAM NOT V AL ID Y e s The pr inte r does not see a progr am i n f las h mem ory .
154 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems EXCESS RBN WEAR Install New RBN Y es S ta tus mess age that displa ys when ri bbon reaches end of l ife, whet her the I ntegrated Pr int Manage ment System is enable d or not. Instal l a ne w ri bbon . EXHAUST F AN FL T (Cabin et model only) Y es Sens ors canno t detect current in fan circui t.
Fault Messages 155 H01: PCI J12 See User M anual No The control ler board i s not communi cating with the PCI card in PCI slot J1 2. This could ind icate a bad PCI card, po or connectio n , or probl em in t he PC I bus. Cont act your authorize d service represen tative .
156 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems ILL EXT BUS ACC* No Illegal External Bus Access. Firmware error on the control ler board. Cont act your authorize d service represen tative . 1 ILL INST ACCSS* No Illegal Ins truction Accessed. Firmware error on the control ler board.
Fault Messages 157 LOADING PROGRAM INTO FLASH No The printer h as delet ed the previou s program from flash memory an d is loading th e new pr ogr am in to f las h memory . No act ion is req uired. NEW SPX DETECTED PRESS ENTER No The printer detect s an SPX inst alled at the deb ug port and the SPX is valid for the print er.
158 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems P AP FD DRVR CIR* See Manu al No Paper Feed Driver Circuit. The p aper feed driver circuit on the c ontroller board is drawin g too muc h current. Cont act your authorize d service represen tative . 1 P AP FIFO OVERFL* No Paper First I n First Out Overflow .
Fault Messages 159 PLA T INV P ARM* No Platen Invalid Parameter . Firmware error on control ler boar d. Cont act your authorize d service represen tative . 1 PLA T INV ST A TE* No Platen In valid S tate. Firmware error on control ler boar d. Cont act your authorize d service represen tative .
160 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems RIB INVLD CMD* See User M anual Y es Ri bbon Inva lid Comm and. Firmware error on the control ler board. Cycl e power . R un the prin t job again. If the message a ppears, downlo ad the em ulation softw are agai n. If the m essage appears again, cont act yo ur author ized servic e represen tative .
Fault Messages 161 SHUTL INV P ARM* No Shuttle Invali d Parameter . Firmware error on control ler boar d. Cont act your authorize d service represen tative . 1 SHUTL OVR SPEED* No The shuttl e is oscillati ng too rapidly . Cont act your authorize d service represen tative .
162 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems ST ACKER F AUL T Y es S tacker i s not functio ning correctly . Check fo r obstructi ons in th e stac ker area. I f fault pers i sts , cont act your authoriz ed servi c e represen tative . 1 ST ACKER FULL Y es S tatus message: t he power pap er stacker is full of p aper .
Fault Messages 163 W AITING FOR ETHERNET ADAPTER N/A S tatus m essage: Ap pears when the prin ter is first powered o n if the optional Network Int erface Card is install ed.
164 Chapter 7 Diagnosing Problems.
165 A Printer Specifications Ribbon Specifications St andard Ribbons Part Number Ultra C apacity HD 250145- 001 P7000 U ltra Capacit y (recom mended for most text and ba rcode O CR) 179499- 001 P7000 .
166 Appendix A Paper Spec ificatio ns Paper S pecifications Labels T ype: Edge- perfora ted, fan-f old, 3 t o 17 in ches (7.62 to 43.18 cm) wid e, 2 to 12 inches (5.08 to 30.48 cm) l ong. Su reS tak Powe r S tacker op tion work s with for ms 5 to 1 2 inches (12.
167 Printer W eigh t And Dimensions * With a power stacker, the weight increases b y 21 lbs. and t he depth increases by 4.7 5 inches for a deeper rear door . ** With the ZTP option, the weight increas es by 12 lbs. and the height is inc reased by 7 inches.
168 Appendix A Electri cal Charact eristics Acoustic Noise Level Energy S tar The pr inters d escribed in this User’s M anual compl y with the requi rements of the E NERGY S TAR ® Offi ce Equip ment P rogram of th e U.S. E nvironmen tal Protec tion Ag ency.
169 Pow er Consu mption Interf aces Operatin g Mode Unit s Power Consum ption 1000 LP M 1500 LPM 2000 L PM S tandby 1 Watts 30 (60 ) 45 (80) 85 BTU/Hour 100 (205) 154 (273) 28 9 Nominal 2 Wa tts 220 3.
170 Appendix A Printing Rates Printing Rates The printi ng sp eed of t ext is me asured in lines per min ute (lpm) a nd is a function of the sel ected font and the vertic al dot d ensity. Printin g spee d is independe nt of the numbe r of charac ters confi gured i n the charac ter set reperto ire.
171 B ASCII Character Set KEY ASCII Character Name ESC 33 27 1B OCTAL equivalent DECIMAL equivalent HEX equivalent B 7 0 0 00 11 1 1 B6 0 B5 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 COLUMN 01 2 3 4 5 6 7 BITS RO.
172 Appendix B.
173 C Zer o T ear Pedestal Overview The P70 00 Zero T ear Pede stal (Z TP) printe r ca n print a form and p resent i t for tear off without losing a form betwe en pr int jobs. The printe r auto maticall y present s the cur rent pr int line to the te ar bar wh en it fini shes pr inting an d no data are being sen t to the printer.
174 Appendix C Performance Limit ations NOTE: If you use fo rms outs ide thes e limits, th e print qu ality ma y not b e optimum , the printe r may l ose top- of-form, the freque ncy of pa per jams. Paper Jam s Printer j ams can occur if y ou tear o ff the form incorrec tly.
175 Control Panel Menus The ZTP SETTING S menu includes the a bility t o enabl e and disable features unique to the ZTP, set the t ear bar distance , set the a uto pr esent data time, and set th e auto p resent wa it time. T his se ction defi nes thes e options .
176 Appendix C Operatio n Oper at io n Adjust The Paper Gui des Figure 29. A djusting The P aper Guides NOTE: Ensure tha t the pap er gu ides are no t damag ed. 1. Turn the gu ide k nob on the f ront left paper guide co unterclo ckwise to loosen th e guid e.
Load Paper 177 Load Paper Figure 30. Loading Paper Onto The Pr inter 1. Open the tr actor door s and sli de the pap er from belo w, through the black paper ou t sensor s lot on the left si de, and up between all fron t and r ear paper gu ides. 2. Unlock the left tr actor an d load the p aper on the left tractor sprock ets.
178 Appendix C Operatio n Set The T ear Ba r Distance To set t he tear ba r distan ce, do the follow ing st eps: 1. Make sure the printer is of fline. 2. Press the right arr ow until “OFFLINE/ZTP SETTINGS” d isplays. 3. Press the down ar row .
Set The Top Of Form 179 Set The T op Of Form Figure 32. Setting The Tea r Off Position The ZTP us es the tea r bar as the refe rence po int for sett ing the tear off positio n. To set the pos ition of t he for ms perfo ration to the tear b ar, use t he SET TOF button as follows: 1.
180 Appendix C Operatio n Position The Paper Out Sensor Figure 33. The Paper Out Sensor The pape r out sen sor ind icates w hen the printer runs ou t of pape r.
181 D Customer Support Print ronix Customer Support Cent er IMPORT ANT Please h ave the f ollowin g informat ion availa ble prior to call ing the Printronix Customer Supp ort Center: • Model num ber • Serial num ber (l ocated on the bac k of the pr inter) • Installe d optio ns (i.
182 Appendix D Corporat e Offices Corporate Offices Printroni x, Inc. 14600 Myford Road P.O. Box 1955 9 Irvine, CA 926 23-9559 Phone: ( 714) 368- 2300 Fax: (714 ) 368-26 00 Printroni x, Inc.
183 E Communication Notices Notices This info rmation w as develope d for p roducts an d servic es offered i n the U.S.A. Printroni x may n ot offer the prod ucts, se rvices , or featu res dis cusse d in this document in othe r countr ies.
184 Appendix E Notice s Any pe rformanc e data c ontained herein wa s dete rmined i n a contr olled environ ment. Therefo re, the resu lts obtai ned in other ope rating env ironmen ts may vary signifi cantly.
185 Ener gy St ar The Envir onmental Protecti on Agency E NERGY S TAR Com puters prog ram is a partners hip ef fort with m anufacturer s of data proces sing equi pment to promote t he introd uction of.
186 Appendix E Commun ication Stateme nts Communication S tateme nts Federal Com munications Commission (F CC) S tatement This equp ment has b een tes ted and fou nd to c omply with th e limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 1 5 of the FCC Rules .
187 Proper ly shie lded an d grounded cable s and c onnector s must be u sed in order to reduc e the poten tial fo r causing interfer ence to rad io and TV comm unicatio ns and to o ther e lectrical or elec tronic equip ment.
188 Appendix E Commun ication Stateme nts EN 55024 Hinweis: Wird dies es Ger ät in ein er indus triellen Um gebung betriebe n (wie in EN 55024 fes tgelegt), dann kann es da bei event uell ges tört werden. In solch einem F all ist der Abstand bzw. d ie Absc hirmung zu der i ndustri ellen Störquel le zu öe rgrvß ern.
189 Ta i w a n Warning: This is a Class A produc t. In a dome stic env ironme nt this produc t may cau se radio inter ferenc e in which c ase the us er will be requir ed to take adequat e measu res.
190 Appendix E Lithium Battery Warnin g 4. The cab le conne ctor anchor sc rews mus t be s ecurely s eated i nto the printer r eceptor hardwar e. Printroni x is not respo nsible for ele ctromag netic inter ferenc e caused by using other tha n recomm ended cab les and c onnectors or by a ny unautho rized changes or modif ications to this equipment.
191 2. Source Code A sour ce co de versio n of eCos Softwar e is ava ilable un der the te rms of the Red Hat eC os Publ ic Lice nse v1.1 at www.prin tronix. com. P rintro nix gra nts no right s whatsoe ver in t he sourc e code fo r the Pr intronix S oftware.
192 Appendix E Soft ware Lice nse Agreeme nt 6. U.S. Gover nment User s The Embe dded Softwar e is a "co mmercial i tem," as tha t term is de fined in 48 C.F.R. 2.10 1 (Oct. 1995), c onsisting of "comme rcial compu ter softwa re" and "commer cial c ompute r soft ware doc umentat ion," as such terms a re us ed in 48 C.
193 Index Numerics 06 HOST RE QUEST message , 130 08 HOLD P RINT TIM EOUT mess age, 1 30 15 COMM C HECK me ssage, 1 30 15V PWR FAIL * message, 1 30 22 INVALID ADDR message , 130 23.
194 Alarm, ADVANCED U SER me nu, 104 Ant. Dive rsity, WL AN PA RAMS m enu, 86 ASCII Char acter Set, 171 ASCII data port, Ada pter Par ams menu , 78 ASCII data port, Eth ernet Par amete rs menu, 81 Aut.
195 C Cable Veri fy, Data products Parallel Interfac e Signals , 122 Cancel a print jo b, 38 CANC EL ke y, 21 Cancel Key , ADVANCED US ER menu, 10 5 Cent roni cs (P aral lel) subme nu, 62 Auto Trick le, 63 Buffer S ize in K, 63 Busy O n Strobe , 63 Data Bit 8 , 62 Data Pola rity, 62 Latch Data On, 63 PI Ignored, 6 2 Prime S ignal, 63 Resp.
196 CPI/LPI Sele ct Hang ul L P+ Emul ation, 95 Hanz i LP+ Emul atio n, 95 CTL VOLT FAIL * mes sage, 135 Custom c onfigurat ions, 40 Customer Support Center, 18 1 D D50 STA TUS%XX Clearing F lash mes .
197 E E Net Tes t Unav ailable , 151 E00 EXE @ ADDR 0 messag e, 136 E01A T YPE 0x4 0 messag e, 137 E01B T YPE 0x6 0 messag e, 137 E02 MACHIN E CHK m essage, 137 E03A DSI HASH L message , 138 E03B DSI .
198 ER ROR P ROGR AM N OT CO MPATI BLE message , 153 ER ROR P ROGR AM N OT VA LID m essage , 153 ERROR SECURITY KEY NOT DETECTED message , 153 ERROR SHORT AT ADDRESS XXXX message , 153 ER ROR W RITI N.
199 B44 ERROR SDRAM NOT 64 BITS WIDE* , 133 B45 ERROR SDRAM IS WRONG VOLTAG E*, 13 4 B46 ERROR SDR AM HAS MIXED SIZES*, 134 B47 ERROR SDRAM LA RGER THAN 256 M*, 134 B49 ERROR SDRAM # LOGICAL BANKS* , .
200 ERROR NO DRAM DETECTE D, 152 ER ROR N VRA M FAI LURE, 1 52 ERROR OCCURRED FLUS HING QUEU ES*, 152 ERROR PRIN TER TY PE, 1 53 ERROR PROG RAM N EED S MOR E DRAM, 152 ERROR PROG RAM N EED S MOR E FLA.
201 SENDIN G PRO GRAM TO EC PROCESSOR, 160 SF ERROR, 1 60 SH UTL I NV CM D *, 160 SHUT L INV PARM * , 161 SHUTL OVR SPEED*, 161 SHUTTL E JA M, 161 SHUTTL E ST ALL, 16 1 SHUTTL E TYPE NOT SUPPO RTED* ,.
202 HOST INTERFA CE menu , 59 Host Interfac e., 52 I Idle Resp onse, Ser ial sub menu, 71 IEEE 128 4 Paral lel (Bidi rectional) Submenu , 73 Auto Trick le, 73 Buffer S ize in K, 73 Offline Proc ess, 7.
203 Manual conventi ons, 10 related doc uments, 11 special inform ation, 11 warnings, 1 1 Menu ADVANCED USER, 101 CONFIG. CONTROL, 57 DIAG NOSTICS, 107 EMULATION, 91 HOST INTERFACE, 59 Main, 50 naviga.
204 PAP NOT SCHED * message, 15 8 PAP N T AT SPE ED * m essage, 158 PAP UNEX P INT * message, 158 Paper reload, 23 unload, 31 PAPER ADVANCE key, 20 Paper E mpty (P E), Centr onics Par allel In terface.
205 Ribbon End Poin t, 99 Tear Bar Dist. (D istance), 100 Unidirecti onal, 100 View Fu nction, 10 0 PRINTER HOT * message, 159 Printer i nterface s, 111 Prin ter MGMT m enu, 110 Mgmt Por t Number, 110.
206 Resp. Polarity Cent roni cs (P aral lel) subme nu, 63 Dataprodu cts (S tandard & Long Line s), 6 5 RESTORING BO OT CODE message, 159 RIB INVLD CM D* message, 160 Ribbon En d Action , ADVA NCED.
207 SPX NO T NEEDE D OPTIO NS ENAB LED message , 161 SSID Na me, WL AN PA RAMS menu , 85 STACK FAUL T message, 162 STACK OVERFLOW* m e ssag e, 161 STACK UNDERFLOW* message, 16 1 STACKE R FUL L mess ag.
208 WLA N LE AP me nu Auth Metho d, 90 LEAP Pa sswo rd, 90 LEAP Us ername, 90 Reset LEAP Pass word, 90 Reset LEAP User, 90 WLAN PA RAMS m enu, 84 Ant. D ive rsit y, 86 Auth Metho d, 86 Channel, 8 5 Default WEP Ke y, 87 Internat.
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