Black Box PQ-8P manual

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4 INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD NORMAS OFICIALES MEXICANAS (NOM) ELECTRICAL SAFETY ST A TEMENT 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 referencia futura. 3. Todas las ad[...]

5 INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD 11. El aparato eléctrico deberá ser connectado a una fuente de poder sólo del tipo descrito en el instructivo de operación, o como se indique en el aparato. 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 se[...]

6 PQ-8P , PQ-8S TRADEMARKS Centronics ® is a a registered trademark of Centronics Corporation. Epson ® is a registered trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation. HP ® and PCL ® are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard. IBM ® , AS/400 ® , and Proprinter ® are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. Lexmark ™ is a trademark of Lexmark Inter[...]

7 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Contents Chapter Page 1. Specifications .......................................................................................10 2. Introduction ........................................................................................11 2.1 Description of Front Panels .........................................................12 2.2 A[...]

8 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Chapter Page 5.9 Envelope Printing .........................................................................65 5.10 Document/Envelope Printing ...................................................66 5.11 Duplex Printing ..........................................................................67 5.12 Other Printer Commands ...........[...]

9 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Chapter Page Appendix A: Font (FGID) Reference for PCL Compatible Printers ................................................................................................133 Appendix B: Resident Scalable Font Numbers .....................................157 Appendix C: Character Sets ................................................[...]

10 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 1. Specifications Hardware Requirements —ASCII printer, AS/400 ® or System/3X host Emulation —IBM ® 3812, 4214, 5224, 5225, and 5256 printers Systems Supported —AS/400 or System/3X Indicators —(5) LEDs: Power, Host Line Sync, Printer Online, Data from Host, Data Out Connectors —PCA45A, PCA45AE: (1) DB9, (1) 36-pin Centr[...]

11 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 2. Introduction Print Orientation (APO). In addition, paper can be pulled from several sources, jobs can be printed on both sides of the paper, and a multitude of fonts (printer-resident or from optional cartridges) are supported. The PQ-8P comes with a standard parallel sharing port that allows automatic sharing of the attached pr[...]

12 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 2.1 Description of Front Panels C ONFIGURATION S WITCHES The configuration switches are used to set the twinax address, output protocol, and to perform the available test and diagnostic functions. While the PQ-8P comes with only one bank of switches, the PQ-8S comes with two banks of eight switches. The left bank is labeled SW1; th[...]

13 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 2.3 Unpacking Check the packaging for water or physical damage, and notify the carrier immediately if there is any damage. Keep the original packaging in case you need to move or ship the PQ-8. The package should include the following: • PQ-8P or PQ-8S • Auto-terminating twinax V-cable • Wallmount transformer (9V AC output) ?[...]

14 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 3. Installation 3. Connect the parallel cable from the PQ-8P’s “Parallel Out” connector to the printer’s parallel port. 4. If the sharing port of the PQ-8P is used, attach the parallel cable now. Note that a PC or LAN connected to the PQ-8P’s sharing port should always be powered on when the interface is operating. 5. Con[...]

15 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 9. With the PQ-8P powered off, attach the auto-terminating twinax V-cable to the PQ-8P. 10. Connect the twinax host cables to the V-connector. The twinax V-connector is automatically terminated when one cable is attached and automatically cables through when two cables are attached. To install the PQ-8S: 1. Power off the printer an[...]

16 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 7. Print a PQ-8S self-test. First, power off the PQ-8S. Then, set configuration switch SW1:8 (far right of the first switch bank) to the “|” position. (If you are operating a label printer, put the printer in ASCII hex dump mode. Then power on the PQ- 8S. If the label printer starts printing, the PQ-8S has passed the self-test.[...]

17 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Self-Test Printout - PQ-8P PARALLEL TWINAX INTERFACE COPYRIGHT (c) 1995 SDE CORP. SOFTWARE VERSION 1.00 RAM OK ROM OK Address : 0 Output Printer Protocol : HP-PCL 3812 #01 - Alt. CPT Start Delimiters: - 50 6C #02 - Alt. CPT End Delimiters : - 50 6C #03 - Host Port Timeout : 08 - seconds #05 - Host Language : 01 - U.S./Canada #07 - [...]

18 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Self-Test Printout - PQ-8S SERIAL TWINAX INTERFACE COPYRIGHT (c) 1995 SDE CORP. SOFTWARE VERSION 1.00 RAM OK ROM OK Address : 0 Output Printer Protocol : I-O 8215 Emulation Serial Out Baud Rate : 9600 Baud Serial Out Word Length : 8 Bits Serial Out Stop Bits : 1 Bit Serial Out Parity: : None #03 - Twinax Port Timeout : 08 - seconds[...]

19 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 3-3. Page 2 of Self-T est Printouts. EBCDIC to ASCII T ranslate T able 40 50 60 70 80 90 A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 F0 0: 20 26 2D 9B 9D F8 E6 BD 7B 7D 5C 30 &–øØ °µ ¢{ } 0 1: 20 82 2F 90 61 6A 7E 9C 41 4A 00 31 é / Éaj ˜ £AJ~1 2: 83 88 B6 D2 62 6B 73 BE 42 4B 53 32 âêÂÊbks¥BKS2 3: 84 89 8E D3 63 6C 74 F A 43 4C 54[...]

20 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 4. Configuration 2. Make sure the PQ-8 is properly connected to the twinax host and the correct device address is set. 3. Power on the PQ-8. The AS/400 will auto-configure the printer address according to the PQ-8 settings. If you are using an S/3X host, you must configure the host manually. Table 4-1 shows the recommended emulatio[...]

21 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-1. Recommended Emulation and Device ID for the Host Systems. Host System Printer Used Emulation Device ID S/38, S/36 Laser printer (using 3812 5219 HP PCL commands) S/38, S/36 Matrix printer 4214 4214-2 (printing NLQ) S/38, S/36, Matrix printer 5224 5224 (2P) (S/34) S/38, S/36, Specialty printer (e.g. 5256 5256 S/34 label [...]

22 PQ-8P , PQ-8S If an invalid switch setting is encountered at power-up, all LED lights will blink and the PQ-8 cannot operate. T able 4-2. Twinax Addr ess Switch Settings. T winax Address SW1:1 SW1:2 SW1:3 0 ooo 1 oo| 2o | o 3o | | 4| o o 5| o | 6 ||o[...]

23 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-3. Output Protocol Switch Settings. Output Protocol SW1:4 SW1:5 SW1:6 SW1:7 Hewlett-Packard PCL o o | o (PJL on) Hewlett-Packard PCL o | o o (PJL off) IBM Proprinter o | o | IBM PPDS oooo (dot matrix) Epson ESC/P2 ooo| Epson DFX+ o | | | Epson LQ (24-pin) o | | o Epson 9-pin (DFX) | o o o Generic | o o | Hewlett-Packard | [...]

24 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-4. T ests/Diagnostic Switch Settings. T ests/Diagnostic SW1:1 SW1:2 SW1:3 SW1:8 Twinax Diagnostic |||| Restore Factory |||o Defaults Self-Test Any setting corresponding to | a twinax address 0-6 EBCDIC Hex Dump | Operating Mode o T ests/Diagnostic SW1:4 SW1:5 SW1:6 SW1:7 ASCII Hex Dump |||| The first three functions (Twina[...]

25 PQ-8P , PQ-8S The second (right) bank of switches is used to set up the PQ-8S for communication with the printer. T able 4-5. Serial Out Baud-Rate Switch Settings. 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 | 600 | | o 300 | | | T able 4-6. Serial Out W ord-Length Switch Setting[...]

26 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-7. Serial Out Stop Bits Switch Settings. Serial Out Stop Bits SW2:5 1 bit o 2 bits | T able 4-8. Serial Out Parity Switch Settings. Serial Out Parity SW2:6 SW2:7 None o o Odd o | Even | o T able 4-9. Serial Out X-On/X-Off Switch Settings. Serial Out X-On/X-Off SW2:8 Send | Don’t send o[...]

27 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 4.2.2 S ETUP S OFTWARE All configuration parameters not already covered through configu- ration switches can be changed through the setup software. Before configuring the PQ-8, you should print a self-test. A self-test printout shows all active configuration settings. Refer to this printout to determine which parameters may need to[...]

28 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Take the following steps to enter a host download command. 1. Type the Command Pass-Thru delimiter &% (or alternate CPT start delimiter) in the document at the point where the command is to take effect. 2. Type an upper-case “Z”. 3. Type the command number for the command to be used, as shown in the table. Always use two di[...]

29 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-10. Host/PC Download Commands. Host/PC Download Command Command Number 10 CPI String 86 12 CPI String 88 15 CPI Printing (Proprinter Mode only) 28 15 CPI String 87 16.7 CPI String 89 6 LPI String 84 8 LPI String 85 11" x 17" (A3) Printing 32 Alternate CPT Start Delimiter 01 Alternate CPT End Delimiter 02 Automati[...]

30 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-10 (continued). Host/PC Download Commands. Host/PC Download Command Command Number Duplex Printing 33 Host Language 05 Host Port Timeout 03 Host Port Initialization 11 IBM Printer Emulated 24 IBM Motion Commands 25 Override Format Commands 16 Paper Drawer 1 13 Paper Drawer 2 14 Paper Drawer 3 15 Paper Size 09 Parallel Port[...]

31 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-10 (continued). Host/PC Download Commands. Host/PC Download Command Command Number Restore Previously Saving Configuration 98 Save All Current Settings 99 Serial In Baud Rate (PQ-8S only) 76 Serial In Word Length (PQ-8S only) 77 Serial In Stop Bits (PQ-8S only) 78 Serial In Parity (PQ-8S only) 79 Serial Port Initialization[...]

32 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 4.4 Configuration Options Asterisks (*) identify factory-default settings. Invalid commands are ignored. The last valid setting will be unchanged. COMMAND 01: ALTERNATE CPT START DELIMITER Creates an alternate Command Pass- Thru (CPT) start delimiter. This delimiter is also an alternate Host/PC download delimiter. It may be one or [...]

33 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Example: &%Z04,3(1B26643044) creates a user-defined string for a Lexmark™ 4039 printer to start underlining as command 3. The string is represented by the value 3. To use this function, place &%U3 in the document. COMMAND 05: HOST LANGUAGE Selects the host language to be used by the twinax host, when the command “Use De[...]

34 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 09: PAPER SIZE HP PCL only. Selects paper-size setting. VALUE DESCRIPTION *0 Paper size specified by host software 1 A4 size paper 2 Paper size selected through printer’s front panel Example: &%Z09,1 selects A4 size paper. COMMAND 10: TRUE LPI HP PCL only. Selects compressed or true LPI (lines per inch) printing. VALU[...]

35 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 14: PAPER DRAWER 2 COMMAND HP PCL only. Matches the host’s Paper Drawer 2 command with a physical paper source from the printer. When the host sends a command to the printer to feed from paper drawer 2, the printer will feed from the paper source assigned to paper drawer 2. Consult the printer’s user’s guide for the a[...]

36 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 16: OVERRIDE FORMAT COMMANDS Allow operator settings on the printer’s front panel to override format commands coming from the host. VALUE DESCRIPTION *0 No, do not override IBM format commands 1 Yes, override all IBM format commands 2 Yes, override NLQ commands 3 Yes, override CPI commands Example: &%Z16,1 enables the[...]

37 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 20: STAR PANEL OVERDRIVE Activates star-panel overdrive to add to the signal strength when problems occur with passive star panels. VALUE DESCRIPTION *0 Overdrive inactive 1 Overdrive active Example: &%Z20,1 activates star- panel overdrive. NOTE Do not activate the star- panel overdrive when using twinax cabling. COMMAN[...]

38 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 23: DRAFT PRINTING Non-HP PCL only. Selects the Draft Printing mode when a draft print command comes from the host or from the PQ-8. VALUE DESCRIPTION *0 Normal draft 1 Fast draft Example: &%Z23,1 sets the printer to print fast draft. COMMAND 24: IBM PRINTER EMULATION Selects the IBM printer emulation. The IBM printer e[...]

39 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 4-11. IBM Printer Emulation. Output Protocol Default IBM Other V alid Printer Emulation Printer Emulations Hewlett-Packard PCL* 3812-1 (SCS) — IBM Proprinter 4214 5224, 5225, 5256 IBM PPDS (dot-matrix) 4214 5224, 5225, 5256 Epson ESC/P2 4214 5224, 5225, 5256 Epson DFX+ 4214 5224, 5225, 5256 Epson LQ (24 pin) 4214 5224, 522[...]

40 PQ-8P , PQ-8S VALUE DESCRIPTION 0 5256 Model 3 1 5224 Model 1 2 5225 Model 1 *3 4214 Model 2 Example: &%Z24,2 sets the active printer emulation to 5225 Model 1. NOTE An AS/400 will auto- configure when the PQ-8 is powered on. Therefore, you should save the new IBM emulation and then cycle the power on the interface to communicate the new emu[...]

41 PQ-8P , PQ-8S NOTE IBM Proprinters cannot print 15 CPI. The PQ-8 has the ability to “artificially” print 15 CPI by printing 17.1 CPI and adjusting the spacing through insertion of a space in graphics mode. Although this option allows users to effectively print 15 CPI (e.g. when using pre-printed forms) it significantly slows down the printer[...]

42 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 42: START AND STOP EBCDIC HEX DUMP After receiving a start command the interface, starting with the next buffer received, sends all host data directly to the printer as hexa- decimal printing until a stop command is received or the printer is powered off. VALUE DESCRIPTION *0 No action taken 1 Start EBCDIC hex dump 2 Stop E[...]

43 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 50: SHARING PORT TIMEOUT Selects the sharing port timeout value. This is the time interval before the interface automatically switches from the parallel or serial sharing port to check for data from the host. VALUE DESCRIPTION 4 to 60 4 to 60 seconds *8 Default Example: &%Z50,10 sets the time interval to 10 seconds. COM[...]

44 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 77: SERIAL-IN WORD LENGTH Selects the Word Length of data received at the serial-in port. A new setting will not be effective immed- iately. To activate the new setting, cycle power on the interface. VALUE DESCRIPTION 7 7 Bits *8 8 Bits Example: &%Z77,7 sets the word length to 7 bits COMMAND 78: SERIAL-IN STOP BITS Sele[...]

45 PQ-8P , PQ-8S NOTE If the active output protocol is generic and no 6 LPI string is specified, the PQ-8 will ignore all 6 LPI requests from the host. COMMAND 85: 8 LPI STRING Used with Generic output protocol to define the 8 LPI string. See command 84. VALUE DESCRIPTION 1(up to 25 Defines the 8 LPI hex bytes) string 1() Deletes the 8 LPI string E[...]

46 PQ-8P , PQ-8S COMMAND 89: 16.7 CPI STRING Used with Generic output protocol to define the 16.7 CPI string. See command 84. VALUE DESCRIPTION 1(up to 25 Defines the 16.7 hex bytes) CPI string 1() Deletes the 16.7 CPI string Example: &%Z89,1(1B 10) stores the 16.7 (actually: 17 CPI normal draft) CPI command for an IBM Proprinter X24E (hex valu[...]

47 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 4.5 Restoring Factory Defaults The factory-default configuration can be restored either by sending Host/PC Download Command “Z98,0” or by taking the following steps: 1. Power off the printer and the PQ-8. 2. Disconnect the host and PC sharing cables from the PQ-8. 3. Set configuration switches SW1:1, SW1:2 and SW1:3 to the “|[...]

48 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5. Operation host print jobs. The Sharing Port Timeout is set through Host/PC download command 50 or through the setup software. By default, the PQ-8S receives PC data at 96N81 (9,600 baud; parity = none; word length = 8 bits; stop bits = 1). Make sure the PC/LAN and the PQ-8S are using the same serial parameters. In addition, the [...]

49 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.3 Parallel/Serial-Port Initialization If you want to change the printer’s configuration for shared printing (e.g. set it to PostScript mode), use the parallel/serial-port initialization string (Host/PC download command 56 or 58). Consult the printer’s user’s guide for the ASCII hex values representing the desired configurat[...]

50 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.7 Laser Printer Operation The PQ-8 lets you emulate an ASCII laser printer as an IBM 3812 printer. This feature-rich emulation is automatically active when you select the HP PCL output protocol. You can also run an ASCII laser printer under an IBM 5256 emulation. The following section describes how to access the many features of [...]

51 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 5-1. Data Processing Fonts - S/36 and S/38. T ypestyle Number Font ID (Hex) Pitch (CPI) Description 05 05 10 Presentation 11 0B 10 Courier 80 50 12 Courier 85 55 12 Courier 86 56 12 Prestige Elite 87 57 12 Letter Gothic 91 5B 12 Courier Italic 158 9E Prop. Times Roman 159 9F Prop. Times Roman Bold 160 A0 Prop. Helvetica 162 [...]

52 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.7.1 C HANGING T YPESTYLES The typestyle number (FGID) selected determines the font to be used. The system operator selects a default typestyle when the printer is configured on the host; however, a word-processing program may also have a default typestyle. Since the default typestyle can vary depending on the system setup, ask th[...]

53 PQ-8P , PQ-8S To change a font, insert a font- change command at the beginning of the text where the change is to take place. For example, to bold the word “saves” in the following sentence (assuming the current font is Courier, 12 CPI or pitch, 10 point), type: Quality ¬Q88saves¬Q85 you time and money. Here’s how the print will look: Qu[...]

54 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.7.4 P APER S IZE Configure the printer’s setup to the paper size used most. The PQ-8 only recognizes these paper sizes: • Letter Paper: 8.5 x 11 in. (215.9 x 279.4 mm) • A4 Paper: 8.27 x 11.69 in. (210 x 297 mm) • Legal Paper: 8.5 x 14 in. (215.9 x 355.6 mm) • Executive Paper: 7.25 x 10.5 in. (184.2 x 266.7 mm) • 11&q[...]

55 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 2. Install the correct paper size into the printer. 3. Power the printer off for about five seconds, then power it back on again. 4. Release the job for printing at the printer’s controlling workstation. The line format screens in DisplayWrite/36 (Command 20) also permit you to select “Justify,” which aligns the right margin.[...]

56 PQ-8P , PQ-8S To change the physical tray assigned to the theoretical paper drawer (#1, #2, or #3): 1. Select the paper drawer # through Host/PC download command 13, 14, or 15, or through the setup software; 2. Select the number representing the physical tray listed in the printer’s manual. By changing the paper drawer on the host, up to three[...]

57 PQ-8P , PQ-8S To change the assigned paper tray, type the respective command followed by a comma (,) and the corresponding number of the chosen paper source. If you have an HP LaserJet 4 Plus connected to the PQ-8 and the host is requesting paper to be fed through paper drawer #1, the HP printer would, by default, feed from the Paper Cassette. T[...]

58 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.8.2 A UTOMATIC P RINT O RIENTATION If no page rotation was specified on the host, the PQ-8’s Automatic Print Orientation (APO) feature is the first setting to determine the final print orientation. This feature automatically rotates print jobs with dimensions of 8.5 x 14 inches or smaller to portrait or landscape orientation. a[...]

59 PQ-8P , PQ-8S The PQ-8’s first COR option is not a true IBM 3812 emulation. This COR setting was added to give the user a more straightforward way of obtaining COR. The COR setting ignores print-quality settings and always prints COR (unless the host’s page rotation or the PQ-8’s APO setting determine the print orientation). a. The PQ-8 ha[...]

60 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 5-1. Flowchart. ST ART Page Orientation Logic 1 Page Rotation DEVD, AUTO, not specified 2 Is Automatic Print Orientation Active? COR YES NO 2a Is Page Size V alid? YES NO 2b Width Greater Than Height? YES NO Use specified page rotation (0, 90, 180, 270 degrees) with requested font 3 Print Orientation 3a What is the Print Qua[...]

61 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Tables 5-3 through 5-5 show what page-rotation settings can be manipulated through print-quality settings and how the combination of page rotation and print quality affects the final print orientation. T able 5-3. Page-Rotation Settings. Host System Page-Rotation Setting Print Quality Setting Causing Portrait Orientation AS/400 *DE[...]

62 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 5-5. Host LPI. Host LPI Reduced to: Maximum Rows (Lines)/Page 6 8.7 66 8 11.6 88 Table 5-6 shows the print- orientation results desired and recommends a combination of settings required to obtain that result. Most print-orientation results can be achieved with different setting combinations. Refer to Figure 5-1 .[...]

63 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 5-6. Settings for Differ ent Print Orientations. PQ-8 Setting for Print Result Host Setting APO Orientation Data processing : Degree of Page ON COR Print reports with Rotation... a width of 80 *AUTO columns or less (at 10 CPI) in portrait AND print reports with a width of 132 (at 10 CPI) or 198 (at 15 CPI) columns in landsca[...]

64 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 5-6 (continued). Settings for Differ ent Print Orientations. PQ-8 Setting for Print Result Host Setting APO Orientation Print all reports/ Degree of Page OFF Portrait documents in Rotation.... portrait with *AUTO; Rotate requested font Paper....=1 (Automatic) 5.8.4 C HANGING P AGE -R OTATION S ETTINGS Before changing page-ro[...]

65 PQ-8P , PQ-8S To change the print file: 1. Type CHGPRTF on the command line of the host, and press Enter. 2. Type in the name of the print file to be changed. 3. Press F10 to display additional parameters. 4. Press Page Down to scroll to the fourth screen. 5. Locate the “Degree of page rotation .......” option. 6. Move the cursor to the begi[...]

66 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.10 Document/Envelope Printing A letter and an envelope can be printed from DisplayWrite/36 or OfficeVision/400 in the same document by following this procedure: 1. Set the format for the letter and enter the letter file. On the first typing line, press CMD20 for Format options. 2. Select 1 for Document options, then another 1 for[...]

67 PQ-8P , PQ-8S NOTE The printer may eject a blank page when printing orien- tation has been changed. If the buffer and ready light remain steady, press the Print/Check button on the printer’s operator panel to eject the last page. 5.11 Duplex Printing Some printers can perform both simplex (single-sided) and duplex (double-sided) printing. Dupl[...]

68 PQ-8P , PQ-8S On some duplex printing, if the last page is single-sided, it may remain in the printer. The form feed light remains on. When the next print job is sent, this page will be ejected. To manually eject the last page, take the printer off-line by pressing the ONLINE button, then press the FORM FEED button to eject the last page. Put th[...]

69 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 5-7. Summar y List of Special Commands. Command Function ¬E Sends an ASCII ESC command to the printer ¬TY Enables true 6 LPI printing ¬TN Disables True 6 LPI printing ¬I Ignores all host formatting commands ¬S Stop ignoring host formatting commands In these cases, the ¬TY command prevents the printer from compressing t[...]

70 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.13 HP Line Printer The HP Line Printer protocol allows printing of dot-matrix output on a PCL laser printer. When selecting the HP Line Printer protocol, the PQ-8 emulates an IBM 5224-1 line printer. Other IBM printers cannot be emulated. The HP Line Printer protocol automatically prints all output in COR mode. However, portrait [...]

71 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Although the PQ-8 artificially produces these missing characters, at times the “reproduction” may not satisfy your quality requirements. 5.14.3 P RINT Q UALITY The PQ-8’s IBM 4214 printer emulation offers Draft, NLQ (Near Letter Quality), or Default print quality for print-quality options. If a default-print-quality command i[...]

72 PQ-8P , PQ-8S The PQ-8 implements the LAC command by taking the dot pattern received from the twinax host and then printing that exact dot pattern using the printer’s APA bit-image graphics at high-density 240 dots/inch. This permits the printer to print APF and BGU graphic output using exactly the same spacing as the IBM 4214/5224/5225 printe[...]

73 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 5.14.8 G ENERIC M ODE The Generic output protocol should be used when the other output protocols of the PQ-8 are inappropriate. This could be the case with printers such as certain barcode label printers or embossers, but also with printers from Okidata, Mannesmann-Tally, or others. Refer to the printer’s user’s guide to find o[...]

74 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 6. Advanced Features 4. Move the cursor to the point in the text where the print feature ends. Enter &% or the alternate CPT start delimiter, followed by the ending printer command and then &% or the alternate CPT end delimiter again, into the document. For example: The command ESC &d0D begins underlining and ESC &d[...]

75 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Command Pass-Thru may change the horizontal spacing. Although the command is displayed on the screen, the PQ-8 treats it as a command and does not print it. If part of the sequence is printed, an error has been made entering the codes. Check the document and make sure the correct format and EBCDIC hexadecimal characters are being u[...]

76 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 6.3 User-Defined Fonts (HP PCL only) The PQ-8P supports a vast variety of fonts. For a list of the supported fonts, refer to Appendixes A and B . In addition, the User-Defined Fonts feature allows assignment of new or existing font IDs to different printer resident fonts or fonts from an optional font cartridge. Up to 10 new pairs [...]

77 PQ-8P , PQ-8S You can also create one or more additional colors using the User- Defined String feature described in Section 6.2 . To print a customized color, you need to follow these steps: 1. Set up a color palette. 2. Define the color. 3. Print the color. For detailed information on this process, consult HP’s PCL5 Color Technical Reference [...]

78 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Example: 1. To define the color red and store the customized “red” command in the interface under the macro name U3 type the following: &%Z04,0(1B 2A 76 36 57 00 00 08 08 08) [This string sets up the color palette.] &%Z04,3(1B 2A 76 32 35 35 61 30 62 30 63 31 69 31 53) [This command defines and prints the color red. Not[...]

79 PQ-8P , PQ-8S To print any of these bar codes, use the following format: ¬B<type>,<height>,<width>, <hr>,<chkd>,<ast>,<data>¬B The bar-code command string must contain all of these parameters, even if the parameter is irrelevant for the type of bar code being printed. For example, POSTNET comes in only[...]

80 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Module width (from Table 6-2 ): 3.6 mm (0.14 inches).Calculation: 11 x 3.6 mm = 39.6 mm = 3.96 cm; or 11 x .14 in = 1.54 inches. T able 6-2. Module W idth 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) (.25) (.29) (.33) (.37) (.41) Code 2.2 3.1 3.9 4.7 5.6[...]

81 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-3. Module width in mm (inches): Epson or IBM Proprinter Dot-Matrix. Width 1 2 3 Code 3 of 9 2.7 5.4 8.1 (.11) (.22) (.32) Code 128 2.5 5 7.6 (.1) (.2) (.3) Interleaved 2 2.2 4.4 6.6 of 5 (.9) (.18) (.26) POSTNET 6.5 (.25) EAN 13 1.5 3.1 4.6 (.06) (.12) (.18) EAN 8 1.8 3.6 5.5 (.07) (.14) UPC A 1.8 3.6 5.5 (.07) (.14) (.21)[...]

82 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Width parameters are ignored when printing POSTNET bar codes, since POSTNET uses one standard width. However, a valid value (1-9) must be entered for the width parameter to ensure the bar code command string is complete. <hr>: Identifies whether human- readables are printed or not. Human-readables are printed underneath the b[...]

83 PQ-8P , PQ-8S <data>: The data to be printed as a bar code. Some bar codes require a certain number of characters. Others only allow alphanumeric or numeric characters. Before the PQ-8 processes the data string, it will check the complete data string and verify that it is valid. This is why the ¬B at the end is so important. If an invalid[...]

84 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 6-1. Bar Code Overlapping T ext. O VERVIEW AND E XAMPLES The examples shown on the following pages give an overview of the supported bar code types. Note that the “maximum number of data characters” does not include start/stop characters and check digits. This data overrun by barcode To avoid overlapping bar codes with t[...]

85 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Code 3 of 9 Maximum number of data characters: 30 Valid numeric characters: 0-9 Valid alphanumeric characters: A-Z Valid other characters: space ! “ # $ % & ‘ ( ) + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ Example: ¬B1,4,1,1,1,1,0123456789¬B 0123456789 Figure 6-2. Code 3 of 9. POSTNET Maximum number of data characters: 30 Valid numeri[...]

86 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 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 0 01234 56789 5 Figure 6-4. UPC A. EAN 8 Required number of data characters: 7 Valid numeric characters: 0-9 Valid alphanumeric characters: N/A Valid other c[...]

87 PQ-8P , PQ-8S EAN 13 Required number of data characters: 12 Valid numeric characters: 0-9 Valid alphanumeric characters: N/A Valid other characters: Example: ¬B7,3,1,1,1,0,012345678912¬B Figure 6-6. EAN 13. Interleaved 2 of 5 Maximum number of data characters: 30 Valid numeric characters: 0-9 Valid alphanumeric characters: N/A Valid other char[...]

88 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 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 odd number of data characters (including the optional check digit) is entered, the PQ-8 adds a “0” to the beginning of the bar code. If an even number of data characters (including the [...]

89 PQ-8P , PQ-8S To show how multiple character sets are used, study the following data string. Height, width and other parameters were omitted in this example to focus your attention on the data string. Please note that this example is for illustration purposes only, and is not a recommended way of bar coding. The following data string is a fairly[...]

90 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-4. Symbol Character V alue and Data Character . Symbol Character Data Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 00 SP SP 00 0 1 !!0 1 0 2 ““0 2 0 3 ##0 3 0 4 $$0 4 0 5 %%0 5 0 6 &&0 6 0 7 ‘‘0 7 0 8 ((0 8 0 9 ))0 9 1 0 **1 0 1 1 ++1 1 1 2 ..1 2 1 3 --1 3 1 4 ..1 4 1 5 //1 5 1 6 001 6 1 7 111 7 1 8 221 8 1 9 331 [...]

91 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-4 (continued). Symbol Character V alue and Data Character . Symbol Character Data Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 2 8 <<2 8 2 9 ==2 9 3 0 >>3 0 3 1 ??3 1 3 2 @@3 2 3 3 AA3 3 3 4 BB3 4 3 5 CC3 5 3 6 DD3 6 3 7 EE3 7 3 8 FF3 8 3 9 GG3 9 4 0 HH4 0 4 1 II4 1 4 2 JJ4 2 4 3 KK4 3 4 4 LL4 4 4 5 MM4 5 4 6 NN4 6 4 [...]

92 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-4 (continued). Symbol Character V alue and Data Character . Symbol Character Data Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 5 6 XX5 6 5 7 YY5 7 5 8 ZZ5 8 5 9 [[5 9 6 0 6 0 6 1 ]]6 1 6 2 ^^6 2 6 3 __6 3 64 NUL ` 64 65 SOH a 65 66 STX b 66 67 ETX c 67 68 EOT d 68 69 ENQ e 69 70 ACK f 70 71 BEL g 71 72 BS h 72 73 HT i 73 74 LF [...]

93 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-4 (continued). Symbol Character V alue and Data Character . Symbol Character Data Character V alue Code A Code B Code C 84 DC4 t 84 85 NAK u 85 86 SYN v 86f 87 ETB w 87 88 CAN x 88 89 EM y 89 90 SUB z 90 91 ESC { 91 92 FS | 92 93 GS } 93 ~0 RS ~ 94 ~1 US DEL 95 ~2 FNC3 FNC3 96 ~3 FNC2 FNC2 97 ~4 SHIFT SHIFT 98 ~5 CODE C CO[...]

94 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 6.6 I-O Graphics Language ™ The I-O Graphics Language ™ (IOGL ™ ) allows printing of graphical elements and charts on PCL5 compatible printers. IOGL is independent of other I-O features, such as internally generated bar codes or font change commands. This means that if an I-O font- change command is followed by an IOGL comman[...]

95 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-5. IOGL Graphics Language. Graphical Element IOGL 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>; <% shading> Circles ¬GC<line width>;<x center>;<y center>;<[...]

96 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-5. IOGL Graphics Language. Parameter Description Units of V alid Measurement V alues ’text’ text to be rotated or to be N/A any included in the IOGL program printable as a comment character % shading percentage of shading percentage 0-100, integers # of number of segments to be each 1 to 9, segments printed in pie char[...]

97 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-5 (continued). IOGL Graphics Language. Parameter Description Units of V alid Measurement V alues radius radius of a circle or pie chart n/300 inch positive integers segment value to be represented by a integer 0 to 100 value n pie chart segment value n a value to be represented by a any positive any positive bar in a bar c[...]

98 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 6-5 (continued). IOGL Graphics Language. Parameter Description Units of V alid Measurement V alues y start y coordinate of start position n/300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers; incl. 0 y end y coordinate of end position n/300 inch positive for lines and boxes integers; incl. 0 y increment height of one unit of the[...]

99 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 6.6.2 H ELPFUL H INTS 1. All xy values (start, end, center, increment) are measured in n/300 of an inch. The origin of the xy coordinate system is the top left hand corner of the printable area of the page (see Figure 6-9 ). The printable area of the page may vary with the printer model and paper size being used. Refer to your prin[...]

100 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 2. The complete command string must be entered as shown below. Incomplete command strings and command strings with invalid values (such as spaces) will cause the PQ-8 to print the string at the place where the error occurred. For example, a line command string has been entered. However, an invalid <x start> value has been sp[...]

101 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 6-10. Example of Line. X,Y end (100,600) X,Y start (100,0) 2 inches[...]

102 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Boxes— ¬GB<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x end>;<y end>;<% shading>6 Draws a box from the specified xy start to the xy end. The box cannot be rotated. <line width> is specified in mm; <% shading> can range from 0 to 100. For example: ¬GB2;300;300;600;600;30 draws a box with 2 [...]

103 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 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 xy center. For example: ¬GC2;900;2400;300;70 draws a circle with a radius of 1 inch (300/300 inches) ( Figure 6-12 ) NOTE To avoid cutting[...]

104 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Arc —¬GA<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x center>;<y center>;<angle of rotation> Draws an arc around the xy center, starting at xy start and ending when the angle of rotation is completed. (Angle is measured from theoretical line xy center to xy start and rotates clockwise.) For example: ¬[...]

105 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Color/Shading —¬GS<# of values>;<color 1>;<% shading 1>;<color 2>;<% shading 2>;... Defines the color and shading of the pie-chart and bar-chart segments. The first value entered in the pie and bar chart commands will be printed in color 1 with shading 1. The second value entered in the pie and bar[...]

106 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 6-14. Color/Shading and Pie Chart. For example: ¬GS3;01;20;02;50;04;80 ¬GP5;900;2400;600;3;10;20;30 draws a 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 be shade[...]

107 PQ-8P , PQ-8S The first segment (value 10) will be 1/6 of the complete circle (10/(10+20+30)=10/60=1/6), the second segment (value 20) will be 2/6 of the complete circle (20/60), and the third segment will be 3/6 of the complete circle ( Figure 6-15 ). Figure 6-15. Segment of Circle.[...]

108 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Bar Chart (Histogram) —¬GH<line width>;<x start>;<y start>;<x increment>;<y increment>;<bar width>;<# of entries>; <value 1>;<value 2>; ... Draws a bar chart. xy start specifies the bottom left-hand corner of the first bar (the origin on the chart’s xy scale). The x increm[...]

109 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Each bar is 1/3 inch wide (100/300 inch). The distance from the left side of one bar to the left side of the next bar is one inch (300/300). This allows other bars to be added through a separate command. Bar 1 will be 1 2/3 inches (500 x 1/300 inch) high, bar 2 will be two inches high (600 x 1/300 inch), and bar 3 will be 2 2/3 in[...]

110 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 6-17. Run (Line) Char t. NOTE The y-increment determines the scaling. Only integers (1, 2, 3, 4, etc.) are valid. If you are charting sales figures in thousands of dollars, the y- increment should be small (for example, 1). If you are charting the number of customer complaints per period the y-increment should be high (for [...]

111 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Text —¬GT<x start>;<y start>;<angle of rotation>;<'text'> Prints the text (“text”) in the active font, with the specified rotation and specified xy start. Text will be rotated counterclockwise. For example: ¬GT1000;1000;90;'TEXT' prints the word “TEXT” in the active font with[...]

112 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Comments— ¬GX<'text'> Allows text to be added to IOGL commands for documentation. Comments will not print out. For example: ¬GX’Pie chart with 3 elements’ can be used to document an IOGL pie chart command. 6.7 I-O Graphics Language ™ (IOGL) in Action 6.7.1 G ENERAL S TEPS I-O Graphics Language ™ (IOGL) [...]

113 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 6-19. Bar Chart. blank sheet of paper. All references to distances are made in respect to the printable page, not the actual physical page. Refer to Figure 6-9 . 3. Determine where the chart should be placed (always in relation to the top left-hand corner of the printable area). In the example, the bar chart is on the botto[...]

114 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure 6-20. Placement of Bar Chart. Origin of Chart 1 inch 5 inches 10 inches 4 inches Approximate Area of Bar Chart[...]

115 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Next, determine the approximate maximum height and width of the chart. In the example, 40 was the expected maximum number of calls. We chose to represent 10 calls by one inch, resulting in a total maximum height of four inches (not including the title and subtitle.) Similarly, each day was represented by one inch, resulting in a t[...]

116 PQ-8P , PQ-8S To aid in readability, extra space was left between the last bar of day one and the first bar of the next day. To determine the <bar width>, divide the available one inch (<x increment>) into four equal sections (three bars and one space). The resulting value was 75 (= 300/4). Next, count the <# of entries> (5) a[...]

117 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 6.7.4 L ABELS /T ITLE /S UBTITLE /L EGEND All text was created through text rotation command strings. Text was always printed in the selected font. In the example, Universe Medium was used in different point sizes (¬Q...). The legend consists of three separate boxes followed by text rotation commands. The parameters are shown bel[...]

118 PQ-8P , PQ-8S A call for this macro can be used in your application by embedding the following PCL command in the application code: ¬E&f#y3X Another command that can be used to prevent overloading the printer’s memory is ¬E&f#y8X. This command deletes the macro ID # that currently resides in the printer’s memory. 6.9 Printing Imag[...]

119 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 7. T roubleshooting If you need to ship the PQ-8, use the original carton and packaging to prevent damage. 7.1 PQ-8 Self-T est Verify proper installation and configuration of the PQ-8 by performing a PQ-8 self-test. The self- test prints out the current software version, memory condition (RAM and ROM), and configuration selections[...]

120 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 3. Send that command to the printer (press the Print Screen Button or print the document/file that contains the Host/PC download command). The self-test will print out in a few seconds. Follow the steps below to start the self-test by setting the configuration switches. 1. Verify that the printer is connected properly to the PQ-8.[...]

121 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 3. Send the command to the printer (press the Print Screen Button or print the document/file that contains the Host/PC download command). 4. To stop the Buffer Hex Dump, type “&%Z42,2” on the screen, then send it to the printer (press the Print Screen Button or print the document/file that contains the Host/PC download com[...]

122 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 7.4 Self-Diagnostics CAUTION To avoid damage to your host system, the host must be disconnected before running this test. The PQ-8 can be set up to perform a complete analysis of its functions. The PQ-8 transmits data to itself and then analyzes how that data is processed. If an error is detected, an error message is printed on th[...]

123 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-1. Er ror Messages. Error Message Description Probable Cause Output Timing Error The twinax output A circuit is not circuits are not functioning, or a responding to the terminated cable is microprocessor as not attached to the expected. PQ-8. Unexpected Vector The interrupt handling Initialization problems, or Improper By[...]

124 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-1 (continued). Er ror Messages. Error Message Description Probable Cause No Interrupt on Data A byte of data (not a Problems in the receiver poll) was sent and the circuitry or problems with the receiver circuitry did microprocessor interrupts. not interrupt the microprocessor. Output Data The transmitter timing This indi[...]

125 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-1 (continued). Er ror Messages. Error Message Description Probable Cause Input Not Indicating This is an ASIC This indicates an ASIC failure. Busy internal test during a transmission. Two Byte Data This test verifies A failure could be caused by Checks Bad multi-byte data a -5 volt supply problem, a transmissions for tran[...]

126 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-1 (continued). Er ror Messages. Error Message Description Probable Cause Parity Error This error indicates This indicates an error in Detected or Parity that the twinaxial the parity generation by the Failure receiver detected a twinaxial output, a parity error on malfunctioning of the parity receiving polls or data. chec[...]

127 PQ-8P , PQ-8S 7.5 Problem Resolution Guide Table 7-2 is a general guide to resolve common problems that may occur. Please refer to this guide before contacting technical support. T able 7-2. Problem Resolution Guide. Problem or Message Probable Cause Action Host Line Sync LED Host is not Make sure the host is is not on when configured for a pri[...]

128 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-2 (continued). Problem Resolution Guide. Error Message Description Probable Cause Printer Online LED Printer fault, such as Make sure the printer has is off when printer paper out, paper jam, paper, is clear of jams, etc. is connected etc. Damaged or loose Check printer cable for printer cable damage or improper connectio[...]

129 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-2 (continued). Problem Resolution Guide. Error Message Description Probable Cause Extra blank sheets are Form length not Make sure the document ejected between correct in software length doesn’t exceed the sheets of printout (maximum length is maximum number of lines. 66 lines) Page orientation was The printer may eject[...]

130 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-2 (continued). Problem Resolution Guide. Error Message Description Probable Cause Printer does not print Did not select a Select 90° or 270° landscape in rotation in the word- rotation in the program. requested font processing program Did not select a Add a 90° or 270° rotation in the data- orientation instruction to [...]

131 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-2 (continued). Problem Resolution Guide. Error Message Description Probable Cause (continued) APO feature is ON Turn APO off or increase and page size is page size so it is larger than 8-1/2" x 14" or less 8-1/2" x 14" or change width and width is greater and height so width is less than height than he[...]

132 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able 7-1 (continued). Er ror Messages. Error Message Description Probable Cause (continued) Rotation in data Select *DRAFT print quality processing printer file in printer file. is set to *COR and host print quality in printer file is *STD or *NLQ DisplayWrite/36 or There might be a Choose “yes” to printer OfficeVision/400 m[...]

133 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Appendix A: Font (FGID) Reference for PCL Compatible Printers T able A-1. Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Courier R-8/CP850 P/L 10 12 11 Line Printer R-8/CP850 P/L 15 8.5 223 Line Printer R-8/CP850 P/L 17.1 8.5 254 Line Printer R-8/CP850 P/L 19 8.5 281 Line Printer R-8/CP850 P[...]

134 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1. Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Courier italic R-8/CP850 P/L 12 10 89 Letter Gothic R-8/CP850 P/L 12 12 87 CG Times R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 6 4605 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 8 4606 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 10 4607 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 12 4608 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 14 4609 R-8/CP850 P[...]

135 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 18 4631 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 24 4634 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 30 4637 CG Times R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 6 4645 italic R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 8 4646 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 10 4647 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 12 4648 R-8/CP850 P[...]

136 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1. Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 14 4669 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 18 4671 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 24 4674 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 30 4677 Univers R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 6 4805 medium R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 8 4806 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 10 4807 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 12 4[...]

137 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 12 4828 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 14 4829 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 18 4831 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 24 4834 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 30 4837 Univers med R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 6 4845 condensed R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 8 4846 R-8/C[...]

138 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Univers med R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 6 4865 cond italic R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 8 4866 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 10 4867 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 12 4868 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 14 4869 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 18 4871 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 24 4874 R-8[...]

139 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 24 4994 R-8/CP850 P/L Prop. 30 4997 General Font Assignments Time R-8/CP850 P Prop. 8 157 Time R-8/CP850 P Prop. 10 158 Time Bold R-8/CP850 P Prop. 10 159 Time Italic R-8/CP850 P Prop. 10 155 Helvetica[...]

140 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Letter Gothic R-8/CP850 P/L 12 12 110 Bold Letter Gothic R-8/CP850 P/L 12 10 112 Italic Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 6 181 Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 8 183 Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 8 182 Bold Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 10 185 Bold He[...]

141 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. OCR-A 10N OCR-A P 10 12 19 OCR-B 10N OCR-B P 10 12 3 Code 3-9 4.6N 3 of 9 P 4.6 12 240 Code 3-9 9.3N 3 of 9 P 9.3 12 61 EAN/UPC UPC P Prop. 12 171 Bold Bar Code EAN/UPC UPC P Prop. 12 170 Bar Code HP Cartridge Font Assign[...]

142 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Courier Italic ASCII P/L 12 10 92 Courier Legal P 10 12 51 Courier Bold Legal P 10 12 52 Courier Italic Legal P 10 12 53 Courier Legal P 12 10 93 Courier Bold Legal P 12 10 94 Courier Italic Legal P 12 10 95 Prestige Elit[...]

143 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Prestige Elite Legal P 12 10 98 Bold Prestige Elite Legal P 12 10 99 Italic Letter Gothic ASCII P/L 27 3.6 291 Letter Gothic ASCII P/L 19 6 281 Letter Gothic ASCII P/L 17.1 9.5 257 Letter Gothic ASCII P/L 12 12 66 Letter [...]

144 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Times Roman ASCII P Prop. 12 167 Times Roman ASCII P Prop. 12 168 Bold Times Roman ASCII P Prop. 12 169 Italic Times Roman Legal P Prop. 8 173 Times Roman Legal P Prop. 10 174 Times Roman Legal P Prop. 10 175 Bold Times R[...]

145 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 10 184 Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 10 185 Bold Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 10 186 Italic Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 12 187 Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 12 188 Bold Helvetica ASCII P Prop. 12 189 Italic Helvetica A[...]

146 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. CG Times DskTop P prop. 8 4706 Bold CG Times DskTop P Prop. 8 4814 Italic CG Times DskTop P Prop. 10 4687 CG Times DskTop P Prop. 10 4707 Bold CG Times DskTop P Prop. 10 4815 Italic CG Times DskTop P Prop. 12 4688 CG Time[...]

147 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. CG Times DskTop P Prop. 18 4711 Bold CG Times DskTop P Prop. 24 4714 Bold Univers DskTop P Prop. 14 4789 Univers DskTop P Prop. 18 4791 Univers DskTop P Prop. 24 4794 Microsoft Cartridge Helv R-8 P Prop. 8 34102 Helv R-8 [...]

148 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Helv Bold R-8 P Prop. 14 34125 TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 8 5686 TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 10 5687 TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 10 5707 Bold TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 10 5815 Italic TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 12 5688 TmsRmn R-8 P Prop. 12 5708 Bold TmsRmn R-8 P[...]

149 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Polished Worksheets Cartridge Prestige Elite R-8 P/L 15 7 221 Prestige Elite R-8 P/L 12 10 86 Prestige Elite R-8 P/L 12 10 111 Bold Prestige Elite R-8 P/L 12 10 112 Italic Prestige Elite Legal P/L 15 7 219 Prestige Elite [...]

150 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 12 12 109 Italic Letter Gothic Legal P/L 27 3.6 292 Letter Gothic Legal P/L 12 12 90 Letter Gothic Legal P/L 12 12 107 Bold Letter Gothic Legal P/L 12 12 106 Italic Presentation ASCII P/L 8.1 16 434 [...]

151 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Presentation Legal P/L 10 14 7 Bold Presentation ASCII P/L 8.1 16 434 Bold Presentation Legal P/L 8.1 16 431 Bold Presentation ASCII P/L 6.5 18 435 Bold Presentation Legal P/L 6.5 18 432 Bold Presentation ASCII P/L 5.7 24[...]

152 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Line Draw LinDrw P/L 10 14 31 PC Line Bold PCLin P/L 10 14 32 Forms, Etc. Cartridge Univers R-8 P/L Prop. 6 33101 Univers R-8 P/L Prop. 8 33102 Univers Bold R-8 P/L Prop. 8 33122 Univers Bold R-8 P/L Prop. 10 33123 Univer[...]

153 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Bar Codes & More Cartridge Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 15 9.5 230 Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 12 12 87 Letter Gothic R-8 P/L 10 14 40 OCR-A OCR-A P 10 12 19 OCR-B OCR-B P 10 12 3 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 P 8.1 12 60 Code 3 of 9 3 of 9 [...]

154 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. 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 Prestige Elite R-8 P 12 10 111 Bold Prestige Elite R-8 P 12 10 112 Italic CG Times R-8 P Prop. 8 157 CG Times R-8 [...]

155 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Global Text Cartridge CG Century R-8 P/L Prop. 8 16950 Schoolbook CG Century R-8 P/L Prop. 10 16951 Schoolbook CG Century R-8 P/L Prop. 10 16971 Schlbk Bold CG Century R-8 P/L Prop. 10 17079 Schlbk Italic CG R-8 P/L Prop.[...]

156 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able A-1 (continued). Selecting Standard Fonts. T ypeface Symbol Set Orient. Pitch Point T ypestyle Size No. Pretty Faces Cartridge Microstyle ASCII P Prop. 18 5910 Microstyle ASCII P Prop. 36 5920 Bold Hobo ASCII P Prop. 30 5930 Medium Hobo ASCII P Prop. 14 5940 Medium Thunderbird ASCII P Prop. 54 5950 Signet ASCII P Prop. 18 5[...]

157 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Appendix B: Resident Scalable Font Numbers T able B-1. Resident Scalable Fonts. 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 Table B-1 is a list of the resident scalable fonts and font numbers fo[...]

158 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able B-1. Resident Scalable Fonts. Font Font ID No. Dingbats 3600 CG Omega 4919 CG Omega bold 4939 CG Omega italic 5047 CG Omega bold italic 5067 CG Times 5687 CG Times bold 5707 CG Times italic 5815 CG Times bold italic 5835 Arial 6199 Arial bold 6219 Arial italic 6327 Arial bold italic 6347 Garamond Antiqua 8503 Garamond Halbf[...]

159 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able B-1. Resident Scalable Fonts. Font Font ID No. Garamond Kursiv 8631 Garamond Kursiv Halbfett 8651 Coronet 8759 Clarendon condensed 8779 Marigold 8887 Albertus medium 12855 Albertus extra bold 12875 Times New 16951 Times New bold 16971 Times New italic 17079 Times New bold italic 17099 Antique Olive 33335 Antique Olive bold [...]

160 PQ-8P , PQ-8S T able B-1. Resident Scalable Fonts. Font Font ID No. Univers bold condensed 33601 Univers medium condensed italic 33719 Univers bold condensed italic 33729 Univers medium 34103 Univers bold 34123 Univers medium italic 34231 Univers bold italic 34251 3812 Font Numbers that use the CG Times Typeface Sonoran-Serif 751 Sonoran-Serif [...]

161 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Appendix C: Character Sets The IBM 3812-1 printer emulation supports both the Roman 8 character set and Code Page 850. The IBM 4214, 5224, 5225, and 5256 printer emulations support both the Code Page 850 and Code Page 437 character sets. The selection between the two available character sets decides which is used when a font suppo[...]

162 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure C-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 y z { | } ~ À Â È Ê Ë Î Ï ´ ` ˆ ¨ ˜ Ù ?[...]

163 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Figure C-2. Code Page 850. 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 y z { | } ~ á í ó ú ñ Ñ ª º ¿ ® ¬ [...]

164 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Appendix D: Serial-Por t Specifications Shell: Chassis Ground 1: Chassis Ground 2: Transmit (TXD) .........................output 3: Receive (RXD) ..........................input 4: Request To Send (RTS) ...........output 5: Clear To Send (CTS) ................input 6: Data Set Ready (DSR) .............input 7: Signal Ground 8-19:[...]

165 PQ-8P , PQ-8S The serial printer cable shipped with the PQ-8S has the following pin assignments: DB25F ..............................................DB25M Shell .................................................Shell 2 .......................................................3 3 .......................................................2 5, 6, 8 ....[...]

166 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Appendix E: Parallel-Por t Specifications T able E-1. 25-Pin Connector Pinout. Pin Number Direction Name 1 Output nStrobe 2-9 Output Data 1 - Data 8 10 Input nAck 11 Input Busy 12 Input PError 13 Input Select 14 Output nAutoFd (always high) 15 Input nFault 16 Output nInit (always high) 17 Output nSelectIn (always high) 18-25 Signa[...]

167 PQ-8P , PQ-8S The 36-pin connector on the PQ-8P labeled “Parallel In From PC/LAN” (TxP plus) and “Parallel Setup Port From PC/LAN” uses the following pin assignment: T able E-2. 36-Pin Connector Pinout. Pin Number Direction Name 1 Input nStrobe 2-9 Input Data 1 - Data 8 10 Output nAck 11 Output Busy 12 Output PError 13 Output Select 14,[...]

168 PQ-8P , PQ-8S Appendix F: T ransferring Power to Pin 18 5. Locate the jumper in the lower left corner, right above the parallel connector labeled “Parallel In From PC/LAN” (see Figure F-1) . 6. Remove the black jumper from the pin, then reinsert it covering both pins (see Figures F-1a and F1-b ). 7. Slide the PQ-8 board back into the bottom[...]

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