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Printronix MVP Series User Manual (243 pages)

Brand: Printronix | Category: Printers | Size: 0.71 MB |

English

Table of contents

MVP Series

1

User's Manual

1

TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

4

Table of Contents

5

4 Configuration

6

5 Graphics

7

8 Interface

8

Appendices

9

1 Introduction

11

About This Manual

12

Printer Features

14

MVP–Series Printers

15

L150 Printers

16

150B/L150B Printers

16

Optional Features

17

Character Formation

18

Line Matrix Printing

19

Print Rate

20

Plot Rate

21

Overview1–12

22

2 Installation

23

Power Requirements

25

Site Requirements

26

Installing the Printer

27

Installation2–6

28

Add the Paper Guide Panel

28

Adjust and Tighten

29

Assembling the Paper Tray

30

Attaching the Paper Tray

32

Table Top Mounting

33

Preliminary Testing

34

3 Operation

35

Mechanical Controls

36

Power On–Off

37

Second Function Switches

40

Loading Ribbon

42

Removing the Ribbon

44

Paper Guidelines

45

Loading Paper

46

Pedestal

47

Sprocket Holes

47

Positioning Knob

48

Removing Paper

49

Setting Top–of–Form

50

Setting Forms Length

51

Operation3–18

52

4 Configuration

53

Changing Configurations

55

Verifying Configurations

57

Configuration Options

58

Configuration 4–7

59

Lowercase to Uppercase

65

Option 25 — Binary Count Slew

66

Option 27 — Paper Out Delay

68

Option 28 — Underline

69

Option 29 — Delete Code 7F

70

Configuration 4–21

73

Configuration4–22

74

Configuration 4–23

75

Configuration4–24

76

Configuration4–26

78

Option 43 — Plotting Exit

80

Configuration 4–29

81

Option 45 — Mode 4

82

Option 47 — SOH and ETX

84

Configuration 4–37

89

Option 57 — Input Buffer Size

90

Option 58 — ESC DC1 Sequence

90

Option 59 — Version

90

Raster Plotting

92

Graphics 5–3

93

Raster Plot Syntax

94

Print Modes for Raster Plots

95

Scaling Graphics

96

Exiting from Raster Plot

97

Bit Image Graphics

98

Graphics 5–9

99

Plotting a Bit Image Pattern

100

Bit Image Density

101

Bit Image Programming Format

102

Bit Image Sample Program

103

Other Bit Image Features

104

P–Series Plot Mode

105

Plot Data Byte Format

106

Graphics 5–17

107

Interpreted for Plotting

107

Plot Data Line Format

108

IMPORTANT

109

Plotting Data

110

Exiting P–Series Plot Mode

112

Chapter Contents

113

Introduction

114

Programming EVFU Memory

114

Channel Assignment

115

End Load Code – 6F (Hex)

116

EVFU Command Codes

117

EVFU Programming Example

117

Figure 6–1. EVFU Load Program

118

Using EVFU

120

EVFU/IGP Execute Form Mode

121

Relative Line Slewing

121

Clearing EVFU Memory

123

EVFU6–12

124

7 Programming

125

Control Codes

127

MVP/L150 Control Codes

128

0DH — Carriage Return

130

04H — Even Dot Plot

132

05H — Odd Dot Plot

132

Programming 7–9

133

08H — Elongated Characters

137

5FH — Underline

138

Dot Density

139

Programming7–16

140

ESC [Ps q where:

146

20H — Space

150

150B Control Codes

151

ASCII Characters

152

Programming 7–29

153

Programming7–30

154

Programming 7–31

155

Programming7–32

156

Programming 7–33

157

Programming7–34

158

Programming 7–35

159

Horizontal Tab

160

Programming 7–39

163

Programming7–44

168

8 Interfaces

169

Centronics Interface

171

Interfaces8–4

172

Dataproducts Interface

173

Interfaces8–6

174

Interfaces 8–7

175

Output Signals

175

Interfaces8–10

178

MVP/L150

178

150B/L150B

178

Interfaces 8–11

179

Parallel Interface

180

Option 65 — Busy Line

181

Interfaces8–14

182

Interfaces 8–15

183

ACK/NAK, and ETX/ACK

183

Interfaces8–18

186

Interfaces 8–19

187

ONLINE (NO REGARD FOR BAE)

187

Interfaces8–20

188

Interfaces 8–21

189

Interfaces8–22

190

Option 81 — Current Loop Out

192

Switching Interfaces

194

Interfaces 8–27

195

Figure 8–5. Controller PCBA

195

Interfaces8–28

196

Appendix

197

ASCII Character Set

198

Extended Character Set

199

BS/CR Protocol

201

Print Width Commands

202

Print Quality Commands

203

Selecting Print Modes

204

Graphic Modes

204

Forms Control Commands

205

Special Printer Features

205

Paper Feed Commands

206

Formatting Commands

207

Cleaning Requirements

209

Before Cleaning

210

Cleaning the Printer

212

Foam Insert

213

Moving the Printer

214

Reconnecting the Cables

215

Corrective Maintenance

216

Self–Tests

217

Table 9–2. Self–Tests

218

Configuration Self–Test

219

Automatic Sequence

220

Repeating

221

Paper Motion

223

Hex Dump Mode

224

B Printer Diagnostics

226

Clear Check Condition

227

Printer Performance

228

Print Format

230

Paper and Ribbon Guidelines

232

Interfaces

235

PRINTRONIX

243

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