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Printronix P3000 Series User Manual (270 pages)

Brand: Printronix | Category: Printers | Size: 1.65 MB |

English

Table of contents

User's Reference Manual

1

Trademark Acknowledgements

4

TABLE OF CONTENTS

5

2 OPERATION (continued)

6

3 CONFIGURATION

6

4 GRAPHICS

6

5 VERTICAL FORMAT UNITS

6

6 PROGRAMMING

7

6 PROGRAMMING (continued)

8

7 INTERFACES

9

10 INSTALLATION

10

APPENDICES:

10

About This Manual

11

CHAPTER 1

13

OVERVIEW

13

Features

14

Optional Features

15

Character Formation

15

Line Matrix Printing

16

Print Rate

16

Plot Rate

17

Overview1–6

18

CHAPTER 2

19

OPERATION

19

Basic Operation Features

20

Power Switch

21

Alphanumeric Message Display

22

ON LINE Switch

23

6/8 LPI Switch

23

PAPER ADV Switch

24

VFU LOADED Indicator

24

(Optional Switches)

24

R/S Switch

25

ENTER Switch

25

MODE Switch

25

F/L Switch

26

Loading Paper

27

Operation2–10

28

Figure 2–3. Loading Paper

28

Unloading Paper

29

Replacing the Ribbon

29

Setting Top–Of–Form

30

Setting Forms Length

33

Selecting Print Mode

34

Setting Line Spacing

35

Operation2–18

36

CHAPTER 3

37

CONFIGURATION

37

Configuration Printout

38

3–3Configuration

39

Configuration Procedure

41

Load Configuration Values

42

Level I – Print Format

43

3–9Configuration

45

LEVEL I – PRINT FORMAT

47

Configuration3–12

48

Configuration 3–13

49

Configuration3–14

50

Configuration 3–15

51

Configuration3–16

52

Configuration 3–17

53

Configuration3–18

54

Configuration 3–19

55

Configuration3–20

56

Configuration 3–21

57

Configuration3–22

58

Configuration 3–23

59

Configuration3–24

60

Configuration 3–25

61

Configuration3–26

62

CHAPTER 4

63

GRAPHICS

63

Bit Image Density

65

Bit Image Programming Format

66

Bit Image Sample Program

67

Plot Density

67

111 1110

69

00 01111

69

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69

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69

Plot Data Line Format

70

Plotting the Data

71

Combining Graphics and Text

74

CHAPTER 5

75

VERTICAL FORMAT UNITS

75

P–Series EVFU

76

End Load – 1F or 6F Hex

77

Using the EVFU

77

Clearing the EVFU Memory

79

Relative Line Slewing

80

Channel Assignment

81

End Load Code – 6F Hex

82

Using the DVFU

82

Clearing the DVFU Memory

83

Vertical Tab Positions

85

Executing Vertical Tabs

85

Vertical Format Units5–12

86

CHAPTER 6

87

PROGRAMMING

87

Control Code Functions

88

Control Code Reference Index

90

Backspace

93

Bold Print

99

Bold Print Reset

100

Carriage Return

102

Character Pitch 10 CPI

103

Character Pitch 12 CPI

104

Character Set Select

105

Condensed Print

114

Condensed Print Reset

115

Download a Language

117

Emphasized Print

120

Emphasized Print Reset

121

Expanded (Double Wide) Print

122

Extended Character Set

124

Form Feed

126

Forms Length Set (Inches)

127

Forms Length Set (Lines)

128

Horizontal Tab

129

Horizontal Tab Set

130

Line Feed

131

Line Spacing 1/6 Inch

133

Line Spacing 1/8 Inch (8 lpi)

134

Line Spacing 7/72 Inch

136

Line Spacing n/72 Inch

137

Line Spacing n/216 Inch

138

Overscoring

139

Printer Reset

142

Print Mode/Pitch Selection

143

Printer Select

146

Printer Deselect

147

Skip–Over Perforation

148

Skip–Over Perforation Cancel

149

Underline

152

VFU Commands (P–Series)

153

Vertical Tab

154

Programming6–70

156

CHAPTER 7

157

INTERFACES

157

Centronics Interface Signals

159

VORSICHT

164

7–9Interfaces

165

RS–232 Serial Interface

166

CHAPTER 8

169

Printer Self–Tests

171

Running the Self–Tests

172

Hex Code Printout

173

Fault Messages

173

CHAPTER 9

175

MULTINATIONAL CHARACTER SETS

175

OCR–A and OCR–B

176

Downloading Languages

176

Printronix

177

Multinational Character Sets

177

CHAPTER 10

197

INSTALLATION

197

Site Requirements

198

10–3Installation

199

Shipping Restraints

200

10–5Installation

201

Cable Connections

202

10–7Installation

203

Preliminary Test

204

APPENDIX A

205

AppendixA–2

206

APPENDIX B

207

CHARACTER SETS

207

IBM PC Primary Character Set

208

CHARACTER

219

ECMA–94 Latin 1 Extended Set

233

3/4 1/2 1/4

250

Physical Characteristics

252

Environmental Characteristics

252

Electrical Characteristics

253

Interfaces

253

Miscellaneous

254

Miscellaneous (continued)

255

AppendixC–6

256

APPENDIX D

257

CONTROL CODE CROSS REFERENCE

257

Alphabetical By P–Series Code

259

AppendixD–6

262

PRINTRONIX

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