Digital Equipment LASO User manual

EK-OLASO-RM-002

LASO

Printer

Programmer Reference Manual

EK-OLASO-RM-002

LASO

Printer

Programmer Reference

Manual

Prepared

Educational

Services

Digital

Equipment

Corporation

1st

Edition, August

1982

2nd

Edition, March

1983

by Digital Equipment Corporation

The reproduction of

this

material, in part

whole, is strictly prohibited. For

copy information,

contact

the Educational Services Department, Digital

Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Massachusetts

01754.

The information in

this

document

is subject

change without notice. Digital

Equipment Corporation assumes no responsibility

for

any errors

that

may

appear in this document.

Notice: This

equipment

generates and uses radio frequency energy. It has

been type tested and found

complywith

the

limits

for

a Class Bcomputing

device in accordance

with

the

specifications in Subpart J of Part

FCC

Rules, which are designed

provide reasonable protectionagainst radio and

television interference in a residential installation. However, there is no

guarantee that interference will not

occur

in a particular installation. If this

equipmentdoescause interference

radio

televisionreception,

the

useris

encouraged

try

correct

the

interference.

Printed in U.S.A

The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard,

Massachusetts.

DEC DECnet IAS

DECUS DECsystem-10 MASSBUS

DIGITAL DECSYSTEM-20 PDT

Digital Logo DECwriter RSTS

PDP DIBOL RSX

UNIBUS EduSystem VMS

VAX

OMNIBUS

OS/8

CONTENTS

CHAPTER1 FEATURES

1.1

1.1.1

1.1.2

1.1.3

1.2

CHAPTER 2

2.1

2.1.1

2.1.1.1

2.1.1.2

2.1.1.3

2.1.1.4

2.1.1.5

2.1.1.6

2.1.1.7

2.2

2.2.1

2.2.2

2.2.3

2.3

General . .... ... .. .... .. ........ .... .. ..... .... ... ... . 1

Text

Mode

.. ... .... .. ........ .... .. ..... .... ... .. .. 2

Graphic

Mode

.. .... ... ... ... .. .. ....... ....... ... . 2

LA50 Features .. .... ... ... ... .. .. ........... ... ... . 2

Specifications .. ... ... .. ... .. ... ... ... ... .. .... ... ... . 2

COMMUNICATIONS

Data Interface ............. ..... ........ .............. 5

Interface Signals ..... ..... .......... .............. 5

Receive Data ...... ............... .............. 5

Send Data .............. ....... ... .............. 6

Terminal Ready

.. .........

.......

...... 6

Request

Send ......... ... ................ .... 6

Ready/Busy

....

Protective Ground ....... . ...... .............. ... 6

Signal

Ground...................................

Data Synchronization .. ... ... . ..... ... ... ... ... .... .. 6

Input

Buffer........................................

XON/XOFF Protocol .

....

.... .. ..

Ready/Busy Protocol .. ...

...........

.. .. 8

Data Transmission .................. ...... ........... 8

iii

iv CONTENTS

CHAPTER3

3.1

3.2

3.2.1

3.2.2

3.2:3

3.2.4

3.2.5

3.2.6

3.3

3.3.1

3.3.2

3.3.3

3.3.4

3.3.5

3.3.6

CHAPTER4

4.1

4.1.1

4.1.2

4.1.3

4.2

4.3

CHA.PTER 5

5.1

5.2

5.2.1

5.2.2

5.2.3

5.2.4

5.2.5

5.2.6

PRINTER

CONFIGURATION

General

..............................................

Front Panel Indicators and Switches ......... ...... ..

Ready Indicator. ..... .............................. 12

FAULT Indicator

...................................

POWER Indicator

..................................

READY Switch .. ... .. .

..............

... ........ 12

LINE FEED Switch

.................................

FORM FEED Switch . ... .

............ ......

Configuration

Switches.

...... ..... ............. ...... 12

National Character Set Switches .. .... .... .. ..... .

Graphics Aspect Ratio Switch SW1-5 ....... . ......

XON/XOFF and Ready/Busy Protocol

Switches

SW1

-6 and

SW1

-7 ......

... .. ... ... . 14

Right Margin Switch

SW1

-8 ...

... .... .... .. .... . 16

Baud Rate Select Switches

SW2-1, SW2-2, SW2-3

.................

... .. .

Data Format Switches

SW2-4, SW2-5, SW2-6 .. ... ... .... .... .... .. ...... .

TEXT

MODE CHARACTER PROCESSING

Text Mode Character Processing ... .. .. .... ... ... ... .

Active Column and Active Line

....................

Horizontal Advance Increment

.....................

Vertical Advance Increment

........................

Printable Characters

.................................

Control Characters ............. ............... .......

ESCAPE

AND

CONTROL

SEQUENCES

General

..............................................

Escape and Control Sequences

......................

Partial Line Paper Motion

.........................

Horizontal Pitch Selection

.........................

Vertical Pitch Selection

........................

...

Page Length Selection ....................... .....

Character Set Selection ..... ......................

Printing Density Selection

.........................

5.2.7

5.2.8

5.2.9

5.2.10

5.2.11

5.2.12

5.3

5.3.1

5.3.2

5.3.3

5.3.4

5.3.5

5.3.6

APPENDIX

APPENDIX B

FIGURES

2-1

3-1

3-2

3-3

4-1

5-1

5-2

TABLES

2-1

3-1

3-2

4-1

4-2

5-1

5-2

A-1

A-2

A-3

CONTENTS v

Selection of Bold and Underlined Printing

.........

Product Identification

..............................

Printer Status Request

............................

Printer Status.Report

...

..........................

Escape Sequences with 8-bit Equivalents

.........

Entering and Exiting Graphic and Text

Mode

.......

Graphic

Mode

·.

..... .............. ......... ..........

Graphic Control Characters

........................

Graphic Carriage Return

...........................

Graphic New Line .:

...............................

Repeat Sequence

.................................

Graphic

Substitute

.................................

State After Exiting Graphic

Mode

..................

CHARACTER

SET

CHARTS

ESCAPE

SEQUENCE

SUMMARY

Serial Character Format ........ .............. ... ..... 9

Front Panel Controls and Indicators

..................

LA50 Printer Configuration Switches .... .. ... ... .... .

Changing Switch Positions ... ... ...... .... ... ... .....

ASCII Chart

..........................................

Changing Horizontal Pitch

...........................

Changing Vertical Pitch

..............................

Printer Interface Signals ......... .......... ......... . 5

Character Set Selection .. ... .. ... ...... . .. ... .. .... ..

Character Set Switch Positions .... .... .. ............

Text Mode ANSI Control Characters

.................

Text Mode ANSI Control Characters

.................

Active Character Set Selection ... .. .... .. .. .... .. ... . 37

Character Set Selection .. ... ... .. .... .. .. ...... . .....

ASCII Character

Set

.. ... ... ... ... ... ..... .. ... .. ... ..

VT100 Special Graphic Character Set

................

Finnish Character Set

................................

vi CONTENTS

A-4 French

Character

Set

................................

A-5

A-6

A-7

A-8

A-9

A-10

A-11

A-12

A-13

A-14

French Canadian

Character

Set

......................

German

Character

Set

. .. . .. .. . .. . . .... .. .. ... ... . .. .

Italian

Character

Set

.................................

Japanese

(JIS Roman)

Character

Set

................

Katakana

Character

Set

.. .. . .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. ..... .. .. .

Multinational

Character

Set

..........................

Norwegian/Danish

Character

Set

....................

Spanish

Character

Set

...............................

Swedish

Character

Set

. ... . .. .. . .. . .. ... ... .. .. ... . ..

United

Kingdom

Character

Set

.......................

FEATURES

1.1

GENERAL

The

LASO

is a compact, dot matrix, serial printer. It was designed for use

personal computer systems, office workstations, and small-sized business

computer systems.

The printer is available

four models.

LASO-RA

-120 V

LASO-RB

-220 V

LASO-RC

-240 V

LASO-RD

-100 V

The printer has

input buffer capacity

2047 characters.

The

LASO

receives characters and commands through

asynchronous serial

interface. The interface operates at any

several selectable baud rates up to

4800 baud.

The paper feed mechanism is able to move paper both forward and reverse.

The printhead is mounted on a carriage that scans horizontally across the

paper. The printer is capable

bidirectional printing with automatic print direc-

tion determination. The ribbon is in a disposable cartridge.

The printer operates

either

two

fundamental modes: text mode

graphic

mode.

text mode, characters define the functions and character symbols usu-

ally associated with alphanumeric printers.

graphic mode, characters

d~fine

single column

6 dots to

printed, not

entire character image

text

mode.

2 FEATURES

1.1.1 Text Mode

text mode, the printer uses a 9-element impact

dot

matrix printhead to print

characters

8-dot character cell at 100 characters per second. Lines

80,

96,

132 characters can be selected to print

the 8-inch wide print region.

enhanced printing mode is available that allows more fully formed characters

printed

a 16-dot character cell at 50 characters per second.

1.1.2 Graphic Mode

graphic mode the

LASO

allows the programmer to print graphic images by

sending data that controls the dot printing elements individually.

1.1.3

LASO

Features

The following are the main features

the

LASO.

• Compact size suitable for desk-top location

• ASCII and multinational character set

• VT100 special graphics character set

• Katakana character set for Japan

• Standard escape and control sequences

• Graphic image printing

• Enhanced printing

• High reliability

• Light weight

• Low cost

1.2 SPECIFICATIONS

The following are the specifications for the

LASO.

Print method

Print speed

Character format

(including intercharacter

space)

Incremental with bidirectional

lookahead

100 characters/second

x 9 matrix

printing)

44 lines/minute (80 columns printed

per line)

7 x 9 matrix atfull speed

13 x9 matrix at half speed

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