Printronix T5000 Series User manual

IPDS™Emulation for SL5000/T5000 series Printers

Programmer’s Reference Manual

IPDS™Emulation for SL5000/T5000 series Printers

Programmer’s Reference Manual

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Machines Corporation.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ............................................................. 7

About This Guide ...................................................................................... 7

Sources of Useful IBM Information..................................................... 7

Compatible System Attachments..............................................................8

Defining IPDS ...........................................................................................8

The Protocol....................................................................................... 8

The Printer Environment .................................................................... 8

Emulations and Data Streams............................................................8

2 Configuring with IPDS Commands ......................... 9

Overview................................................................................................... 9

The IPDS Emulation ................................................................................. 9

The Command Sets ........................................................................... 9

The Data Towers..............................................................................10

The States ........................................................................................10

Processing a Page ...........................................................................11

The Command Syntax .....................................................................12

The Text Commands........................................................................13

Load Equivalence (LE) ..............................................................13

Write Text (WT) .........................................................................13

Scalable Fonts .................................................................................15

XOA – Request Resource List (RRL) Reply .............................. 15

Font Selection............................................................................15

Images .............................................................................................16

The IM Image Command Set ...........................................................16

Write Image Control (WIC) ........................................................16

Write Image (WI)........................................................................17

Graphics ...........................................................................................17

The Graphics Command Set............................................................18

Write Graphics Control (WGC) ..................................................18

Write Graphics (WG) .................................................................18

Bar Codes ........................................................................................18

The Bar Code Command Set ...........................................................19

Write Bar Code Control (WBCC) ...............................................19

Write Bar Code (WBC) ..............................................................19

Table of Contents

The Page Segment Command Set ..................................................20

Begin Page Segment (BPS) ...................................................... 20

Delete Page Segment (DPS).....................................................20

Include Page Segment (IPS) ..................................................... 20

The Overlay Command Set..............................................................21

Begin Overlay (BO)....................................................................21

Delete Overlay (DO) ..................................................................21

Include Overlay (IO)...................................................................21

The Device Control Commands .......................................................21

Begin Page (BP) ........................................................................ 21

End ............................................................................................ 21

End Page (EP)........................................................................... 22

Load Copy Control (LCC) .......................................................... 22

Load Font Equivalence (LFE) ....................................................22

Load Page Descriptor (LPD)......................................................22

Load Page Position (LPP) .........................................................22

No Operation (NOP) ..................................................................22

Sense Type and Model (STM)...................................................22

Sense Type and Model Acknowledge Reply ............................. 23

Set Home State (SHS)...............................................................27

Execute Order Anystate (XOA)..................................................27

Execute Order Home State (XOH) ............................................ 28

XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics ........................................... 29

Exception Processing and IDs ......................................................... 34

A Fonts and Code Pages ......................................... 43

B IPDS Exception Reporting .................................... 47

Command Reject — X'80' ................................................................ 48

Intervention Required — X'40' .........................................................48

Equipment Check — X'10' ...............................................................49

Data Check — X'08' ......................................................................... 49

Specification Check-Bar Code — X'04' ............................................ 50

Specification Check-Graphics — X'03'............................................. 55

Specification Check-General — X'02' .............................................. 60

Conditions Requiring Host Notification — X'01' ...............................76

C Glossary ................................................................ 77

1Introduction

About This Guide

This manual contains the IPDS* configuration menu, lists the command sets

and provides error messages.

This manual assumes you are familiar with IPDS and programming in IPDS.

This book is not a tutorial, it does not explain how to program nor does it

describe which applications support which commands. For detailed

information, refer to the list below.

Sources of Useful IBM Information

•

IBM* Intelligent Printer Data Stream* Reference

•

IBM System/36 Concepts and Programmer's Guide

•

IBM System/38 Guide to Program Product Installation and Device

Configuration

•

Forms Design Reference Guide for Printers

•

IBM 9370 Information System: Customizing the Work Station Subsystem

•

IBM 9370 Information System: Work Station Subsystem and Reference

•

IBM AS/400* Programming: Data Management Guide

•

4234 Printer Models 007, 008, 011, and 012 Product and Programming

Description

•

Guide to Programming for Printing, Version 2

Chapter 1 Compatible System Attachments

Compatible System Attachments

With a twinax interface, you can attach your IPDS-compatible printer to the

following systems:

•System/36 (SSP 5.1 plus IPDS PRPQ P84094)

•System/38 (with Rel. 8 System/38 Control Program Facility)

•AS/400 processor

•5294/5394/5494 control units

(The coax IPDS emulation is currently not used.)

IPDS characteristics available on each of the above attachments are not

completely uniform, but the emulation printers are as fully functional on these

attachment as provided by the host vendor.

Defining IPDS

IPDS is both a protocol and a printer mode. The two terms do

not

mean the

same thing.

The Protocol

A protocol is a set of rules governing the exchange of information between the

printer and the host computer. The rules are codes that manipulate and print

data and allow for machine-to-machine communication. A printer and the host

computer must use the same protocol.

IPDS is the protocol for your printer. Refer to your IBM documentation for

details about commands, etc.

The printer uses EBCDIC character codes to print text, numbers, and

punctuation. Some EBCDIC characters, singly and in groups, are used as

control codes. Control codes instruct the printer to perform specific functions.

The Printer Environment

The printer operates under “IPDS” (text and graphics) mode. In the IPDS

mode, the data stream has special sequences to denote IPDS commands.

Emulations and Data Streams

Your IPDS printer emulates only IBM 3816 or 4028 and scalable AGFA fonts.

Twinax printers always use IPDS data streams for sending commands. Even

a simple job, such as a screen print, is IPDS data in a twinax attachment.

Because the printer definition on a twinax host is either set automatically (by

auto configuration) or manually, the printer type is already known.

NOTE: Sending a non-IPDS data stream to an IPDS printer and vise versa

will result in a hung spool file or writer.

2Configuring with IPDS

Commands

Overview

This chapter summarizes IPDS, lists control codes, and lists error messages.

For detailed information, refer to “Sources of Useful IBM Information” on

page 7.

The IPDS Emulation

IPDS consists of the following command sets, which are defined in more

detail beginning on page 13.

The Command Sets

Text This set contains the commands used to present text

information on a page, on a page segment, or on an

overlay.

IM Image The commands for this functional area output raster

image data on a page, a page segment, or on an overlay.

IO Image Not available for impact IPDS printers.

Graphics To present vector graphics on a page, a page segment or

on an overlay, use the commands in this set.

Bar Code This set contains the commands and data controls

needed to produce bar codes.

Page Segment The commands used to store and present page

segments that contain text, graphics, image, and bar

code information.

Overlay The commands used to store and present overlays that

contain text, graphics, image, and bar code information.

Device Control This set contains commands that let you set up a page

and manage printer-host communication.

Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation

The Data Towers

Most of the IPDS commands contain data fields. The type of data is

categorized into the following data towers:

Text The Presentation Text Object Content Architecture

(PTOCA) commands are a part of the text data tower.

This information is necessary to print text in a page, a

page segment, or an overlay.

IM Image The image data enables the printer to print images in a

page, a page segment, or an overlay.

IO Image This is not supported.

Graphics The Graphic Object Content Architecture (GOCA)

commands are a part of the graphics data tower. This

information is necessary to print images in a page, a

page segment, or an overlay.

Bar Code The Bar Code Object Content Architecture* (BCOCA*)

commands are a part of the bar code data tower. This

information is necessary to print bar codes in a page, a

page segment, or an overlay.

Some of the data towers contain only one level of commands; some contain

two.

PTOCA, GOCA, and BCOCA are described in more detail in the IBM

documentation.

The States

IPDS-capable printers are known as “state machines.” As the printer

recognizes a specific command, it operates in the state identified with that

command. Figure 1 shows the transition of the different states.

Home State The initial operating state. The printer returns to this state

after a page, an overlay, or a page segment has been

sent.

Block States The printer establishes the processing conditions for a

data block to be accepted. There are three block states:

IM image, graphics, and bar code.

Page State While printing a logical page, the printer is in the Page

State.

Overlay State This state permits overlay data blocks to be stored. An

overlay is a block of data that is frequently accessed. It

can be a block of text, images, graphics, or bar codes. An

overlay can be a predefined page or part of a page and is

often used for forms.

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