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3270 X/LT User`s Manual

1. ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 15 30 Page xiv Sr User s Manual Save Resources to Elei 15 30 Teddie AE EE EE N 15 31 Preferences Meng issie eds ee oe Ged ee de Ne ee Ge Ge dee eed dei 15 31 Measurement Units for Entries esse ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Ee 15 31 Confirm Before Updating ee Re ee ee Re RR Re ee ee 15 32 INTE 15 33 TUTE 15 33 Page xv SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION General Information The AGILE 3270 X LT is a protocol converter that allows Xerox DocuPrint N17 N24 N32 and N40 printers to be attached to an IBM 3270 type mainframe controller The coax port allows a standard IBM RG62 A U cable to connect to an IBM 3174 or 3274 establishment controller EC with a category A device adapter a 3276 terminal controller unit or an IBM CPU with a Display Printer Adapter DPA Features and Options The 3270 X LT is a fully functional protocol converter and is available with several application specific options XES Translation AGILE s XES to PCL translation engine may be added for legacy printerreplacement Extra FLASH Option 256K of FLASH RAM may be added to the X LT s 512K FLASH for fonts and named forms storage in large XES applications Specifications Printers Supported A Xerox N17 N24 N32 N40 Coax Port Specifications Host Interface A 1 coax input port IBM BNC type A RG62 A U coax A 1IEEE 1284C parallel input port Throughput A Rated printer speed up to 44 pages per min
2. EE ER ER RE 2 2 N1ZInstallation esse SE se DE Ge GE EKG GE GE ee ge Ee GE 2 2 Printer Preparatl ON use se oe N EDE RE GE GARS SE Ee Ee Eye Ge Es gede 2 2 Opening the Printer i iis sees ee dee ee GE RA dee ee ee Ad dee 2 2 Inserting the 3270 X LT ee eek ee Re ee ee Re ee RR Re ee ee 2 3 Returning the Printer to Operation eise ee ee ee Re ee ee ee 2 4 N24 N32 N40 Installation ees ses see ese see ese ee ee ee ee Gee ee ee Gee Ge ee ee 2 5 Printer diet ER RR EK Ed 2 5 Opening the Printer i iis sesse ed de ee ee AE Re AA ee RA Ge 2 5 Inserting the 3270 X LT esse ees ee ee Re ee ee ee RA ee ee ee ee 2 6 Returning the Printer to Operation esse ee ee ee Re ee ee ee 2 7 CONNECHUONS se Ee Ne ee EE oo ee Ee EE ee Ee ee GE End ae 2 9 3270 X LT Connection to Establishment Controller sesse 2 9 3270 X LT Connection to Parallel Input esse ss se ee ee Re 2 9 CofninectionTest ss sede es Ge de Ge Gee AE EE OG AE se Ge Ge Ge Ge ee 2 9 Controller Connection Confirmation CC 2 10 EE 2 10 Troubleshooting esse esse es sees se ee ee Se ER Ee EE EA Ee Ee Se Ee ee se ee 2 10 If Printer does not Start 2 10 If the Printer does not Return a Status Sheet 2 10 Page vi Sr User s Manual CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Section 3 General Information sees sesse esse ee ae ee Be Ge EA RA Ge ee ee 3 1 Getting a Configuration Report sesse esse esse esse See ee Ee Se Ee Ee Se ee 3 1 Configuring the 3270 X LT AE EE Ee
3. Xerox Graphic Window Support A Range Y N A Default Y X LT With XES option N Standard X LT Determines whether or not the 3270 X LT supports Graphic Windows a feature of Xerox printers The default is value No Refer to Section 12 Xerox Applications for more information CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 15 Note This option must be set to No if EBCDIC output is selected using Option 10 B or 10 C 61 Reserved This option is reserved 62 Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading A Range Y N A Default N X LT With XES option Y Standard X LT Determines whether or not the 3270 X LT supports the downloading of Xerox EBCDIC fonts The default value is Yes Refer to Section 12 Xerox Applications for more information Note This option must be set to No if EBCDIC output is selected using Option 10 B or 10 C 3270 X LT Configuration Options Table The following table lists the 3270 X LT General Configuration Options the valid range of values for each option and the default value for each option Configuration Description Valid Range Default Value 1 Column Width 0 255 132 2 Lines Per Page 0 255 0 3 Line Spacing 1 9 1 4 Null Line Suppression YN Y 5 Xerox 36h Transparancy YN N 6 Form Feed Before Local Copy YN N 7 Form Feed After Local Copy YN Y 8 New Line Sequence CR LF or LF CR A B A CR LF Page 3 16 LT User s Manual 10 11
4. Functional Grouping of 3270 X LT Options The 3270 X LT is a dynamic product that is constantly evolving to suit the requirements of the ever changing environment in which it performs its task As it has changed new options have been added with the result that the numerical listing of its functions does not correspond to functional groups The following lists the options of the 3270 X LT in functional groups so the user can better understand how to configure the unit for the user s specific environment Printer Output Option 10 Output in ASCII or EBCDIC Page Formatting Option 1 Column Width Option 2 Lines Per Page Option 3 Line Spacing SCS Options Option 5 Xerox 36 Hex Transparency Option 34 SCS Trigger 1 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 19 Option 35 SCS Trigger 2 Option 52 SCS EM Always Generates CR LF Option 53 IBM 35 Hex Transparency Option 58 Metacode Support DSC Options Option 32 DSC Trigger 1 Option 33 DSC Trigger 2 Option 49 Eliminate DSC C0 05 Header Option 51 DSC EM Generates CR LF in Infinite Line Length Option 57 DSC NL at EM Even If in Column 1 Local Copy Page Formatting Option 4 Local Copy Null Line Suppression Option 6 Form Feed Before Local Copy Option 7 Form Feed After Local Copy Host Parameters Option 26 Intervention Required Option 27 Intervention Required Delay Transparency Modes Option 5 Xerox
5. Note If the 3270 X LT is in EBCDIC output mode see Option 10 Option 60 must be set to No X LTs with XES option ONLY Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading When the 3270 X LT sees E A or E F a font download is being processed The UDK is the user defined key The 9 UDK is the user defined key Please refer to the Xerox Printer Programmer Reference for further information on this escape sequence If the user s application requires this feature and if the user would like to use the printer in ASCII mode this option should be set to Yes Refer to XEROX APPLICATIONS Page 12 3 Option 62 in Section 3 Configuration Options Note If the 3270 X LT is in EBCDIC output mode see Option 10 Option 62 must be set to No X LTs with XES option ONLY Metacode Support Some Xerox printers are capable of accepting Metacode data The Xerox 4235 is a Metacode capable printer for example The data seen by the 3270 X LT and the printer are identical when this type of data is detected Metacode data is triggered by a 35h in the data stream immediately followed by a count byte then the data itself The data is not translated in this sequence Additional information can be found in Section 9 Transparency Modes Please refer to the Xerox Printer Programmer Reference for further information on this escape sequence Refer to Option 58 in Section 3 Configuration Options Use
6. Yes Metacode support is enabled If set to No 35h will be ignored The default value is No Refer to Section 11 Transparency Modes and Section 12 Xerox Applications for more information gt Note If this option is set to Yes Option 1 Column width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information 59 Laserpage Support A Range Y N A Default N Determines whether or not the 3270 X LT supports Laserpage a software product that allows IBM AFP data streams to be printed to Xerox and Hewlett Packard laser printing systems Laserpage uses a transparency mode similar to pseudo transparency mode but with repeat count capabilities The default value is No If using Laserpage set this option to Yes Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information Note If this option is set to Yes Option 1 Column width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information 60
7. A RANGE 1 2 This command selects the side of the page where the next image will be placed on a duplex page in effect causing a form feed that allows the user to skip a page at any point in a duplex document Comment A COMMAND ESJzya comment A RANGE N A This command enables comments to be entered into a coded document The comments do not appear in printed output or on the status sheet Operator Text Message A COMMAND E lt H messagel A RANGE 132 characters for optional message This command is used on the Xerox 4235 printer to display a message on the user interface screen and to hold printing until the Continue button is pressed on the console The X LT will neither display the message nor hold printing but it will ensure that the message is not printed XES COMMANDS Page 14 11 Font Commands This section describes commands that affect fonts Font Load A COMMAND E F commentl A RANGE 132 characters for optional comment The Font Load command is a job boundary command that erases all previously downloaded fonts and starts downloading a new set of fonts Up to 121 fonts may be downloaded and up to 255 stored in the X LT FLASH RAM if font size and available memory permit This command will also delete the current merge page from memory Font Unload A COMMAND zU Comment 2 A RANGE 132 characters for optional comment The Font Unload comma
8. AGILE A MALT Internal Print Protocol Converter for Xerox N Series Printers USER S MANUAL Page ii Sr User s Manual Copyright Information Copyright 1998 1999 AGILE All rights reserved Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted Printed in the United States of America Xerox the Broken X logo and all product names and product numbers mentioned in this publication are trademarks of Xerox Corp AGILE is a registered trademark of AGILE 3270 X LT and all other AGILE products mentioned in this publication are trademarks of AGILE IBM and all IBM products mentioned in this publication are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Inc Hewlett Packard PCLS and all other Hewlett Packard products mentioned in this publication are trademarks of the Hewlett Packard Company Adobe and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated All other trademarks appearing in this publication are owned by their respective companies Release Notes This document was printed in November 1998 and describes release 2 29 of the AGILE 3270 X LT Fill in for future reference X TRA II Purchase Date X TRA II Serial Number Page iii About This Manual This manual covers the installation and use of the AGILE 3270 X LT as well as the optional t
9. IBM specifications state that the EM End of Message character will have the effect of sending a CR LF to the printer when the printhead is in any column other than column one Setting this option to No causes the 3270 X LT to conform to this IBM specification while setting it to Yes causes a CR LF to be sent to the printer whenever an EM is received regardless of the printhead position The default value is No Refer to Section 10 SCS Data Streams for more information 53 IBM 35 Hex Transparency A Range Y N A Default N If this option is set to Yes 35 Hex transparency is enabled If set to No 35h will be ignored The default value is No Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information Note If this option is set to Yes Option 1 Column width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 13 54 Reserved This option is reserved 55 MD Laser Support A Range Y N A Default N Determines whether or not the 3270 X LT will provide Maersk Data Products continuous escape support Select Yes if using Maersk Data software If this option is set to Yes
10. The LM value must be less than or equal to MPP The default is 1 RM The character position of the Right Margin The value of the RM must be greater than LM and less than or egual to MPP T1 TN The character positions of the horizontal tab stops if any Valid tab stops are less than or equal to the value of MPP The tab stops do not have to be in any particular order Note All parameters are single byte binary numbers Set Line Density SLD 2BC6h The Set Line Density command is used to set the vertical line spacing to 6 or 8 lines per inch The 3270 X LT accepts this command and sends the proper programmable function string to the printer If the assigned PFS is empty the command is ignored and no data is output to the printer Set Vertical Format SVF 2BC2h The Set Vertical Format command is used to set top and bottom page margins vertical tab stops that are used by the vertical tab command and to set the maximum presentation line for the page The SVF command has multiple parameters in the following format SVF CNT MPL IM BM T1 IN Where SCS DATA STREAMS Page 10 5 SVF MPL BM TI TN The Set Vertical Format command code 2BC2h A Count of the number of bytes in this command string including the count byte The length of the page 1 127 are valid The line number of the Top Margin for the page TM is also the first vertical tab stop The TM value will be set to the default value
11. The function that is performed by the 05h character is determined by the location of the 05h in the table and is indicated by the code beneath each 05h entry in the table Each function is listed below including a description for each function that does not perform in a standard manner A EM End of Message A FF SCS or DSC Form Feed Dependent upon the setting of Option 2 Lines Per Page If set to 0 infinite page length the 3270 X LT will send a form feed whenever a form feed is received If set to a non zero value the 3270 X LT will output CR LF until the lines per page value is reached A NL New Line A CR Carriage Return A VCS SCS Vertical Channel Select A HT SCS Horizontal Tab Converted into the appropriate number of spaces to reach the next horizontal tab position A LF Line Feed A TRN Transparency A BS Backspace A ESC SCS Escape When the SCS control sequence prefix 2Bh is received it indicates the beginning of an SCS format command stream such as SHF SVF SLD etc A VT SCS Vertical Tab Converted into the appropriate number of line feeds to reach the next vertical tab position TRANSLATE TABLES Page 5 5 A GE Graphic Escape A IRS SCS Interchange Record Separator A NULL SCS or DSC Null Output to the printer as a space A SP Space A SA SCS Set Attribute A Trigger 1 character Processing of the Trigger 1 character depends upon the setting of Option 30 Ps
12. This command will place text anywhere on the page relative to the page origin where is the x short edge coordinate and is the y long edge coordinate If using a landscape font this command uses the top left corner of the character cell as the origin For example to place text on a landscape orientation page 1 0 to the right of the origin and 2 5 down from the origin use the following command a300 750 J text Text Placement Relative Page 14 22 LT User s Manual A COMMAND Es rC C A RANGE See Below This command will place text anywhere on the page relative to the current print position where is the distance in 1 300 that the text is to be moved where C is any printable non numeric character or a space this acts as a command terminator and is not printed and where C i is one of the following alphabetic characters A uforup A dfordown A I for left A r for right Line Draw X or Y A COMMAND E x or y X Y L W S L A RANGE See Below To draw a line parallel to the x short edge axis enter xX Y L W S L To draw a line parallel to the y long edge axis enter yX Y L W S where X and Y specify the starting point of the line where L is the length of the line expressed in dots where W is the width of the line expressed in dots with a minimum value of 2 and where S is the line shading any value between 0 and 15 is accepted where 15 is solid black For example if th
13. a 2 0 margin is 120 B is the bottom margin measured from the bottom edge of the page to the baseline of the last line of text on the page In 1 60 units 1 5 bottom margin is 90 L is the left margin measured from the left edge of the page to the left edge of the first character in each line on the page In 1 60 units a 1 75 left margin is 105 R is the right margin measured from the left edge of the page to the right edge of the last character in each line on the page In 1 60 units a 1 0 right margin is 450 on a 8 5 portrait page The following chart shows maximum H T B L R values that will still print on the physical page specified Values are shown in both 1 60 and 1 300 for letter and tabloid paper in both portrait P and landscape L orientations Page 14 14 XAT User s Manual Letter 8 5 x11 Tabloid 1 1 x17 160 H T B L R H T B L R P 660 660 660 510 0 660 660 660 1020 0 L 510 510 510 660 0 1020 1020 1020 660 0 Letter 8 5 x11 Tabloid 11 x17 1300 H T B L R H T B L R P 3300 3300 3300 2550 0 5100 5100 5100 3300 0 L 2550 2550 2550 3300 0 3300 3300 3300 5100 0 Once margins have been set using this command margin settings can be changed using the Margin Top Bottom Left and Right commands below Note Because XES commands use absolute placement values rather than page size commands the X LT will accept ranges outside the physical area of the page However the user should be aware that some data might
14. and the three bytes for Esc X 1Bh 2Bh 58h The user can generate any possible eight bit command or data byte that is to be sent to the printer There is a one to one correspondence between what is received by the 3270 X LT and what is sent to the printer IBM 35h is activated when Option 53 is set to Yes If Option 53 is set to No then the trigger the count byte and all of the otherwise transparent characters will be printed normally as indicated by the active translate table see Section 5 Translate Tables Refer to Section 10 SCS Data Streams for more information on IBM 35h transparency Metacode Transparency Mode Metacode is a variation of 35h transparency with the exception that this transparency mode is handled directly by the printer rather than by the 3270 X LT Metacode is used by some Xerox printers the Xerox 4235 for example The data seen by the 3270 X LT and the printer are identical when this type of data is detected If Option 58 is set to Yes the 3270 X LT will send the 35h and the count byte directly to the printer without any translation rather than removing them from the data stream It also sends the remaining bytes in the transparent packet without any translation For example the character string 35h 02h 41h 41h would be output to the printer in 35h transparency as two characters 4141 In Metacode transparency all four characters would be sent to the printer 35024141 I
15. the space between words to be expanded or compressed so that each line of text will fit exactly between the left and right margins regardless of how few characters are on the line Spaces can be compressed to 60 percent of their normal width Unlike the Start Justification command there is no maximum distance between words If the command is in the middle of a line that is where justification will start i e spaces before the command are not adjusted The user must provide line ending and hyphenation decisions when justifying text In other words the appearance of a line of text when justified may be unsatisfactory if too many or too few words occur on a line It is the user s responsibility to insert line endings where appropriate to ensure that the appearance of the line of text is satisfactory Center A COMMAND Eq A RANGE N A Receipt of this command anywhere within a line of text will center that line between the left and right margins If the line is too long to be printed within the margins it will extend equally into the left and right margins Line Spacing XES COMMANDS Page 14 19 A COMMAND i A RANGE 04 This command sets the line spacing where is a numeral between 0 and 4 A 0 single spacing A 1 1 5line spacing A 2 double spacing A 3 triple spacing A 4 0 5 line spacing Line spacing rules A Ifa line spacing command is found in the middle of the line the new spacing begins with the next
16. the user can enter a value between 0 000 and 4 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between d and 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between d and 840 The default is d This option is equivalent to the XES Line Spacing Absolute command Justification Justification choices are Off Normal and Forced The default is Off The Forced option is equivalent to the XES Justification Unlimited command Normal is equivalent to the Justification Start command and Offis equivalent to the Justification Stop command Printer Setup This menu enables the user to specify choices about the printer including Input Tray Selection Input Paper Size Input Tray Map Output Tray Selection Output Tray Map Two Up Printing Duplex Page Length Portrait Page Length Landscape Size Correction Top Offset Left Offset Minimum Top Coordinate and Minimum Left Coordinate This Page 15 12 AAT User s Manual illustration displays these choices Input Tray Selection The Japut Tray Selection is used to select the default input tray 0 A The default is This option is equivalent to the XES Paper Tray command Input Paper Size File Oo 7 The Japut Tray Selection is used to choose a paper size for each input tray 0 A The default is Letter for each tray To change the paper size selection first choose the tray number for which the paper size is to be changed A dialog box will t
17. when the three character sequence Esc C 2 is detected in the data stream the hexadecimal value of the character pairs following the sequence will be sent to the printer until a terminator Esc is detected The default value is No Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information Note If this option is set to Yes Option 1 Column width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information 56 Reserved This option is reserved 57 DSC NL at EM Even If in Column 1 A Range Y N A Default N IBM specifications state that the EM End of Message character will have the effect of sending a CR LF to the printer when the printhead is in any column other than column one Setting this option to No causes the 3270 X LT to conform to this IBM specification while setting it to Yes causes a CR LF to be sent to the printer whenever an EM is received regardless of the printhead position The default value is No Refer to Section 11 DSC Data Streams for more information Page 3 14 AJAT User s Manual 58 Metacode Support A Range Y N A Default N Metacode is a variation of 35 Hex transparency If this option is set to
18. 1 Carriage Return CR Oh 11 1 End of Message EM Oi1bh ee ee RR Re ee ee ee Re ee 11 1 Form Feed EF OZN eks se es gee gees Re Ee se DEE Ee eg 11 1 New Line NL O3h ee ee ee i 11 1 XEROX APPLICATIONS Section 12 General Information Ge ee Ge AGE GEGEE Ee ee ee de Gee 12 1 User Defined Keys UDKS ee esse sesse sesse sae See Se EE Ee ee ee es 12 1 XPAF Support sesse seee see ee EER Ee AE EER EE ee EER EE AE Ee RA EE ee Ee 12 1 Xerox Graphic Window Support 12 2 Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading iese sesse ees ee Re ee ee 12 2 Metacode Support sesse ese esse esse see ee ee Ee Se eE EE Re Ee Se EG Se ee 12 3 INTRODUCTION TO XES Section 13 General Information ssssscsccsceccccccceccecesscsssssseescsccecceceesesees 13 1 3270 X LT XES Features and Specifications sees se esse sees sae sae ee ae 13 1 Ke Renee Ee rs ges EER GE ee Re oe De ee E ee ee hes 13 1 Printers Supported ses Lance Besk S eke N E ees EE RRE 13 2 Page x Sr User s Manual Printer EriulattOR si ss es de Gee ek ee Ee de ke Es ee ge se 13 2 Forms and Graphics Support 13 2 FONESUP eel AA ER N EE EEEE 13 2 Fon de el LE EE EE EE EE dst 13 3 Page Conversion Methods iese esse ee ee ee Re ee Re ee ee ee 13 3 eel ETE ele RR iia 13 3 PIA BMOSU CS EE Es Ge NE Ee tan Oe AR T EA TEE dees 13 3 XES COMMANDS Section 14 General Information sesse ees ee Ee ee Ee Ge Ee ee 14 1 User Defined Keys sse esse ese see Ee Se EE RE
19. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Reserved Output in ASCII or EBCIIC Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved BoldEmulation Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved 22 Reserved 24 26 27 29 30 31 Reserved Reserved Reserved Intervention Required Intervention Required Delay Reserved Reserved Pseudo Transparancy Mode Discard Transparancy Delimiter A B A C YN 0 255 A B YN A ASCII C None Y 10 minutes CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 17 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 4 A A4 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 DSC Transparancy Trigger 1 DSC Transparancy Trigger 2 SCS Transparancy Trigger 1 SCS Transparancy Trigger 2 Reserved Reserved Reserved Transparancy Trigger 1 Output Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved Reserved C005 Header Elimination Reserved NL at DSC EM Even in Infinite Ignore SCS EM ifin Column 1 Ignore 35h Transparancy Reserved YN YN YN YN 1B 1A 4A 9B Page 3 18 ST User s Manual 55 MD Laser Supported YN N 56 Reserved 57 NL at DSC EM Even in Column 1 YN N 58 Metacode Supported YN N 59 Laserpage Supported YN N 60 Xerox Graphic Window Supported YN Special 61 Reserved 62 Allow EBCDIC Font Downloads YN Special
20. 14 23 Overstrik SOP Es EE See EER se es ER Ee ES eek ate Ps SR PER Gee ese De 14 24 SibsEript Stars GR SEE Ee Ge eases Gee Dek 14 24 SUPERSCHIPL Stats sa EES GE inte Ee SR Deg Seege 14 24 Sub Superscript StOP sri asa ee Re ee ee RR Re ee Ge RR Re ee 14 24 UinderlinesStaFE EE Ee es Ge oe Ee EE Ge EE EES 14 25 Uinderlin StOP nensi a SE es Ee ee Ge oe DR AD 14 25 Merge Page Load ee ee de ee AR AA AA Re de ee ee ee 14 25 Merge Page Unload iese ee ee ee ee RA RR ee ee ee 14 26 FormlD ASsienment As Ee Pe es EE Ge Eed deet Fee de ee 14 26 Form Merge ERENNERT 14 26 ld NE SA EE ees 14 26 Form Merg Stop RE RE EE Mee EE EENS 14 27 Page Menge State e ereescht deiere ee ee E ee ee ed 14 27 Page xii Sr User s Manual Page Merge STOD eeben ugefuer eg eege Eet 14 27 Graphie lee NEE EE N N 14 27 Graphic Delete esse ee ee RA ee ee ee ge 14 28 Graphic Window Repeat ees ss se ee ee ee ee Re ee ee ee 14 28 Graphie Line ies ss Ee RE AG Ge ke AG ED Ge REGSE ge ee 14 29 Grap ATE RA O tania 14 30 Graphi se AE ute 14 30 Graphic Pie Chat iese SES ee NSS TE N ds SEE De RA Ge eo ee Ee 14 30 Character Reassignment iese esse ee ee Re ee ee ee RR ee ee 14 31 Load Translation Table 14 31 PAM SUA BE SE N AA ES 14 32 Data MOMITOF EE EE N EN 14 32 Contol Codes issie ee ES be Gesk eek ee Eege ee 14 33 XEDIT CONFIGURATION Section 15 General Information sesse sesse ee Ee ee Ee ee Ge ee 15 1 Getting Started sesse esse esse se ee ee
21. 3 and PFS 4 will be sent to the printer By including a plus sign anda PFS number as the last two characters in a PFS the 3270 X LT will send that PFS plus PFS n to the printer For example if PFS 2 is defined as COAX HOST CONFIGURATION Page 6 5 xx xx xx 7 where xx represents a hexadecimal pair whenever PFS 2 is executed the contents of both PFS 2 and PFS 7 will be sent to the printer Downloading Translate Tables All spaces nulls and carriage control characters CR NL LF FF will be ignored during translate table downloading This allows the user to separate entries for easier reading and it prevents the data from becoming corrupted by host forms control Note If the user intends to download translate tables within the data streams of print jobs Option 1 Column Width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information Downloading an Entire Translate Table Downloading an entire translate table will use the following format Trigger the cent sign is the default exclamation point translate table all 256 hexadecimal data pairs in the table in order The following example illustrates downloading the contents of Translate Table 1
22. 35 Hex Transparency Option 30 Pseudo Transparency Mode PTM Selection Option 31 Discard PTM Terminating Delimiter Page 3 20 HILT User s Manual Option 32 DSC Trigger 1 Option 33 DSC Trigger 2 Option 34 SCS Trigger 1 Option 35 SCS Trigger 2 Option 39 Non Transparency Trigger 1 Output Option 53 IBM 35 Hex Transparency Option 55 MD Laser Support Option 58 Metacode Support Option 59 Laserpage Support Custom Configuration Option 8 New Line Order Option 15 Bold Print Emulation Option 49 Eliminate DSC C0 05 Header Option 55 MD Laser Support Option 58 Metacode Support Option 59 Laserpage Support Option 60 Xerox Graphic Window Support Option 62 Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 21 SECTION 4 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS General Information Programmable function strings PFSs provide a means of storing frequently used printer data and instruction strings and sending them to the printer PFSs are used by the 3270 X LT to implement special features found on a variety of printers These features include bolding underlining overstriking etc The 3270 X LT sends the appropriate PFS to the printer whenever some special formatting or control function is required PFSs are sometimes sent to the printer automatically in response to a host command sometimes in response to the characteristics of the data s
23. Configure Resources Selectrqt Resources Directory Exit Change Default Configuration Text Generation Printer Setup Margins Portrait Margins Landscape Tabs Other Options Undo Settings Install Settings Now Install As New Configurati Delete Configuration Preferences Help easurement Units for Ent Sonfirm Before Updating View Installed Font Load Font Delete Font Non Shrinkable Forts Load Resources Fil Save Resources to File Pack Memory F10 Menu With the keyboard the user can access the menu bar by pressing the 0 function key The specific menu can then be chosen by using the arrow keys hk to highlight its name Then the Enterkey d or the down arrow key n can be used to accept the highlighted choice and to display its submenu names Alternatively menus can be accessed by holding down the A tkey and pressing the letter highlighted in the menu bar e g I F for the File menu File Menu sees Configure Menu Resources Menu Preferences Menu Help Menu ou eee C R P H To move from the highlighted menu name to a specific submenu use the arrow keys JG to highlight the submenu name then press the Enter XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 5 key L to accept the highlighted choice Alternatively the user can type the highlighted letter of the submenu name to access the submenu Esc Cancel Previous Menu
24. EE Ee Ee EE Se EE ee Ee Re ee Ee 15 1 Loading AE PIE RE N RE EE E naeia 15 1 About XEDIT ec 15 1 Select POr ME EE EE EE EE 15 2 XEDIT Main Screen sessies dees Nes see Nek Ge ERG NS Ne Ge Ge GREG e ee beg Se dee ss 15 3 Keyboard Commands esse esse ese es see se ee Ee EE EE Be Ee Ee Ee ee ee ee 15 4 EE ie EE EE dE 15 4 Esc Cancel PrevioUs Men 15 5 Enter OK Select Item ee ee RR Re ee ee RR Re ee ee ee ee 15 5 EES AAR AO OE RR RED 15 5 AE E EE 15 5 Arrow and Tab SS 15 5 Other Keyboard Commande 15 5 File GE N ET 15 5 Select POT ME EE ER N 15 6 Resources Directory ETER SEEK Ee Se Ee ieee ees Gegee ee RS ee Ed 15 6 Exit AG sesde ds EE EE en Ge Ee ee Ee eg ee 15 7 Configure MeN sccsccsssessesssscsessssssessssssessssssescesesseseesssesoneees 15 7 Select Configuration to En 15 7 Change Default Configuration ccceccceeescceeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeaees 15 9 SE UL EE 15 9 Bond A ede EE NE N T 15 9 FONE ROCA ON E 15 10 bang WAC eege 15 10 Character E 15 10 nek Gel OE EE ME ee Ae 15 11 Page xiii Absolute Line Spacing i e esse ee ee ee RR ee ee Re ee Re ee 15 11 ITT CEA 15 11 lgl ee 15 11 Input Tray Sel ctionnsctc Amicitia artis 15 12 Input Paper SEs E 15 12 Input Tray ET ER ER rikta n naini 15 12 Output Tray Selection ese ee ee ee Re ee Re ee Re ee 15 13 Output Tray KERE OE GE OE OE 15 13 TWO2Up PRINTING isi EE Se a AER egenen 15 13 Kiel Nee 15 14 RIIT 15 14 Page Length Portrait Landscape iese ee
25. Ee RE EE Ee RA Ee Ee ee 14 1 Selecting a UD Keyes sets esera EER Ee DE caver EG SR ee RE EER eg 14 2 Emulation Change sesse esse esse esse ee ee Ee Se ee RE Se Re ee ee ee 14 2 XES Command Format ccccsssssssccceessssseeccesssssseeccesesssseeeeees 14 4 Line se TR ER EE EE 14 4 Types of Escape Sequences sees sees ses ee es ee se Ee EE Ee Ee ee ee ee 14 4 Job Control Commande 14 4 Non Job Control Commande 14 5 Configuration Status Page esel kes dige Res ese Ee eed dee Ne deed 14 5 Optional Comment ses EE EES RR EES ERK Es EER ege 14 6 Job Boundary Commands sees ses sees ses ees se ee se Ee Se Ee Se EG ee ee 14 6 ele de EE 14 6 Print Job Mixed Orientation 14 7 FS EL ee 14 7 Miscellaneous Commands sseeecccesesssssceccessssscceccessssscceeeees 14 8 Print Multiple Copies Collated ie ese ee RR ee ee RR 14 8 Print Multiple Copies Non Collated ie ee Re ee RE 14 8 ed VR RE EE EE EE 14 8 Output IE VOE EE ER RE Ee 14 8 6 ER ER RO 14 9 Bld SELA EA EE ER OR N E EE aiii 14 9 Duplex Invert Start iese sesse ee RA dee ee RA ee ee ee 14 9 Duplex Stop AR EE EE iie 14 10 Duplex Side Select 14 10 COMMENT EE 14 10 Operator Text Message sukses EER ee Ee SEE Re ee es Nee ese eek ie 14 10 Font Commands iss sesse Kees KEN EG Ee bee N we KNEG ESE KOEN 14 11 Font LOA N eN 14 11 FONt Bl ete AE EE E 14 11 FOntAdA ss NE EE NEGE SEK Ko Ge N T N Ee Gee 14 11 Font KEEN 14 11 Font JK Assignm
26. Ge ke Ee ee De ge 3 14 60 Xerox Graphic Window Support 3 14 62 Allow EBCDIC Font Downloading esse sesse ee see ee ee 3 15 3270 X LT Configuration Options Table esse sesse esse ese ee ee Ee ee 3 15 Functional Grouping of 3270 X LT Options sssscesssesssseseeeees 3 18 Printer Output ode AE ER EE EE N 3 18 Page EG AE EE AE EE Nns 3 18 DEENEN 3 18 RK ele EE 3 19 Local Copy Page Formatting esse ees ee ee ee ee ee Re ee ee 3 19 Host Parameters esse see see see ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Ee ee ee ee 3 19 Page vii Transparency MORES aree a A E E R AREE 3 19 Custom Configuration ees ees ee Re ee ee Re ee Re ee ee ee ee 3 20 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS Section 4 General Information sies sesse ss SE ee Ge de Ge Ge EE Re Ge Ee EG ie ee 4 1 PES Table ie n Mi sec act SE Ee gee EE De cs Re ee De Ges een SEE AE ke e ee cc 4 2 Accessing PFSs from the Host es sesse sesse esse ese see ee Se ee ee ee ee 4 3 Multiple Function Strings csscsssssessscccsssseseseessssessesessssesonss 4 3 PFS DeSCriptions scssccsssssssessscrssssseesevsssssssensesesesessesessnsesesoees 4 4 Oi Power On Seguente EE EER ee DAN E 4 4 8 DisplayWrite 370 Bolding On or User defined 0 006 4 4 9 DisplayWrite 370 Bolding Off or User defined 008 4 4 TRANSLATE TABLES Section 5 General Information EE EE EL Ee EE od Ee Ee dd ee Ee Ee Ee 5 1 Translate Table Selection sesse see
27. LPT2 or LPT3 The default is LPT Resources Directory The Resources Directory will list resources currently installed in the unit including the XES to PCL operational software up to ten configurations and as many fonts as the available memory will store It will also display in hexadecimal notation the unit s memory in bytes that each resource consumes and the location in memory where each resource resides This option is normally used only when the user has been asked by the Xerox Product Support Centre to report the contents of the directory The following illustration shows the default resources directory screen XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 7 The resources shown below are currently installed in the UD The numbers to the left of each resource name are the address and size of the resource Exit Alt X The user can select this option to exit the XEDIT software program XEDIT also can be exited from the XEDIT main screen simply by holding down the A ternate key and pressing X Configure Menu This menu contains the options Select Configuration to Edit Change Default Configuration Text Generation Printer Setup Margins Portrait Margins Landscape Tabs and Other Options and it includes the commands Undo Settings Install Settings Now Install As New Configuration and Delete Configuration Select Configuration to Edit To perform the configuration procedure the user must
28. The Escape key can be used at any time to cancel the current selection or to exit a menu or dialog box Enter OK Select Item The Enterkey is used to select the item that is currently highlighted on the screen whether it is a menu name or an option in a dialog box Alt X Exit The XEDIT configuration program can be exited from the main screen by holding down the A ternate key J and pressing X F1 Help Context sensitive help is available at any time by pressing the Le function key Arrow and Tab Keys D E The arrow keys 4 4 J and amp various choices in the dialog boxes can be used to move among Other Keyboard Commands The following keyboard commands are also available from the XEDIT main screen Current Resources Director D Install Settings NOW cceseesseeseeeteeeteeeees Alt J Computer Memory Available 0 Alt JM Unido Seting S acne ee RE se Alt Jy File Menu This menu contains the options Se ect Port Resources Directory and Exit Page 15 6 AAT User s Manual Select Port Configuration to edit 0 Default powerup config 0 This option performs the same function as the port selection screen that was displayed when the user first loaded the program It enables the user to choose the parallel port to which the unit to be configured is attached either LPT
29. XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 15 Simplex is equivalent to the XES Duplex Stop command S7de to Side is equivalent to the Duplex Start command and Head to Toe is equivalent to the Duplex Invert Start command Page Length Portrait Landscape Page Length enables the user to specify a page length between 0 and 14 inches The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 000 and 4 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between 300 and 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between 60 and 840 The default value for portrait is 3300 300ths inch The default for landscape is 2550 The Page Length option is equivalent to the H parameter of the XES Margins and Margins Double Page commands Size Correction Size Correction accounts for the difference in printable area between XES and PCLS printers XES printers can print to the edge of the page while PCLS printers can print only to within about 1 4 inch of the page edge Further the page origin on a PCLS printer is 1 4 inch down and to the right from the top left corner whereas an XES printer page origin is at Page 15 16 AAT User s Manual the top left corner To correct for these differences between the two printer types the user can choose between None Offset Auto Offset and Shrink T
30. also send a new line to the printer depending upon the setting of Option 51 DSC EM Generates CR LF in Infinite Line Length and Option 57 DSC NL at EM Even if in Column 1 and upon whether or not the current print position is column 1 Here is a table listing all of the possible results OPTIONS OPTIONS7 COLUMN RESULT N N 1 No new line N N gt l Send new line N Y 1 Send new line N Y gt l Send new line Y N 1 No new line Y N gt l Send new line Y Y 1 Send new line Y Y gt l Send new line Form Feed FF 02h The Form Feed command moves the presentation position to the top and left margins of the next page New Line NL 03h The New Line command moves the presentation position to the next line and left margin of the page If the line count exceeds the bottom margin the 3270 X LT will send an FF to the printer and the print position will be the left and top margins of the next page SECTION 12 XEROX APPLICATIONS General Information The 3270 X LT also supports Xerox transparency triggered by 36h in the data stream Refer to Option 5 in Section 3 Configuration Options and to Section 7 Transparency Modes for details on Xerox 36h transparency Other special Xerox features supported include UDKs user defined keys XPAF Graphic Windows and EBCDIC font downloads and Metacode 3270 X LT implementation of these features is described below User Defined Keys UDKs Xerox Corporation prod
31. appropriate form of transparency is activated the 3270 X LT will recognize the trigger and respond appropriately to that form of transparency The 3270 X LT can use standard IBM 35h Xerox 36h and Xerox Metacode transparency The 3270 X LT provides its own version of transparency called pseudo transparency mode PTM It also is capable of supporting MD Laser and AGILE Laserpage pseudo transparency Note If the user or the user s application embeds transparent or pseudo transparent strings in the data stream Option 1 Column Width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors may occur For more information refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support IBM 35 Hex Transparency Mode This form of transparency is valid only in SCS data streams In IBM 35h transparency the trigger character is 35h and it indicates the start of the transparent data stream The 35h is followed by a count byte that indicates the length in bytes of the transparent data stream not counting the count byte itself The count byte is followed by the actual data to be sent For instance the following code will send a Xerox 4045 printer reset command Esc X using 35h transparency 35031B2B58 Page 7 2 LT User s Manual This includes the trigger 35h the count byte 03h
32. be left off the printed page Margin Top A COMMAND Es zn L A RANGE See Margins command This command changes the setting of the top margin measured from the top of the page where is the margin value expressed either in 1 60 or 1 300 units Margin Bottom A COMMAND E lt zq A RANGE See Margins command This command changes the setting of the bottom margin measured from the bottom of the page where is the margin value expressed either in 1 60 or 1 300 units XES COMMANDS Page 14 15 Margin Left A COMMAND Es zk l A RANGE See Margins command This command changes the setting of the left margin measured from the left edge of the page where is the margin value expressed either in 1 60 or 1 300 units Margin Right A COMMAND Es zm A RANGE See Margins command This command changes the setting of the right margin measured from the left edge of the page where is the margin value expressed either in 1 60 or 1 300 units Tabs Horizontal A COMMAND Et A RANGE See Margins command This command sets the horizontal tabs where is the value of the tab expressed in 1 60 or 1 300 units As many as 160 horizontal tab values may be entered For example using a 1 60 unit of measure to set tab stops at 0 75 3 0 and 4 5 enter 5 180 270 The following list outlines the rules for setting horizontal tab stops A Default tab stops begin at
33. by the last command preceding the form feed Duplex Start A COMMAND Es zyd l A RANGE 0 2 550 This command enables duplex printing for documents that will be bound on the side of the page If a value is entered for the left and right margins on the second side of the page will be shifted to the left by the amount specified in 1 300 units The command must be entered before any printable data on the first page to be printed duplex Duplexing is ended with the Duplex Stop command The X LT supports this command in both portrait and landscape orientations The Shift parameter is not supported and its use results in no operation Duplex Invert Start A COMMAND Es zyfl A RANGE 0 3 300 This command enables duplex printing for documents that will be bound on the top of the page If a value is entered for the top and bottom margins on the second side of the page will be shifted up by the amount specified in 1 300 units The command must be entered before any printable data on the first page to be printed duplex Duplexing is ended with the Duplex Stop command Page 14 10 XAT User s Manual The X LT supports this command in both portrait and landscape orientations The Shift parameter is not supported and its use results in no operation Duplex Stop A COMMAND Esc zyel A RANGE N A This command ends duplexing for subsequent pages Duplex Side Select A COMMAND Es zyi
34. creation of forms The unit of measure in forms creation commands is always 1 300 regardless of the setting determined by the Units commands zf and Es zg Some of the commands in this section are dependent upon the orientation of the page and its point of origin The following illustrations show the differences between portrait and landscape orientations Note that the x coordinate is always the shorter page dimension and the y coordinate is always the longer page dimension In portrait orientation the origin is at the lower left corner of the page In landscape orientation the origin is at the top left corner of the page Note Unlike XES printers page orientation must first be set correctly for the X TRA to use these commands Baseline Placement Absolute XES COMMANDS Page 14 21 H x Portrait Page Landscape Page lt 4 gt x A COMMAND LEs za text A RANGE See Below This command places the baseline of any character of text in any specified location on the page relative to the page origin where is the x short edge coordinate and is the y long edge coordinate If using a portrait font this command is identical to Text Placement Absolute If using a landscape font this command uses the bottom left corner of the character cell as the origin Text Placement Absolute A COMMAND Eat Jtextl A RANGE See Below
35. detected in the data stream this PFS is sent to the printer Note This is used only when Option 15 Bold Print Emulation is set to A 3287 emulation or B DisplayWrite 370 emulation The Bolding Off PFS will also be sent to the printer when a d amp A Trigger 1 ampersand A that the user has embedded in the data stream is encountered by the 3270 X LT If PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS Page 4 5 the user is certain that the host never turns off bolding or if Option 15 has been set to C None the user may program this PFS for any purpose SECTION 5 TRANSLATE TABLES General Information The data stream from the coax host or alternate host is not sent directly through the 3270 X LT to the attached printer Rather all characters must first pass through the appropriate character code translation table even if the printer uses the same data format as the source device If the data formats of the two devices are different a translation table is selected that will convert the data from one format to another The most basic function of the 3270 X LT is to convert EBCDIC or coax host data to ASCII data one byte at a time Each translate table has 256 entries numbered 00 to FF When a character is received by the 3270 X LT the corresponding character from the appropriate translate table is substituted and that value is sent to the printer The 3270 X LT uses twelve translate tables that can be modified by the user although
36. ee Ge ee ee ee ee Ge 5 2 Reading Translate Tables see esse esse ese see se se Ee RE Se ee ee Se ee ee 5 3 General Considerations and Notes esse sesse ee ee ee ee Ge An 5 3 FON CUONS Mr se E ee ee ee ee E ee EG Gee 5 4 Translate Table e TC 5 5 Table 1 DSC to ASCII see EE Ee RE Ee AE a 5 5 Table 1 DSC to ASCII see ee AAE EAEL e 5 6 Table 2 SCS to ASCII esse es EE EA A EE 5 7 Table 2 SCS to ASCII see EE RE AE EET 5 8 Translate Table 3 ASCII to Asch 5 10 Translate Table 3 ASCII to Asch 5 10 Table A DSC to EBCDIC ee 5 11 Table 4 DSC to EBCDIC cerniera ee ee ee ee Ea 5 12 Table 5 SCS to EBCDIC ee ees ee ee Re ee RR Re ee ee ee 5 13 Table 6 ASCII to EBCDIC esse se ee ee ee ee ee Ge ee ee 5 14 Table 5 SCS to EBCDIC akara ee Re ee RR Re ee 5 15 Table 6 ASCII to EBCDIC ENNEN 5 15 COAX HOST CONFIGURATION Section 6 General Information sessies sesse dese Ge es es Ge ek ede ee 6 1 Multiple Option Selections sesse esse ese see Ee Se EE EE Ee Re ee ge ee 6 2 Resetting All Options to Factory Defaults sees se ee RE 6 2 Download Error Messages sesse esse ese ese see Ee Ee Ee ee Se Re ee ge 6 2 DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD OPTION FIELD VALUE ees 6 3 Page viii Sr User s Manual DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD DATA FIELD VALUE sesse sesse ee 6 3 DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD FIELD SEPARATOR esse sesse ees 6 3 Downloading Programmable Function Strings ee sesse esse sees see see ee 6 3
37. enter an integer value between 60 and 60 The default value is 75 300ths inch Minimum Top Coordinate The Minimum Top Coordinate setting is used if Auto Offset has been selected under Size Correction in the Printer Setup menu The unit uses this value to determine if the origin of the first character is in the printable area of the page The value entered by the user should normally be 1 4 inch since this is the area at the top of the page that cannot be addressed by PCLS printers The default is 75 300th inch This value may need to be increased if the origin of the character is within the printable area but the height of the character is such that the character is clipped when printed The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 0 000 and 4 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between Oand 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between 0 and 840 Minimum Left Coordinate The Minimum Left Coordinate setting is used if Auto Offset has been selected under Size Correction in the Printer Setup menu The unit uses this value to determine if the origin of the first character is in the printable area of the page The value entered by the user should normally be 1 4 inch since this is the area on the left edge of the page that cannot be addresse
38. information from the input and output variables as follows Input A Ifthe data stream is ASCII from an alternate host the appropriate translate table is 3 for ASCII output or 6 for EBCDIC output A If the coax host data stream is in DSC format the appropriate translate table is 1 for ASCII output or 4 EBCDIC output A If the coax host data stream is in SCS format the appropriate translate table is 2 for ASCII output or 5 EBCDIC output Output A Ifthe 3270 X LT is configured for ASCII output the TRANSLATE TABLES Page 5 3 appropriate translate table is 1 2 or 3 A Ifthe 3270 X LT is configured for EBCDIC output the appropriate translate table is 4 5 or 6 Reading Translate Tables A Translate Table Report with the default values of the tables selected can be found in the Appendix The left column of each table is a series of numbers and letters representing the most significant digit of the hexadecimal input character received by the 3270 X LT The top row of each table is a series of numbers and letters representing the least significant digit of the hexadecimal input character received by the 3270 X LT The intersection in the table of the most significant and least significant digits of the input character is the location of the output value that the 3270 X LT sends to the printer upon receiving a given input character in the data stream To understand the way that the translate tables wo
39. line A The largest font on the line determines spacing to avoid overstriking the previous line A When 0 5 line spacing is used the previous line is overstruck Line Spacing Absolute A COMMAND Ge A RANGE N A This command adjusts the amount of space between lines of text where is a numeral expressed in 1 300 Unlike Line Spacing in which the amount of space between lines is based upon the font size Line Spacing Absolute sets line spacing pixel by pixel The command takes effect on the line after which it occurs Note The printer will always print at least one line of text per page regardless of the value of this parameter Character Spacing Absolute Page 14 20 LT User s Manual A COMMAND E lt qzs C A RANGE N A This command adjusts the amount of space between characters of text where is a numeral expressed in 1 300 and where C is the character to be spaced Normally the amount of space between characters is based upon the font Character Spacing Absolute sets character kerning pixel by pixel For example to space the characters A B and C 0 75 apart from one another on a line enter zs225ABC This command will remain in effect until another Es zs CL command is entered To return to font based spacing enter any negative number for the parameter or use X J Reset Forms Creation Commands This section describes the commands used in the
40. lo8 D 3U U 73 74 75 78 x ao c 8 g Ei 8 K Va TRANSLATE TABLES Page 5 11 Table 4 DSC to EBCDIC Translate Table 4 is invoked when a DSC data stream is detected by the 3270 X LT and when Option 10 is set to B EBCDIC or C Switchable During an unformatted operation printing begins with the first data byte and continues until the last data byte is printed or until a valid EM character is received Each print line is left justified At the end of each printout a CR LF is sent to allow the printer to start the next printout at the left margin When an EM appears in the first print position of a print line a CR LF is not sent to the printer because the printer is already positioned at the left margin for the next printout In DSC 16h is a solid vertical line and is translated into an EBCDIC 4Fh and sent to the printer Some printers display a solid vertical line when a 4Fh is received and some display a broken vertical line In DSC 17h is a broken vertical line and is translated into extended ASCII 6Ah an eight bit ASCII character This is compatible with Xerox laser printers The DSC input codes COh through FFh represent attributes or graphic characters associated with 3278 CRTs The characters will be translated into a space EBCDIC 40h This emulates the function of a 3287 printer Seven locations in the DSC to EBCDI
41. of 1 The line number of the Bottom Margin of the page When this line number is exceeded the printer automatically skips to the next page BM must be less than or equal to MPL The default value is MPL The line numbers of the vertical tab stop settings if any Valid tab stops are greater than or equal to TM and less than or equal to BM The tab stops must be listed in ascending order Note All parameters are single byte binary numbers Transparent TRN 35h The Transparent command indicates the start of transparent data This data is not scanned for SCS control codes The command is followed by a count byte that indicates the number of bytes of transparent data to follow The command has the following format TRN CNT Where TRN CNT is the Transparent command code 35h is a single binary byte denoting the number of bytes in the transparent block The Count value does not include the count byte The Transparent command is especially important because it gives the user the ability to generate any possible 8 bit command or data byte to be output to the attached device Many of the extended 8 bit ASCII command codes used by printers and plotters must be transmitted as transparent data Page 10 6 LT User s Manual streams because they cannot be generated or passed through the IBM system without being modified Each byte of data is sent to the printer without translation For example the following 8 bit E
42. of parameters in the default configuration discussed later in this s ction Orientation Font Selection Top Ee Bottom Margin ret Margin Bottom Margin 2nd Page Left Margin 2nd Page Right Margin 2nd Page Horizontal Tabs Vertical Tabs I kd Gi Qa Qa GC CT e 5 i O D ch gg a B 2 CH e D a sd i use as the default or powerup EEN The default is Configuration 0 but the user can choose any configuration from 0 9 The number selected is constantly displayed in the box in the upper right corner of the screen next to Default powerup config Text Generation Text Generation options include Font Selection Font Rotation Language Character Set Line Spacing Absolute Line Spacing and Justification as indicated in the following illustration Font Selection Font Selection is used to select the default font from among those Page 15 10 AAT User s Manual installed in or native to the unit The default font for configurations with a portrait orientation is 7itaaliso P The default font for configurations with a landscape orientation is XCP 4iso L The font selected here will be the font used by the printer until an XES Select Configuration to Edit l Configuration to edit Change Default Configuratio Default powerup config SE Printe Marg Font Change command is received by the unit Font Rotation Font Rotation gives users the option of act
43. option parameters on a single line the user must separate each sequence with a comma after each valid option parameter value The following example illustrates multiple command selection where Trigger 1 is the default cent sign It sets the column width Option 1 to 80 turns off local copy null line suppression Option 4 and sets output Option 10 to EBCDIC mode 1 80 4 N 10 B Multiple lines may be used to download configuration option parameters Each line must have its own trigger and its own terminator Resetting All Options to Factory Defaults To reset all options to factory preset default values send the following command to the 3270 X LT 0 where the cent sign is Trigger 1 the default Note This command will reset all General Configuration options all programmable function strings and all translate tables to their factory presets All modifications to any parameters will be lost Download Error Messages Errors in command sequences will result in the 3270 X LT sending a download error message to the printer COAX HOST CONFIGURATION Page 6 3 DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD OPTION FIELD VALUE An invalid option number will result in the following message DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD OPTION FIELD VALUE If this message is printed no change will take effect The user must resend the command sequence with a valid option number If the user was sending multiple command sequences to the 3270 X LT all val
44. se ee ee ee ee 15 15 Size CorrectiON ees see ae ee EE a Ee ae ee EE 15 15 ee EE EE Ta 15 16 RE EE 15 16 Minimum Top Coordinate sesse se Re ee Re ee 15 17 Minimum Left Coordinate se ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 15 17 Margins Portrait Landscape ees sesse ee ee Re ee ee Re ee 15 17 TOP EL EE N EE N 15 17 Bottom Mars iN iss sesse SE Ee eg EKS Ee SE Ee oe ge GER ee Dee 15 18 RE OE RE EE ER EN tees 15 19 RightMargin sanina EE NEE 15 19 Tabs Portrait Landscape iese ee ee RR ee Ge RR Re ee 15 19 BES de EE ER EE ER Ee 15 22 Emulation Mode 15 22 Lotte EO Ee ED E De ie EDE Ge N Ee Re oe es 15 23 Unit O Meas UE ER ee PR Ge Ge Ee Ge Ee ee bee ees 15 24 Uppercase Commande 15 24 UDK e EE 15 24 JOD TiIMEOUts HTS SE ate ED Ge GELD Meets Lede eo 15 24 JOB Siel E AE eebe dee Eech 15 24 Etrorkevel ss EES ee eee GR ee rhs 15 25 Undo Settings Alt U esse ee ee ee Re ee ee ee RA ee ee ee 15 25 Install Settings Now At 15 25 Install As New Configuration c cccescceceseeeeceeeeeeeeesteeeeneaees 15 26 Delete Configuration iese esse ee ee AR ed ee ee 15 26 Resources Menu esse sees ee GE GE GE GE Ge en 15 26 View Installed Fonts ees ese ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 15 27 eelere DS EER AE N GE SA ee AE ee 15 27 Delete Fonten EE SE EE 15 29 Non Shrinkable Fonts ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Re Re ee ee ee ee 15 29 eadiResources Files vs e AT GE Ee Da EES RD Ee Re ese Ee 15 30 Command Line Interface
45. stops the merging of a form with a variable page where is the number 0 9 of the form to be stopped Page Merge Start A COMMAND Eslze A RANGE N A This command will cause the page in which it occurs and all subsequent pages to merge with a page stored in memory Merging continues until either a Page Merge Stop or a Reset command is received Page Merge Stop A COMMAND zd A RANGE N A This command will allow the page in which it occurs to merge but all subsequent pages will not be merged with a page stored in memory Graphic Window A COMMAND E lt gwM M M 1 R name F X Y S S A RANGE See Below This command defines an area on the page for graphics where Mis the degree of magnification If only one value for M is entered the magnification is proportional If two values are entered the magnification will be different for the x and y directions 0 or 1 will result in no magnification 2 will double the magnification 3 will triple the magnification and 4 will quadruple the magnification I indicates the type of graphics the window will contain and whether the graphics will be printed reversed 0 indicates raster data 1 indicates Page 14 28 XAT User s Manual reversed raster data 2 indicates vector or macro data and 3 indicates reversed raster or macro data R indicates the degree of rotation if any of the graphic window 0 specifies no rotation 1 specifies 90 counterclockwi
46. the left If already at the leftmost position this command results in no operation Upon receipt of an SCS 16h in the data stream the 3270 X LT will send an ASCII BS 08h to printer if the print position is not already at the left margin Carriage Return CR ODh The Carriage Return command moves the print position horizontally to the left of the same line If the print position is already at the left margin the command is ignored End of Message EM 19h An End of Message generates a new line except when it occurs in the first printing column dependent upon the setting of Option 52 Form Feed FF OCh The Form Feed command moves the presentation position to the top and left margins of the next page Horizontal Tab HT 05h The Horizontal Tab command moves the presentation position horizontally to the next tab stop to the right The horizontal tab stops are determined by the Set Horizontal Format command Tab commands are translated into the SCS DATA STREAMS Page 10 3 appropriate number of spaces and sent to the printer If there are no horizontal tab stops to the right of the current position the HT is treated as a space character Interchange File Separator IFS 1Ch One of four Interchange Separator Commands used to delimit information strings in SCS data streams The 3270 X LT interprets it as a space Interchange Group Separator IGS 1Dh The 3270 X LT interprets this Interchange
47. up by the first pie slice F is the number of the fill pattern selection for the first pie slice O is the offset of the first pie slice measured in pixels from the center of the pie if the slice is to be offset F O are the parameters of all other slices in the pie Character Reassignment A COMMAND EsJT datarecord A RANGE N A This command transmits new character assignments from the host to storage on the hard disk of the printer The table can then be accessed with the Language command Load Translation Table A COMMAND EscJzt A RANGE N A This command is identical to Character Reassignment except that it is not a job boundary command Page 14 32 XAT User s Manual Language A COMMAND EscJzl A RANGE See Below This command switches the printer from the current character table to another character table where is the number of the table selected U S English U K English French Dutch Spanish Italian Danish Norwegian Finnish German Swedish Belgian French Canadian Portuguese Latin American The Default Language The Special Table 3274 User defined Table TOMMDADFLCAIANWAWNEH O Belgian and Portuguese are EBCDIC tables and are not supported by the 3270 X LT It will use The Default Table instead The X LT supports language tables only for ISO character set fonts Fonts that do not support the ISO character set will not be remapped based upon lan
48. where Trigger 1 is the default cent sign and where xx xx represents the 256 values of a translate table 1xx xx Downloading a Single Translate Table Value Downloading a change to a single translate table position value will use the following format Trigger the cent sign is the default exclamation point translate table hexadecimal position hexadecimal value semicolon The following example illustrates changing the value of Translate Table 1 position 16 to a value of 99h where Trigger 1 is the default cent sign 111699 SECTION 7 TRANSPARENCY MODES General Information Most ASCII and EBCDIC printers have features that are not available on IBM printers If the user s host application is aware that the destination of the data may be a non IBM printer attached to a protocol converter the application can take advantage of the printer s advanced features To activate a particular printer feature the application will send a transparent command in the data stream Refer to the printer user s manual for a list of available printer commands A transparent printer command or transparency consists of a trigger character code followed by the hexadecimal command that will activate a particular printer feature The trigger alerts the protocol converter that the data that follows it is a printer command that should be sent directly to the printer without translation If the
49. 0 The default value for portrait pages is 200 300ths inch the default value for landscape pages is 720 300ths inch XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 19 Left Margin The Left Margin setting determines the number of inches from the left edge of the page to the left edge origin of the first character in each line on the page The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 0 000 and 14 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between 0 and 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between d and 840 The default value for portrait pages is 720 300ths inch the default value for landscape pages is 200 300ths inch Right Margin The Right Margin setting determines the number of inches from the left edge of the page to the right edge of the last character in each line on the page The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 0 000 and 4 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between Oand 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between 0 and 840 The default value for portrait pages is 2430 300ths inch the default value for landscape pages is 3 00 300ths inch Ta
50. 1 1 from the left side of the page and are at every 0 44 thereafter A Tabs may be entered in any order A lf more than 160 tab values are entered the excess tabs will be deleted starting with the rightmost tab Page 14 16 XAT User s Manual value A The maximum tab position is 815 13 58 gt Tabs cannot be set beyond margins A Ifthe page orientation is changed the tab settings must also be changed A Tab settings remain valid until the Reset or Clear Horizontal Tabs commands are sent Tabs Clear Horizontal A COMMAND d A RANGE N A This command clears all horizontal tab settings Tabs Vertical A COMMAND EV A RANGE See Margins command This command sets the vertical tabs where is the value of the tab expressed either in 1 60 or 1 300 units As many as 125 veritcal tab values may be entered For example using a 1 60 unit of measure to set tab stops at 1 0 1 5 2 3 and 7 0 enter Esc v60 90 138 420 L The following list outlines the rules for setting vertical tab stops A Default tab stops in portrait orientation are every inch from the top of the page A Default tab stops in landscape orientation are every six lines XES COMMANDS Page 14 17 A Tabs may be entered in any order A lf more than 160 tab values are entered the excess tabs will be deleted starting with the bottommost tab value A The maximum tab positio
51. 2 If the user selects B Trigger 1 Count Byte PTM will be used Trigger 1 Trigger 2 PTM In the two trigger mode the user selects the trigger using any two characters that are not commonly found together in the printable data stream see Section 3 Configuration Options and refer to Options 32 35 for information on restrictions on the selection of triggers The default trigger characters are a cent sign and a dollar sign In this method no count byte is required Rather all pairs of bytes following the trigger are combined and printed until terminated with an invalid character valid characters are 0 9 and A F Note The system may insert a NL command an invalid character in the data stream This will terminate two trigger pseudo transparency In the following examples the cent sign dollar sign sequence is used as the trigger Note that the cent sign an invalid character is also used as the terminator To send one ASCII escape character requires five input characters the first trigger the second trigger the hexadecimal ASCII escape character 1 Bh and an invalid character terminator S1B Page 7 4 LT User s Manual To send the Xerox 4045 reset sequence requires nine characters the first trigger the second trigger the hexadecimal reset sequence 1Bh 2Bh and 58h and an invalid character terminator 1B2B58 Trigger 1 Count Byte PTM In the
52. 3 1 Configuration Option Descriptions susse esse sees see See ee Ee ee Ee ee 3 2 1 Eoluima Width EE 3 2 DAMES KE 3 2 3 Ee el ARE EE ER OE EE Ee 3 3 4 Local Copy Null Line Suppression esse ee ee ee Re ee ee 3 3 5 Xerox 36 Hex Transparency ees sesse se se ee ee ee ee ee ee RR ee ee 3 3 6 Form Feed Before Local Copy iese ee ee RR ee ER RR 3 4 7 Form Feed After Local Copy ees ee RR Re ee RE 3 4 8 New Line Order 3 4 10 Output in ASCII or EBCDIC esse ese ee se se ee ee ee ee ee ee 3 4 15 Bold Print Emulation iese ee ee ee RR Re ee RR Re ee ee ee 3 5 26 Intervention Required iese ee ee Re ee Re ee ee ee ee ee 3 7 27 Intervention Required Delai 3 7 30 Pseudo Transparency Mode PTM Selection ees esse 3 8 31 Discard PTM Terminating Delimiter esse ee ee ee 3 8 32 DSG EE 3 8 3 OSG E 3 9 34 le EE 3 9 35 OCS lee 3 9 39 Transparency Trigger 1 Output ceeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 3 10 49 Eliminate DSC CO 05 Header 3 11 51 DSC EM Generates CR LF in Infinite Line Length 3 12 52 SCS EM Always Generates CR LF esse esse see ee ees ee ee ee 3 12 53 IBM 35 Hex Transparency iese esse sees sesse ee ee ee ee ek ee 3 12 55 MD Laser Support 3 13 57 DSC NL at EM Even If in Column 3 13 58 Metacode Support iese ee ee ee ee Re ee ee ee Re ee 3 14 59 Las rpage SUPPONE iss ss EER ES RAS e Ges Pe see
53. 840 Delete tab settings by highlighting the value to be deleted then press v or x After entering and or deleting values use the mouse or t to select OK or press d to accept the choices The following chart show the default portrait and landscape tabs stops Portrait Landscape Horizontal Vertical Horizontal Vertical Page 15 22 AAT User s Manual Ofher Options This submenu enables the user to change the settings for the following options Emulation Mode Line End Units of Measure Uppercase Commands UDK Character Job Timeout Job Sheet and Error Level These options are shown in the following illustration Emulation Mode This option enables the user to set the configuration either to XES Mode XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 23 or to Passthrough Mode XES Mode is the normal operating mode of the unit enabling XES documents to be printed to the user s PCLS printer Passthrough Mode enables the user to print other document types including PCL5 documents and PostScript documents if the user s printer supports PostScript The emulation mode being used will be indicated by the LED on X TRA products either 0 for XES Mode normal operating mode or P for Passthrough Mode The default is XES Mode for Configurations 0 1 2 and 3 The default for Configurations 4 5 6 and 7 is Passthrough Mode Line End XES protocol requires that certain printer commands a
54. BCDIC codes are the RESET command fora Xerox laser printer 35031B2B58 35 is the transparent command code 03 is the count of the data bytes to be sent to the attached device and 1B 2B and 58 are the three bytes to be sent to the attached device Vertical Channel Select VCS 04h Vertical Channel Select allows the user to select one of 12 vertical channels to control formatting The first character of the code serves as the select code and it is followed by the desired channel value Vertical Tab VT OBh The Vertical Tab command moves the presentation position down to the next vertical tab stop position The vertical tab stops are determined by the Set Vertical Format command If no vertical tab stop exists below the current line the VT is treated as a line feed SCS DATA STREAMS Page 10 7 SCS Command Summary SCS Command Code Description Backspace BS Move PP left 1 position Carriage Return CR ODh Move PP to left margin End of Message EM 19h End of Message Form Feed FF OCh Skip to next page Horizontal Tab HT 05h Move PP right to next tab stop Interchange File Sep IFS 1Ch Space Interchange Group Sep IGS 1Dh Space Interchange Record Sep IRS 1Eh Newline Interchange Unit Sep IUS 1Fh Space Line Feed LF 25h Move PP down to next line New Line NL 15h Send CR LF to printer Null 00h Space Set Horizontal Format SHF 2BClh Set horizontal margins and tabs Set Line D
55. C table are used to perform functions The following chart indicates the function that will be performed upon the receipt of each DSC input value Inputvalue Function 00h Null Olh EM End of Message 02h FF Form Feed 03h NL New Line 05h CR Carriage Return 10h Space 1Bh Trigger character default Page 5 12 XAT User s Manual Table 4 DSC to EBCDIC indicates a superscript character TRANSLATE TABLES Page 5 13 Table 5 SCS to EBCDIC Translate Table 5 is invoked when an SCS data stream is detected by the 3270 X LT and when Option 10 is set to B EBCDIC or C Switchable Thirteen locations in the SCS to EBCDIC table are used to perform functions The following chart indicates the function that will be performed upon the receipt of each SCS input value Inputvalue 05h 08h OBh OCh ODh 15h 16h 19h IER 25h 28h 2Bh 35h 4Ah Function HT Horizontal Tab GE Graphic Escape VT Vertical Tab FF Form Feed CR Carriage Return NL New Line BS Backspace EM End of Message IRS Interchange Record Separator LF Line Feed SA SCS Set Attribute ESC SCS Escape TRN Transparency Trigger character default Page 5 14 LT User s Manual Table 5 SCS to EBCDIC indicates a supe
56. Configuration Status Page to print if 1 an error occurs and the Configuration Status Page switch is enabled or 2 the previous command included a comma An optional comment of up to 132 characters if entered will be printed on the Configuration Status Page Print Job Mixed Orientation A COMMAND Q optional comment A RANGE 132 Characters for optional comment Printing is allowed using multiple font orientations an orientation change causes a new job because it is an implied job boundry This command is interpreted as if it were a Print Job command Reset A COMMAND E Xl A RANGE N A The Reset command ends all types of jobs marks a job boundary tells the printer that any data that follows it is part of a new job and returns the printer to its start up state All format parameters are reset to their default settings and all font and form assignments are erased If several documents are to be printed with the same parameters the Print Job command should be used at the beginning of each document but the Reset command should not be used If Reset is used to exit Data Monitor mode and if Data Monitor mode was introduced with a UDK the same UDK must be used to introduce a Reset For example if Data Monitor mode was introduced as follows UDK D then Reset must be introduced as follows EX Page 14 8 XAT User s Manual Miscellaneous Commands Print Multiple Copie
57. Configuration Status Page will be printed The Configuration Status Page includes the following information A The error number and error type if any errors were detected A The names of any simulated resident or downloaded fonts A The names of any downloaded forms A An optional comment if one was entered A The current configuration A sample Configuration Status Page can be found in Section 16 Service and Reference Optional Comment With some XES commands the operator has the option of including comments on the print job s Configuration Status page by inserting a message after the comma in the command line This comment can be up to 132 characters long The comment will always be printed by the X LT if a Configuration Status Page is printed Job Boundary Commands A job boundary is a command function that tells the printer where the job begins and ends and it tells the printer what type of data the job contains The command to start printing a document is the Print Job command The command to end a document is the Reset command Print Job XES COMMANDS Page 14 7 A COMMAND Es P optional comment A RANGE 132 Characters for optional comment The Print Job command marks a job boundary purges the last page buffer and begins printing Printing is allowed using only one font orientation an orientation change causes a new job because it is an implied job boundary This command will cause a
58. GE 0 9 The Change Font command causes all subseguent data to be printed in the new font until a Reset or another Change Font command is received where is the ID of the font as assigned by the job command Font ID Assignment Page Formatting Commands This section describes the commands that control page formatting including margins tabs line spacing and measurement units Margins tabs and page size settings are dependent upon the unit of measurement selected by the Units commands directly below Units 1 60 A COMMAND EscJzg A RANGE N A This command sets the unit of measurement for the purpose of setting page size margins and tabs to 1 60 This is the default value but the default XES COMMANDS Page 14 13 value can be changed using XEDIT Units 1 300 A COMMAND L sclzt A RANGE N A This command sets the unit of measurement for the purpose of setting page size margins and tabs to 1 300 The default value is 1 60 but it can be changed using XTRAEDIT Margins A COMMAND Esc JmH T B LRL A RANGE See chart The Margins command is used to set page height and all margins where H is the vertical size of the paper measured from the top edge to the bottom edge of the physical page In 1 60 units 11 0 paper is 660 8 5 paper is 510 T is the top margin measured from the top edge of the page to the baseline of the first line of text In 1 60 units
59. Multiple Function Strings ees ee ee Re ee RR ee ee ee 6 4 Downloading Translate Tables ees sees se esse es ee se Re ee Ee ee Ee Ee 6 5 Downloading an Entire Translate Table 6 5 Downloading a Single Translate Table Value iese ees ee ee 6 5 TRANSPARENCY MODES Section 7 General Information cccccssssccssccseccssscesssceccsseccesscccesesecesesseees 7 1 IBM 35 Hex Transparency Mode e sesse ese esse esse esse see ee Ee Se ee ee 7 1 Metacode Transparency Mode 7 2 Xerox 36 Hex Transparency Mode sesse esse see esse se ee ee ee ee se ee 7 2 Pseudo Transparency Mode uses esse esse ese see Ee Ee Ee ee Se ee ee ge 7 3 Trigger T Trigger 2 kt sbebedetees ehi eebe eege hee 7 3 Trigger 1 Count Byte PIM cesses ss ks sesse see Ge Ke de dk Ke dee 7 A MD Laser Pseudo Transparency iese ee ee ee ee Re ee ee ee Re ee 7 A Laserpage Pseudo Transparency iese ee ee RA ee ee ee 7 5 Other Pseudo Transparency Mode Considerations ees sesse see 7 6 DISPLAYWRITE 370 SUPPORT Section 8 General Information sees sesse esse ee ee ee Be Ge EA Gee Ge ee ee 8 1 Document Formatting Information es sees se esse ese ee ee Ee EG ee Re ee 8 1 YL TE aiea iaaea En EE E 8 3 COAX HOST CONSIDERATIONS Section 9 System Configuration ee see esse sesse see ese Ee Re Ee Ee See Ee ee ee 9 1 VTAM and Network Control Program Requirements s00000 9 2 SCS DATA STREAMS Section10 General Information sssrinin 10 1 Presentation Sur
60. SECPROT X 90 COMPROT X 3080 RUSIZES X 8787 DOU os D PSERVIC X 030000000000185018507F00 LU SERVICES PROFILE SCS ODEENT LOGMODE SCS BIND USED FOR APPLICATION SESSIONS FMPROF X 03 FUNCTION MANAGEMENT PROFILE TSPROF X 03 TRANSMISSIO SERVICES PROFILE PRIPROT X B1 PRIMARY PROTOCOL SECPROT X 90 SECONDARY PROTOCOL COMPROT X 3080 COMMO PROTOCOL RUSIZES X 87C6 PRI RUSIZE 768 SEC RUSIZE 1024 PSNDPAC X 01 PRIMARY SEND PACING COUNT SRCVPAC X 01 SECONDARY RECEIVE PACING COUNT PSERVIC X 01000000E100000000000000 LU SERVICES PROFILE COAX HOST CONSIDERATIONS Page 9 3 SECTION 10 SCS DATA STREAMS General Information SNA character string SCS controls are EBCDIC codes embedded by the host system in a document and used for formatting the data sent to devices such as printers and CRT displays The 3270 X LT achieves its emulation of IBM printers by translating the SCS codes into PFSs programmable function strings that the printer can use to format data To use SCS controls the 3270 X LT must be defined to the host computer as an SNA Type 1 logical unit Type 1 logical units use SCS codes to control data formatting Presentation Surface SNA Character String Definitions Devices that use SCS data formatting can be represented logically by a two dimensional area called the presentation surface The SCS control codes direct
61. Selection is set to A Trigger 1 Trigger 2 and when Trigger 1 is encountered in the data stream followed by a character other than Trigger 2 The default output character is 9Bh which has no affect on printed output but the user may set the value to any two character hexadecimal value TRANSPARENCY MODES Page 7 7 SECTION 8 DISPLAYWRITE 370 SUPPORT General Information DisplayWrite 370 is a word processing application that provides the capability to bold underline or overstrike text Display Write 370 printing features are supported by the 3270 X LT when Option 15 is set either to A 3287 printer emulation or B Display Write 370 emulation To access these features the user should read and understand Section 4 Programmable Function Strings The PFSs that are utilized by the Display Write printing features are 3 DisplayWrite 370 Overstriking On 4 DisplayWrite 370 Overstriking Off 5 DisplayWrite 370 Underlining On 6 DisplayWrite 370 Underlining Off 9 DisplayWrite 370 Bolding On A DisplayWrite 370 Bolding Off Each of these PFSs must be defined by the user for the target printer before the respective DisplayWrite feature is implemented Refer to the printer user s manual for the appropriate control sequences for each of these functions For instructions on programming PFSs refer to Section 4 Coax Host Configuration or Section 15 Alternate Host Configuration Document Formatting Information With D
62. Separator as a space Interchange Record Separator IRS 1Eh The 3270 X LT interprets this Interchange Separator as a new line Interchange Unit Separator IUS 1Fh The 3270 X LT interprets this Interchange Separator as a space Line Feed LF 25h The Line Feed command moves the presentation position down to the next line The column position remains the same Option 3 Line Spacing may cause the 3270 X LT to move down more than one line New Line NL 15h This command move the print position to the left margin and down one line The New Line Command is functionally the same as a CR Carriage Return command followed by a Line Feed LF command Null 00h The Null command is converted to a space by the 3270 X LT Set Horizontal Format SHF 2BC1h The Set Horizontal Format command is used to set left and right margins horizontal tab stops that are used by the horizontal tab command and to set Page 10 4 LT User s Manual the maximum presentation position for the page The SHF command has multiple parameters in the following format SHF CNT MPP LM RM T1 C IN Where SHF The Set Horizontal Format command code 2BC1h CNT A Count of the number of bytes in this command string including the count byte MPP The maximum width of the print line Default is the line length of the physical device IM The character position of the Left Margin LM is also the first horizontal tab stop
63. This command requires extra page composition and should be used with moderation Page 14 24 XAT User s Manual Overstrike Stop A COMMAND Eslzp A RANGE N A This command or a Font Change command will stop overstriking Subscript Start A COMMAND E I A RANGE N A The Start Subscripting command lowers the baseline of subsequent characters When using a smaller font for the subscripted text the user must call the font after the subscript command because the distance that the baseline is lowered is determined by the font in use This command cannot be used to further lower text that is already subscripted If underlining and subscript are to be used together refer to the Start Underlining command for information on how the two commands interact Superscript Start A COMMAND h A RANGE N A The Start Superscripting command raises the baseline of subsequent characters When using a smaller font for the superscripted text the user must call the font after the superscript command because the distance that the baseline is raised is determined by the font in use This command cannot be used to further raise text that is already superscripted If underlining and superscript are to be used together refer to the Start Underlining command for information on how the two commands interact Sub Superscript Stop A COMMAND EJs XES COMMANDS Page 14 25 A RANGE N A This command will
64. a inserted when the user wants a Configuration Status Page an optional comment printed on the status sheet and a line end Occasionally it includes a user entered variable For example the command to start printing a document P comment Non Job Control Commands Simple commands consist of the escape character and one or two other characters For example the command for centering a line of text is q Commands with user entered variables are used to set parameters such as line spacing or margin width They may include punctuation marks that serve as delimiters and alphanumeric characters such as comments or file names Some require a line end For example the command for setting margins is mH T B L RLe where H 7 B L R represent the variables for page height top bottom left and right margins respectively Configuration Status Page Some XES commands provide for an optional Configuration Status Page Job Status Page to be printed after the print job in which the command occurs The Configuration Status Page is printed if the command is followed immediately by a comma or if an error is detected either during the print Page 14 6 XAT User s Manual job or during power up The 3270 X LT enables the user to determine the conditions in which a Configuration Status Page will be printed Refer to Section 15 Alternate Host Configuration for information on specifying the conditions in which a
65. a predetermined location on the page FF 0C Form Feed Causes the printer to eject the current page and brgin a new page This occurs only if the printable character has been placed on the page Page 14 34 XAT User s Manual CR 0D Carriage Return Causes the printer to return to the first print position of the current line It may also be used as a valid line ending perform in both the carriage rturn and the line feed functions ESC ID Escape Ths character gives subsequent codes different meanings XES COMMANDS Page 14 35 SECTION 15 XEDIT CONFIGURATION General Information XEDIT is a menu driven MS PC DOS based utility that enables users to change the default configuration of the AGILE s line of XES translation products including the X TRA series 3270 series and ULTRA II Configuration changes made with this software will be saved in the unit s permanent nonvolatile storage even when power has been disconnected from the unit Getting Started Loading XEDIT Start by connecting the XES translator to the host system and to the printer as described in Section 2 Installation Then load and run XEDIT If the user s 3 5 high density disk drive has a letter designation other than A or if the user is running the software after installing it on a hard drive substitute the appropriate letter and subdirectory name for A in these instructions At the A gt promp
66. able or PFS commands within print jobs Refer to Section 8 Display Write 370 Support for more information 3 Line Spacing A Range 001 009 A Default 001 This option allows the user to set line spacing to any value between and 9 Any line feeds received from the coax host or sent out by the 3270 X LT are multiplied by the value of this option The default is 1 single spacing 4 Local Copy Null Line Suppression A Range Y N A Default Y In a local copy or DSC print job this option determines whether or not lines containing only nulls are printed The default value is Yes 5 Xerox 36 Hex Transparency A Range Y N A Default N If this option is set to Yes Xerox 36 Hex transparency is enabled If this option is set to No 36h will be ignored The default value is No Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information Note If this option is set to Yes Option 1 Column width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 12 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information Page 3 4 AJAT User s Manual 6 Form Feed Before Local Copy A Range Y N A Default N Determines whether or not a form feed will be sent to the printer before beginning a
67. age from being sent or a delay can be set to give the user time to fix the problem 27 Intervention Required Delay A Range 0 255 A Default 010 This option determines how many minutes the 3270 X LT will wait after receiving a printer fault indication before sending an Intervention Required message to the coax host if Option 26 is set to Y es If the problem is Page 3 8 HILT User s Manual minor such as a paper jam the user may correct the problem before it needs to be reported The user may select any value between 0 immediate and 255 The default value is 10 minutes 28 Reserved This option is reserved 29 Reserved This option is reserved 30 Pseudo Transparency Mode PTM Selection A Range A B A Default A Determines which of two methods will be used to begin pseudo transparency mode A Trigger Trigger 2 or B Trigger 1 Count Byte The default value is A Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information 31 Discard PTM Terminating Delimiter A Range Y N A Default N Determines whether or not the 3270 X LT when Option 30 is set to A Trigger 1 Trigger 2 PTM will discard the character that terminates PTM _ e the first hexadecimal character that is outside the range of 0 9 or A F The default value is No Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information 32 DSC Trigger 1 A Range Hex Value A Default 1B Det
68. alid pairs of hexadecimal characters When the 3270 X LT detects an asterisk it combines the two bytes prior to the asterisk to form a count byte and it combines the two TRANSPARENCY MODES Page 7 5 bytes after the asterisk to form a repeat byte The 3270 X LT then sends out the repeat byte to the printer the number of times indicated by the count byte This provides some compression of graphic data Here are some examples using the default Trigger 1 that show the output sent to the printer upon receiving input from the coax host when using MD Laser pseudo transparency Host Input to 3270 X LT ASCII Output C2616263 abc C2616263 abc C24102 4205 43 ABBCCCCC If Option 55 is set to No the default then the trigger and all of the otherwise transparent characters will be printed normally as indicated by the active translate table see Section 5 Translate Tables Laserpage Pseudo Transparency The 3270 X LT is capable of supporting Laserpage a software product that allows IBM AFP data streams to be printed to Xerox and Hewlett Packard laser printing systems Laserpage uses a transparency mode similar to Trigger 1 Trigger 2 PTM but with repeat count capabilities If Option 59 is set to Yes when the 3270 X LT detects Trigger 1 followed by Trigger 2 in the data stream it begins checking for valid pairs of hexadecimal characters When the 3270 X LT detects an asterisk it combines the two bytes
69. am The default value is an SCS cent sign 4Ah Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information This character is also used as a trigger for configuring the 3270 X LT invoking PFSs and programming PFSs from the coax host Note The Trigger 1 character should be reserved for this use only Any other use of the Trigger I character may produce unpredictable results 35 SCS Trigger 2 A Range Hex Value A Default 5B Determines which SCS character must follow Trigger 1 in order to start PTM Page 3 10 AJAT User s Manual when Option 30 is set to A The user may enter any two character hexadecimal value except for 6Fh 6Ch 5Ah and 50h amp which are used by the 3270 X LT for other purposes The default value is an SCS dollar sign 5Bh Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information 36 Reserved This option is reserved 37 Reserved This option is reserved 38 Reserved This option is reserved 39 Transparency Trigger 1 Output A Range Hex Value A Default 9B Determines the character that will be sent to the printer when Option 30 is set to A and the Trigger character is not followed by the Trigger 2 character The user may enter any two character hexadecimal value The default value is 9Bh Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information 40 Reserved This option is reserved 41 Reserved This option is re
70. and gt gt PP An optional comma is used to print a Configuration Status Page Job Status Sheet after the print job A An optional comment to be printed on the Configuration Status Page A Aline end either CR LF NL or CR LF is sometimes required Line Endings The symbol L is used in these instructions to indicate a line end if the command requires a line end However the user must use either a carriage return line feed new line or carriage return line feed as the actual line ending The line ending must be defined as an X LT configuration parameter Refer to Section 15 Alternate Host Configuration for information on defining the line ending to be used Types of Escape Sequences There are two types of escape sequences A Job Control Commands A Non Job Control Commands Job Control Commands A job control command either sets job boundaries or formats the printed output in some way Job control commands are used to reset the printer start a print job or load fonts graphics or forms An optional comment of XES COMMANDS Page 14 5 up to 132 characters if preceded by a comma will be printed on a Configuration Status Page upon the receipt of the next job control command All jobs should begin and end with one or more job control commands A job control command always includes a plus symbol following the escape character and it always includes an instruction It may include an optional comm
71. and X TRA If the user selects A ways the Configuration Status Page will be printed upon power up when requested within a document when an error condition occurs and when the user selects Mode C The other choices restrict the printing of the Configuration Status Page to a smaller set of conditions Error Level This option is used in conjunction with the Job Sheet option It is used to determine which level of error qualifies as an error for the purpose of printing a Configuration Status Page It also determines when a Configuration Status Page is printed which errors are reported on the page The default choice is Parse The user can also choose among Critical Fatal Implementation and Superficial If the user chooses Fata the only errors reported will be those that prevent the document from being printed Critical errors are those will cause the document to print incorrectly such as missing fonts or forms Parse errors are those caused by incorrect or incomplete XES commands Implementation errors are due to the unit s implementation of XES commands Superficial errors are those that will not affect printed output Each choice is inclusive of the choice s above it Undo Settings Alt U Changes to the configuration of the unit are not installed saved in the flash memory until the user either quits XEDIT or uses the Jnsta Settings Now or Install As New Configuration commands Undo Settings is a command that will cancel al
72. bs Portrait Landscape The Tabs menu enables the user to set Horizontal Tabs and Vertical Tabs Page 15 20 AAT User s Manual for both portrait and landscape pages as indicated by the illustration below These options are equivalent to the XES Tabs Horizontal and Tabs Vertical commands respectively Selecting any of the four tab setting choices will cause XEDIT to display the following dialog box the Horizontal Tabs Portrait dialog box is Configuration ta edit N Default powerup config D illustrated To enter a new tab value mouse users can move the mouse pointer to any of the fields indicated by underscore characters press the left mouse button and then type the value of the tab location Keyboard users can use t u or n to move to any of these fields then type the value of the tab location Up to 64 values can be entered in any order Duplicate entries are automatically reconciled and XEDIT will automatically place the entries in their correct order Values can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 0 000 XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 21 Horizontal Tabs Fortrait D and 4 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between Oand 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between 0 and
73. commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient the receiving antenna Relocate the X TRA II with respect to the receiver Move the X TRA II away from the receiver Plug the printer into a different outlet so that the printer and receiver are on different branch circuits ddda If necessary the user should consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions The booklet How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems prepared by the Federal Communications Commission may also be helpful This booklet is available from the US Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Stock No 004 000 00345 4 WARNING This equipment has been certified to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC rules Only peripherals computer input output devices printers plotters etc certified to comply with the Class A commercial or Class B residential limits may be attached to the X TRA II Operation with non certified peripherals is likely to result in interfe
74. cters are found in the data they will be translated into a hyphen Six locations in the DSC to ASCII table are used to perform functions The Page 5 6 XAT User s Manual following chart indicates the function that will be performed upon the receipt of each DSC input value Inputvalue Function 00h Null Olh EM End of Message 02h FF Form Feed 03h NL New Line 05h CR Carriage Return 10h SP Space 1Bh Trigger 1 character default TRANSLATE TABLES Page 5 7 Table 1 DSC to ASCII 8 Z8 x8 rs lx als n 0 gB BR Table 2 SCS to ASCII Translate Table 2 is invoked when the 3270 X LT detects an SCS data stream and when Option 10 is set to A ASCII SCS input code 40h is the SCS space character Other SCS input codes representing attributes or graphic characters will be translated into a space ASCII 20h This emulates the functions of a 3287 printer SCS 5Eh is the logical not 7 and is translated into ASCII 5Eh the caret symbol SCS 60h is a hyphen and is translated into an ASCII 2Dh If SCS input codes for graphic characters international character sets or non translatable Page 5 8 LT User s Manual characters are found in the data they will be translated into a hyphen Fourteen locations in the SCS to ASCII table are used to perform functions The fo
75. ctions of Xerox printers running in XES mode also known as UDK XDPM or 2700 mode The 3270 X LT interprets each supported command and converts it into the PCLS printer language This section lists each XES command supported by the 3270 X LT and describes how each is implemented by the X LT for use with PCLS printers XES is an acronym for Xerox Escape Sequence It is called an escape sequence because each command in the set is preceded by an escape character The escape character is a trigger that indicates that the data that follows it is not data to be printed but a command to be executed by the printer The escape character is an ASCII 1Bh 27 decimal Some systems are unable to transmit this character directly to the printer so the user defined key UDK is provided as a substitute User Defined Keys The user may define a substitute character for the escape character if the escape character on the host does not transmit properly The substitute escape character is known as the user defined key or UDK To define a UDK enter the following at the start of a job UDK character Thereafter until the end of the job or until the user specifies otherwise the printer recognizes the selected character as the escape character For example to define the asterisk as the UDK UDK Thereafter instead of using Es B L enter BL J Instead of using d enter d Page 14 2 XAT User s Manual Selecting a UDK When
76. d by PCLS printers Margins Portrait Landscape These settings determine the area of the page in which characters can be printed The menu choices are indicated in the following illustration Top Margin Page 15 18 AAT User s Manual The Top Margin setting determines the number of inches from the top edge of the page to the baseline origin of the first line of text The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the Configuration tn edit D Default powerup config D setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 0 000 and 74 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between 0 and 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between d and 840 The default value for portrait pages is 200 300ths inch the default value for landscape pages is 20 300ths inch Bottom Margin The Bottom Margin setting determines the number of inches from the bottom edge of the page to the baseline origin of the last line of text The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 0 000 and 4 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between Oand 4200 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between 0 and 84
77. e the Trigger default is the trigger an ampersand amp tells the 3270 X LT to send a PFS to the printer and n is the number of the PFS to send Here are some examples amp 0 send the Power On Sequence PFS to the printer amp 2 set line density to 8 lines per inch PFSs can be triggered at any appropriate place in the data stream or the trigger sequence may be sent as a file print or as a local copy Note If the user intends to trigger PFSs in the data stream of a print job Option 1 Column Width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information Multiple Function Strings Programmable Function Strings may be set up so they will automatically execute additional PFSs By including a plus sign as the last character in a PFS the 3270 X LT will send that PFS plus the following PFS to the printer For example if PFS 3 is defined as xx xx xx where xx represents a hexadecimal pair whenever PFS 3 is executed the contents of both PFS 3 and PFS 4 will be sent to the printer Page 4 4 NLT User s Manual By including a plus sign anda PFS number as the last two characters in a PFS the 3270 X LT will send that PFS plus PFS n to the printer For exa
78. e user would like to draw a line on a portrait orientation page parallel to the y axis that starts 1 75 over from the x origin and 0 25 up from the y origin and that is 6 0 long and 1 50 wide y525 75 1800 6 The page orientation is determined by the first font on the page so be certain to specify a font before using this command XES COMMANDS Page 14 23 To draw a line on a landscape orientation page parallel to the x axis that starts 5 0 down from the x origin and 1 5 over from the y origin and that is 4 0 long and 1 100 wide x1500 150 1200 3 Document Enhancement Commands This section describes the commands for bolding underlining overstriking subscripting and superscripting text Bold Start A COMMAND b A RANGE N A This command begins bolding for every character printed subsequently A bold effect is produced by printing every character twice with the second character moved slightly to the right This command requires extra page composition formatting and should be used with moderation bold fonts are preferred when a lot of bold text is needed Bold Stop A COMMAND Jp A RANGE N A This command ends bolding Overstrike Start A COMMAND E zoC A RANGE N A The Start Overstriking command will cause one character to be printed over another character where C is the character to be used for overstriking Overstriking continues until the command to cancel it is received
79. ected to the lowest numbered port Mouse users can simply move the mouse pointer to the appropriate choice and press the left mouse button then move the mouse pointer to OK and press the left mouse button Select Cancel or click on the Close button to exit without making any changes Keyboard users can use the arrow keys unhk to move among the choices and t will enable the user to highlight either OK or Cancel and to select one or the other by pressing L An error message will be displayed if the unit is either powered down or disconnected from the designated port The error must be corrected before configuration can continue After the port has been selected XEDIT will automatically put the unit into Configuration Mode Mode F on X TRA products and the ULTRA II After exiting XEDIT the unit will automatically perform a power on Reset and return to Normal Operating Mode XEDIT Main Screen After selecting the appropriate port the program will display the main screen of XEDIT Users can navigate through the menus and other choices in XEDIT either with a mouse or with keyboard commands Using a mouse standard graphical user interface elements such as pull down menus can be activated by moving the mouse pointer to the choice and pressing the left mouse button to select it The following diagram shows the choices available from the main menu bar of XEDIT Page 15 4 AAT User s Manual Keyboard Commands File
80. ed This option is reserved 21 Reserved This option is reserved 22 Reserved This option is reserved 23 Reserved This option is reserved CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 7 24 Reserved This option is reserved 25 Reserved This option is reserved 26 Intervention Required A Range Y N A Default Y The host should be informed when a problem is detected with the printer or the protocol converter This option determines whether or not the 3270 X LT transmits an Intervention Required message to the coax host when a printer fault e g out of paper is reported by the printer The default value is Yes Coax host systems react differently to Intervention Required In some cases the printer may be disabled until a command is sent to reacquire the printer and printing can restart either at page 1 from the top of the page where the intervention occurred or from where the printing stopped If the handling of intervention is causing a problem the best solution is to change the way in which the system responds to it For example since laser printers buffer all data received it is not necessary to retransmit any data from a previous page The system should be configured to halt when an Intervention Required is received so when the error condition is cleared the system will continue transmitting from where it left off Intervention Required can be disabled to prevent the error mess
81. efer to the Xerox printer programmer reference for detailed information on changing emulations on line Refer to Section 4 Programmable Function Strings for information about PFSs 11 Reserved This option is reserved 12 Reserved This option is reserved 13 Reserved This option is reserved 14 Reserved This option is reserved 15 Bold Print Emulation A Range A C A Default C Determines how the 3270 X LT implements bold printing The choices are A 3287 printer emulation B Display Write 370 emulation or C None The default value is C For more information refer to section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support Note To avoid unexpected formatting results this option should be set to C none if any of the following are true A the user or the user s application embeds escape sequences in the data stream Page 3 6 LT User s Manual A the user or the user s application embeds transparency or pseudo transparency strings in the data stream A the user embeds 3270 X LT commands configuration translate table or PFS commands within print jobs A Option 1 Column Width is set to 0 infinite line length Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information 16 Reserved This option is reserved 17 Reserved This option is reserved 18 Reserved This option is reserved 19 Reserved This option is reserved 20 Reserv
82. emove from flash memory any fonts that the user has installed Simply highlight the name of the font to be deleted using the mouse or the arrow keys un then select Delete or press d When the confirmation dialog box is displayed select Yes to continue Non Shrinkable Fonts This dialog box enables the user to list all of the installed downloaded or printer resident fonts that will print incorrectly due to space compression caused by using the Shrink algorithm Listing the fonts here will prevent these fonts from having space removed between characters when Shrink has been selected for Size Correction under Printer Setup in the Configuration menu Fonts that may be distorted by shrinking include bar codes logos and signatures Use the mouse or t to highlight the field in which to enter the font name Enter the name of the font exactly including upper and lower case letters as appropriate If using both portrait and landscape orientations of a font both names must be entered separately even if only one has been installed because the user has set Font Rotation to Active under Text Generation in the Configure menu To delete a font entry simply highlight its name and press v or x Exit the dialog box by using the mouse or t to select OK or press d to accept the choice Page 15 30 AAT User s Manual Load Resources File Firmware upgrades are provided in the form of resource files In order to install a firmware upgrade i
83. ensity SLD 2BC6h Set vertical line spacing Set Vertical Format SVF 2BC2h Set vertical margins and tabs Transparency TRN 35h Pass following data after the count byte without translation Vertical Channel Select VCS 04h Send CR LF to printer Vertical Tab VT OBh Move PP down to next vertical tab Page 10 8 LT User s Manual SNA Printer Exception Conditions Sense Codes Exception conditions in SNA are reported by sending a negative response to the sender of the data The negative response contains a sense code that describes the type of exception condition that occurred Some of these conditions are errors and some are just temporary exceptions The following is a list of SNA sense codes that can be sent to the host as the result of an exception condition involving a printer Sense codes are made up of two bytes of information The first byte describes the class of exception that occurred 10h for Request Errors 08h for Request Reject The second byte describes the specific condition Request Errors 10h 05h Parameter Error This indicates an invalid SCS parameter in the data stream This condition is usually the result of a programming error in the software that is building the SCS data stream It may also be caused by sending an unsupported SCS command Request Reject 08h 01h Resource Not Available Either the printer is configured for local use or an outbound pacing overrun has occurred This is a n
84. ent se eebe AE Sdt 14 12 Font Change ER EE RE 14 12 Page Formatting Commands see ese esse esse esse ese ee Ee Ee ee Ee se ee 14 12 WITS SS OO ER EE EE 14 12 Units SOOS BERE ESE DE OE SE he EEN 14 13 ES EE E reon a aA E E asa a Esis 14 13 Marim FOP RE EER OE 14 14 Margin BOOMs se be ses EE NARE Re ESEG ee ivori ES ee bee dee 14 14 Margins Left EE EE SE SR EE ge eg Ee cede bee ere 14 15 Margin di AE EE EE T 14 15 Tabs Herz emp est veer Be ects dearth 14 15 Tabs Clear Horizontal areolar ioar Re ee ee Re ee ee ee ee ee 14 16 Tabs Verticals ES SEE acter EER ED Ge EE 14 16 Tabs Clear Vertical iis se EER SERS EEN GR EG ER EENS 14 17 Justificati ii SEE es ee ee ed ee ee EE ee eg ER Oe eed 14 17 Juistification SOP EE 14 17 Justification Unlimited iese ee ee ee ee Re ee ee ee Ee 14 18 Center 5 525 ER EE testes T SE T iatis 14 18 LINE Spacie eae ATE ees 14 18 Line Spacing Absolute 14 19 Character Spacing Absolute cccseseeceeceeeeeneeeeeeeeesenneees 14 19 Forms Creation Commands csssssccccccssssssccceccsssssscceeeeeees 14 20 Baseline Placement Absolute ees se ee RR RR Re 14 20 Text Placement Absolute 14 21 Text Placement Relative ie ese ee Re ee ee RR Re ee ee Re ee 14 21 Line Draw OO EER ESE eee EED ae es EES 14 22 Document Enhancement Commande sesse ee ees se ee se Ge An 14 23 Bold Start is ebe OM aa ee 14 23 Bold Sto RE 14 23 Overstrike Stats ES ee ge SA ees ge Ee se Ge eggs ees
85. er Devices such as CRTs and printers that connect to IBM 3270 control units are classified as either Category A or Category B devices All new control units are configured with Type A device adapters The Category B devices are those that are supported by IBM 3271 and 3272 control units configured with Type B device adapters 3274 control units can also be configured with Type B device adapters for support of Category B devices Category A Devices Category B Devices 3262 Line Printer 3277 Display Station 3278 Display Station 3284 Character Printer 3279 Color Display Station 3286 Character Printer 3287 Character Printer 3288 Line Printer 3289 Line Printer Page 9 2 SE User s Manual VTAM and Network Control Program Requirements The 3174 3274 or 3276 control unit to which the 3270 X LT is attached must be defined as a type 2 physical unit and the logical unit type 1 or 3 definition must be included for each 3270 X LT to be attached The following is an example of log mode entry tables for DSC and SCS that may be used with the 3270 X LT If necessary consult with the Company System Manager regarding specific requirements for the system environment and applications DSC2K MODEENTLOGMODE DSC2K BIND USED FOR APPLICATION SESSIONS UNCTION MANAGEMENT PROFILE RANSMISSIO SERVICES PROFILE RIMARY PROTOCOL ECONDARY PROTOCOL OMMON PROTOCOL RI RUSIZE 1024 SEC RUSIZE 1024 FMPROF X 03 TSPROF X 03 PRIPROT X B1
86. ermines which DSC character will be used in conjunction with either Trigger 2 or a Count Byte depending upon the setting of Option 30 to signal the start of PTM The user may enter any two character hexadecimal CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 9 value that will not otherwise be found in the data stream The default value is a DSC cent sign 1Bh Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information This character is also used as a trigger for configuring the 3270 X LT invoking PFSs and programming PFSs from the coax host Note The Trigger 1 character should be reserved for this use only Any other use of the Trigger I character may produce unpredictable results 33 DSC Trigger 2 A Range Hex Value A Default 1A Determines which DSC character must follow Trigger 1 in order to start PTM when Option 30 is set to A The user may enter any two character hexadecimal value except for 18h 2Eh 19h and 30h amp which are used by the 3270 X LT for other purposes The default value is a DSC dollar sign 1Ah Refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes for more information 34 SCS Trigger 1 A Range Hex Value A Default 4A Determines which SCS character will be used in conjunction with either Trigger 2 or a Count Byte depending upon the setting of Option 30 to signal the start of PTM The user may enter any two character hexadecimal value that will not otherwise be found in the data stre
87. es an infinite line length Note To avoid unexpected formatting results this option should be set to infinite line length if any of the following are true A the user or the user s application embeds escape sequences in the data stream A the user or the user s application embeds transparency or pseudo transparency strings in the data stream A the user embeds 3270 X LT commands configuration translate table or PFS commands within print jobs Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information This option should not be set to infinite line length if Option 15 Bold Print Emulation is set to any value other than C none 2 Lines Per Page A Range 000 255 A Default 000 This option allows the user to set the number of printable lines per page to any value between 0 and 255 The value of this option is the last line on the page at which the 3270 X LT will allow any character to be printed before sending a form feed The default value is 0 which implies an infinite page length Note To avoid unexpected formatting results this option should be set to infinite page length if any of the following are true CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 3 A the user or the user s application embeds escape sequences in the data stream A the user or the user s application embeds transparency or pseudo transparency strings in the data stream A the user embeds 3270 X LT commands configuration translate t
88. etwork configuration problem that should be referred to the systems programmer 02h Intervention Required Either the printer is out of paper or a paper jam has occurred This condition is temporary and can be cleared by the remote terminal operator 11h Break The operator pressed the cancel switch while the printer was in the middle of a chain of data The chain may be restarted under host software control 14h Bracket Bid Reject RTR to Follow The printer is temporarily busy doing a Local Copy The printer will send an RTR command when it is no longer busy then printing can continue 1Ch Request Not Executable The requested function cannot be executed because of a permanent error condition in the printer 31h LU Component Disconnected The device is powered off or the coaxial cable is not connected to the 3270 control unit If the 3270 X LT is SCS DATA STREAMS Page 10 9 powered on and connected it may be necessary to power down and power up to reestablish communication between the 3270 X LT and the system SECTION 11 DSC DATA STREAMS General Information The DSC Data Stream Compatibility character set is found in non SNA environments It has a limited number of control characters which are explained below Carriage Return CR O5h This command moves the presentation position to the left margin End of Message EM 01h The End of Message command terminates printing and it may
89. eudo Transparency Mode Selection Translate Table Charts The following pages show all of the translate tables with their default values An explanation of when each table is invoked by the 3270 X LT is included and a description of the functions performed by each table is provided Table 1 DSC to ASCII This translate table is invoked when a DSC data stream is detected by the 3270 X LT and when Option 10 is set to A ASCII During an unformatted operation printing begins with the first data byte and continues until the last data byte is printed or until a valid EM character is received Each print line is left justified At the end of each printout a CR LF is sent to allow the printer to start the next printout at the left margin When an EM appears in the first print position of a print line a CR LF is not sent to the printer because the printer is already positioned at the left margin for the next printout In DSC 16h is a solid vertical line and is translated into an ASCII 7Ch and sent to the printer Some printers display a solid vertical line when a 7Ch is received and some display a broken vertical line In DSC 17h is a broken vertical line and is translated into extended ASCII 99h an eight bit ASCII character This is compatible with Xerox laser printers DSC 31h is a hyphen and is translated into an ASCII 2Dh If DSC input codes for graphic characters international character sets or non translatable chara
90. f Option 58 is set to No then the trigger the count byte and all of the otherwise transparent characters will be printed normally as indicated by the active translate table see Section 5 Translate Tables Xerox 36 Hex Transparency Mode This form of transparency is identical to 35h transparency except that the trigger character is 36h Xerox applications typically use 36h instead of 35h to send data directly to the printer If Option 5 is set to Yes the 3270 X LT detects the trigger picks up the count byte and starts passing through the remaining data If Option 5 is TRANSPARENCY MODES Page 7 3 set to No then the trigger the count byte and all of the otherwise transparent data will be printed normally as indicated by the active translate table see Section 5 Translate Tables Pseudo Transparency Mode The 3270 X LT has its own form of transparency called pseudo transparency mode PTM Unlike IBM 35h and Xerox 36h transparency pseudo transparency can be used in both DSC and SCS data streams This type of transparency has two forms Trigger 1 Trigger 2 or two trigger and Trigger 1 count byte or one trigger In either trigger method the only valid characters following the trigger sequence are the numerals 0 9 and the letters A F The type of pseudo transparency selected is determined by Option 30 Pseudo Transparency Mode Selection The default is A Trigger 1 Trigger
91. face SNA Character String Definitions 10 1 SCS Commands Supported by the 3270 X LT esse sesse esse sesse se ese ee 10 2 Backspace BS TOh ius ees sesse ESE EE GE EE EE a eek dee 10 2 Carriage Return CR Ob 10 2 End of Message EM 10bh ee ee RR Re ee ee Re ee 10 2 Form Feed FF oCh 10 2 Horizontal Tab HT O5h ou cece ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 10 2 Interchange File Separator IFS TCh wo ee ee ee ee 10 3 Interchange Group Separator IGS 1Dh see se 10 3 Interchange Record Separator IRS 1ER se ee ee 10 3 Interchange Unit Separator US 1Fh esse ee ee ee ee ee 10 3 Line Feed LEE ES ER SE ee ee Ge Ge Cote ANERE 10 3 New Line NL T5h ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee 10 3 NGI OOK aes ie eras AE EE Ge 10 3 Set Horizontal Format SHF 2BCTh eee ee ee ee ee ee 10 3 Set Line Density SLD 2BCph ee ee ee ee ee 10 4 Set Vertical Format SVF 2BC2h c cece ee ee ee ee 10 4 Transparent TRN 35h ees se ee ee Re RR ee RR Re 10 5 Vertical Channel Select VCS 04h ee ee ee 10 6 Vertical Tab DN OR Ee ele 10 6 SCS Command Summary cesesseesscrscessveseserssssenesesesssseseseess 10 7 SNA Printer Exception Conditions Sense Codes sesse sesse sesse ee 10 8 R duestErrors Oh eebe sees S Eesen GE EE ee 10 8 R duest Reject Dh ounst Seege 10 8 DSC DATA STREAMS Section 11 General LnfOrmathOn ii EE se Se SS dee See 11
92. first select the configuration to be modified Se ect Configuration enables this selection by displaying a dialog box wherein the user can choose the number of the configuration to be edited The number selected is constantly displayed in the box in the upper right corner of the screen next to Configuration to Page 15 8 AAT User s Manual Change Default Configuration Text Generation Printer Setup Margins Portrait Undo Settings Install Settings Now Delete Configuration edit The unit can store up to ten configurations Each configuration can be defined and later invoked using the XES Page Format Select command for a specific type of print job Each unit is shipped with eight configurations Each consists of the options listed as defaults in this section The difference between each of them consists primarily of each of the possible combinations of the following three variables as indicated in the chart that follows 1 Size Correction Shrink or Offset 2 Page Orientation Portrait or Landscape 3 Emulation Mode XES or Passthrough Configuration Size Correction Orientation Emulation 0 Shrink Portrait XES Mode 1 Shrink Landscape XES Mode 2 Offset Portrait XES Mode 3 Offset Landscape XES Mode 4 Shrink Portrait Passthrough XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 9 s oma Ponar rasmus Offset Portrait Passthrough Offset Landscape Passthrough Page orientation implies the following set
93. five are reserved The tables are listed here with their table access number or letter Table Description 1 DSCtoASCII 2 SCStoASCII 3 ASCIIto ASCII also used for the configuration report 4 DSCtoEBCDIC 5 SCSto EBCDIC 6 ASCIIto EBCDIC also used for the configuration report 7 Reserved Notused 8 Reserved Notused 9 Reserved SCS font download table A Reserved DSC font download table Page 5 2 XAT User s Manual B Reserved Notused C Reserved Notused Translate tables can be modified from the coax host or from an alternate host Refer to Section 6 Coax Host Configuration and Section 15 Alternate Host Configuration for information Note Modifying translate tables should be attempted only by advanced users with a clear understanding of how the translate tables function Translate Table Selection The 3270 X LT determines the appropriate translation table to use based upon both the user s configuration of the 3270 X LT and the data stream it receives The output ASCII or EBCDIC is determined by the user s configuration of the 3270 X LT using configuration Option 10 The input is detected by analysis of the data stream by the 3270 X LT When an EBCDIC character from the host arrives at the 3270 X LT it may be either DSC or SCS data See Section 10 SCS Data Streams and Section 11 DSC Data Streams for more information The table to be used is selected by the 3270 X LT by combining the
94. ge 2 6 SE User s Manual figure 2 4 A Remove the controller board by grasping both thumbscrews and pulling toward you with firm and even force Place the controller on the ream of paper so that the printed circuit board is supported from the bottom Inserting the 3270 X LT A Locate the XNIO slot on the controller board A With the phillips screwdriver remove the plate covering the interface port Do not discard the plate A Slide the parallel interface and interface cord of the 3270 X LT through the open interface port A Line up the 3270 X LT s connector to the slot on the controller board and slide the coax interface through the port opening so that X LT is properly aligned fig 2 5 A Gently press the card straight down onto the controller board until the unit is firmly in place INSTALLATION Page 2 7 figure 2 5 CAUTION DO NOT press the 3270 X LT on to the controller board at an angle or interface pins could he bent damaging the unit and causing it tonotfunction properly portopening so thatthat the X LT is properly aligned A Gently press the card straight down onto the controller board until the unit is firmly in place A Fasten mounting screw to the printer throgh the guiding holes on ether side of the 3270 X LT CAUTION DONOT press theX LTon tothe controller hoard at an angle or inte
95. gins offsets absolute line spacing coordinates and tabs This option determines whether the user s entries are entered and displayed in inches 1 60 inch units or 1 300 inch units Page 15 32 AAT User s Manual The default value is 300ths Regardless of the format in which they are entered and displayed all measurements are stored by the unit in 1 300 inch units As such all values entered as tenths hundredths or thousandths of inches will be rounded down to the nearest 1 300 inch equivalent Note that the numerical entries displayed will change after the user changes the unit of measurement For instance a margin of 1 000 in inch units will be displayed as a margin of 300 in 1 300 inch units The actual margin measurement itself will not be changed simply by changing the unit of measure Note This setting is not related to the setting in Units of Measure under Other Options in the Configure menu Measurement Units for Entries is used only for measurement units entered within XEDIT Confirm Before Updating After configuration changes have been made the changes have to be written to the unit s memory This option enables the user to determine whether or not XEDIT will display a warning message immediately prior to the changes being written If the user chooses Yes the warning message will be displayed allowing the user to cancel the changes If the user chooses No the configuration memory will change without any war
96. guage and will always use their built in character set The fonts built in to Xerox printers that are simulated by the X LT do not support the ISO character set and therefore do not support language selection If the user needs language support for these fonts the user must either download or install in the X LT s flash memory the real versions of these fonts using XEDIT Language is supported only if Character Set is set to ASCII Data Monitor XES COMMANDS Page 14 33 A COMMAND E D A RANGE N A This command prints the hexadecimal codes representing all characters received by the printer This allows the user to analyze data being sent from the host Data Monitor Mode must be exited with the Reset command Contol Codes In the ASCII coding scheme all bytes with values less than 20h represent control functions The following table describes the control codes BEL 07 Bell The 3270 X LT will send a BELL character to the printer BS 08 Backspace Causes the printer to move the print position one space to the left only if it is the first code in the print line to the right of the current position a space is performed LF 25 Line Feed Makes the print position to be moved down on line height The code may be used as a valid line ending code perfoming both the carrige return and line feed functions as well as a command terminator VT OB Vertical Tab Causes the print position to be moved vertically to
97. han to configure each individually The user may select which resources are saved in the resources file This enables the user to save only those resources that will be shared by other users or whatever other reason the user may have for saving only some of the resources The user may enter a description for each resource file saved When loading the resources the comment entered will be displayed only the first twenty characters in case the user has saved different configurations XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 31 Pack Memory When resources fonts or configurations have been deleted from the unit gaps are left in the flash memory These gaps can be filled only by resources that are smaller than the space left by the deleted resource To create a unified contiguous free space for the installation of more resources the user should select this option after deleting any resource After the dialog box is displayed use the mouse to select OK or press d to pack the memory When the confirmation dialog box is displayed select Yes to continue Preferences Menu This menu contains the options Measurement Units for Entries and Confirm Before Updating lon references gu easurement Units for Entries M Measurement Units for Entries XEDIT asks the user to enter measurements in several dialog boxes during the configuration process For instance the user may enter measurements for page size mar
98. he XES to PCLS translation feature for Xerox N Series laser printers AGILE makes no warranties expressed or implied as to its completeness or accuracy The information in this manual is current as of the date of its publication but it is subject to change by AGILE at any time without notice This manual is not intended to be used for manufacturing or engineering specifications and it is assumed that the user understands the interrelationship between any affected systems machines programs and media AGILE periodically updates this manual for clarity to correct inaccuracies and typographical errors or to document added or changed product features AGILE will be pleased to improve the manual by implementing suggestions from our customers Please put suggestions in writing and mail to AGILE at the addresses below AGILE Technical Publications 875 Alfred Nobel Drive Hercules CA 94547 1899 e mail TechPubs agileinc com Page iv Sr User s Manual FCC DOC Statement This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy If it is not installed and used in strict accordance with these instructions it may cause interference to radio and television reception This equipment has been tested and complies with the limits for a Class A computing device in accordance with the specifications in Subpart J of Part 15 of FCC Rules which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when operated in a
99. he default configurations have values of Shrink or Offset None will print the XES document to the PCLS printer without compensating for the differences in origin or printable area Because of the difference in page origins the output will start 1 4 inch down and to the right from where it would print on an XES printer This selection ensures that no text is lost or clipped at the upper and left edges of the page but text may be lost or clipped at the bottom and right edges Further because of the difference in positioning on the page this choice is inappropriate for printing on preprinted forms It is useful however for those PCLS printers that can print to the edge of the page Offset corrects for the differences in page origins If selected by the user negative values entered under Top Offsetand Left Offset below will shift the printed output on the page up and to the left by the amount specified If set to 1 4 inch the user can ensure that the effective page origin is the same as that of an XES printer However if the document sends text to the edges of the page this text will be lost or clipped This choice is appropriate for printing on preprinted forms if the XES document does not use the outside 1 4 inch of the page Shrink will reduce the vertical and horizontal distance between the origins of all text characters on the page to 93 75 This is the amount necessary to fit all output on the page even if the document prints edge
100. hen be displayed with the choices Letter tive Folio Legal Ledger A6 A5 A4 A3 and envelope sizes Monarch Com10 Intl DL Intl C5 and Intl BS Choose the paper size appropriate for each tray Each paper size designation is displayed with its measurement Input Tray Map The Japut Tray Selection is used to match the XES input tray number 0 XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 13 A to the PCLS input tray number For example The XES command for tray selection is Ese c where is the input tray number 0 A The PCL5 command for tray selection is s amp 1 H where is the input tray number The following chart illustrates how tray mapping could function if the user has replaced a Xerox 4213 printer running in XES mode with a Xerox N series printer running in PCLS mode The PCL5 is the value sent to the 4500 in the PCLS source paper drawer select command XES 4213 Tray s PCLS 0 HCF 1 2 5 1 1 upper 1 2 2 lower 3 3 HCF 5 4 d 5 1 2 1 6 HCF 2 5 7 HCF 1 5 8 n a A 9 Bypass 2 A n a A Output Tray Selection The Output Tray Selection chooses the default output tray or 2 The default value is This option is equivalent to the XES Output ray command Output Tray Map The Output Tray Selection is used to match the XES output tray number 1 2 to the PCLS output tray number Two up Printing AGILE XES translators do not support the XES Margi
101. highlight their selection and d to accept the choice About Selecting About will display a dialog box with information about XDIT including the software version number its copyright date and the amount of memory available in the user s computer Page 15 34 AAT User s Manual XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 35
102. id option numbers will be changed but the invalid option numbers will remain unchanged A General Configuration Report must be printed to determine which of the options in the command sequences were valid and which were incorrect DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD DATA FIELD VALUE An invalid option parameter a value outside the valid range for the option will result in the following message The example shown indicates that the parameter value for Option 45 was not in the valid range for that option DOWNLOADERROR BADDATA FIELD VALUE 45 X XTHROWNAWAY In the event that this message is printed the user must resend the command sequence for Option 45 with a parameter value in the valid range for that option DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD FIELD SEPARATOR An invalid separator message indicates that the option number and the parameter value were not separated by an equals sign DOWNLOAD ERROR BAD FIELDSEPARATOR Downloading Programmable Function Strings PFS downloading commands take the following format Trigger 1 the cent sign is the default percent sign PFS hexadecimal data pair s percent sign Note that the percent sign both initiates and terminates the downloading sequence No spaces are allowed Page 6 4 LT User s Manual For example if Trigger 1 is the default cent sign the following sequence will define the PFS 0 Power On Sequence as the hexadecimal pairs 31h and 32h 03132 The cent sig
103. ine a substitute character with which to begin XES commands This is useful if the system is not capable of transmitting the s character In this dialog box enter the character that initiates XES commands in the user s documents To define the substitute s character simply type in a printable non alphanumeric character If the entered character is unacceptable an error message will be displayed The default value is None which means that only the s character can be used to begin XES commands Job Timeout The timeout period defined by the user will determine how long the unit will wait for data before it assumes a job boundary and ejects the current page from the printer The user may enter a value between 2 and 600 seconds Note The unit must have a smaller timeout setting than the timeout setting for the printer about two seconds shorter If the printer times out before the unit in some cases the last page will not be printed correctly Job Sheet The Job Sheet option determines under which conditions the unit will print a Configuration Status Page The choices are None Always and all of the possible combinations of Error Request and Power Up The default for all configurations is Power Error XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 25 If the user selects None the Configuration Status Page will not be printed under any conditions except when the user selects Mode C using the Mode Selector button on the top panel of the ULTRA II
104. inor differences The user can use the Se ect Configuration option to select a configuration make a few changes and then use this command to save the edited configuration under a different number This command will not affect the Delete Configuration command or Font menu commands such as Load Font Delete Font Pack Memory and Non Shrinkable Fonts These commands write information to memory immediately Delete Configuration The user can free up space in the unit s flash memory be removing from memory any configurations that are not being used The user can choose any configuration from 0 9 When the confirmation dialog box is displayed select Yes to continue Resources Menu This menu contains the options View Installed Fonts Load Font Delete Font Non Shrinkable Fonts Load Resources File Save Resources to File and Pack Memory XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 27 Each unit has approximately 448K of font storage space in its nonvolatile flash memory depending upon the size of other resources such as configurations Fonts can be used by selecting them with an XES Font Change command Fonts can be selected from among simulated fonts fonts that have been BSOUTCES WS iew Installed Fonts Configuration to edit D Dafault powarup config D downloaded to the printer or fonts that have been stored in flash memory View Installed Fonts View Installed Fonts will display a list of all f
105. ips away any forms control that might corrupt these data types The 3270 X LT is capable of supporting two important XPAF features These are EBCDIC fonts and EBCDIC graphic windows Originally intended for EBCDIC printers these sequences can be sent to an ASCII printer when attached to the 3270 X LT The 3270 X LT s support of XPAF allows the protocol converter to be in ASCII output mode at all times This is an important feature to 3270 X LT users that require the alternate host port for PC type data The 3270 X LT contains special translate tables to accommodate this feature These are not related to the user definable translate tables referred to elsewhere in this manual They are located in ROM and are unchangeable When either a font or graphic window is detected these translate tables are in effect At the end of the font or graphic window the translate table is switched back to the one that was in effect before the graphic window or font was detected Xerox Graphic Window Support When the 3270 X LT sees Es gw a graphic window is being processed The UDK is the user defined key Please refer to the Xerox Printer Programmer Reference for further information on this escape sequence m a ZS If the user s application requires this feature and if the user would like to use the printer in ASCII mode this option should be set to Yes Refer to Option 60 in Section 3 Configuration Options
106. isplay Write 370 enabled when Option 15 Bold Print Emulation is set either to A 3287 printer emulation or B Display Write 370 emulation the data stream is handled in quite a different way than when Display Write is disabled When DisplayWrite is OFF the data stream is sent to the printer a character at a time as it is received In this mode it is permissible for the user to embed printer specific escape sequences or PFS commands in the data stream with predictable results However users with laser printers will be unable to Page 8 2 XAT User s Manual achieve bolding of text unless they invoke a bold font When DisplayWrite is ON each line of text is buffered until a new line CR LF is received or until the column limit determined by Option 1 Column Width is reached whichever comes first No escape sequences should be added to the data stream by the user when DisplayWrite is ON because these escape sequences will be added to the column count and because they will come into conflict with the escape sequences being sent to the printer by the 3270 X LT In other words the user cannot expect to be able to control the printer with escape sequences at the same time that the 3270 X LT is trying to control the printer because conflicts will inevitably occur with unpredictable results Similarly the user should avoid embedding PFS commands in the data stream when DisplayWrite is ON While these commands are not added
107. ivating a feature that allows a font installed in one orientation portrait or landscape to be available for printing in both orientations This option is Active by default Language Language is used to select the language used by the printer U S English is the default The user also can choose U K English French Dutch Spanish Italian Danish Norwegian Finnish German Swedish French Canadian and Latin American Theses ASCII character sets and the ISO character set can be found listed in Section 5 Service and Reference These choices are equivalent to those available on the Xerox 4213 Model II printer with the exception of Belgian and Portuguese which are EBCDIC fonts EBCDIC is not supported by the unit Character Set XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 11 Character Set options include ASCII ISO and PC The default is ASCH These choices are equivalent to those available by setting dip switches on the Xerox 4045 160 printer Line Spacing Line Spacing provides the choices of Absolute Half Single 1 1 2 Double 2 1 2 or Triple Single spacing is the default This option is equivalent to the XES Line Spacing command Absolute Line Spacing Absolute Line Spacing is used to specify a value for spacing when Absolute has been selected under Line Spacing The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches
108. l changes to the configuration of the unit that were made since the previous installation of the unit s configuration settings This command will not undo Font menu commands such as Load Font Delete Font Pack Memory and Non Shrinkable Fonts nor will it undo the Delete Configuration command These commands write information to memory immediately Install Settings Now Alt I Changes to the configuration of the unit are not installed saved in flash memory until the user either quits XEDIT or uses the nsta Settings Now or Install As New Configuration commands Use this command to Page 15 26 AAT User s Manual save any changes to the current configuration This command will not affect the Delete Configuration command or Font menu commands such as Load Font Delete Font Pack Memory and Non Shrinkable Fonts These commands write information to memory immediately Install As New Configuration Changes to the configuration of the unit are not installed saved in flash memory until the user either quits XEDIT or uses the nsta Settings Now or Install As New Configuration commands Use this command to save changes to the current configuration as a different configuration When this option is selected a dialog box is displayed that enables the user to install configuration changes to a different configuration number Enter any digit between d and 9 This command is useful for creating two configurations with only m
109. llowing chart indicates the function that will be performed upon the receipt of each SCS input value Inputvalue 04h 05h 08h OBh OCh ODh 15h 16h 19h 1Eh 25h 28h 2Bh 35h 4Ah Function VCS Vertical Channel Select HT Horizontal Tab GE Graphic Escape VT Vertical Tab FF Form Feed CR Carriage Return NL New Line BS Backspace EM End of Message IRS Interchange Record Separator LF Line Feed SA SCS Set Attribute ESC SCS Escape TRN Transparency Trigger 1 character default TRANSLATE TABLES Page 5 9 Table 2 SCS to ASCII z loe a is bim zWlc Page 5 10 LT User s Manual Translate Table 3 ASCII to ASCII Translate Table 3 is a pass through table used to send alternate host data to a printer using the ASCII character set It is invoked when the 3270 X LT detects an ASCII data stream and when Option 10 is set to A ASCII or C Switchable This table is also used to pass through the configuration report created in ASCII to an ASCII printer when Option 10 is set to A ASCII If this table is modified by the user the configuration report sent to the printer will be affected Translate Table 3 ASCII to ASCII B De Ss G z a o BlnSlos amp lo8 oRl ARl oR aR oB lcA m amp anR gt Blx8 r amp
110. local copy The default value is No 7 Form Feed After Local Copy A Range Y N A Default Y Determines whether or not a form feed will be sent to the printer after finishing a local copy The default value is Yes 8 New Line Order A Range A B A Default A Determines whether new lines will be sent to the printer as A CR LF a carriage return followed by a line feed or as B LF CR The default is A 9 Reserved This option is reserved 10 Output in ASCII or EBCDIC A Range A C A Default A Some printer types such as Xerox 4045s can accept EBCDIC data This option determines whether the 3270 X LT outputs data in the A ASCII or B EBCDIC character set A third option C will have the 3270 X LT send coax host data to the printer in EBCDIC and alternate host data in ASCII The default value is A Note Option C is useful only for users with an alternate host and a Xerox printer capable of changing on line from XES mode to HP PCL emulation These printers include the models 4030 4045 160 4187 4213 and 4235 If CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 5 the user selects option C the printer must be configured by the user to start in XES mode using the EBCDIC character set Additionally PFS B Coax Host PFS must be programmed with the MCK command to change to XES mode and PFS C Alternate Host PFS must be programmed with the MCK command to change to the HP PCL emulation R
111. mmand draws arcs and circles within a graphic window where T is the thickness of the line in pixels no more than one half the size of r X Yare the coordinates of the center of the arc r is the radius of the arc S is the starting point of the arc expressed in degrees E is the endpoint of the arc expressed in degrees S E are additional pairs of starting and ending points as required Where degrees are expressed 0 degrees is at 3 o clock and rotation occurs in a counterclockwise direction Graphic Box A COMMAND E amp gbT7 X Y X Y A RANGE See Below This command draws a rectangle by defining two sets of right angles that form diagonal corners of the rectangle within a graphic window where T is the thickness of the line in pixels X Y are the coordinates of the origin of the graphic box as measured from the top left corner of the graphic window OP Y are the coordinates of the opposite diagonal corner of the graphic OX Graphic Pie Chart XES COMMANDS Page 14 31 A COMMAND EJ gfT X Y 1 F O F O A RANGE See Below This command creates a complete pie chart including fill patterns It can also offset single slices from the rest of the pie chart T is the thickness of the line X Y are the coordinates of the center of the pie chart as measured in pixels from the origin of the graphic window r is the radius of the pie chart is the percentage of the pie to be taken
112. mmand sequence For example if Trigger 1 is the default cent sign the following sequence will set the number of lines per page Option 2 to 51 22 51 The cent sign is Trigger 1 the question mark indicates that the following character sequence is a configuration option command the numeral two 2 indicates that the configuration option to be defined is Option 2 the equals sign is used to separate the option number from the valid option parameter value the numeral fifty one 51 is the value of the option parameter and the semicolon is the terminator Valid option parameters will be one of the following depending upon the option A Adecimal numeric value A Atwo character hexadecimal value A The letter value of an option parameter A E A A Y for YES or an N for NO After the user s selections are keyed on the screen press the local copy key on the terminal The 3270 X LT will interpret each command and store the Page 6 2 LT User s Manual new selections in its non volatile FLASH memory This is a form of permanent storage that will hold the selections even when the unit is powered off The command seguences will not be printed They will affect only the configuration of the 3270 X LT Multiple Option Selections The user can change the parameters of more than one option in a single line Only one terminator per line is necessary to download option values To download several
113. mple if PFS 2 is defined as xx xx xx 7 where xx represents a hexadecimal pair whenever PFS 2 is executed the contents of both PFS 2 and PFS 7 will be sent to the printer PFS Descriptions The following is a complete list of PFSs currently offered A description of when each PFS is triggered by the host application is included although PFSs can also be triggered by the user at any time 0 Power On Sequence The contents of the Power On Sequence PFS are sent to the printer each time the 3270 X LT is powered on or RESET The Power On Sequence is also sent to the printer when a amp 0 Trigger 1 ampersand zero that the user has embedded in the data stream is encountered by the 3270 X LT 8 DisplayWrite 370 Bolding On or User defined If a character backspace same character sequence is detected in the data stream this PFS is sent to the printer Note This is used only when Option 15 Bold Print Emulation is set to A 3287 emulation or B DisplayWrite 370 emulation The Bolding On PFS will also be sent to the printer when a amp 9 Trigger I ampersand nine that the user has embedded in the data stream is encountered by the 3270 X LT If the user is certain that the host never turns on bolding or if Option 15 has been set to C None the user may program this PFS for any purpose 9 DisplayWrite 370 Bolding Off or User defined If bolding was on previously and a character non backspace sequence is
114. n is Trigger 1 the first percent sign indicates that the following character sequence is a PFS configuration command the numeral zero 0 indicates that the PFS to be defined is PFS 0 the numerals 31 and 32 are the hexadecimal pairs that will be sent to the printer when this PFS is invoked and the second percent sign is the terminator To replace the definition of a PFS download a new definition To delete a PFS replace the definition with a space the ASCII space character is 20h For example the following sequence deletes the contents of PFS 0 020 PFSs are restricted to a maximum of 76 characters Note If the user intends to download PFS definitions within the data streams of print jobs Option 1 Column Width should be set to 0 infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to 0 infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none Otherwise unpredictable formatting errors could occur Refer to Section 8 DisplayWrite 370 Support for more information Multiple Function Strings Programmable Function Strings may be set up so they will automatically execute additional PFSs By including a plus sign as the last character in a PFS the 3270 X LT will send that PFS plus the following PFS to the printer For example if PFS 3 is defined as xx xx xx where xx represents a hexadecimal pair whenever PFS 3 is executed the contents of both PFS
115. n an XES translator the user will need to load a resource file provided either on diskette or downloaded from the AGILE web site at www agileinc com A resource file may contain tcode the boot kernel used by XEDIT to configure the unit fonts configurations default configuration and the non shrink fonts list The software distributed with the unit contains all of the above except the non shrink fonts list Firmware upgrades will contain all resources necessary Command Line Interface The user may display the contents and the description of each resource file by using the DOS command TYPE A resource file can be loaded outside of XEDIT by using the command line interface XEDIT R f ename will load a resource file All resources with the same name will be overwritten If no filename is specified a resource file named RESOURCE AGL will be loaded LPT 1 2 3 may also be entered on the command line in order to avoid being asked the port number to which the unit is attached The parameter Z will throw away all resources in the unit and then load in the new set Make sure the resource file has all necessary components before using the Z parameter Save Resources to File If the user has several units that are to be configured identically it may be far easier to configure one of them save the configuration to a resource file on the XEDIT diskette and then load the resource file from that diskette to the other units rather t
116. n is 840 14 0 A Ifthe page orientation is changed the tab settings must also be changed A Tab settings remain valid until the Reset or Clear Horizontal Tabs commands are sent Tabs Clear Vertical A COMMAND e A RANGE N A This command clears all vertical tab settings Justification Start A COMMAND Ej A RANGE N A The Start Justification command will cause the space between words to be expanded or compressed so that each line of text will fit exactly between the left and right margins Spaces can be expanded to 300 percent or compressed to 60 percent of their normal width If the command is in the middle of a line that is where justification will start i e spaces before the command are not adjusted The user must provide line ending and hyphenation decisions when justifying text In other words the appearance of a line of text when justified may be unsatisfactory if too many or too few words occur on a line It is the user s responsibility to insert line endings where appropriate to ensure that the appearance of the line of text is satisfactory Justification Stop Page 14 18 XAT User s Manual A COMMAND Es k A RANGE N A This command will end text justification The line of text in which this command is found will be the last line justified Justification Unlimited A COMMAND ss A RANGE N A The Justification Unlimited command forced justification will cause
117. nd is a job boundary command that deletes all previously downloaded fonts Font Add A COMMAND A comment A RANGE 132 characters for optional comment The Font Add command is a job boundary command that adds fonts to those already downloaded without erasing any previously downloaded fonts Up to 121 fonts may be downloaded and up to 255 stored in the X LT FLASH RAM if font size and available memory permit Font Delete A COMMAND B commentl A RANGE 132 characters for optional comment The Font Delete command is a job boundary command that deletes specified fonts from those already downloaded where fontname is the name of the font entered exactly as it appears on the Configuration Status Page 14 12 XAT User s Manual Page and where each fontname is separated by a comma This command also deletes the current merge page from memory Printer default or system fonts cannot be deleted Font ID Assignment A COMMAND E fontnamel A RANGE 0 9 This command assigns an ID number to a font where is a numeral between 0 and 9 and where fontname is the name of the font entered exactly as it appears on the Configuration Status Page Once assigned the ID number is used to call up a font in storage This is not a job boundary When the user implements this command the assigned font resident in the X LT s FLASH memory is downloaded to the printer Font Change A COMMAND Es A RAN
118. ng ASCII or EB CDIC XES data streams A Supports forms vector and raster graphics A Font storage in both portrait and landscape orienta tions XES fonts can be downloaded to the printer or stored in the 3270 X LT and are automatically con verted to PCL5 A Supports international character sets and user specified translation tables A Shrink mode allows printing of documents that print edge to edge on XES printers on non edge to edge PCL printers Printers Supported A Xerox DocuPrint N17 N24 N32 N40 Printer Emulation A Xerox 4213 Model Il firmware revision 2 1Y with some limitations and some additions Forms and Graphics Support A Forms downloading A Vector graphics A Raster graphics Font Support A Titan10iso A Titan12iso A XCP1diso INTRODUCTION TO XES Page 13 3 Font Storage A 512K FLASH RAM A 768K FLASH RAM Optional A Fonts are desixilized and compressed yielding a 2 1 storage space advantage Page Conversion Methods A Offset method compensates for 1 4 inch upper and left margins imposed by PCL useful for printing on forms A Shrink method compensates by reducing the page up to 87 5 signature logo and barcode fonts can be configured not to shrink Configuration A PC MS DOS menu driven configuration program XEDIT Diagnostics A Xerox Data Monitor Mode emulation A Configuration Status page SECTION 14 XES COMMANDS General Information XES commands are used to control the fun
119. ning and without any opportunity for the user to cancel the change The default value is Yes Changes to the configuration of the unit are not installed saved in flash memory until the user either quits XEDIT or uses the nsta Settings Now or Install As New Configuration commands This command will not affect the Delete Configuration command or Font menu commands such as Load Font Delete Font Pack Memory and Non Shrinkable Fonts These commands write information to memory immediately and regardless of the setting of this option confirmation messages will be displayed before deleting fonts or configurations XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 33 Help Menu The He p menu enables the user to look up information on an XEDIT topic out of context Context sensitive help is available at any time by pressing the function key The He p menu contains the options Contents and About ration to edit D Pewarup config D Contents Contents is a directory of topics available in the on line help file Selecting an item in this list will automatically display information about the topic After reading the information displayed on the screen users can either return to the Contents menu or get information on other topics the names of which may be displayed on the screen Mouse users can simply move the mouse pointer to the topic name and press the left mouse button to select it Keyboard users can use t to
120. ns Double Page command used for printing two logical pages on one physical page The XES command referred to is Es m lt H T B L R gt m lt T B LR Two logical pages on one physical page may be accomplished with an AGILE unit by following the procedure below Page 15 14 H LT User s Manual 1 Set the margins for the size of the first logical page 2 Print the text for the first page DO NOT EXCEED the margins or physical size of the paper 3 Set the margins for the second logical page 4 Absolute text placement to the print position of the first character of the second two up page 5 Print the text for the second page 6 Form Feed to the next physical page or side NOTE The margin settings for a second page in XEDIT are not supported and have no effect To test the procedure enter the following source code Source Code UDK ox UDK m480 10 10 10 335 Line Page 1 Page Page Page Page Line Page vv Line 47 Page Line 48 Page Line 49 Page Line 50 Page Line Line Line Line OOS WND H Kotor PREP m480 10 10 355 690 a50 1775 Line 1 Page 2 Line 2 Page 2 Line 3 Page 2 v vy Line 47 Page Line 48 Page Line 49 Page Line 50 Page NNNN The resulting output should look like this Duplex Duplex gives the user the options of Simplex printing Side to Side duplex printing or Head to Toe duplex printing The default value is Simplex
121. of your printer s controller board discharge any static electricity from your body by touching something metal such as the metal plate on the back of the printer Do this BEFORE each time you handle the controller board INSTALLATION Page 2 3 figure 2 1 A Remove the controller board by grasping both thumbscrews and pulling toward you with firm and even force Place the controller on the ream of paper so that the printed circuit board is supported from the bottom Inserting the 3270 X LT A Locate the XNIO slot on the controller board A With the phillips screwdriver remove the plate covering the interface port Do not discard the plate A Slide the parallel interface and interface cord of the 3270 X LT through the open interface port A Line up the 3270 X LT s connector to the slot on the controller board and slide the coax interface through the port opening so that card is properly aligned A Gently press the card straight down onto the controller board until the unit is firmly in place see fig 2 2 A Fasten mounting screw to the printer throgh the guiding holes on ether side of the 3270 X LT Page 2 4 SE User s Manual figure 2 2 CAUTION DO NOT press the 3270 X LT on to the controller board at an angle or interface pins could be bent damaging the unit and causing it to not function properly Returning the Printer to Operation A Slide the controller boa
122. one trigger mode the user selects the trigger using any single character that is not commonly found in the printable data stream see Section 3 Configuration Options and refer to Options 32 and 34 for information on restrictions on the selection of triggers The default trigger is a cent sign The one trigger mode requires a count byte following the trigger that tells the 3270 X LT how many pairs of additional characters will follow the count byte the count byte is not included in the count To send 1 ASCII escape character requires five input characters the trigger the hexadecimal count byte 01h and the hexadecimal ASCII escape character 1 Bh 011B To send the Xerox 4045 reset sequence requires nine characters the trigger the hexadecimal count byte 03h and the hexadecimal reset sequence 1Bh 2Bh and 58h 031B2B58 MD Laser Pseudo Transparency The 3270 X LT is capable of supporting continuous escape a form of pseudo transparency offered in Maersk Data products It is triggered by SCS Trigger 1 see Option 34 followed by C2h If Option 55 is set to Yes when this sequence is detected in the data stream the 3270 X LT will pass the subsequent hexadecimal pairs of data to the printer without translation until terminated when SCS Trigger is encountered again Spaces and control codes in between the Trigger 1 characters are ignored When in use the 3270 X LT begins checking for v
123. onts that the user has installed in the unit s flash memory Users can display font names for which there is insufficient room on the screen by using the arrow keys un Load Font Load Font will display a dialog box that will allow the user to load fonts from a diskette to the unit s flash memory Loading a font is equivalent to having a font on a cartridge installed in a Xerox 4045 160 printer with the advantage that the user can choose which fonts are present Fonts installed in flash memory unlike fonts downloaded to the printer are Page 15 28 H LT User s Manual stored permanently even when power has been disconnected from the unit To conserve space all installed fonts are desixelized and compressed Note To obtain XES fonts on a diskette contact AGILE at 1 800 538 1634 ext 52 The Load Font dialog box is represented with the following illustration This dialog box has two areas in which users can enter data in addition to the Load and Done buttons Mouse users can navigate between these four items by moving the mouse pointer to the appropriate item and pressing the left mouse button Keyboard users can use t to select the appropriate item The first step in loading a font is to select the Fi e Name box in the upper FilaNams 2a435FNT m Forms10 P Sixelized Font File _ ALREADY left corner of the dialog box Here the user can enter the letter of the disk drive in which the
124. prior to the asterisk to form a count byte and it combines the two bytes after the asterisk to form a repeat byte The 3270 X LT then sends out the repeat byte to the printer the number of times indicated by the count byte This provides some compression of graphic data Normal pseudo transparency then resumes Here are some examples using the defaults for Trigger 1 and Trigger 2 that show the output sent to the printer upon receiving input from the coax host when using AGILE Laserpage pseudo transparency Host Input to 3270 X LT ASCII Output 4 616263 abe 4102 4205 43 ABBCCCCC If Option 59 is set to No the default setting then the trigger and all of Page 7 6 LT User s Manual the otherwise transparent characters will be printed normally as indicated by the active translate table see Section 5 Translate Tables Other Pseudo Transparency Mode Considerations In Trigger 1 Trigger 2 pseudo transparency mode PTM is terminated with any character outside the valid range of values the valid range is 0 9 and A F Option 3 1 Discard PTM Terminating Delimiter gives users the option of either printing or discarding the terminating character To discard the terminator set Option 31 to Yes To print the terminator use No the default value Option 39 Non Transparency Trigger 1 Output determines the character that will be output to the printer when Option 30 Pseudo Transparency Mode
125. rallel input source host Secure the cable using the screws provided Then connect the 3270 X LT end of the cable to the proper input port of the 3270 X LT The FCC requires all alternate host interface cables to be properly shielded Connection Test After the 3270 X LT is installed your printer will print either one or two status sheets upon power up depending on the version of your X LT XES or Non XES This will be your initial indication that unit has been installed properly and is functioning Page 2 10 HILT User s Manual This status sheet or sheets will print each time the power is cycled on the printer Controller Connection Confirmation CCC The CCC page tells you that the 3270 X LT is successfully communicating with the printer s controller and that a proper connection has been established with the cluster controller This page will print for the successful installation of both XES and non XES versions of the 3270 X LT XES Status Sheet Those units with the optional XES to PCL translation capability will print an XES Status Sheet in addition to the CCC This sheet gives general information on the printer and is a physical indication that the 3270 X LT has been properly installed and is ready for operation NOTE The XES Status Sheet will print REGARDLESS of whether the unit is attached to the coax connection Troubleshooting If the printer does not power up properly or if the printer does not print the p
126. rd back into the printer aligning the edge of the board in the guide rails A Push the controller board firmly into place Make certain that there is no space between the controller board and the printer chassis They must be flush A Turn the thumbscrews clockwise to tighten Do not use tools to tighten only finger pressure A Connect the 3270 X LT parallel interface to the standard Centronics parallel connection on the printer Lock into place with wire latches Fig 2 3 A Reinstall any font cards following the procedure in your printer s user s manual A Reconnect power cord INSTALLATION Page 2 5 figure 2 3 N24 N32 N40 Installation The following describes and illustrates how to install the 3270 X LT ina Xerox DocuPrint N24 N32 or N40 Network Laser Printer For more information refer to the user s manual for your specific N series printer model Printer Preparation A Turn the printer power off A Disconnect the power cord and remove all cables Opening the Printer A Loosen the thumbscrews by turning them counter clockwise fig 2 4 Do not remove thumbscrews CAUTION Controller boards are sensitive to Static electricity Before proceeding with the removal of your printer s controller board discharge any static electricity from your body by touching something metal such as the metal plate on the back of the printer Do this BEFORE each time you handle the controller board Pa
127. re terminated with a line ending either a carriage return only CR a line feed only LF or both CR LF The type of line ending is defined by the user This option enables the user to indicate to the unit which type of line ending is being used in the user s XES documents to terminate XES commands The user can select CR LF CR only LF only or Auto CR LF Auto CR LF is the default and it tells the X TRA to accept any line ending as an XES command terminator Page 15 24 AAT User s Manual Units of Measure This option is equivalent to the Units 1 60 or Units 1 300 XES commands It is used to indicate whether measurements within XES commands in the user s documents are stated in 1 60 inch units or 1 300 inch units The user can choose 60 per inch or 300 per inch The default is 300 per inch Note This setting is not related to the setting in Measurement Units for Entries under the Preferences menu Measurement Units for Entries is used only for measurement units entered within XEDIT Uppercase Commands Normally XES commands are case sensitive i e they must be entered in upper case or lower case depending upon the command format This option when set to Active enables the user to enter all XES commands in upper case letters This is the default When set to Jnactive XES commands must be entered according to normal XES protocol UDK Character XES commands may begin with the s character or the user can def
128. rence to radio and TV reception Note This equipment uses shielded cables to meet compliance limits for a Class A computing device Shielded cables must be used to ensure this equipment continues to meet these limits The shield must be terminated to the metallic connector at both ends to guarantee adequate suppression of undesirable emissions All cables are fully double shielded Mylar foil and tinned copper braid Page v TABLE OF CONTENTS Copyright Information nisce se esse ese ee Se EE Ee EE Se Ee Se Ee se ee Se ee ii Release NOTES et es es EE Es ee EE ve gees Ee eek EE ees ii FCC DOC Statement ccccssscsccssssscsccccssscsccecesscsccecesscscsesesscscees iv INTRODUCTION Section 1 General Information ssccccsssssssceccsssssccecesssssececessssseececessseees 1 1 Features and Options ceecccccceccssencceececesseaeeeeeccsseeeeeeeeeeeaea 1 1 Speedie ons ER SE Ee ee ee cc bea ean cee 1 1 IN delen E 1 1 Coax Port Specifications seeren ienen E eia RR ee ee RR Re ee 1 1 PrOGUCtSUPDOIE EE 1 2 INSTALLATION Section 2 General Information sscccccsssssscccccssssseccecssssssececesssssesseeesssnees 2 1 Prior to Installation cccssssscsccessssscceccssssssccesesssssceecessssscoeees 2 1 Selecting a LOCATION osse sesse sees se ee ee Se Re EE EE RA Ee ee ee ee 2 1 Electrical Requirements i iese ee RR ee RR Re ee ee RR Re ee 2 1 Operating Environment 2 1 Te LE 2 2 Package Content
129. rface pins could be hent damaging the unit and causing it to not function properly Returning the Printer to Operation A Slide the controller board back into the printer aligning the edge of the board in the guide rails A Push the controller board firmly into place Make certain that there is no space between the controller board and Page 2 8 SE User s Manual figure 2 6 the printer chassis They must be flush A Turn the thumbscrews clockwise to tighten Do not use tools to tighten only finger pressure A Connect the 3270 X LT parallel interface to the standard Centronics parallel connection on the printer Lock into place with wire latches fig 2 6 A reconnect powercord INSTALLATION Page 2 9 Connections The following section describes and illustrates how to make the required and optional physical connections between the 3270 X LT and the other components of the system See fig 2 7 EE a Ml N24 N32 N40 figure 2 7 3270 X LT Connection to Establishment Controller Attach the device end of an RG62 A U coax cable to the coax connector on the rear panel of the 3270 X LT Rotate the cable connector 1 4 turn clockwise to lock it in place Attach the EC end of the coaxial cable to the establishment controller at the coax port designated for the 3270 X LT 3270 X LT Connection to Parallel Input Connect the device end of the AGILE parallel cable to the appropriate port on the pa
130. rk look at Translate Table 1 DSC to ASCII pg 5 7 Find the output value for the hexadecimal input character 3B Look down the left column and find the entry 3 Look across the table until reaching the intersection of the column headed by B The table shows that the output value for the input value of 3B is 7E General Considerations and Notes ASCII is a seven bit code with 128 possible characters 96 printable characters and 32 control characters The 3270 X LT translates incoming SCS and DSC EBCDIC characters directly into the appropriate seven bit ASCII character whenever possible Two IBM characters the cent sign and the logical not 7 are not found in seven bit ASCII and are translated as follows SCS Symbol Name ASCII Symbol Name eap Tenet fom Cent Sign printer dependent The actual characters displayed by a printer may vary depending upon the printer manufacturer For instance when an ASCII 7Ch is received some Page 5 4 LT User s Manual printers will display a solid vertical line while others will display a broken vertical line Many printers have their own version of eight bit extended ASCII Extended ASCII allows the printer to display up to 128 additional characters Functions Some translate tables perform functions in addition to performing character translation Each input hexadecimal character that performs a function is first translated into 05h
131. roper status sheet s refer to the following checklist or to Section 10 Troubleshooting of this manual If the problem persists contact AGILE technical support or your authorized Xerox customer support representative If Printer does not Start A Make sure the power cord is attached to the printer A Check to see that the power cord is plugged into a wall socket A Make sure the controller board is installed properly If the Printer does not Return a Status Sheet A CHeck to see that the controller board is installed properly A Make sure the printer has a toner cartridge installed INSTALLATION Page 2 11 A Make sure the 3270 X LT parallel interface is connected to the Centronics parallel port on the printer A Check to see that the 3270 X LT is securely connected to the controller board SECTION 3 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS General Information This section describes each of the parameters of the General Configuration Options that the user can select to adapt the 3270 X LT to the user s specific environment Configuring the 3270 X LT changes the way in which it handles the data stream from the coax host or alternate host before the data is sent to the printer The configuration option parameters allow the user to change printer output page formatting host parameters transparency modes etc Under many circumstances the 3270 X LT configuration will not have to be modified because it is already set up for the mos
132. rs with applications that require a Metacode capable printer should set this option to Yes SECTION 13 INTRODUCTION TO XES THE FOLLOWING SECTION REFERS TO THE OPTIONAL KES TO PCL TRANSLATION OPTION THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE 3270 WIT YOU MUST HAVEXEROX ESCAPE SEQUENCES IN YOUR PRINT DATASTREAM IN ORDER TOUSE THE FUNCTIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN General Information The AGILE 3270 X LT is available with a high speed translation module that accepts data streams designed for Xerox Escape Sequence XES UDK printers and converts them for printing to Xerox DocuPrint N Series Network Laser Printers The basic printer emulation is that of a Xerox 4213 Model II firmware revision 2 1 Y although the 3270 X LT also offers expanded support for some Xerox 2700 3700 4045 4235 in XPDM mode and 4700 series printers Supported XES commands are described in Section 15 XES Commands XES emulation switching commands MCK are used to ensure that PostScript PCL and other non XES data is passed through without translation Configuration of the XES translation module in the 3270 X LT is performed witha menu driven PC MS DOS program XEDIT 3270 X LT XES Features and Specifications Key Benefits A Allows XES users to print documents to N series printers A Users can still print PostScript and PCL data without device reconfiguration A No added footprint Page 13 2 LT User s Manual A Supports any host capable of sendi
133. rscript character TRANSLATE TABLES Page 5 15 Table 6 ASCII to EBCDIC Translate Table 6 is used to convert ASCII alternate host data sent to a printer using the EBCDIC character set It is invoked when an ASCII data stream is detected by the 3270 X LT and when Option 10 is set to B EBCDIC This table is also used to translate and download the configuration report created in ASCII to an EBCDIC printer when Option 10 is set either to B EBCDIC or C Switchable If this table is modified by the user the configuration report sent to the printer will be affected Inputvalue Function 09h Tab Table 6 ASCII to EBCDIC SECTION 6 COAX HOST CONFIGURATION General Information This section describes how to configure the 3270 X LT using a host connected terminal A local copy sent to the 3270 X LT while in coax host configuration mode will alter the configuration selections listed in Section 3 Configuration Options Changes can also be made to the PFSs described in Section 4 Programmable Function Strings and to the translate tables described in Section 5 Translate Tables All configuration option sequences take the following format Trigger 1 the cent sign is the default question mark option equals sign valid option parameter selection terminator No spaces are allowed in the co
134. ry Page 14 26 ZE User s Manual Merge Page Unload A COMMAND Es V A RANGE N A The Merge Page Unload command is a job boundary command that erases any previously stored merge page Form ID Assignment A COMMAND _ E c formname FRML A RANGE 0 9 This command assigns a number to one of up to ten forms which can then be recalled for merging into a variable document where is the number 0 9 to be assigned and formname FRM is the name of the form to which the number is being assigned This command is placed anywhere on the variable page after the Print Job command and before the first Form Merge Start command Form Merge Start A COMMAND zb A RANGE 0 9 This command invokes a form with an assigned identification number for merging with a text document where is the form ID number Cycleforms A COMMAND E zxform form fomm A RANGE 1 64 This command enables repeated merging of a set of forms at specified intervals in a job consisting of multiple variable pages where form form and form are the names of the forms as they are stored on disk The commas are used not only to separate form names but can also be used to indicate any variable pages in which merging is not to occur This command is placed after the Print Job command in the first series of variable pages to be merged XES COMMANDS Page 14 27 Form Merge Stop A COMMAND Es zh A RANGE 0 9 This command
135. s Collated A COMMAND Es C optional comment A RANGE 132 Characters for optional comment This command currently is interpreted by the 3270 X LT as Print Job Print Multiple Copies Non Collated A COMMAND E optional comment A RANGE 2 999 This command causes multiple copies of the document to be printed where is the number of copies The number of copies may not exceed 999 if a numeral greater than 999 is entered only one copy will be printed This command will cause a Configuration Status Page to print if 1 an error occurs and the Configuration Status Page switch is enabled or 2 the previous command included a comma An optional comment of up to 132 characters if entered will be printed on the Configuration Status Page This command currently is interpreted by the X LT as Print Job Paper Tray A COMMAND Es c l A RANGE 1 3 This command selects the paper source drawer where is the number of the drawer 1 thru A The X LT does not support automatic tray switching Output Tray A COMMAND Esclzr A RANGE 0 9 XES COMMANDS Page 14 9 This command selects an output tray where is a value of 0 top output tray or 1 9 high capacity stacker Offset A COMMAND EJo A RANGE N A This command tells the printer if it has offset stacking capability to offset the stacking of each document Offset can be changed on a page by page basis and is controlled
136. se rotation 2 specifies 180 counterclockwise rotation and 3 specifies 270 counterclockwise rotation name is the name of the window up to seven characters F is replaced with s for storage only or with p for storage and printing X Y are the coordinates for the origin of the graphic window S S indicate the size of the graphic window measured in pixels from the origin of the graphic window Fields prior to the semicolon are optional although blank fields must still be separated by a comma Fields after the semicolon are required This command may be placed anywhere in a document where graphics are desired Graphic Delete A COMMAND E lt B optional comment 2 graphicname GRAL A RANGE 132 characters for optional comment This command will delete graphic files from the hard disk Fonts and forms may also be deleted with this command Graphic Window Repeat A COMMAND E lt grM M M 1 R name F X Y X Y A RANGE See Below This command copies a graphic window and places it on the page where XES COMMANDS Page 14 29 Mis the degree of magnification If only one value for M is entered the magnification is proportional If two values are entered the magnification will be different for the x and y directions 0 or 1 will result in no magnification 2 will double the magnification and 4 will quadruple the magnification I indicates the type of graphics the window will contain and
137. selecting a UDK the trigger UDK must be entered in uppercase exactly as shown Any printable character may be used as the UDK except uppercase U uppercase D uppercase K comma null 0 gt gt kk bk P space 20h A equal sign The UDK selected should also be one that is not required for printing since the UDK cannot be printed As such the user should not select any alphanumeric character None of the control characters listed above are allowed to be assigned as the UDK Emulation Change The 3270 X LT will ordinarily receive XES data convert it to PCLS data and send that data stream sent to the printer However the user may also need to send PCL PostScript or another non XES data streams to the printer without translation To do so the user must first use the XES command for changing printer emulation modes To change emulation modes XES uses the Mode Change Keyword command which takes the following format to change to PCL and PostScript emulations respectively MCK EMULATE PCL END 1 MCK EMULATE POSTSCRIPT END Note Even when the XES translation portion of the 3270 X LT enters passthrough mode the EBCDIC conversion portion continues to operate normally For more information on passing EBCDIC or ASCII data through see Section 7 Transparency Modes XES COMMANDS Page 14 3 It makes no difference to the X LT which emulation name follows EMULATE Any emulation excep
138. served 42 Reserved This option is reserved CONFIGURATION OPTIONS Page 3 11 43 Reserved This option is reserved 44 Reserved This option is reserved 45 Reserved This option is reserved 46 Reserved This option is reserved 47 Reserved This option is reserved 48 Reserved This option is reserved 49 Eliminate DSC CO 05 Header A Range Y N A Default N Some applications send these two DSC characters to the printer but they have no significance When this option is set to Yes CO 05 sequences are ignored The default value is No 50 Reserved This option is reserved Page 3 12 AJAT User s Manual 51 DSC EM Generates CR LF in Infinite Line Length A Range Y N A Default N IBM specifies that the EM End of Message character will have the effect of sending a CR LF to the printer when the printhead is in any column other than column one Setting this option to No causes the 3270 X LT to conform to this IBM specification while setting it to Yes causes a CR LF to be sent to the printer whenever an EM is received regardless of the printhead position The default value is No This option has no effect unless Option 1 Column Width has been set to 0 implying an infinite line length Refer to Section 11 DSC Data Streams for more information 52 SCS EM Always Generates CR LF A Range Y N A Default N
139. stop either superscripting or subscripting Superscripting and subscripting will also be stopped upon receipt of carriage control characters CR LF or FF Underline Start A COMMAND Ju A RANGE N A The Start Underlining command causes all subsequent characters including tabs and spaces to be underlined until a Stop Underlining command is received The thickness of the underline is determined by the size of the last font in use at the end of the line The underline position is not changed by a Start Subscripting or Start Superscripting command If the user would like the underline to follow a subscript down or follow a superscript up the original underline command must be stopped and a new Start Underline command must be entered after the subscript or superscript command This procedure will establish a new baseline position for the underline Underline Stop A COMMAND Es w A RANGE N A This command will stop underlining Merge Page Load A COMMAND ML A RANGE N A The Merge Page Load command is a job boundary command that erases any previously stored page and stores a new page to be merged with other pages A separate command enables the merging of this page with another to produce a composite page This command must be used after using either the Font Load command or the Font Delete command because either of those commands will delete the current merge page from memo
140. t type XEDITd About XEDIT After a few seconds the XEDIT program will load and the About XEDIT screen will appear After reading the information presented mouse users can clear this dialog box by pressing the left mouse button after moving the mouse pointer either to OK or to the C ose button in the upper left corner of the dialog box Keyboard users can close this dialog box either by pressing s to close or d to accept OK the highlighted choice This screen also can be displayed by the user at any time during configuration by selecting About found under the He p menu When selected from the He p menu this dialog box will also provide users with information about the amount of remaining memory available in the user s computer Page 15 2 H LT User s Manual File Configure Resources Preferences Help NE Ahaut XEDIT Next the user will see the following screen This dialog box enables the user to indicate to which parallel port the unit felecbifettred is connected either LPT LPT2 or LPT3 If the user is File Configure Resources Preferences Help rtw Select Fort el Search XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 3 uncertain as to which port the unit is connected the user can select Search and the program will find the port If there is more than one unit connected to the computer the user must indicate which one is to be configured The Search choice will find the unit conn
141. t common environments Should the unit need to be configured in its operating evironment AGILE provides a utilities diskette with the X LT Getting a Configuration Report Before changing any of the configuration settings you should print a General Configuration Report that will display the current settings A General Configuration Report can be generated by doing any of the following A cycling the power on the printer A from the alternate host CPU running coaxrpt bat from the AGILE utilities diskette for a protocol converter configuration report A from the alternate host CPU running xesrpt batfrom the AGILE utilities diskette for an XES Status Sheet Sample reports are found in the Appendix Configuring the 3270 X LT In general there are two ways to configure the options of the 3270 X LT It can be configured from the coax host or parallel input Both of these methods are described in Section 6 and Section 15 respectively Following is a basic description of the configuration options available on the 3270 X LT Page 3 2 AJAT User s Manual Configuration Option Descriptions 1 Column Width A Range 000 255 A Default 132 This option allows the user to limit the number of printable columns per page to any value between 0 and 255 The value of this option is the last column at which the 3270 X LT will allow any character to be printed before sending a CR LF sequence The default value is 132 A value of 0 impli
142. t for the three below will cause the X LT to enter passthrough mode When the X LT receives one of the following commands it will change back to XES to PCLS translation MCK EMULATE 2700 END SMCK EMULATE XDCSENDL MCK EMULATE XES END A space is required immediately after the command sequence MCK An emulation change is always temporary and will revert back to the default mode after a power off on Note Changing emulation modes may cause the printer to erase all downloaded fonts from memory In such cases the user will need to download the fonts to the printer after executing an emulation change Alternatively the printer can be configured with Context Saving enabled For more information see your printer manual The X LT also supports the MCK commands SAVE and RESTORE The MCK command NVRAM results in no operation MCK SAVE END will save the current emulation either PCL or passthrough to the X LT s memory until the printer is powered off MCK RESTORE END will change the emulation to the emulation stored using the SAVE command above MCK RESET END will change the emulation to the default power on emulation Page 14 4 XAT User s Manual XES Command Format XES commands take the following format The escape character Esc 1Bh or a user defined key The instruction sometimes preceded by a plus sign User entered variables if required for the comm
143. the formatting of data on a presentation surface The presentation surface can be viewed as a two dimensional matrix of character positions Each character position is referenced by line and column coordinates The presentation surface represents a single page of printed output A Presentation Surface Width and Depth determine the maximum physical dimensions of the page maximum number of characters per line maximum number of lines per page A Margins are the logical boundaries within which data will actually be printed If the data sent by the control unit exceeds these margins the data may not be printed A Maximum Presentation Line is the number of the last physical line on the page A Maximum Presentation Position is the number of the rightmost character position on the physical page Page 10 2 LT User s Manual A Presentation Position is the line and column number of the current position on the page The presentation position indicates where the next character will be printed on the page SCS Commands Supported by the 3270 X LT Application programs running on the host computer generate data streams that contain both the data to be printed and the SCS commands that control the positioning of the data on the page as indicated below This section discusses how to use the SCS commands supported by the 3270 X LT Backspace BS 16h The Backspace command moves the presentation position horizontally one position to
144. tions regarding the electrical service available at their site should contact a qualified electrician Operating Environment The 3270 X LT operates best within the specified temperature and relative humidity tolerances for the particular N series printer in which it is installed Page 2 2 SE User s Manual Unpacking After removing the 3270 X LT from the shipping container inspect the unit for any damage in shipment Immediately report any damage to the freight carrier Save the packing container Do not remove the unit from its antistatic enclosure until it is ready for installation Package Contents Except when ordered otherwise the 3270 X LT includes the 3270 X LT internal protocol converter and this user s manual Should either of these items be missing or damaged contact an AGILE sales representative N17 Installation The following describes and illustrates how to install the 3270 X LT ina Xerox DocuPrint N17 Network Laser Printer For more information refer to the user s manual for your specific N series printer model Printer Preparation A Turn the printer power off A Disconnect the power cord and remove all cables Opening the Printer Use the following instructions to open the printer ans refer to figure 2 1 A Loosen the thumbscrews by turning them counter clockwise Do not remove the thumbscrews CAUTION Controller boards are sensitive to Static electricity Before proceeding with the removal
145. to the column count they can cause formatting problems because they are not buffered along with the text Rather they are sent to the printer immediately upon receipt by the 3270 X LT Thus any PFS command will affect the entire line of text not just the text that follows the command For instance if PFS 8 Display Write 370 Bolding On and PFS 9 DisplayWrite 370 Bolding Off are on the same line of text no text in the line will be bolded because the printer will receive bold on and bold off commands before any text is sent to the printer Note To avoid unexpected formatting results Option 1 Column Width should be set to infinite line length Option 2 Lines Per Page should be set to infinite page length and Option 15 Bold Print Emulation should be set to C none if any of the following are true A the user or the user s application embeds escape sequences in the data stream A the user or the user s application embeds transparency or pseudo transparency strings in the data stream A the user embeds 3270 X LT commands configuration translate table or PFS commands within print jobs If DisplayWrite is ON Option 15 A or 15 B Option 1 Column Width should be set to a non zero value The 3270 X LT will not buffer more than 255 characters per line DISPLAYWRITE 370 SUPPORT Page 8 3 Bolding If Option 15 is set to A or B the 3270 X LT will enter bold mode i e send PFS 8 to the printer
146. to edge on an XES printer This choice will ensure that no characters are lost or clipped but it is unsuitable for printing on preprinted forms The effective page origin is 1 4 inch down and to the right of the upper left corner of the page Top Offset Top Offset specifies the amount of shift if Offsetis selected or active because of the Auto Offset algorithm under Size Correction Negative values move printed output up positive values move printed output down The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 000 and 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between 300 and 300 In 1 60 inches the user can enter an integer value between 60 and 60 The default value is 75 300ths inch Left Offset Left Offset specifies the amount of shift if Offsetis selected or active because of the Auto Offset algorithm under Size Correction Negative XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 17 values move printed output left positive values move printed output right The value can be entered in inches 1 300 inches or 1 60 inches depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu If inches the user can enter a value between 000 and 000 In 1 300 inches the user can enter an integer value between 300 and 300 In 1 60 inches the user can
147. tream and sometimes as a response to a trigger that the user has embedded in the data stream For example the 3270 X LT looks up the contents of PFS 8 Bold On and sends it to the printer if a the system requests bolding b Option 15 Bold Print Emulation is set to A 3287 emulation or B DisplayWrite emulation and a character backspace same character sequence is detected in the data stream or c the user has placed the command amp 8 Trigger 1 Ampersand PFS in the data stream Programming the PFSs is necessary to access the printer s special functions Refer to the printer user s manual for a list of escape sequences that control the printer Refer to Section 6 Coax Host Configuration for information on programming PFSs The user may also want to use the 3270 X LT PFSs in a way not anticipated by AGILE Any of the PFS slots may programmed or re programmed with custom command strings Page 4 2 XAT User s Manual PFS Table The following table shows the default function of each PFS along with its access number PFS Default Function 0 Power On Sequence 1 8 Display Write 370 Bolding On 9 Display Write 370 Bolding Off T Q 7 PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTION STRINGS Page 4 3 J K Accessing PFSs from the Host All of the 3270 X LT PFSs may be triggered by the user directly rather than by the host application To force an escape sequence from the coax host simply key amp n wher
148. uces a number of printers that have very sophisticated font and graphic capabilities The 3270 X LT offers special support for Xerox printers in XDPM mode also referred to as XES mode or UDK mode XES mode is the native Xerox print mode for Xerox 2700 3700 4030 4045 and 4213 printers The XDPM mode on the Xerox 4235 also provides the XES command set Commands that control these printers are always preceded by an escape character The escape character is sometimes not a legal character in a mainframe environment Therefore UDKs or user defined keys were implemented to allow any one of 256 different characters to be assigned as the escape character The 3270 X LT keeps track of which character is currently being used as the UDK Note The character assigned as the UDK should be different than the character assigned as pseudo transparency Trigger 1 Otherwise unpredictable results may occur For more information refer to Section 7 Transparency Modes XPAF Support XPAF Xerox Printer Access Facility accepts Advanced Function Printing Data Stream AFPDS data and converts it for use by Xerox printers 4030 2700 4045 3700 etc When installed for use with one of these printers XPAF expects to see a 3287 like device such as the 3270 X LT at the end of the coax cable Page 12 2 LT User s Manual These data types are sometimes corrupted by host system forms control The 3270 X LT takes this fact into consideration and str
149. user s fonts reside by typing the letter of the drive followed by a colon e g C The default drive is A The user can also type the entire path including subdirectory names and the file name in this box but the following method may be more convenient Once the user has selected the appropriate disk drive in the File Name XEDIT CONFIGURATION Page 15 29 box the subdirectory and file name can be selected in the Font Name File Name box in the center of the screen Mouse users can do this by pointing and clicking and keyboard users can do this using the arrow keys unhk When the desired font name is highlighted press d or select Load and the file will be loaded to the unit After loading all fonts to be stored in the unit select the Done button to return to the main screen If the user selects a font for which there is insufficient flash memory an error message will be displayed The lowest box on the screen displays information about the currently highlighted font This information includes the directory subdirectory in which the font resides the name of the font the name of the file the size of the file in bytes and its creation modification date This box will also indicate the format of the file i e whether the file is binary sixelized or in another format and whether or not the font has already been loaded in the unit s memory Delete Font Delete Font will display a dialog box that will enable the user to r
150. ute Page 1 2 LT User s Manual Resource Storage Space A 512KFLASH Standard A 768K FLASH Optional A 256K RAM Transparency A IBM35h A Xerox36h A 2 triggerpseudo transparency A Trigger count byte pseudo transparency Programmability A Online through coax host data stream A Through parallel port Upgradeability A Firmware upgradeable via coax data stream or parallel input port Custom Application Support A XPAF A XES A DisplayWrite 370 A GDDM Product Support A Toll free tech support is available from 7 30 a m to 4 p m PST A Two year product warranty INTRODUCTION Page 1 3 INSTALLATION Page 2 1 INSTALLATION General Information This chapter provides information on physically attaching the AGILE 3270 X LT to your Xerox printer Prior to Installation The following are needed before installing the 3270 X LT A A Xerox DocuPrintN17 N24 N32 or N40 Network Laser Printer A Asystem that delivers 3270 data streams via an RG62 A U host interface cable A Aream of paper A Aphillips head screwdriver A Additionally the user or someone in the user s organization should be knowledgeable about the host system Selecting a Location Refer to the user s manual for your particular N series laser printer to ensure that the printer is properly located Electrical Requirements The 3270 X LT requires 5 VDC at 500mA provided by the printer s power source Users with any ques
151. when a character backspace same character sequence is detected in the data stream The 3270 X LT will exit bold mode i e send PFS 9 to the printer whenever a character character sequence is detected in the data stream while in bold mode SECTION 9 COAX HOST CONSIDERATIONS The 3270 X ACT can process data from a variety of IBM host systems This section discusses how to ensure compatibility between the 3270 X LT and the host system System Configuration The coax host software generation requirements of the 3270 X LT are generally the same as the requirements for an IBM 3287 or 3289 printer with SCS support Except where stated otherwise the coax host software system requirements are the same as for an IBM 3174 3274 or 3276 control unit with 3287 or 3289 printers attached To function properly the 3270 X LT printer combination must be defined to the coax host system as a 3287 printer with a4K maximum physical buffer and or with whatever other features are required by the application and are supported by the 3270 X LT The 3270 X LT does not support 3287 type options such as Program Symbols The 3270 X LT is classified as a Category A device and it can be attached to IBM 4300 systems with integral Display Printer Adapters DPA and to IBM 3174 3274 and 3276 control units configured with Type A device adapters The 3270 X LT does not emulate a Category B device and it will not work if attached to a Type B device adapt
152. whether the graphics will be printed reversed 0 indicates raster data 1 indicates reversed raster data 2 indicates vector or macro data and 3 indicates reversed raster or macro data R indicates the degree of rotation if any of the graphic window 0 specifies no rotation 1 specifies 90 counterclockwise rotation 2 specifies 180 counterclockwise rotation and 3 specifies 270 counterclockwise rotation name is the name of the window up to seven characters F is replaced with s for storage only or with p for storage and printing X Y are the coordinates for the origin of the duplicate window X f Y are the coordinates of other duplicate windows if more than one is to be made on the page Fields prior to the semicolon are optional although blank fields must still be separated by a comma Fields after the semicolon are required This command may be placed anywhere in a document where graphics are desired Graphic Line A COMMAND Es gIT X Y X Y XV 2 2 A RANGE T 1 15 This command draws lines between any two points within a graphic window where T is the thickness of the line Value should be an odd number X Y are the coordinates of the first point in the line X Y are the coordinates of the second segment endpoint Page 14 30 XAT User s Manual X Y are the coordinates of the next segment endpoint Graphic Arc A COMMAND Es gaT X Y r S E S E A RANGE See Below This co

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