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1. 26 Load Page Descriptor LPD 26 Load Page Position LPP aa ER 26 No Operation NOP ire 27 Sense Type and Model STM 27 Sense Type and Model Acknowledge Reply 27 Set Home State SHS 32 Execute Order Anystate XOA 32 Execute Order Home State XOH cceceeeeeeeeeeeeeenteeeeeeeenaas 33 XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics 33 A Thermal Fonts and Code Pages 39 Line Matrix Fonts and Code Pages 43 C IPDS Exception Reporting ccsseeeeeeeeeeeeees 47 Command Reject X 80 48 Data Check X 08 orra nm Pi rare ae dade teed 49 Specification Check Bar Code X 04 50 Specification Check Graphics X 03 55 Specification Check General X 02 ccccccccceecessssesseeeseceeeeeeeeeees 61 Conditions Requiring Host Notification X 01 81 D Contact Information 83 Printronix Customer Support Center 83 Printronix Supplies Department 83 Corporate Offices teen mode dental nea e 84 E GlossaA y NA ANR Me 85 l Introduction About This Guide WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT This manual contains the IPDS configu
2. Explanation Invalid length of arc command text string or text control Alternate Exception Action Ignore the control sequence X 020001 Embedded Text Control Code Error Explanation Undefined text control code Alternate Exception Action Ignore the control sequence X 020201 End Suppression Text Control Error Explanation The active Begin Suppression ID within the current page overlay or page segment is not the same as that specified in the ES control There is no active suppression ID Alternate Exception Action None 61 Appendix C 62 X 020202 Invalid IPDS Command Length Explanation The length for a command is not within the allowed range The length of a Request Resource List entry is not a valid or supported value The length specified for a Request Resource List entry does not match the number of bytes received Alternate Exception Action None X 020205 Invalid Data Structured Field Length Explanation A data structured field has been received in a WGC or WBCC command that is less than the minimum allowable length Alternate Exception Action None X 020302 IPDS Command Header Length Too Small Explanation The length of the IPDS command header is too small Alternate Exception Action None X 020305 Invalid or Unsupported Block Orientation Explanation Invalid font inline sequence or invalid orientation of image block
3. 84 Printronix Inc 15345 Barranca Parkway Irvine CA 92618 U S A Phone 714 368 2300 Fax 714 368 2600 Printronix Inc c o Printronix Nederland BV Bijsterhuizen 11 38 6546 AS Nijmegen The Netherlands Phone 31 24 6489489 Fax 31 24 6489499 Printronix Schweiz GmbH 42 Changi South Street 1 Changi South Industrial Estate Singapore 486763 Phone 65 6542 0110 Fax 65 6546 1588 Printronix Commercial Shanghai Co Ltd 22F Eton Building East No 555 Pudong Av Shanghai City 200120 P R China Phone 86 400 886 5598 Fax 86 21 5138 0564 Visit the Printronix web site at www printronix com E Glossary Acknowledge Reply barcode barcode block A message about printer information or exceptions that the printer sends to the host It can be a positive or negative reply INJACK can contain status resource or counter information A printed code consisting of parallel bars of varied width and spacing and designed to be read by a one dimensional scanning device It is a rectangular space that has a specified size position and orientation on a logical page It is the area into which the barcode presentation space is mapped barcode presentation space bold buffer character set character weight control sequence correlation ID CID cpi It is a rectangular conceptual space where a barcode is generated The entire barcode presentation space must be mapped to the ba
4. 89 Appendix E 90 A Any state IPDS 15 B Bar Code command set 13 Bar Code Data Towers 14 Barcode Command Set 23 Write Barcode Control WBCC 23 Barcodes 22 Begin Overlay BO 25 Begin Page BP 26 Begin Page Segment BPS 24 Block states 14 Byte Count 17 C Center and trim mapping graphics 21 Command sets Bar Code 13 Device Control 13 Graphics 13 IM Image 13 IO Image 13 Overlay 13 Page Segment 13 Text 13 Command Syntax 17 Byte Count 17 Correlation ID CID 17 D6XX 17 Data 17 Flag 17 Compatible system attachments 10 Contact information 83 Index Correlation ID CID 17 Customer Support Center 83 D D6XX 17 Data 17 Data Towers 14 Bar Code 14 Graphics 14 IM IMage 14 IO Image 14 Text 14 Delete Overlay DO 25 Delete Page Segment DPS 24 Device Control command set 13 Device Control Commands 25 Begin Page BP 26 End 26 End Page EP 26 Execute Order Anystate XOA 32 Execute Order Home State XOH 33 Load Copy Control LCC 26 Load Font Equivalence LFE 26 Load Page Descriptor LPD 26 Load Page Position LPP 26 No Operation NOP 27 Sense Type and Model STM 27 Set Home State SHS 32 E End 26 End Page EP 26 Execute Order Anystate XOA 32 Execute Order Home State XOH 33 91 Flag 17 Font selection 19 Fonts scalable 19 G Glossary 85 Graphic Object Content Architecture GOCA 14 Grap
5. Alternate Exception Action None X 020401 End Page Encountered During Active Suppression Explanation The End Page control was encountered before a text suppression ended Alternate Exception Action Process the object as if the corresponding End Suppression control sequence appeared at the end of the object That is all of the data following the Begin Suppression control sequence in the object is processed and suppressed X 020402 Acknowledge Reply Response Continuation Request is Invalid Explanation The printer received a command whose response continuation bit is on but there is no response to continue Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 020405 Area Position Reference System is Not Supported Explanation The reference system specified in the Area Position structured field of the WGC or WBCC command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 020501 Invalid Spanning Sequence Explanation A Write Text or Write Graphics command is required to complete a partial order control or double byte character code and another command was received other than an XOA command Alternate Exception Action None X 020502 Unsupported Baseline Move Explanation Unsupported advancement of the baseline coordinate toward the l axis Alternate Exception Action None X 020505 Structured Field Un
6. 75 Appendix C 76 X 028101 Insufficient Storage for Overlay or Page Segment Explanation There is insufficient storage to process an overlay or page segment Alternate Exception Action None X 028501 Invalid DO Parameter Value Explanation The Overlay Identifier on the Delete Overlay command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 028A01 Invalid DPS Parameter Value Explanation The Page Segment Identifier on the Delete Page Segment command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 029001 Overlay Number Outside Valid Range Explanation 1 The Overlay Identifier on the Begin Overlay command is not a valid or supported value 2 The Overlay Identifier on the Include Overlay command is not a valid or supported value 3 The Overlay Identifier on a Load Copy Control command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 029101 BO Overlay Number Already Loaded Explanation The host attempted to download an overlay from the Begin Overlay command that already exists in the printer Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 029102 Invalid Request Resource List Parameter Explanation 1 The Requested Ordering parameter of a Request Resource List order is not a valid or supported value 2 The Entry Index para
7. 28 10 All Draft DP Gothic 10 Italic 314 10 All Draft DP Gothic 12 87 12 All Draft DP Gothic 12 Bold 110 12 All Draft DP Gothic 12 Italic 109 12 All Draft DP Gothic 13 3 204 13 3 All Draft DP NLQ Gothic 13 3 Bold 206 13 3 All Draft DP NLQ Gothic 13 3 Italic 314 10 All Draft DP NQL Gothic 15 222 15 All Draft DP Gothic 15 Bold 220 15 All Draft DP Gothic 15 Italic 217 15 All Draft DP Gothic 16 7 400 16 7 All Draft DP NLQ Gothic 16 7 Bold 404 16 7 All Draft DP NLQ Gothic 16 7 Italic 408 16 7 All Draft DP NLQ Gothic 18 258 18 All Draft DP NLQ Gothic 18 Bold 295 18 All Draft DP NLQ Gothic 18 Italic 296 18 All Draft DP NLQ Courier 10 11 10 All NLQ Courier 10 Bold 46 10 All NLQ Courier 10 Italic 18 10 All NLQ Courier 12 85 12 All NLQ Courier 12 Bold 108 12 All NLQ Courier 12 Italic 92 12 All NLQ Courier 15 223 15 All NLQ Courier 15 Bold 214 15 All NLQ Courier 15 Italic 215 15 All NLQ 45 Appendix B Table 11 Resident Font and Code Page Print Quality 1 Resident Font FGID Pitch CPI Code Pages 1 Available Essay 160 PSM All NLQ Essay Bold 163 PSM All NLQ Essay Italic 162 PSM All NLQ Gothic 10 51 10 All Draft DP Compressed Gothic 12 74 12 All Draft DP Compressed Gothic 13 3 205 13 3 All Draft DP NLQ Compressed Gothic 15 232 15 All Draft DP Compressed Gothic 16 7 300 16 7 All Draft
8. 80 Command Reject 48 40 Intervention Required 48 10 Equipment Check N A 08 Data Check 49 04 Specification Check Bar Codes 50 03 Specification Check Graphics 55 02 Specification Check General 61 01 Condition Requiring Host Notification 81 47 Appendix C 48 Command Reject Indicates that the printer cannot recognize a received command Intervention Required Indicates that the printer requires operator intervention Equipment Check Indicates that a hardware error has occurred Data Check Indicates that the printer detects a data error when receiving a logical unit from the application program or that the printer detects a data error while printing the page Specification Check Indicates that the data parameters or values ina received command are invalid Condition Requiring Host Notification Indicates that the printer has detected an error or condition that should be reported to the host computer Command Reject X 80 The following exception codes are the valid codes for a command reject condition X 800100 Invalid IPDS Command Code Explanation 1 The command code is not recognized An error length on a previous command may have caused the current data to be processed as a command 2 The command is not supported Alternate Exception Action None X 800200 Invalid IPDS Command Sequence Explanation The printer state is invalid for the received command Alternate
9. Invalid LFE Font Inline Sequence Explanation The Font Inline Sequence parameter in a Load Font Equivalence command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None 71 Appendix C 72 X 024801 Invalid WIC Scan Line Direction Explanation The Scan Line Direction parameter value on the Write Image Control command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 024901 Invalid WIC Scan Sequence Direction Explanation The Scan Line Sequence Direction value specified on the Write Image Control command is not plus ninety degrees from the Scan Line Direction value Alternate Exception Action None NOTE Plus ninety from 270 X 8700 must be X 0000 X 024A01 Invalid WIC Coordinate Specification Explanation 1 The Coordinate Definition value on the Write Image Control command is not a valid or supported value 2 The First Pel Location X or Direction value on the Write Image Control command is not a valid or supported value 3 The First Pel Location Y or B Direction value on the Write Image Control command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 025301 Invalid WIC Color Value Explanation The Color value of the WIC command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action Use printer default value X 025803 Unsupported Color or Color Attribute Expl
10. and Quality Combinations Language CPGID GCSGID Version 1 Fonts Supported 2 Hebrew Old 803 1147 All Thai 838 All Latin 2 ROECE 870 959 697 All Icelandic 871 697 0 1 All Cyrillic Old 880 960 697 All Yugoslav Old 890 All OCR A 892 968 19 OCR B 893 969 3 Turkish Old 905 All Euro Latin 9 924 All Cyrillic Multilingual 1025 All Turkish Latin 5 1026 1152 All Farsi 1097 All Baltic Multilingual 1112 All Estonian 1122 All Euro USA Canada 1140 695 All Euro Austrian German 1141 695 All Euro Danish Norwegian 1142 695 All Euro Finnish Swedish 1143 695 All Euro Italian 1144 695 All Euro Spanish Speaking 1145 695 All Euro UK Ireland 1146 695 All Euro French 1147 695 All Euro International 1148 695 All Euro Icelandic 1149 695 All Euro Latin 2 1153 All OCR B Katakana 3 332 3 1 If there is no value listed for Version it means there is only one value 2 Fonts that are fully supported are listed in this column Other fonts support a subset of the code page When All is specified it refers to all resident fonts except the OCR fonts 3 and 19 Table 11 Resident Font and Code Page Resident Font FGID Pitch CPI Code Pages ee OCR B 3 10 893 Katakana OCR OCR A 19 10 892 OCR Gothic 10 26 10 All Draft DP Gothic 10 Bold
11. DP NLQ Compressed Gothic 18 259 18 All Draft DP NLQ Compressed Courier 10 52 10 All NLQ Compressed Courier 12 75 12 All NLQ Compressed Courier 15 233 15 All NLQ Compressed Essay Compressed 154 PSM All NLQ 46 1 When All is specified all character sets are supported with exception to those specifically designated for OCRA or OCRB C IPDS Exception Reporting Unlike other protocols IPDS allows the host to control exception error processing which can free up the printer CPU The host can request one of two methods e the printer must print the pages as requested e the printer does not allow any page that has a data stream error to print The first method applies for situations such as printing checks the second method applies for printing drafts or when troubleshooting data streams The following tables list the exception IDs and the error conditions The exception ID consists of three parts For example 8001 00 80 sense byte 0 which indicates a command reject 00 sense byte 1 00 sense byte 2 The following tables contain the exception reporting codes which the printer sends to the host in the NACK reply These codes are in a three byte format The first byte byte 0 is the error group The remaining two bytes bytes 1 and 2 are the individual error identifiers The following table shows the error group meanings Byte 0 Error Type Page
12. Emulation 38 A Thermal Fonts and Code Pages Table 8 Language Code Page and Quality Combinations Language CPGID GCSGID Version 1 Fonts Supported 2 English USA Canada 037 101 697 0 1 All English US International 038 103 697 All International Set 1 256 337 697 All Symbols Set 7 259 340 11 86 Canadian French 260 341 697 All Austrian German 273 265 697 0 1 All Belgian 274 269 697 0 1 All Brazilian 275 273 697 0 1 All Canadian French Alt 276 277 All Danish Norwegian 277 281 697 0 1 All Finnish Swedish 278 285 697 0 1 All Italian 280 293 697 0 1 All Japanese English 281 297 697 0 1 All Portuguese 282 301 697 0 1 All Spanish Speaking 284 309 697 0 1 All English UK 285 313 697 0 1 All Austrian German Alt 286 317 697 All Danish Norwegian Alt 287 321 697 All Finnish Swedish Alt 288 325 697 All Spanish Alt 289 329 697 All Japanese Katakana 290 332 400 404 416 420 424 428 French Azerty 297 288 697 0 1 All Graphic Escape 310 963 697 76 39 Appendix A Table 8 Language Code Page and Quality Combinations Language CPGID GCSGID Version 1 Fonts Supported 2 Int Typographic 361 697 5687 5707 5815 5835 Arabic 420 235 697 11 223 400 404 416 420 Greek 423 218 400 404 416 420 Hebrew 424 941
13. Exception Action None X 800E00 Invalid IPDS Command Length Explanation The command has an invalid length This command is only from the Line Matrix printer Alternate Exception Action None Data Check X 08 Data Check X 08 The following exception codes are the valid codes for a data check condition X 082100 Undefined Character Explanation 1 An undefined character code has been detected in Write Text data 2 An undefined overstrike character code has been detected 3 A character has been detected in Write Text Command data which is undefined at the quality level specified by the XOA PQC command 4 An undefined character code has been detected in Write Bar Code data Alternate Exception Action For reasons 1 3 print the default character For reason 4 there is no alternate exception action X 086000 Numeric Representation Precision Check Explanation 1 The print position cannot be represented within the printer 2 The result of the calculation cannot be represented in the printer This may result from the WGC GDD window limits being very close together 3 There was a coordinate overflow while scaling Alternate Exception Action None X 08C100 Position Check Explanation An attempt was made to print outside the valid printable area Alternate Exception Action All physical printing outside the valid printable area is suppressed All data and co
14. Write Bar Code Data Descriptor field is not sup ported Alternate Exception Action Use printer default color X 040600 Unit Module Width Specified Is Not Supported Explanation The unit module width specified in the Write Bar Code Data Descriptor field is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use closest smaller width supported or the device default for those devices with only one fixed default value Specification Check Bar Code X 04 X 040700 Element Height Specified Is Not Supported Explanation The element height specified in the Write Bar Code Data Descriptor field is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use closest height supported X 040800 Height Multiplier Specified Is Not Supported Explanation The height multiplier specified in the Write Bar Code Data Descriptor field is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use closest multiplier supported X 040900 Wide Narrow Ratio Is Not Supported Explanation The wide narrow ratio specified in the Write Bar Code Data Descriptor field is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use the printer default wide element width The default wide element width and the specified or default unit module width should be such that a wide nar row ratio of 2 50 or 3 00 results X 040A00 Invalid Symbol Reference Point Explanation The symbol reference point given in the Write Bar Code c
15. are available as part of the Printronix 2 When an A or Bis specified in the code page column it indicates that the font supports are of the following groups of code pages 037 038 256 260 273 274 275 276 277 278 280 281 282 284 285 286 287 288 289 297 500 871 1140 1141 1142 1143 1144 1145 1146 1147 1148 1149 290 420 423 424 803 870 880 1026 Group A Group B 42 B Line Matrix Fonts and Code Pages Table 10 Language Code Page and Quality Combinations Language CPGID GCSGID Version 1 Fonts Supported 2 English USA Canada 037 101 697 0 1 All International Set 1 256 337 697 All Canadian French 260 341 697 All Austrian German 273 265 697 0 1 All Belgian 274 269 697 0 1 All Brazilian 275 273 697 0 1 All Danish Norwegian 277 281 697 0 1 All Finnish Swedish 278 285 697 0 1 All Italian 280 293 697 0 1 All Japanese English 281 297 697 0 1 All Portuguese 282 301 697 0 1 All Spanish Speaking 284 309 697 0 1 All English UK 285 313 697 0 1 All Danish Norwegian Alt 287 321 697 All Finnish Swedish Alt 288 325 697 All Spanish Alt 289 329 697 All Japanese Katakana 290 332 All French Azerty 297 288 697 0 1 All Arabic 420 235 697 All Greek 423 218 All Hebrew 424 941 697 All International Set 5 500 697 0 1 All 43 44 Appendix B Table 10 Language Code Page
16. source ID of one or more of the installed input media sources was changed Alternate Exception Action None NOTE Not reported in 4234 Emulation Mode 81 Appendix C 82 D Contact Information Printronix Customer Support Center IMPORTANT Please have the following information available prior to calling the Printronix Customer Support Center e Model number e Serial number located on the back of the printer e Installed options i e interface and host type if applicable to the problem e Configuration printout Thermal Printer See Printing A Configuration in the User s Setup Guide Line Matrix Printer Press PRT CONFIG on the control panel then press Enter e Is the problem with a new install or an existing printer e Description of the problem be specific e Good and bad samples that clearly show the problem faxing of these samples may be required Americas 714 368 2686 Europe Middle East and Africa 31 24 6489 311 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4114 China 86 800 999 6836 http www printronix com support aspx Printronix Supplies Department Contact the Printronix Supplies Department for genuine Printronix supplies Americas 800 733 1900 Europe Middle East and Africa 33 0 1 46 25 19 07 Asia Pacific 65 6548 4116 or 65 6548 4182 China 86 400 886 5598 India 800 102 7869 http www printronix com supplies parts aspx 83 Appendix D Corporate Offices Corporate Offices
17. syntax Byte D6XX Flag CID Data Count Byte Count A two byte field Specifies the length of the command D6XX A two byte field D6 denotes an IPDS command XX is the hex code for the IPDS command Flag A one byte field containing the IPDS command stream flags You can request an Acknowledgement Required response from the printer in this field CID Correlation ID A two byte field that identifies the command If an exception error occurs the printer will respond with a Negative Acknowledge Reply and the CID associated with the command Data 0 32760 bytes if CID is present 0 32762 bytes if CID is not present This field contains parameters orders and data necessary for implementing the command The Text Commands The following commands are used to present text blocks in a page a page segment or an overlay Load Equivalence LE Byte D61D Flag CID Data Count This command allows the printer to use a single suppression ID for more than one suppression pair Write Text WT Byte D62D Flag CID Presentation Count Text Object Content Architecture control codes and character data Use this command to send character data and controls to the printer The data and controls can begin in one Write Text command chain and end in another Write Text command chain Controls are listed on the following pages The first control is preceded by the escape sequence 2B D3 Subsequent controls will follow as long a
18. 028 and 3816 Table 3 Sense Type and Model Acknowledge Reply Offset Value Description 0 X FF System 370 convention 1 2 Product Code X 4028 4028 Emulation X38127 3816 Emulation 3 XOT Model 4 5 X 0000 Reserved Command set vectors in the following format Refer to individual command set vectors in the following table 6 7 Length Length of the command set vector including this field 8 9 Subset ID or For data command sets the subset ID of a Command Set command set For other command sets the ID command set ID 10 11 Level or For data command sets the level ID of a Subset ID data tower For other command sets the subset ID of a command set 12 end Property Pairs Zero or more command set property ID and data pairs 27 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation Table 4 Command Set Vectors Name Value Description Device Control Command Set Length X 002A 4028 Vector Length X 002C 3816 Command Set ID X C4C3 Device control Command Set ID Subset ID X FF10 DC1 subset ID LCC Property Pair X 6001 MULTIPLE COPY and COPY SUBGROUP support in LCC Optional X 7002 APPLY FINISHING OPERATIONS AFO Command Command Support Property Pair X 702E ACTIVATE RESOURCE Command support XOA Property X 8008 MARK FORM Pairs X 800A 3816 ALTERNATE OFFSET STACKER X 80F2 DISCARD BUFFERED DATA X 80F4 REQUES
19. 10 12 144 A 850 870 1002 Courier Italic 10 18 144 A 437 850 1002 OCR A 19 144 892 APL 12 76 120 310 Courier 12 85 120 A 437 850 1002 1003 Prestige 12 86 120 A 259 437 850 1002 1003 1026 Courier Italic 12 92 120 A 437 850 1002 Prestige Italic 12 112 120 A 850 870 1002 Boldface PSM 164 120 A 850 870 1002 Courier 15 223 96 A 420 437 850 1002 Courier 17 1 254 84 A 437 850 1002 Gothic 20 281 72 A 850 870 1002 Letter Gothic 1 400 Scalable A B 850 Letter Gothic Bold 404 Scalable A B 850 Courier 1 416 Scalable A B 850 Courier Bold 420 Scalable A B 850 Courier Italic 1 424 Scalable A 290 850 Courier Italic Bold 1 428 Scalable A 290 850 Times New Roman 6 5687 40 A 361 1003 Times New Roman 8 5687 53 A 361 1003 Times New Roman 10 5687 67 A 361 1003 Times New Roman 12 5687 80 A 361 1003 Times New Roman B 10 5707 67 A 361 1003 Times New Roman B 12 5707 80 A 361 1003 Times New Roman B 14 5707 93 A 361 1003 Times New Roman B 18 5707 120 A 361 1003 41 Appendix A Table 9 Resident Font and Code Page Resident Font FGID Font Width Code Pages 2 Times New Roman B 24 5707 160 A 361 1003 Times New Roman 10 5815 67 A 361 1003 Times New Roman 12 5815 80 A 361 1003 Times New Roman BI 10 5835 67 A 361 1003 Times New Roman BI 12 5835 80 A 361 1003 1 These fonts are optional Additional Font Diskettes and
20. 6801 Area Truncation Error Explanation A Begin Area order has been executed in a segment and the end of the segment is reached without an End Area order being executed Area fill implementation results are printer dependent Alternate Exception Action None X 036802 Supported Order Invalid in Area Explanation A supported order is detected that is not valid within an area Alternate Exception Action None X 036803 Pattern Symbol Set Not Available Explanation The symbol set identified by the current Pattern Set is not available Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default pattern symbol set 57 Appendix C 58 X 036804 Undefined Pattern Symbol Explanation The current pattern symbol is undefined in the pattern symbol set Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default pattern symbol X 037001 Invalid Repeat Append Bit Explanation The Begin Segment Repeat Append bit has a value of B 10 in chained immediate mode Alternate Exception Action None X 037082 Invalid Repeat Append Bit Explanation The Begin Segment Repeat Append bit has a value of B 01 Alternate Exception Action None X 0370C1 Invalid Begin Segment length Explanation The Begin Segment parameter length is invalid Alternate Exception Action None X 0370C5 Insufficient Segment data Explanation Received End Segment when expecting mo
21. 697 400 404 416 420 PC ASCII 437 697 11 18 85 86 92 223 254 International Set 5 500 697 0 1 All Hebrew Alt 803 1147 400 404 416 420 PC Multilingual 850 980 All except 5687 5707 5815 and 5835 Latin 2 ROECE 870 959 697 12 112 164 281 400 404 416 420 Icelandic 871 697 0 1 All Cyrillic Old 880 960 697 400 404 416 420 OCR A 892 968 19 OCR B 893 969 3 DCF 1002 1132 All except 400 404 416 420 424 428 5687 5707 5815 and 5835 US Text Subset 1003 1133 11 85 86 5687 5707 5815 5835 Turkish Latin 5 1026 1152 11 86 400 404 416 420 Euro USA Canada 1140 695 All Euro Austrian German 1141 695 All Euro Danish Norwegian 1142 695 All Euro Finnish Swedish 1143 695 All Euro Italian 1144 695 All Euro Spanish Speaking 1145 695 All Euro UK Ireland 1146 695 All Euro French 1147 695 All Euro International 1148 695 All Euro Icelandic 1149 695 All 1 If there is no value listed for Version it means there is only one value 2 Fonts that are fully supported are listed in this column Other fonts support a subset of the code page When All is specified it refers to all resident fonts except the OCR fonts 3 and 19 40 Table 9 Resident Font and Code Page Resident Font FGID Font Width Code Pages 2 OCR B 3 144 893 Courier 10 11 144 A 259 420 437 850 1002 1003 1026 Prestige
22. BCOCA are described in more detail in the IBM documentation The States IPDS capable printers are known as state machines As the printer recognizes a specific command it operates in the state identified with that command Figure 1 shows the transition of the different states Home State The initial operating state The printer returns to this state after a page an overlay or a page segment has been sent Block States The printer establishes the processing conditions for a data block to be accepted There are three block states IM image graphics and barcode Page State While printing a logical page the printer is in the Page State Overlay State This state permits overlay data blocks to be stored An overlay is a block of data that is frequently accessed It can be a block of text images graphics or barcodes An overlay can be a predefined page or part of a page and is often used for forms 14 The States Page Segment State Home State Page segment data is stored when the printer is in this state A page segment is a frequently accessed resource it can be a block of text images graphics or barcodes Page segments can be a part of an overlay Any state Some commands can be received in any state Begin End Page _ Page Block End i Page Page State State State Home State Begin Page End Segment Page Begin Overlay Overlay
23. LOR of MEDIUM SUPPORTED LIMITED SIMULATED COLOR SUPPORTED X A004 All four orientations supported Barcode Command Set Length X 000C Vector Length Subset ID X C2C3 BARCODE Command Set Level ID X FF10 BCOCA BCD1 data Property Pairs X 1001 UNORDERED BARCODE BLOCKS X 4022 COLOR of MEDIUM SUPPORTED LIMITED SIMULATED COLOR SUPPORTED X A004 All four orientations supported Overlay Command Set Length X 0008 Vector Length Command Set ID X D6D3 OVERLAY Command Set Subset ID X FF10 OL1 subset ID Property Pair X 1505 OVERLAY NESTING 5 Levels Page Segment Command Set Length X 0006 Vector Length Command Set ID X D7E2 PAGE SEGMENT Command Set Subset ID X FF10 PS1 subset ID Loaded Font Command Set Length X 000C Vector Length Command Set ID X C3C6 LOADED FONT Command Set Subset ID X FF10 LF1 subset ID fully described font plus font index Property Pairs X A004 4 CHARACTER ROTATIONS LFI command x B001 3816 DOUBLE BYTE CODED FONTS SUPPORTED X C005 BOUNDED BOX RASTER FONT TECHNOLOGY x C101 4028 RELATIVE METRICS 31 Chapter 32 2 The IPDS Emulation Set Home State SHS Byte D697 Flag CID Data Count SHS instructs the printer to return to the home state If the printer is in the process of printing in page state the current page ends and prints the data up to the time of
24. Mapping Option Explanation A mapping option specified in the Output Control structured field of the WGC or WBCC command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 020A05 Data within a Block might be Outside the VP Explanation Image out of VPA or image out of logical page Alternate Exception Action None X 020905 Invalid Axis Offsets Explanation The axis offsets specified in the Output Control structured field of the WGC or WBCC command are not valid or supported values Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 020B05 Invalid Structured Field Identifier Explanation A two byte structured field identifier in a WGC or WBCC command is invalid or out of sequence Alternate Exception Action None X 020F01 Invalid Text Orientation Explanation Baseline or Inline orientation specified in Set Text Orientation is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action Use an inline orientation of 0 degrees and a baseline orientation of 90 degrees X 021001 Invalid Margin Explanation The margin position is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None x 021101 Invalid Baseline Increment Explanation The value of the baseline increment is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 021201 Invalid Intercharacter Adjustment Ex
25. PRINTRONIX IPDS Emulation Programmer s Reference Manual IPDS Emulation Programmer s Reference Manual PRINTRONIX Trademark Acknowledgements Advanced Function Printing is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation AIX AS 400 OS 2 and SAA are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation ANSI is a registered trademark of American National Standards Institute Inc Bar Code Object Content Architecture and BCOCA are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation Intelligent Printer Data Stream and IPDS are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation LinePrinter Plus is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc Printronix is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc PSA is a registered trademark of Printronix Inc Printronix Inc makes no representations or warranties of any kind regarding this material including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Printronix Inc shall not be held responsible for errors contained herein or any omissions from this material or for any damages whether direct indirect incidental or consequential in connection with the furnishing distribution performance or use of this material The information in this manual is subject to change without notice This document
26. S compatible printer to the following systems e System 36 SSP 5 1 plus IPDS PRPQ P84094 e System 38 with Rel 8 System 38 Control Program Facility e AS 400 processor e 5294 5394 5494 control units NOTE The coax IPDS emulation is currently not available IPDS characteristics available on each of the above attachments are not completely uniform but the emulation printers are fully functional on these attachments as provided by the host vendor IPDS can also be supported with a network interface which is protocol compatible to the twinax IPDS Defining IPDS IPDS is both a protocol and a printer mode The two terms do not mean the same thing The Protocol A protocol is a set of rules governing the exchange of information between the printer and the host computer The rules are codes that manipulate and print data and allow for machine to machine communication A printer and the host computer must use the same protocol IPDS is the protocol for your printer Refer to your IBM documentation for details about commands etc The printer uses EBCDIC character codes to print text numbers and punctuation Some EBCDIC characters singly and in groups are used as control codes Control codes instruct the printer to perform specific functions The Printer Environment The printer operates under IPDS text and graphics mode In the IPDS mode the data stream has special sequences to denote IPDS commands 10 E
27. State End gt Block End o Overlay Page State State Figure 1 State Transition 15 Chapter 16 2 The IPDS Emulation Processing a Page Your printer can print page by page or it can behave as a line printer This section describes how the printer prints page by page The User s Manual explains the two printing methods in more detail Your IPDS capable printer builds a page by gathering all the page descriptor commands and data blocks that are specified in the data stream Page descriptor commands instruct the printer to create and position a logical page which rests within the perimeter of the physical page Physical Page t Medium Presentation Space Block _ Figure 2 Processing a Page Blocks contain images graphics barcodes coded fonts and text Each block is recognized by specific functional commands To print a barcode for example Barcode commands must be in the data stream As each type of data block is stored in memory the printer moves from state to state For example when the printer is reading the Barcode commands it is in the barcode state Once all the data has been stored the page can be closed with an End Page command and the printer which is now in the Home State is ready to print the page The Command Syntax The Command Syntax The commands on the following pages use this
28. T RESOURCE LIST X 80F6 EXCEPTION HANDLING CONTROL 28 The Device Control Commands Table 4 Command Set Vectors Name Value Description XOH Property X 9001 PRINT BUFFERED DATA Pairs X 9003 4028 SPECIFY GROUP OPERATION x 9004 4028 DEFINE GROUP BOUNDARY X 9005 ERASE RESIDUAL PRINT DATA X 9007 ERASE RESIDUAL FONT DATA Thermal printers only X 900E SELECT MEDIUM MODIFICATIONS X 9013 EJECT to FONT FACING X 9015 SELECT INPUT MEDIA SOURCE Thermal printers only X 9016 SET MEDIA ORIGIN Thermal printers only NOTE Some IPDS hosts will not send an IPDS XOH SMS to a printer that reports as a Continuous Forms printer and supports XOH SMO Reporting of XOH SET MEDIA ORIGIN Support can be disabled through the IPDS XOH SMO Support menu setting X 9017 SET MEDIA SIZE X 90F3 OBTAIN PRINTER CHARACTERISTICS X 90F5 PAGE COUNTERS CONTROL Misc Property X F001 3816 END PERSISTENT NACK Without Leaving IPDS Pairs X F601 3816 Position check highlighting support in XOA EHC Presentation Text Command Set Length xX 000A 4028 Vector Length x 000C 3816 Subset ID X D7E3 PRESENTATION TEXT Command Set Level ID X FF20 PTOCA PT2 data Property Pairs X10017 UNORDERED TEXT X 4002 3816 COLOR of MEDIUM SUPPORTED LIMITED SIMULATED COLOR SUPPORTED X 50FF Multiple TEXT ORIENTATIONS suppo
29. Write Text NT ere atest tak dns ee et lode ace 17 Scalable Fonts Thermal Only 19 XOA Request Resource List RRL Reply 19 Font Selection s se sn mers nt cade arin Ae a anand 19 IIMAQSS ia RER ER a tea teas eee rte eae eas a cee 20 The IM Image Command Set 20 Write Image Control WIC ceeeeeceeeeeetteeeeeetttieeeeeetaeeeeeees 20 Write Image WI iii 21 Graphe tissus fe Ale Etes tal run 21 The Graphics Command Set 22 Write Graphics Control WGC 0 00 eceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeenaeeees 22 Write Graphics WG ccceceeeeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeaeees 22 Bal COC OS EEE E E A E EAS 22 The Barcode Command Set 23 Write Barcode Control WBCC 23 Write Barcode WBC eoe ciiin eae EEEE ENTERRER 23 Table of Contents The Page Segment Command Set 24 Begin Page Segment BPS ceeecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeneeeeeeeaes 24 Delete Page Segment DPS 24 Include Page Segment IPS 24 The Overlay Command Set 25 Begin Overlay BO araa eiker 25 Delete Overlay DO insu 25 Include Overlay O arri ar sua 25 The Device Control Commands cccceceeceeteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeeeeaaes 25 Apply Finishing Operations AFO 25 Begin Page BP 26 EIN cach etre iets coat censaase E seared M n s 26 Enid Page EP insu en RSR titans 26 Load Copy Control LCC UV 26 Load Font Equivalence LFE
30. age The Device Control Commands The following commands are used to set up the page format to communicate control commands and to oversee the acknowledge reply These commands are for Thermal printers only Apply Finishing Operations AFO Byte D602 Flag CID Data Count The Apply Finishing Operations AFO command is valid only in home state It directs the printer to apply zero or more finishing operations to the current sheet and each copy of that sheet The current sheet is the sheet in which the first copy of the next received page is printed The operations are not applied to sheets after copies of the current sheet An AFO command completely replaces any previously sent AFO command for the current sheet Specific finishing operations are specified in Finishing Operation X 85 triplets If no triplets are specified this command completely replaces any previously sent AFO command for the current sheet and is then treated as if it were a No Operation NOP command this provides a reset function 25 Chapter 26 2 The IPDS Emulation Begin Page BP Byte D6AF Flag CID Data Count This command indicates the beginning of a page and causes the printer to enter the page state End Byte D65D Flag CID Binary Data Count This command notes the end of a block containing an image graphics or barcodes End Page EP Byte D6BF Flag CID Binary Data Count This command notes the end of a page a page seg
31. anation 1 The text color is not a valid or supported value 2 The text color precision is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action If the attribute value is not valid ignore the control and continue presentation with the value that was in effect prior to this control sequence If the attribute value is valid but unsupported for this printer use the printer default color Specification Check General X 02 X 025C02 Invalid or Unsupported Parameter in an LFl Command Explanation Invalid parameter in Load Font Index command Alternate Exception Action None X 026002 Invalid LPD X Units Unit Base Explanation On the Load Page Description command the X units per unit base value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 026102 Invalid LPD Y Units Unit Base Explanation 1 On the Load Page Description command the Y units per unit base value is not a valid or supported value 2 Onthe Set Media Size command the units per unit base value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 026202 Invalid LPD X Extent Explanation On the Load Page Description command the X Extent is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 026302 LPD Invalid Y Extent Explanation On the Load Page Description command the Y Extent is nota valid or supported value Alternat
32. ard 416 93950 Courier Optional 420 93952 Courier Bold Standard 424 93951 Courier Italic Optional 428 93953 Courier Italic Bold Optional The fonts listed in Table 2 as standard is available by default for Thermal products that offer IPDS The optional fonts are available if needed NOTE Download optional fonts to the printer s flash memory separately to make them available for IPDS Additional fonts other than the fonts listed in Table 2 may be available in the future XOA Request Resource List RRL Reply All of the IPDS scalable fonts in the printer will be added to the XOA RRL replies to report their availability to the host PSF The IPDS scalable fonts will be reported in the RRL Resource Type X 07 Font character sets and will specify a Font Width FW of X 0000 to indicate that it is a scalable font Font Selection The scalable fonts can be selected from the host similar to the resident bitmap fonts in the Global Resource ID GRID portion of the Load Font Equivalence command The width of the font is specified in 1440ths of an inch in the Font Width bytes of the GRID A Font Width of X FFFF indicates that the width of the printer default font is used The scalable fonts can be used within text graphics or barcode HRI data 19 20 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation Images The physical page is the actual medium used such as a continuous form or an 8 1 2 x 11 inch sheet of pap
33. awings such as arcs and lines The area containing the entire drawing is called the graphics presentation space Usually only a part of the drawing will be printed This part is referred to as the graphics presentation space window Graphics Presentation Space Graphics Presentation which is mapped into Space Window sd cecesdsdedeeses selesseseis Image lt Physical Page a Logical i Page the Graphics Block Figure 4 Generating Graphics To place the graphics presentation space window onto a logical page it must be mapped to a graphics block on the logical page This block can be the same size larger or smaller than the graphics presentation space When you map the window to the graphics block you have three methods to choose from e Scale to fit mapping The window will be the same size as the graphics block e Center and trim mapping The window is centered inside the graphics block e Position and trim mapping The window s top left corner is mapped to the graphics block and is affected by the graphics block s offset parameters 21 Chapter 22 2 The IPDS Emulation The Graphics Command Set The following commands are used to present graphics in a page a page segment or an overlay Write Graphics Control WGC Byte D684 Flag CID Graphics Area Count Position Graphics Output Control Graphics Data Descriptor WGC specifies the graphics block positio
34. ber of source image bytes received gt the number implied in the Write Image Control command Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 026B02 Invalid LPD Initial Baseline Coordinate Explanation On a Load Page Description command the initial baseline coordinate value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 027002 Invalid Units Value in an XOH SMS Command Explanation The units value in an XOH SMS command is invalid or unsupported Alternate Exception Action None X 027202 Invalid SMS X Extent Explanation On the Set Media Size command the X extent is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 027302 Invalid SMS Y Extent Explanation On the Set Media Size command the Y extent is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 027402 Invalid SMS Unit Base Explanation On the Set Media Size command the unit base is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 027A01 Invalid triplet length value Explanation The length specified in a triplet is invalid Alternate Exception Action None X 027B01 Incorrect number of triplet data bytes Explanation The number of data bytes specified in a triplet length field is greater than the number of bytes remaining in the command Alternate Exception Action None
35. cal page or current overlay 2 An attempt is made to print a barcode symbol or HRI outside the physical page 3 The symbol reference point lies outside the barcode object presentation space or logical page or current overlay Alternate Exception Action None X 040F00 Explanation Matrix row size value or number of rows value is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use X 0000 for the unsupported value Specification Check Bar Code X 04 X 040F01 Explanation Invalid structured append sequence indicator Alternate Exception Action Present the barcode symbol without structured append information X 040F02 Explanation Structured append sequence indicator too large Alternate Exception Action Present the barcode symbol without structured append information X 040F03 Explanation Structured append information mismatch Alternate Exception Action Present the barcode symbol without structured append information X 040F04 Explanation Invalid number of structured append symbols Alternate Exception Action Present the barcode symbol without structured append information X 040F05 Explanation Invalid symbol mode value for a MaxiCode symbol Alternate Exception Action Terminate barcode object processing X040F06 Explanation Invalid number of data symbol characters per row for a PDF417 sy
36. ce Alternate Exception Action None X 02C101 Maximum Number of Simplex Keywords in an LCC Command Explanation More than one simplex operation keyword has been specified in an LCC command copy group Alternate Exception Action None X 02C102 Load Equivalence Internal Value Not Unique Explanation The first two bytes of two or more list entries on the Load Equivalence command are not unique Setting both external values to the same value will not prevent the error Alternate Exception Action None X 02C602 Invalid Load Equivalence Mapping Type Explanation The Mapping Type on the Load Equivalence command is not X 0100 Alternate Exception Action None Conditions Requiring Host Notification X 01 X 02C801 An unsupported Input Media Source ID was Specified Explanation An unsupported Input Media Source ID was specified in an XOH SIMS command Alternate Exception Action Select an installed and available media source X 02C802 Invalid Internal External Value on LE Explanation The Internal or External value on a Load Equivalence command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None Conditions Requiring Host Notification X 01 X 010100 Media Size or Input Media Source ID Changed Explanation 1 The size of the media in one or more of the installed input media sources was changed 2 The input media
37. ception Action None X 03000C Segment Prologue Error Explanation A supported order that is not valid within a prologue was found in a prologue The end of a segment was reached without an End Prologue order Alternate Exception Action None X 03000E Unsupported Attribute Value Explanation An attribute value for a graphic order or for a WGC Set Current Default instruction is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default value for that attribute X 030021 Invalid Default Explanation The Set Current Defaults instruction sets an invalid or unsupported default for an attribute Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check Graphics X 03 X 033400 Character Angle Value Not Supported Explanation The specific character angle requested is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use the closest angle supported by the printer X 033E00 Invalid End Prologue Explanation An End Prologue was found outside the prologue section of a segment Alternate Exception Action None X 036000 Area Bracket Error Explanation An End Area order has been executed without a Begin Area order having previously been executed Alternate Exception Action None X 036800 Begin Area Received Incorrectly Explanation Begin Area order received while Begin Area is already in progress Alternate Exception Action None X 03
38. contains proprietary information protected by copyright No part of this document may be reproduced copied translated or incorporated in any other material in any form or by any means whether manual graphic electronic mechanical or otherwise without the prior written consent of Printronix Inc COPYRIGHT 1996 2012 PRINTRONIX INC All rights reserved Table of Contents IN OAUCTIO LES RASE ne 9 About This Guideen cerner eee lines 9 Sources of Useful IBM Information 9 Warnings and Special Information c ceeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesteeeeeeeaas 9 Compatible System Attachments 10 Defining IPDS es imminent nn nissan 10 The Protocol nt ae a a aars aa 10 The Printer Environments saeia naea aaa E 10 Emulations and Data Streams 11 Configuring with IPDS Commands 00 13 OVEN TE EP EE D tases E 13 The IPD Si Emulation est eden seats hands la Manet sag sada aa ae giant 13 The Command Sets cccccccccecceeeeeeeeeeeeneaeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeesnnesaneaeess 13 The Data Towers i241 Siar aedi aae ei ada agaa en aa EEY 14 Th States s tes tare a a E a een uel e aae E 14 Procassno a PAGE oreda aa AA E EEEE 16 The Command Syntax iiasssseeesseeseisiiessnnrrasdesnnnedetinnaesitennnessasandana 17 The Text Commands 17 Load Equivalence LE 17
39. cuted Alternate Exception Action None X 03D101 Invalid Order in Graphic Image Explanation A Begin Image order has been executed in a segment and an order other than a Comment Image Data or End Image order is executed Alternate Exception Action None X 03D102 Graphic Image Format Not Supported Explanation The value specified for the graphic image format parameter is not supported Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 03D103 Image Width Greater Than Maximum Supported Explanation The Width value specified in the Begin Image order exceeds the maximum image width supported by the product Alternate Exception Action The image width is truncated at the maximum width supported X 03D104 Image Height Greater Than Maximum Supported Explanation The Height value specified in the Begin Image order exceeds the maximum image height supported by the product Alternate Exception Action The image height is truncated at the maximum height supported X 03E100 Relative Line Outside Coordinate Space Explanation The relative line starts inside the drawing order coordinate space but goes outside Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 The following exception codes are the valid codes for a general specification check condition X 020003 Character Exceeds Presentation Text Object Space
40. dentifies these orders Table 6 Execute Order Home State Commands Characteristics Order Function Hex Code Erase Residual Print Data Prevents access to resident 0500 print data Obtain Printer Used for Acknowledge F300 Replies Print Buffered Data All data in the buffer prints 0100 Set Media Size Specifies the page size 1700 XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics This order causes a set of device self defined fields describing printer characteristics to be placed in the Special Data Area of the Acknowledgement Reply and is identified with an acknowledgement type of X 46 See Table 7 for a detailed description of each Self Defining field reported in the Acknowledge Reply Table 7 XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics Reply Offset Value Description PRINTABLE AREA 0 1 X 0018 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0001 PRINTABLE AREA Self Defining Field ID 4 X 00 INPUT MEDIA SOURCE 5 X 00 Reserved 6 X 00 UNIT BASE 10 inches 7 X00 Reserved 8 9 X 3840 L units per UNIT BASE 10 11 X 0090 X Xxxx WIDTH of the Medium Presentation Space in L units determined by configuration setting 33 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation Table 7 XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics Reply Offset Value Description 12 13 X 7F80 Maximum LENGTH of the Medium Presen
41. dy exists in the printer Alternate Exception Action None X 029601 Page Segment Number Not Loaded Explanation The page segment identified by the Page Segment Identifier on the Include Page Segment or Delete Page Segment command was not loaded or was already deleted prior to its attempted use Alternate Exception Action None X 029701 Overlay Nesting Limit Exceeded Explanation Depth of overlay nesting is greater than the maximum depth Alternate Exception Action None X 029801 Suppression Number Outside Valid Range Explanation 1 On a Write Text command the Begin Suppression number value is not a valid or supported value 2 Ina LCC command the suppression number value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action 1 Ignore the control sequence 2 None Specification Check General X 02 X 029803 Temporary Baseline Move Error Explanation 1 The temporary baseline increment is not a valid or supported value The temporary baseline move direction is not a valid or supported value The temporary baseline move precision is not a valid or supported value Unsupported multiple offset temporary baseline move a 8 N Unable to support temporary baseline move by printing full size characters Alternate Exception Action 1 None for reasons 1 through 4 2 For reason 5 present according to the substitution method X 02AC01 In
42. e Exception Action None X 026401 Insufficient Control Storage Explanation Insufficient memory for saving data Alternate Exception Action None 73 Appendix C 74 X 026402 Invalid LPD Unit Base Explanation On the Load Page Description command the unit base is nota valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 026802 Invalid LPD Inline Direction Explanation On a Load Page Description command the Inline Sequence Direction value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action Use an inline sequence direction of 0 degrees and a baseline sequence direction of 90 degrees X 026902 Invalid LPD Baseline Direction Explanation On a Load Page Description command the Baseline Sequence Direction value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action Use an inline sequence direction of 0 degrees and a baseline sequence direction of 90 degrees X 026A01 Insufficient Source Image Data Explanation The number of source image bytes received lt the number implied in the Write Image Control command Alternate Exception Action None X 026A02 Invalid LPD Initial Inline Coordinate Explanation On a Load Page Description command the initial inline coordinate value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 026B01 Excess Source Image Data Explanation The num
43. e Options X 01 and X02 5 X11 CODE 128 Modifier Byte Options X 02 6 X18 POSTNET Modifier Byte Options X 00 X 03 36 The Device Control Commands Table 7 XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics Reply Offset Value Description 7 X1A RM4SCC Modifier Byte Option X 00 8 X22 USPS Intelligent Mail modifier byte options X 00 through X 03 SUPPORTED GROUP OPTERATIONS 0 1 X 0006 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0012 SUPPORTED GROUP OPERATIONS Self Defining Field 4 XOT Keep group together as a print unit 5 XOF Finish PRODUCT IDENTIFIER 0 1 X 003C LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0013 PRODUCT IDENTIFIER Self Defining Field ID 4 X38 LENGTH of Self Defining Product ID Parameter 5 6 X 0001 Unique PRODUCT IDENTIFIER Parameter ID 7 12 X FOFOF6F7FOFO DEVICE TYPE 6700 13 15 MODEL NUMBER X FOFOF4 004 X FOFOF6 006 X FOFOF8 008 16 18 X D7E3E7 MANUFACTURER 19 20 X C2E5 PLANT 21 32 X FOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFO SEQUENCE NUMBER 33 34 X 0000 TAG 35 43 X FOFOFOFOFOFOFOFOFO EC LEVEL 44 59 X 00000000000000000000000000 All Binary Zeros 000000 FINISHING OPERATIONS 0 1 X 0005 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0018 FINISHING OPERATIONS self defining field 4 X 05 Separation cut 37 Chapter 2 The IPDS
44. ensed expanded Abbrev for Graphic Object Content Architecture A collection of methods and rules for describing graphic data Lines arcs etc used to draw a picture Differs from an image Rectangular space that has a specified size position and orientation on a logical page It is the area where the graphics presentation space or the graphics presentation space window is mapped to graphics presentation space Rectangular conceptual space where graphics are generated graphics presentation space window home state host assigned ID host computer image image block You can specify a part of the presentation space to be mapped to the graphics block This portion is called the graphics presentation space window Specifying a window is synonymous to cropping or trimming The initial state of the printer before it begins downloading overlays page segments and or fonts After the printer prints the page the printer returns to the home state The host assigns an ID to every resource page segment overlay or font These IDs are used for loading and calling The computer that stores processes and sends data to be printed and which communicates directly with the printer The term host indicates the controlling computer since modern printers are themselves microprocessor controlled computer systems An illustration or picture Differs from graphics Rectangular space that has a specified size p
45. er The logical page is mapped onto the physical page you can set its size and position inside the physical page The logical page contains the image blocks text blocks segment and overlay blocks A block is an area where the image is mapped to The image presentation space contains the image that will be mapped to the block The image presentation space contains the entire image An image block can be the same size larger or smaller than the image presentation space Image lt Physical Page Image Presentation which is mapped into Space Logical Page the Image Block Figure 3 Generating Images The IM Image Command Set The following commands are used to present image data raster format in a page a page segment or an overlay Write Image Control WIC Byte D63D Flag CID Data Count This command defines the following the image presentation space size and resolution the image block size position and orientation on the logical page and the mapping of the image presentation space into the image block You can specify that the image presentation space fits into the image block or you can crop a portion of the presentation space and map that to the image block Graphics Write Image WI Byte D64D Flag CID Data Count This command is used to denote image data to be printed Graphics Graphics contain line dr
46. he following commands are used to access printer data by name and merge on the logical page Begin Page Segment BPS Byte D65F Flag CID Data Count This command identifies the data following as data for a page segment Delete Page Segment DPS Byte D66F Flag CID Data Count DPS instructs the printer to delete one or all of the stored page segments Include Page Segment IPS Byte D67F Flag CID Data Count When you issue an IPS command a stored page segment can be processed as if the printer had just received it The Overlay Command Set The Overlay Command Set Overlays contain data that is frequently accessed and can be stored by name for future use You can create an overlay so that it fills the entire page or fills part of a page The following overlay commands are used to access printer data by name and merge on the logical page Begin Overlay BO Byte D6DF Flag CID Data Count This command tells the printer to store the following parameters including Logical Page Descriptor Load Font Equivalence and Load Equivalence for an overlay and not to print immediately Delete Overlay DO Byte D6EF Flag CID Data Count The Delete Overlay command instructs the host to delete one or all of the stored overlays The host can reuse the deleted overlay identification numbers for new overlays Include Overlay IO Byte D67D Flag CID Data Count Issue an Include Overlay command to place an overlay on a logical p
47. hics 21 center and trim mapping 21 position and trim mapping 21 scale to fit mapping 21 Graphics Command Set 22 Write Graphics WG 22 Write Graphics Control WGC 22 Graphics command set 13 Graphics Data Towers 14 H Home state 14 IM Image 14 IM Image Command Set 20 Write Image WI 21 Write Image Control WIC 20 IM Image command set 13 Images IPDS 20 Include Overlay IO 25 Include Page Segment IPS 24 IO Image 14 IO Image command set 13 IPDS 10 data streams 11 emulations 11 Mode 10 printer environment 10 IPDS Emulation 13 Barcode Command Set 23 Barcodes 22 command sets 13 Command Syntax 17 92 Data Towers 14 Device Control Commands 25 Graphics 21 Graphics Command Set 22 IM Image Command Set 20 Images 20 Overlay Command Set 25 Page Segment Command Set 24 Processing a page 16 Scalable fonts 19 States 14 Text Commands 17 Write Barcode WBC 23 IPDS protocol 10 L Load Copy Control LCC 26 Load Equivalence LE 17 Load Font Equivalence LFE 26 Load Page Descriptor LPD 26 Load Page Position LPP 26 N No Operation NOP 27 O Overlay Command Set 25 Begin Overlay BO 25 Delete Overlay DO 25 Include Overlay 10 25 Overlay command set 13 Overlay state 14 P Page Segment Command Set 24 Begin Page Segment BPS 24 Delete Page Segment DPS 24 Include Page Segment IPS 24 Page Segment command set 13 Page Segme
48. it Base Invalid Explanation The unit base measurement units specified in the Output Control or the Data Descriptor structured field of the WGC or WBCC command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 020601 Begin Suppression Error Explanation Begin Suppression encountered in the same unit page segment or overlay before previous suppression in that unit ended Alternate Exception Action None 63 Appendix C 64 X 020605 Structured Field Units Invalid Explanation 1 The units specified in the Output Control or the Data Descriptor structured field of the WGC or WBCC command is not a valid or supported value 2 The result of the calculation cannot be represented in the printer This may result from the WGC GDD window limits being very close together 3 Coordinate overflow while scaling graphics Possible if scaling coordinates require multiplication by a value greater than 1 Alternate Exception Action None X 020705 Structured Field Extents Not Supported Explanation The extents specified in the Output Control or Data Descriptor structured field of the WGC or WBCC command are not a valid or supported value The window values of the WGC GDD structured field are not consistent therefore the value of XL is larger than the value of XR or the value of YB is larger than the value of YT Alternate Exception Action None X 020805 Invalid
49. mbol Alternate Exception Action Terminate barcode object processing 53 Appendix C 54 X 040F07 Explanation Invalid desired number of rows value for a PDF417 symbol Alternate Exception Action Proceed as if X FF was specified X 040F08 Explanation Too much data for a PDF417 symbol Alternate Exception Action Termindate barcode object processing X 040F09 Explanation Invalid security level value for a PDF417 symbol Alternate Exception Action Proceed as if security level 8 was specified X 040F0A Explanation Incompatible combination of Data Matrix parameters Alternate Exception Action Terminate barcode object processing X 040F0B Explanation Invalid structured append file identification value Alternate Exception Action Present the barcode symbol without structured append information Specification Check Graphics X 03 X 040F0C Explanation Invalid Macro PDF417 Control Block length value Alternate Exception Action Terminate barcode object processing X 040F0D Explanation Invalid data within a Macro PDF417 Control Block Alternate Exception Action Present the barcode symbol without a Macro PDF417 Control Block Specification Check Graphics X 03 The following exception codes are the valid codes for a graphics specification check condition X 030001 Unallocated Graphic O
50. ment or an overlay and returns the printer to the home state Load Copy Control LCC Byte D69F Flag CID Data Count This command is effective only in the home state and controls the number of Times New Roman you want to print the current logical page Load Font Equivalence LFE Byte D63F Flag CID Data Count This command is used to re identify local font data IDs to host specified font resource IDs Load Page Descriptor LPD Byte D6CF Flag CID Data Count The LPD command sets the logical page s characteristics such as the units for positioning text the margins and line spacing etc Load Page Position LPP Byte D66D Flag CID Data Count The LPP command sets the position of the logical page on the physical page which allows for any required offsetting No Operation NOP Byte Count D603 The Device Control Commands Flag CID Data This command tells the printer to perform no operation Sense Type and Model STM Byte Count D6E4 Flag CID This command asks the printer to identify its capabilities The printer responds with one or more Acknowledge Replies which contain general information and command set vectors that identify supported IPDS function sets and subsets Sense Type and Model Acknowledge Reply The following table shows the STM reply format contained in the special data area of the Acknowledge Reply Note that differences between 4028 and 3816 emulation are indicated with 4
51. meter of a Request Resource List order is not a valid or supported value 3 The Resource Qualifier parameter of a Request Resource List order is not a valid or supported value 4 The Resource Type parameter on the Request Resource List order is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 029201 Overlay Number Not Loaded Explanation The overlay identified by the Overlay Identifier on the Include Overlay Delete Overlay or LCC command was not loaded or was already deleted prior to its attempted use Alternate Exception Action None X 029202 Invalid Print Quality Control Parameter Explanation The Print Quality Control parameter is X 00 which is a reserved value Alternate Exception Action None X 029301 Recursive Overlay Invocation Explanation An infinite nesting loop has occurred with the Include Overlay command for example an overlay has included itself Alternate Exception Action None 77 Appendix C 78 X 029401 Page Segment Number Outside Valid Range Explanation 1 The Page Segment Identifier on the Include Page Segment command is not a valid or supported value 2 The Page Segment Identifier on the Begin Page Segment command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 029501 Page Segment Number Already Loaded Explanation The host attempted to download a page segment that alrea
52. mulations and Data Streams Emulations and Data Streams For Thermal printers the IPDS printer emulates only IBM 3816 or 4028 and scalable AGFA fonts For Line Matrix printers your IPDS printer emulates only IBM 4234 twinax models 008 and 012 Twinax printers always use IPDS data streams for sending commands Even a simple job such as a screen print is IPDS data in a twinax attachment Because the printer definition on a twinax host is either set automatically by auto configuration or manually the printer type is already known NOTE To print a non IPDS data stream make sure to terminate any outstanding IPDS print job and end the IPDS write before sending the non IPDS print job 11 Chapter 1 Defining IPDS 2 Configuring with IPDS Commands Overview This chapter summarizes IPDS lists control codes and lists error messages For detailed information refer to Sources of Useful IBM Information on page 9 The IPDS Emulation IPDS consists of the following command sets which are defined in more detail beginning on page 17 The Command Sets Text IM Image IO Image Graphics Barcode Page Segment Overlay Device Control This set contains the commands used to present text information on a page on a page segment or on an overlay The commands for this functional area output raster image data on a page a page segment or on an overlay Not available To present vector graphics
53. n size and orientation it specifies the graphics presentation space window size and location inside the graphics presentation space and it defines how the window will map into the graphics block Write Graphics WG Byte D685 Flag CID Begin Segment Count Introducer and drawing orders The WG command follows the Write Graphics Control command and contains information about the graphics presentation space This data is referred to as drawing orders Barcodes Barcodes contain information that can be read by optical scanners and are widely used A barcode resides in a barcode presentation space which is mapped to a barcode block that exists on the logical page This block can be the same size larger or smaller than the barcode presentation space The entire barcode presentation space must be mapped to the barcode block you cannot trim and cut any of the barcode presentation space The Barcode Command Set The Barcode Command Set The following commands are used to present barcodes in a page a page segment or an overlay Write Barcode Control WBCC Byte D680 Flag CID Barcode Area Count Position Barcode Output Control Barcode Data Descriptor Use this command to set the barcode block position size and orientation to set the barcode presentation size the barcode to be used and to set how the barcode presentation space will map into the barcode block Write Barcode WBC Byte D681 Flag CID Data Coun
54. n Printer Characteristics Reply Offset Value Description 2 3 X 000B ACTIVATE RESOURCE RT amp RIDF SUPPORT Self Defining Field 4 5 X 0103 Single Byte LF1 Coded Fonts with IBM Global Resource IDs 6 7 X 0106 Single Byte LF1 Coded Fonts with MVS Host Unalterable Remote Font Environment 8 9 X 0803 Single Byte LF1 Coded Font Index with IBM Global Resource IDs 10 11 X 0806 Single Byte LF1 Coded Fonts Index with MVS Host Unalterable Remote Font Environment ACTIVATE RESOURCE RT amp RIDF SUPPORT 0 1 X 000C LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 000B ACTIVATE RESOURCE RT amp RIDF SUPPORT Self Defining Field 4 5 X 0103 Single Byte LF1 Coded Fonts with IBM Global Resource IDs 6 7 X 0106 Single Byte LF1 Coded Fonts with MVS Host Unalterable Remote Font Environment 8 9 X 0803 Single Byte LF1 Coded Font Index with IBM Global Resource IDs 10 11 X 0806 Single Byte LF1 Coded Fonts Index with MVS Host Unalterable Remote Font Environment MEDIUM MODIFICATIONS ID SUPPORT 0 1 X 0006 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 000D MEDIUM MODIFCATIONS ID SUPPORT Self Defining Field ID 4 5 X A200 Fixed separation cut COMMON BARCODE TYPE MODIFIER 0 1 X 0009 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 000E COMMON BARCODE TYPE MODIFIER Self Draining Field 4 X 0D CODABAR Modifier Byt
55. n of non data bits to data resulting in the number of 1 bits being either always even or always odd Parity is used to detect transmission errors Parity represents the value in the check digit of the received or transmitted data The medium that the printer prints data on Derived from picture element The smallest displayable picture element on a video monitor or printable unit In printing a pixel is a dot A unit of length in printing and typography used to specify type sizes heights of font characters etc There are 72 points in a vertical inch thus one point equals 1 72 inch or approximately 0 0138 inch Some examples port presentation space protocol RAM read reset resolution ROM set string twinax type style typeface weight write of point sizes are This is 8 point type This manual is printed in 10 point type This is 14 point type A channel used for receiving data from or transmitting data to one or more external devices A space where data can be generated before it is mapped onto the logical page The presentation space uses an X axis and Y axis to specify addresses A set of rules or conventions governing the exchange of information between computer systems For computer printers a protocol is the coding convention used to convey and print data A printer protocol includes character codes printer function codes and machine to machine communication codes Acronym for ra
56. ndom access memory Also called main memory or working memory RAM is the active memory of a printer into which programs are loaded This memory can be read from or written to at any time hence the term random access RAM is also termed volatile because whatever is in RAM is lost when power is turned off or interrupted To retrieve data from memory RAM NVRAM or mass storage hard disk floppy diskette etc To turn off deactivate disable or return to a previously determined state A measure expressing the number of units in a given range used to create an image In printing this is expressed as the number of dots per inch dpi horizontally and vertically Acronym for read only memory Programs instructions and routines permanently stored in the printer ROM is not lost when power is turned off and cannot be written to hence the term read only ROM resident fonts are fonts permanently stored in a printer and available at any time To turn on activate invoke or enable Two or more bytes of data or code treated as a unit Twinaxial A type of cable with two wires surrounded by insulation and a braided shield Refers to either the upright or italic character style in a specific font family Roman is upright italic is slanted A descriptive name or brand name that identifies a particular design of type Also called type family See character weight To place data in memory RAM NVRAM
57. nt and continue processing X 021901 Repeat String Length Error Explanation The Repeat String target string length is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 021902 Multiple Occurrences of the Same LFE Local ID Explanation The one byte Local Identifier value in the Load Font Equivalence command has been used more than once making the Two Byte Font Identifier reference ambiguous Alternate Exception Action None 67 Appendix C 68 X 021C01 Invalid Embedded Text Control Sequence Explanation A text control sequence contains a code other than X D3 following X 2B Alternate Exception Action None X 021D02 Invalid LFE Identifier Explanation One or more of the following font parameters listed in the LFE or their combination is not valid or supported Character Set ID Code Page ID Uniform Character Increment and Proportional Increment Coefficient Table Alternate Exception Action None X 021E01 Invalid Text Control Length Explanation The length of a text control is not valid Alternate Exception Action None X 021E02 Mismatch Between Font and XOA Print Quality Control Explanation 1 The combination of parameters specified in LFE are not supported together with the quality indicated by XOA Print Quality Control 2 The Font Style ID specified in the LFE is invalid or unsupported or is not valid wi
58. nt state 15 Page state 14 Page processing 16 position and trim mapping graphics 21 Presentation Object Content Architecture 14 Printer environment 10 Processing a page 16 R Reference documents 9 S Scalable fonts 19 font selection 19 XOA Request Resource List Reply 19 Scale to fit mapping graphics 21 Sense Type and Model STM 27 Set Home State SHS 32 States IPDS 14 Any state 15 Block states 14 Home state 14 Overlay state 14 Page Segment state 15 Page state 14 Supplies Department 83 System attachments compatible 10 T Text command set 13 Text Commands 17 Load Equivalence LE command 17 Write Text WT command 17 Text Data Towers 14 W Write Barcode WBC 23 Write Barcode Control WBCC 23 Write Graphics WG 22 Write Graphics Control WGC 22 Write Image WI 21 Write Image Control WIC 20 Write Text WT command 17 X XOA Request Resource List Reply 19 93 94 256386 001B
59. ntrols continue processing The printer continues to print within the valid printable area to the greatest possible extent For text this may mean truncating text lines at the character boundary closest to the edge of the intersection For graphics this may mean truncating graphics pictures at the pel closest to the boundary For image this may mean truncating scan lines at the pel closest to the boundary or alternatively not printing any of the image if any part of the image falls outside the valid printable area 49 Appendix C 50 Specification Check Bar Code X 04 The following exception codes are the valid codes for a barcode specification check condition X 040200 Attempt to print Barcode or HRI character out of presentation space Explanation The exception code is when the model type is not 6400 and barcode or HRI is outside of presentation space Alternate Exception Action None X 040300 Bar Code Type Requested Is Not Supported Explanation The barcode type requested in the Write Bar Code Data Descriptor field is not supported Alternate Exception Action None X 040400 LCID Requested Is Not Supported Explanation The type style font requested in the Write Bar Code Data Descriptor field is not supported Alternate Exception Action Use printer default X 040500 Bar Code Color Requested Is Not Supported Explanation The color requested in the
60. ntry Explanation There is an invalid or unsupported Load Copy Control keyword in the group entry Alternate Exception Action None X 023401 Invalid LCC Copy Group Byte Count Explanation 1 The number of bytes in Load Copy Control group is not a multiple of two byte pairs 2 The number of bytes in Load Copy Control group is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None 69 Appendix C 70 X 023601 Invalid or Unsupported Load Copy Control Simplex Duplex Parameter Explanation The LCC command simplex duplex parameter is invalid or unsupported Alternate Exception Action If invalid none If unsupported the printer prints simplex X 023801 Maximum Supported Number of Overlays per LCC Copy Group Exceeded Explanation Exceeded maximum number of overlays Alternate Exception Action None X 023901 Maximum Supported Number of Suppression per LCC Copy Group Exceeded Explanation Exceeded maximum number of suppression Alternate Exception Action None X 023F02 Font Index Not Loaded Explanation 1 The font inline sequence in Load Font Equivalence command is not supported or not supported with the current Text Orientation 2 The Font Index specified in a Load Font Equivalence command called out by a Set Coded Font Local text control is not loaded Alternate Exception Action None X 024201 WIC Pel Count lt Minimum Re
61. nvalid Relative Move Baseline Value Explanation Invalid Relative Move Baseline value Alternate Exception Action None X 021701 Invalid Variable Space Increment Explanation The value of the variable space increment as specified in a text control is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 021702 Invalid DF Deletion Type Explanation The Deletion Type on a Delete Font command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 021802 Invalid Font ID Explanation 1 The two byte Font Identifier on a Load Symbol Set or Load Font Equivalence command is not a valid or supported value 2 The one byte Font Identifier value on the Load Font Equivalence command is not a valid or supported value 3 A font is referenced on a Set Font control a Load Page Description a Load Symbol Set a Write Graphics or Write Bar Code command but the font has not been previously identified by the Load Font Equivalence command 4 The font or symbol set referenced in a Load Page Description Write Text or Write Graphics command is defined within the current Load Font Equivalence but is not loaded in the printer Alternate Exception Action 1 None 2 None 3 Substitute the active font for the specified local font and continue processing 4 Substitute the active coded font for the specified local fo
62. ommand is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 040B00 Invalid Bar Code Modifier Explanation The barcode modifier byte 17 of the Bar Code Data Descriptor structured field is not a valid or supported value for the barcode type specified by byte 16 of the same structured field Alternate Exception Action None 51 Appendix C 52 X 040C00 Invalid Bar Code Data Length Explanation The length of the variable data as given in bytes 5 n of the Write Bar Code command to be bar encoded printed plus any printer generated check digits to be coded printed is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 040E00 Check Digit Calculation Error Explanation A first check digit calculation resulting in a value of 10 is defined as an error in various of the modifier options byte 17 of the Bar Code Data Descriptor structured field for the MSI barcode Alternate Exception Action None X 041000 HRI Location Not Supported Explanation HRI location specified in the FLAGS byte of the WBC command is not a supported location Alternate Exception Action None X 041100 Attempt to Print Portion of Symbol Outside Object or VPA Explanation 1 A portion of the barcode presentation space as mapped into the object extends outside the barcode object boundaries or a portion of the barcode object extends outside of the logi
63. on a page a page segment or on an overlay use the commands in this set This set contains the commands and data controls needed to produce barcodes The commands used to store and present page segments that contain text graphics image and barcode information The commands used to store and present overlays that contain text graphics image and barcode information This set contains commands that let you set up a page and manage printer host communication 13 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation The Data Towers Most of the IPDS commands contain data fields The type of data is categorized into the following data towers Text The Presentation Text Object Content Architecture PTOCA commands are a part of the text data tower This information is necessary to print text in a page a page segment or an overlay IM Image The image data enables the printer to print images ina page a page segment or an overlay IO Image This is not supported Graphics The Graphic Object Content Architecture GOCA commands are a part of the graphics data tower This information is necessary to print images in a page a page segment or an overlay Barcode The Barcode Object Content Architecture BCOCA commands are a part of the barcode data tower This information is necessary to print barcodes in a page a page segment or an overlay Some of the data towers contain only one level of commands some contain two PTOCA GOCA and
64. osition and orientation on a logical page The image block contains the image It is the area where the image presentation space is mapped to image presentation space initialization interface invoke IPDS lpi logical page Rectangular conceptual space where an image is generated It is mapped to the image block Once mapped the image is ready to be printed A series of processes and self tests to set power up default conditions and parameters The hardware components used to link two devices by common physical interconnection signal and functional characteristics To put into effect or operation Intelligent Printer Data Stream Allows sophisticated printing such as merging text and graphics Abbrev for lines per inch A measurement indicating the vertical spacing between successive lines of text For example 8 Ipi means 8 lines of text for every vertical inch A rectangular area on a physical page The logical page has a specified size orientation location and offset The logical page is the area where barcode blocks image blocks graphics blocks and text is printed Printing occurs in the area common to the physical page and the logical page 87 Appendix E 88 logical link no operation object offset ordered printing orientation overlay overlay ID overlay state page page segment page segment state parity check physical page pixel point The parameters
65. planation 1 The value of the intercharacter adjustment is not a valid or supported value 2 The intercharacter adjustment direction is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action 1 Ignore the control sequence and continue presentation with the parameter values according to the hierarchy the hierarchy is the last valid value received or if none received then use the LPD value 2 Use direction zero NOTE In an LPD command no Alternate Exception Action occurs 65 Appendix C 66 Xx 021301 Invalid Absolute Move Baseline Value Explanation The Absolute Move Baseline parameter value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 021401 Invalid Absolute Move Inline Value Explanation The Absolute Move Inline parameter value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 021402 Font to be Deleted Not Found Explanation The single byte font specified by the Delete Font command is not in the machine Alternate Exception Action None X 021501 Invalid Relative Move Inline Explanation Invalid Relative Move Inline value Alternate Exception Action None X 021502 Invalid DF Font Explanation The Loaded Font Identifier field is required in the Delete Font command however it is not present or its value is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 021601 I
66. ported marker precision was received Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default marker symbol X 03C300 Character Symbol Set Not Available Explanation 1 The symbol set identified by the current Character Set is not available 2 The current character set specified in the Set Character Set order does not have the proper attributes to be printed in graphics mode Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default character symbol set 59 Appendix C 60 X 03C301 Undefined Graphics Character Code Explanation A code in a character string is undefined in the current character symbol set Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default character symbol X 03C302 Mismatched Character Set Explanation This exception is from the Line Matrix printer only Character precision is invalid Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default character symbol X 03C601 Arc Drawing Check Explanation The drawing processor has detected an exceptional condition which may prevent the drawing of the arc within the normal limits of pel accuracy Alternate Exception Action The arc is drawn in an implementation defined manner which may reduce to drawing straight lines X 03D100 Truncated Graphic Image Error Explanation A Begin Image order has been executed in a segment and the end of the segment is reached without an End Image order having been exe
67. quired Explanation The Target or Source Pel Count value on the Write Image Control command is less than 1 Alternate Exception Action None X 024301 WIC Pel Count gt Maximum Allowed Explanation The Target or Source Pel Count value on the Write Image Control command is greater than the valid or supported maximum Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 024401 WIC Scan Count lt Minimum Required Explanation The Target or Source Scan Count value on the Write Image Control command is less than 1 Alternate Exception Action None X 024501 WIC Scan Count gt Maximum Allowed Explanation The Target or Source Scan Count value on the Write Image Control command is greater than the valid or supported maximum Alternate Exception Action None X 024601 Invalid WIC Source Image Format Explanation 1 The Compression Algorithm value Byte 8 is not a valid or supported value 2 The Pel Data Format value Byte 9 in the Write Image Control command is not X 00 Alternate Exception Action None X 024701 Invalid WIC Scale Factor Value Explanation 1 The Pel Count Scale Factor value on the Write Image Control command is not a valid or supported value 2 The Scan Count Scale Factor value on the Write Image Control command does not equal the Pel Count Scale Factor Alternate Exception Action None X 024702
68. ration menu lists the command sets and provides error messages This manual assumes you are familiar with IPDS and programming in IPDS This book is not a tutorial it does not explain how to program nor does it describe which applications support which commands For detailed information refer to the list below Sources of Useful IBM Information IBM Intelligent Printer Data Stream Reference e IBM System 36 Concepts and Programmer s Guide IBM System 38 Guide to Program Product Installation and Device Configuration e Forms Design Reference Guide for Printers e IBM 9370 Information System Customizing the Work Station Subsystem IBM 9370 Information System Work Station Subsystem and Reference IBM AS 400 Programming Data Management Guide e 4234 Printer Models 007 008 011 and 012 Product and Programming Description e Guide to Programming for Printing Version 2 Warnings and Special Information For your safety and to protect valuable equipment it is very important that you read and comply with all information highlighted under special headings Conditions that could harm you as well as damage the equipment Conditions that could damage the printer or related equipment Information vital to proper operation of the printer NOTE Information and helpful tips about printer operation Chapter 1 Compatible System Attachments Compatible System Attachments With a twinax interface you can attach your IPD
69. rcode block A print attribute specifying text of a heavy line thickness See also character weight A reserved area in memory that data is written to and read from during data transfers A protocol instructing the printer how to construct a set of printable characters including symbols punctuation numbers diacritical markings and alphabet characters Each character is assigned a unique address in memory The degree of lightness and thickness of printed text For example Bold refers to a heavy or thick character weight Medium normal or book weight refer to the character weight used in this sentence A series of bytes that instruct the printer to perform a specific function Identifies a specific command data transmission from the host This two byte value is used to match any exceptions errors or conditions specified in an Acknowledge Reply with the IPDS command Abbrev for characters per inch A measurement of monospaced fonts indicating the horizontal character density For example 10 cpi means 10 characters can be printed in one horizontal inch 85 Appendix E 86 default deferred printing diagnostic emulation environment expanded exception family or type fixed pitch fonts FOCA font GOCA graphics graphics block A value parameter attribute or option assigned by a program or system if another is not specified by the user The printer prints page b
70. rder or Command Code Explanation 1 An attempt was made to execute an unallocated order code that is reserved for future use 2 An attempt was made to execute an unallocated command code that is reserved for future use Alternate Exception Action None X 030002 Reserved Byte Error or Invalid Default Explanation 1 A reserved byte in the graphic order is not set to zero 2 The Set Current Defaults instruction attempts in byte 2 to set an invalid or unsupported attribute 3 An invalid default byte value was received in the GDD Alternate Exception Action None X 030003 Incorrect Drawing Order Length Explanation A drawing order length is invalid Alternate Exception Action None 55 Appendix C 56 X 030004 Invalid Attribute Value Explanation An attribute value for a graphic order or for a WGC Set Current Default instruction is invalid Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default value for that attribute X 030008 Truncated Order Error Explanation An order has been requested that is not a complete order This order is one of the following 1 A fixed 2 byte order and the second byte is not in the segment 2 Along order and the length byte is not in the segment 3 Along order and the number of bytes following the byte containing the length count to the end of the segment is less than the value of the length count Alternate Ex
71. re data Alternate Exception Action None X 039200 Graphic Image Order Sequence Error Explanation An Begin Image order was not executed before the Image Data order in this segment Alternate Exception Action None X 039201 Image Data Discrepancy Explanation There are insufficient or too many bytes of data in the Image Data order Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check Graphics X 03 X 039300 Graphic Image Bracket Error Explanation An End Image order is executed without a Begin Image order having been previously executed Alternate Exception Action None X 039301 Incorrect Number of Image Data Orders Explanation The number of Image Data orders between the Begin Image and End Image orders is not equal to the number of rows in the image as given by the value of height in the Begin Image order Alternate Exception Action None X 03C200 Marker Symbol Set Not Available Explanation The symbol set identified by the current Marker Set attribute is not available Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default marker symbol set X 03C201 Undefined Marker Code Explanation A marker code point is undefined in the current marker symbol set Alternate Exception Action Use the standard default marker symbol X 03C202 Mismatched Marker Set Explanation This exception is from the Line Matrix printer only An unsup
72. rted 29 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation Table 4 Command Set Vectors Name Value Description IM Image Command Set Length X 000A 4028 Vector Length x 000c 816 Subset ID X C9D4 IM Image Command Set Level ID X FF10 IMDI data Property Pairs X 1001 UNORDERED IMAGE BLOCKS X 4022 3816 COLOR of MEDIUM SUPPORTED LIMITED SIMULATED COLOR SUPPORTED X A004 ALL 4 ORIENTATIONS Supported 10 Image Command Set Length x 0014 4028 Vector Length X 0012 3816 Subset ID X C9D6 IO Image Command Set Level ID XFF10 IOCA FS10 data Property Pairs X10017 Unordered Image Blocks x 4020 3816 LIMITED SIMULATED COLOR SUPPORTED X 5001 MMR Compressed algorithm supported X 5003 Uncompressed Image supported x 5006 816 RL4 Compressed supported X 5081 4028 G3 Facsimile Coding Scheme CCITT G3MR X 5082 4028 G4 Facsimile Coding Scheme CCITT G4MMR X 5101 4028 Bit ordering supported X A004 All four orientations supported Graphics Command Set Length X 000C Vector Length Subset ID X E5C7 GRAPHICS Command Set Level ID X FF20 GOCA DR 2V0 data 30 The Device Control Commands Table 4 Command Set Vectors Name Value Description Property Pairs X 1001 UNORDERED GRAPHICS BLOCKS X 4042 CO
73. s Table 7 XOH Obtain Printer Characteristics Reply Offset Value Description 11 14 X 00000000 Reserved Objects Stored in this Storage Pool 15 16 X 0011 PAGE GRAPHICS Data 17 18 X 0012 PAGE IMAGE Data 19 20 X 0013 PAGE TEXT Data 21 22 X 0014 PAGE BARCODE Data 23 24 X 0021 OVERLAY GRAPHICS Data 25 26 X 0022 OVERLAY IMAGE Data 27 28 X 0023 OVERLAY TEXT Data 29 30 X 0024 OVERLAY BARCODE Data 31 32 X 0031 PAGE SEGMENT GRAPHICS Data 33 34 X 0032 PAGE SEGMENT IMAGE Data 35 36 X 0033 PAGE SEGMENT TEXT Data 37 38 X 0034 PAGE SEGMENT BARCODE Data 39 40 X 0040 Single Byte CODED FONT Index Tables 41 42 X 0041 Single Byte CODED FONT Description 43 44 X 0042 Single Byte CODED FONT Patterns INSTALLED FEATURES 0 1 X 0008 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0006 INSTALLED FEATURES Self Defining Field 4 5 X 0B00 Continuous Forms Output 6 7 X 0C00 Continuous Forms Separation Capability AVAILABLE FEATURES 0 1 X 0008 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0007 AVAILABLE FEATURES Self Defining Field 4 5 X 0B00 Continuous Forms Output 6 7 X 0C00 Continuous Forms Separation Capability XOA RRL RESOURCE TYPE AND ID FORMAT 0 1 X 000C LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 35 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation Table 7 XOH Obtai
74. s the preceding code is a chained code 17 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation Table 1 Control Codes Control Sequence Unchained Chained Hex Code Hex Code Absolute Move Baseline AMB D2 D3 Absolute Move Inline AMI C6 C7 Begin Line BLN D8 D9 Begin Suppression BSU F2 F3 Draw B Axis Rule DBR E6 E7 Draw I Axis Rule DIR E4 E5 End Suppression ESU F4 F5 No Operation NOP F8 F9 Overstrike OVS 72 73 Relative Move Baseline RMB D4 D5 Relative Move Inline RMI C8 C9 Repeat String RPS EE EF Set Baseline Increment SBI DO D1 Set Coded Font Local SCFL FO F1 Set Inline Margin SIM co C1 Set Intercharacter Adjustment SIA C2 C3 Set Text Color STC 74 75 Set Text Orientation STO F6 F7 Set Variable Space Character Increment SVI C4 C5 Temporary Baseline Move TBM 78 79 Transport Data TRN DA DB Underscore USC 76 77 Absolute Move Inline AMI C6 C7 Begin Line BLN D8 D9 Begin Suppression BSU F2 F3 Draw B Axis Rule DBR E6 E7 Draw I Axis Rule DIR E4 E5 End Suppression ESU F4 F5 18 Scalable Fonts Thermal Only Scalable Fonts Thermal Only In addition to the IBM 4028 and 3816 bitmap fonts the IPDS functionality also uses Scalable AGFA fonts The following table lists available fonts and their mappings from IBM Font Global Identifiers to AGFA numbers Table 2 Scalable Fonts IPDS FGID AGFA Description Availability 404 93779 Letter Gothic Bold Stand
75. sufficient Storage to Print the Sheet Explanation Page is too large for main storage Alternate Exception Action None X 02A401 Page Boundary in the X direction cannot be Represented in the Printer Explanation Page boundary in the X direction cannot be represented in the printer Alternate Exception Action None X 02A501 Page Boundary in the Y direction cannot be Represented in the Printer Explanation Page boundary in the Y direction cannot be represented in the printer Alternate Exception Action None X 02AD01 Invalid Load Page Position Parameter Explanation The X Coordinate value on the Load Page Position command is not a valid or supported value The Y Coordinate value on the Load Page Position command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None 79 Appendix C 80 X 02AE01 Invalid Include Overlay Position Parameter Explanation 1 The X Coordinate value on the Include Overlay command is not a valid or supported value 2 The Y Coordinate value on the Include Overlay command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action None X 02AF01 Insufficient storage to continue processing Explanation There is insufficient storage to continue processing Make sure any fonts overlays and page segments that are not being used are deactivated You could also attempt to increase your host storage spa
76. t This command sends Barcode Object Content Architecture data to the printer and applies to only one barcode symbol To print another barcode symbol you must send another WBC command The following table displays the code and barcode type for Line Matrix and Thermal printers Line Matrix printers does not support all 2D barcode types Code Barcode Type Line Matrix Thermal X 01 Code 39 3 of 9 Code AIM USS 39 v v X 02 MSI modified Plessey code v v X 03 UPC CGPC Version A v v X 05 UPC CGPC Version B v v X 06 UPC Two digit Supplemental Periodicals v v X 07 UPC Five digit Supplemental Paperbacks v v X 08 EAN 8 includes JAN short X 09 EAN 13 includes Jan standard v v X 0A Industrial 2 of 5 v v X OB Matrix 2 of 5 v v X OC Interleaved 2 of 5 AIM USS I 2 5 v v 23 Chapter 2 The IPDS Emulation Code Barcode Type Line Matrix Thermal X OD Codabar 2 of 7 AIM USS Codabar v X 11 Code 128 AIM USS 128 X 16 EAN Two digit Supplemental v X 17 EAN Five digit Supplemental X 14 RM4SCC including KIX variation v X 1B Japan Postal Barcode X 1C Data Matrix 2D barcode v X 1D MaxiCode 2D barcode v X 1E PDF 417 2D barcode v v X 1F Australia Post Barcode v X 22 USPS Intelligent Mail Barcode v v 24 The Page Segment Command Set T
77. tation Space in L units 22 67 Inches 14 15 X 0000 Xm OFFSET of the Printable Area in L Units 16 17 X 0000 Ym OFFSET of the Printable Area in L units 18 19 X 0090 X xxxx Xm EXTENT of the Printable Area in L units Equal to form width 20 21 X 7F80 Ym EXTENT of the Printable Area in L units Equal to form length 22 23 X 3003 INPUT MEDIA SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS Continuous forms Thermal printers only IMAGE and CODED FONT RESOLUTION 0 1 X 000 LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0003 IMAGE and CODED FONT RESOLUTION Self Defining Field 4 X00 UNIT BASE 10 inches 5 X00 Only the LF1 raster pattern resolutions specified in bytes 6 9 are supported 6 7 X PELS per Unit Base X 0BB8 3000 pels 10 inches available when the active IPDS emulation is 4028 X 0960 2400 pels 10 inches available when the active IPDS emulation is 3816 8 9 Y PELS per Unit Base X 0BB8 3000 pels 10 inches available when the active IPDS emulation is 4028 X 0960 2400 pels 10 inches available when the active IPDS emulation is 3816 STORAGE POOLS 34 0 1 X 002D LENGTH of this Self Defining Field 2 3 X 0004 STORAGE POOLS Self Defining Field 4 X29 LENGTH of each Storage Pool Self Defining Field 5 X 01 Triplet ID 6 X 00 STORAGE POOL ID 7 10 X 000E836A Size of the Storage Pool in bytes The Device Control Command
78. th the other font parameters Alternate Exception Action Choose Best Fit font NOTE This error will be flagged when an attempt to present the font is processed X 022E02 Insufficient Font Data Received Explanation Insufficient font data received or the printer received an invalid command in Spanning mode Alternate Exception Action None Specification Check General X 02 X 023001 Insufficient Storage for LCC Copy control Record Explanation Too many copy groups or insufficient storage for LCC record Alternate Exception Action None X 021F01 Repeat String Length Error Explanation Repeat String control on a Write Text command has non zero fill count but zero string length Alternate Exception Action None X 021F02 Mismatch of LFE Two Byte Loaded Font ID Parameters Explanation Two fonts have been assigned the same two byte Loaded Font ID by the LFE command but one or more of the following attributes differ Character Set ID Code Page ID Font Style ID Uniform Character Increment Proportional Increment Coefficient Table Alternate Exception Action None X 023101 Invalid LCC Number of Copies Explanation The Number of Copies value specified on the Load Copy Control command is not a valid or supported value Alternate Exception Action Proceed as though the number of copies field stated 1 X 023201 Invalid LCC Keyword in Group E
79. that specify data transfer control or communication operations This command causes the printer not to process anything but instead to proceed to the next command sequence Another term for a font graphics image text or a combination of these An offset is a measurement indicating displacement For example you can specify the logical page to rest in the lower left hand corner of the physical page The printer behaves like a line printer It begins printing as soon as you send the data The degrees of rotation of a presentation space or a data block This is usually a form It can contain text graphics an image and barcode data You can also merge a page segment into an overlay The overlay can encompass the entire logical page or a portion of it The overlay has its own environment unlike a page segment The host assigns an ID to every overlay so that it can be identified for particular commands such as Begin Overlay Delete Overlay Include Overlay etc This state permits overlay data to be downloaded and produced See logical page and physical page Contains a font image text or graphics and is merged onto a logical page A page segment has an ID and can be stored for future use It does not have its own environment instead it uses the environment that it is merged into You can load a page segment into an overlay This state allows page data to be loaded and produced Parity checking is the additio
80. the SHS command Depending when the SHS command was sent either a complete or partially completed page prints If the printer is processing a page segment an overlay or a font the printer deletes the block of data and returns to the home state If you send an SHS command while the printer is in the home state the printer treats itas an NOP command Execute Order Anystate XOA Byte D633 Flag CID Data Code and Count Parameters The XOA command is used to identify an order that is effective immediately no matter what state the printer is in You can specify only one order for each XOA command Valid orders are listed in Table 5 Table 5 Execute Order Anystate Commands Order Function Hex Code Discard buffered data Deletes all data in the buffer F200 including the current job Exception Handling Control Exception Handling Control F600 which enables the host to control how the printer reports and processes exceptions Print Quality Control Specifies the print quality F800 AB FE NLQ 56 AA DP 01 55 Draft FF Printer Default Request Resource List The host inquires about the F400 printer s current resources page segments overlays fonts The Device Control Commands Execute Order Home State XOH Byte Count D68F Flag CID Data Code and Parameters The following orders are valid only when the printer receives them in the home state The XOH command i
81. y page It gathers all of the page descriptor commands and data blocks for each page and then prints the page Pertains to the detection and isolation of printer malfunctions or mistakes Refers to the ability of a printer to execute the commands of another printer language protocol The parameters that affect how data will display on a page such as the dimensions orientation and location of the logical page on the physical page An overlay has its own environment a page segment is affected by the environment that is placed into A font enhancement referring to larger than normal character width with no change in character height A condition in which the printer notifies the host and will someTimes New Roman require the host to resend data An exception can also be in response to an invalid data stream A set of all variations and sizes of a type style See font Abbrev for Font Object Content Architecture A collection of methods and rules for describing fonts Referred to as a resource that is stored in memory The complete set of a given size of type including characters symbols figures punctuation marks ligatures signs and accents To fully describe a font you must specify seven characteristics 1 typeface 2 spacing proportional or monospaced 3 type size 12 point 14 point etc 4 scale factor character height width ratio 5 type style 6 character weight 7 character proportion normal cond

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