GE GEK-36150 terminet 300 Operator's Manual page 51

GEK-36150
Operating Characteristics
FOLLOWING A NON-PRINTABLE LINE ENDING IN VT OR FF
The rule here is the same as that for "Following a Printable Line Ending in VT or FF" except the time interval of
interest is 50 milliseconds plus 27 milliseconds per line of form movement.
Example Five: (1200 Baud)
Line 1:
Line 2:
1234567890123456789012345678901234567890CF (No fills required)
(Form Feed 3 lines, 300 msec plus 3 x 27 msec
=
381 msec)
381 ms = _46Character times
#############################################V
(Vertical Tab 10 lines, 50 msec plus 10 x 27 msec
=
320 msec)
39 Character fill time: 320 ms
=
39 Character times
36 Printing Characters max.###
Line 3: 36 Characters in fill time plus rest of lineCL
BACKSPACE
A 230 millisecond time interval must occur between printing and reprinting in the same position. Thus a 230
millisecond time delay or the appropriate number of non-printable characters must be placed immediately after the
first BS code. Some of these non-printable characters may be additional BS codes and the last character in the time
interval may.be printable.
RED AND BLACK PRINTING
A 300 millisecond delay (36 fill characters) is required before changing from one color to another color.
Immediately after changing color a 50 millisecond delay is needed (6 fill characters). These delays allow the Printer
to complete printing in the initial color and allow the ink ribbon motion to stablilize after the change.
Example Six: ( 1200 Baud)
To print
11
TermiNet
11
in black followed by "Printer" in red:
Line 1: TermiNet####################################ESC 3######Printer
The ribbon will remain raised to print in red.
START-UP
A 430 millisecond time interval must occur between a Motor-On command and printable characters to allow the
print belt to come up to speed. The Motor-On command may be by code (ESC h or ESCH) or by Automatic Motor
Control from the data set. Place the 430 millisecond time delay or the appropriate number of fill characters
immediately after the Motor-On command.
SHUTDOWN
To insure that all characters are printed, a 300 millisecond time interval must occur between the last printable
character and the Motor-Off command. The Motor-Off command may be by code (ESC j or ESC J), by the EQT
code (when jumperec:I), or by Automatic Motor Control from the data set. Place the 300 millisecond time delay or
the appropriate number of fill characters immediately before the Motor-Off command.
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