Firmware And Character Generators; Machine Firmware; Character Sets; Mode And Character Fonts - Olivetti PR2 PLUS Service Manual

FIRMWARE AND CHARACTER GENERATORS

Machine firmware

In addition to that separate from the generator and from the set characters, the management firmware of the printer
is controlled independently in load operations in order to facilitate immediate access for modifications to the
characters area.
The basic memory of the printer is a 1-MB Flash EPROM on which the management FW, character generators and
characters sets are held and can be replaced on line.
A second Flash EPROM (optional) with the same capacity, able to contain complex character sets or high volumes
of macros and logos, can be installed on the motherboard.
The machine firmware comprises the following emulations:
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Olivetti environment: STD 12/14 controlled protocol with native PR2 E environment and PR40+ and PR2845
emulation. Industry standard emulation IBM Proprinter II and Proprinter X24.
•
IBM environment: Emulation protocol 9068 with coverage of the 4722 model, Industry standard emulation IBM
Proprinter II and Proprinter X24.
•
Wincor-Nixdorf environment: Emulation protocol SNI 4915 with coverage of models 4905, Industry standard
emulation EPSON LQ 2550.

Character sets

System level compatibility for each character set extends the environments listed below:
ENVIRONMENT
PC/DOS
WINDOWS 2.X, 3.0; OS/2; UNIX
WINDOWS 3.1
OLIVETTI
Each emulation present on the machine includes one or ore character sets. The character sets present in each
emulation are listed in the table below:
EMULATION
OLIVETTI
IBM

Mode and character fonts

The characteristics of the various print modes are listed below:
H.S.D. (High Speed Draft)
DRAFT
N.L.Q. (Near Letter Quality)
L.Q. (Letter Quality)
A-4
CHARACTER SET
CP SET, CODE PAGE
ISO 8859/X
CP SET
STD 15
CHARACTER SET
CP SET, STD 15 Olivetti, ISO
CP SET, ISO
10 cpi
350 cps
260 cps
130 cps
86 cps
Service Manual
12 cpi 15 cpi
314 cps 327 cps
260 cps 260 cps
130 cps 130 cps
104 cps 131 cps
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