Printronix P5000 Maintenance Manual page 71

Message
PARAMETER ERROR
PARITY ERROR
Table 2. Message List
Explanation
Illegal parameter value
received in a command code
over a coax/twinax interface.
The printed output may
contain random ? (question
mark) characters. Make a
configuration printout.
List Of Messages
Solution
1. Press CLEAR then press ON
LINE.
2. Run the print job that generated
the error message. If the
message appears, check the host
data for invalid characters.
3. Ask the system operator to verify
that the printer's Device ID is set
to the correct emulation with
respect to the host configuration.
4. Run the print job that generated
the error message. If the
message appears, go to
Communications Failures,
page 112.
1. Verify that the printer matches
host serial configuration settings
for Data Protocol, Baud Rate,
Data Bits, Stop Bits, Parity, Data
Terminal Ready, and Request to
Send.
2. Send a print job to the printer. If
the message appears, replace
the serial data cable.
3. Send a print job to the printer. If
the message appears, go to
Communications Failures,
page 112.
4. If the printer is in a twinax
environment, check the error log
for parity error entries and inspect
the customer's cable hook-ups.
Connect all communications
cables correctly.
5. Send a print job to the printer. If
the message appears, replace
the twinax auto-termination cable
("T" connector).
6. Send a print job to the printer. If
the message appears, replace
the expansion-CT.
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