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Praim PR 165E-PAR User Manual

Twinax printer interface. pr165 series
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  • Page 2 The information contained in this manual is subject to change at any time without notice. PRAIM shall not be liable for technical or editorial omissions made herein; nor for incidental or consequential damages resulting from the furnishing, performance or use of this material.References in this manual...
  • Page 3 This product complies with the following protection requirements of EC Council directives: · 89/336/EEC May 3th 1989 and subsequent changes; symbol indicates that the product, since January 1st 1996, is in conformance with the following harmonic rules: · EN 55022 Limits and methods of measurements of radio interference characteristics of Information Technology Equipment;...
  • Page 4 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
  • Page 5 This publication describes the PRAIM PR165 printer interface. It is written for users as a guide for installation and configuration. As such, it is assumed that the reader is familiar with the general terminology used in the field of IBM systems.
  • Page 6 PRAIM PR165 is available in four different models: With parallel Centronics connector: • PR 165E-PAR for printers with up to 600 LPM (Lines Per Minute) or 16 PPM (Pages Per Minute) printing speed With built-in PC-Sharing feature: • PR 165E-SHA for printers with up to 600 LPM (Lines Per Minute) or 16 PPM (Pages Per Minute) printing speed •...
  • Page 7 BCGC SPEED SPEED PC-SHARING CONNECTION FUNCTION 600 LPM / 2500 LPM / 16 PPM 50 PPM PR 165E-PAR PR 165E-SHA PR 165S-SHA PR 165E-SER The information contained in this manual applies to all NOTE versions until otherwise noted. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 8 The figure below shows PR165E-PAR interface. This product has a standard Centronics connector. WARNING : PR165E-PAR doesn't support PC-Sharing optional device. PR165E-PAR Interface Centronics Connector PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 9 The figure below shows PR165E-SHA and PR165S-SHA interfaces. These interfaces have built-in PC-Sharing feature that allows the printer to be shared between host and a Personal Computer. The PC-Sharing option is explained later in this publication. PR165E-SHA Interface or PR165S-SHA Interface PC-Sharing device PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 10 The figure below shows PR165E-SER Interface. This product has a serial connector that allows the connection with the serial printer. PR165E-SER Interface Serial Connector PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 11 (IBM 5340) • S/36 (IBM 536x all models) • S/38 (IBM 538x all models) • AS/400 (IBM 940x all models) It can also be connected to the following IBM Remote Control Units: • 5251/12, 5294, 5394, 5494 or compatibles PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 12 The IBM 3812 emulation, is generally adopted for laser printers. While it is similar to the 5219 it has extra features i.e. the implementation of COR functions (landscape, portrait). Additionally, it supports typical keyboard applications such as: Display Write/36, Text Management/38 and Office AS/400. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 13 Your PR165 Twinax interface package should contain the following items: • PR165 Twinax Interface. • External Power Supply. • User's manual. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 14 The various parts of the Twinax interface are shown in figures 2.a, 2.b, 2.c and 2.d. Figure 2.a Address/Function Synchronism LED selector Parallel Centronics cable Twinax Connector Power LED Figure 2.b Twinax Connector Twinax Connector PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 15 Figure 2.c Twinax Twinax Connector Connector Parallel Centronics cable External power supply connector Figure 2.d Twinax Connector Parallel Centronics cable PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 16 This function is used only for diagnostic purposes. SELF TEST Function To perform this function, position 7 should be selected while the printer is off. Thereafter, upon activating the printer, a test pattern will be printed. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 17 All the characters will be printed in hexadecimal format. External power supply connector (DC Input) Used to attach the external power supply, when on pin 18 of the Centronics connector is not available 5V. (250 mA). PR165-SER Interface always requires external power supply. NOTE PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 19 The interface requires the configuration of a few parameters to correctly emulate the features of the chosen IBM printer. The configuration will be implemented using an IBM or compatible display station with IBM 5250 protocol, and with the simple instructions provided by the interface firmware menu. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 20 Before you begin the configuration procedure, you should connect the Twinax interface to an IBM 5250 or compatible Display Station and to an ASCII printer, as shown in the figure 3.a : Figure 3.a Host PRAIM PR165 Printer Interface 5250 Display Station ASCII Printer External Power Supply...
  • Page 21 In this situation use external power-supply. Defective or wrong External power supply. For more details about External power supply Refer to Appendix A. The green LED will confirm that the installation is correctly executed and the main menu will be displayed. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 22 All the menus shown in this publication are for demonstration only, and their contents may be different for your configuration. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 23 The first configuration menu is the Main menu: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX MAIN MENU PRINTER SELECTION IBM Proprinter XL Emulat. EMULATION SELECTION 5256/1 LANGUAGE SELECTION Italy PAPER HANDLING Continuous form HEX-PASS THROUGH CODES EDIT SPECIAL PARAMETERS...
  • Page 24 Select the tractor type. • Select the Hex Pass Through codes. • Modify the special parameters. • Set-up the optional devices. • Print the EBCDIC International 5 table. • Print a list of the configuration parameters. • Save the parameters. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 25 When the Printer Selection option is chosen, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX AVAILABLE PRINTERS > XXX XXX XX XXXXXX < XXX XXX XX XXXXXX XXX XXX XX XXXXXX XXXXX XX XXX XXX XX XXXXXX...
  • Page 26 When the Emulation Selection option is chosen, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX AVAILABLE EMULATIONS 5256/1 5224/1 5225/1 4214/2 4234/2 5219/D1 3812/1 Press ENTER to Confirm F3 Return to previous menu Select with the Arrow keys, the desired IBM printer emulation available.

  • Page 27: Available Languages

    When the Language Selection option is chosen, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX AVAILABLE LANGUAGES International Germany Belgium Brasil Canada Denmark Finland France Italy Japan Portugal Spain Spanish Seaking United Kingdom Press ENTER to Confirm...

  • Page 28: Paper Handling

    When the Paper Handling option is chosen, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX PAPER HANDLING Continuous form Cut sheet paper Cut sheet Feeders Paper size A4/ Legal Press ENTER to Confirm F3 Return to previous menu Select with the Arrow keys the option to be implemented.
  • Page 29 Default Sheet Feeder None Press ENTER to Confirm F3 Return to previous menu Select the feeder which is present on your printer with Arrow keys. Press Enter key to confirm. Press F3 to return to the previous menu. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 30 When the Hex Pass-Through Codes option is chosen, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX HEX-PASS THROUGH CODES Opening Sequence..: 50 6C Closing Sequence..: 50 6C...
  • Page 31 Select the key-code to be changed with the Left/Right Arrow keys. Refer to EBCDIC International 5 table (appendix B of this publication) and enter the new value or modify the existing one. Press Enter again to confirm your selection. Press F3 to return to the previous menu. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 32 Host after the opening sequence ( ^I) and before the closing sequence (^S) are ignored. The first character of each sequence ( ^ in our example) is the first character of the Hex-Pass Through opening sequence. The second character (I and S) is permanent. PRAIM PR165...

  • Page 33: Special Parameters

    When the Special Parameters option is chosen, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX SPECIAL PARAMETERS Transcode Table EBDCDIC -> ASCII Driver Default Automatic Orientation Default Orientation Portrait C.O.R mode Enlarged LPI % reduct. for C.O.R Power ON Interface Delay sec.
  • Page 34 This option defines C.O.R. Mode. For more information, see Appendix E. Available settings are: STANDARD In this condition the twinax interface uses the IBM 3812 C.O.R mode. ENLARGED The CPI value will be optimized for A4 and LEGAL paper format. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 35 This parameter should be defined in seconds. "Operator intervention delay" definition This parameter is very important if the connected printer has a big buffer or requires a long time to warm up. This parameter should be defined in seconds. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 36 If the selected value is Send Nothing, the change Print Quality command will not be transmitted to the printer. If the selected value is Send Host Value, the change Print Quality command defined by the Host will be transmitted to the printer. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 37 For each CPI change command from the host, a sequence of 15 CPI will be sent to the printer. Send 17CPI sequence For each CPI change command from the host, a sequence of 17 CPI will be sent to the printer. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 38 For each LPI change command from the host, a sequence of 6 LPI will be sent to the printer. Send 8 LPI sequence For each LPI change command from the host, a sequence of 8 LPI will be sent to the printer. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 39 The font selection is related to the horizontal spacing transmitted from the Host. C.O.R. Override This option sets the print quality during C.O.R. execution. The C.O.R. execution is related to the print quality. The C.O.R. execution is not related to the print quality. PRAIM PR165...

  • Page 40: Hardware Configuration

    By selection of the Hardware Configuration option, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX HARDWARE CONFIGURATION PC-SHARING MODE: Parallel SERIAL CONFIGURATION :Edit ENTER or Confirm a selection F3: previous menu This menu allows you to enable or disable the PC-Sharing feature on the PR165E-SHA and PR165S-SHA and to enable and to configure the serial connection on the PR165E-SER.
  • Page 41 Select PC-Sharing option with Arrow keys. Press Enter to enable the PC-Sharing device. To enable the serial connection on PR165E-SER Interface follow the instructions below: Select Mode: option with Arrow keys. Press Enter to select the serial connection mode. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 42 This option allows you to set up the serial connection on PR165E-SER interface. Definable values are: • The serial line transmission speed. • The parity type. • The data bit format. • The stop bit format. The values defined by this menu should match to the printer values. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 43 The parameters contained in this menu can be defined as follows: Select the parameter to be defined with Arrow keys. Press Enter to confirm. Press F3 to return to the previous menu. Refer to Appendix F of this publication for details. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 44 When the Refresh Printer option is chosen, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX REFRESH PRINTER Customize Printer Refresh Customization Sequence. : BEFORE HOST JOB Delay sec. Refr. BEFORE Host Job Seq. : AFTER HOST JOB Delay sec.
  • Page 45 This menu allows you to define the sharing options in order to restore all the previous loaded system resources. The printer can be shared in two different ways: 1. PC-Sharing (PR165E-SHA and PR165S-SHA models only). 2. Other environments sharing. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 46 1. PC Sharing (PR165E-SHA and PR165S-SHA models only) The PC Sharing feature allows the printer to be shared between host and a Personal Computer as shown in the figure 3.b : Personal Computer Host PC-Sharing Printer PRAIM PR165E-SHA or PRAIM PR165S-SHA Figure 3.b PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 47 2. Other environments sharing In addition to the parallel interface, some printers can have other interfaces (e.g. RS232, Ethernet, etc.). In this way these printers can be connected to various environments simultaneously. Figure 3.c Host Printer Server PRAIM PR165 Figure 3.c PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 48 This option allows you to define a command string to be sent to the printer before printing any job received from Host and when the timeout expires. The command string can be defined in either text or hexadecimal format. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 49 This option allows you to define a command string to be sent to the printer after a print job is received from the Host and when the relative timeout has expired. The command string must be defined in hexadecimal format. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 50 Select Print EBCDIC Table option with the Arrow keys. Press Enter to start. This option allows you to print all configuration parameters. Select Print Parameters List option with the Arrow keys. Press Enter to start. PRAIM PR165...

  • Page 51: Save / Load Parameters

    By selecting of the Save / Load Parameters option, the following menu will be displayed: TWINAX PRINTER INTERFACE SETUP Copyright PRAIM Srl VX.XX SAVE / LOAD PARAMETERS SAVE IN INTERFACE MEMORY SAVE IN EXTERNAL MEMORY LOAD DATA FROM EXTERNAL MEMORY...
  • Page 52 Re-load Old Settings and Load Factory Settings options will cancel all configured parameters. Load Factory Settings option disables the serial connection NOTE2 (PRAIM PR165E-SER). To restore the serial mode, refer to "Hardware Configuration" menu. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 53 Plug the Twinax cable coming from the IBM system to either one of the two twinax connectors of the PR165 interface. A cable for another peripheral can be plugged into the free connector. Plug the Centronics cable of the interface into the parallel connector of the printer. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 54 Check the test pattern to see if all configuration parameters are correct. Turn the printer off and select the desired address using the interface's Function/Address selector. The printer and interface are now properly connected. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 55 The twinax interface PR165 manages the graphics data through a particular ESCape code: ESC* n Where n stands for the graphic resolution to be obtained. Check the test pattern obtained with the self-test procedure to verify if your printer supports IBM graphic applications. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 56 On the next page is a sample of a Hex Pass Through sequence which allows the printout to be underlined. &% has been chosen for both the opening and closing Hex NOTE Pass Through sequence, in the exemple. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 57 It is also possible to insert within the key- codes, only those characters that are not present on the keyboard; for example, in this case, the mnemonic value ESC. In this case the characters string to be sent will be: &%1B&%&d1D PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 58 You will obtain the following printout: Normal Printing Underlined printing To disable automatic text underlining you should send the following command in the mnemonic format to the interface: ESC&d@ The same command in the hexadecimal format is: 1B266440 PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 59 Example: In this example the % character has been chosen as the opening sequence. To send 1B 26 64 31 44 as an ESCape command to the printer with Automatic closing you must use the following syntax: PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 60 • IBM PPDS emulation • IBM PPDS (Laser) emulation • DPL24C emulation • HP PCL emulation The IBM proprinter should be used with a printer that NOTE supports the following Escape sequence: ESC] (1B 5D) "Reverse line feed" PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 61 To print bar codes type 8, 9, A, B, D, E, F you have to use the command with the following syntax: <Open HPT>H<Height>,<Hri flag>,<Type>,<Chk digit flag>,<Data><Close HPT> To print bar codes type C you have to use the command with the following syntax: <Open HPT>H<Height>,<Hri flag>,C,<Chk digit flag>,<Ast flag>,<Data><Close HPT> PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 62 - N =The Ast Flag will not be printed. Data Is the Data of the Barcode that you want to print, the range and number of characters are different according to the type of Bar code used. These values are included on table 6.2. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 63 The parameters Height, Hri flag, Type, Chk digit, flag and Ast flag, can also be omitted. In this case the default values will be used (see table 6.3). Parameter Default Height Hri flag Type Chk digit flag Ast flag Table 6.3 PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 64 Example 1 To print an EAN8 type barcode you must use the following syntax: &%H5,B,1,1234567&% Result: Example 2 To print a 2X5 MATRIX type barcode you must use the following command string: &%H5,B,9,Y,1234567890&% Result: PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 65 Example 3 To print a CODE 39 type barcode you must use the following syntax: &%H5,B,C,Y,Y,1234567890ABCD&% Result: PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 66 Data Is the string of characters to be printed. You can use ASCII Characters in the range of 20H to 7FH. (Use actual character, not ASCII value. See exemple). This string can be composed with max 70 characters. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 67 Example To print a phrase with graphic characters you must use the following command string: &%G8,0,BCGC TEST&% Result: PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 68 Object alignment to ordinary text and the print position at the end of Hex Pass-through sequence are shown below: 1) Text Before.. Text After....Barcode with 0° Rotation 2) Text Before... Text After..Graphic character with 0°Rotation 3) Text Before... Text After......... Barcode or Graphic Character With 90° or 270° Rotation PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 69 Y - Enables double strike N - Disable double strike If this value is not present the graphic character will not be printed. Is the character vertical expansion factor expressed in 1/15 inchs, this value must be between 1 and 99. PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 71 The external power supply must be 6 VDC and 500 mA with a jack connector of 5,5 mm, polarized as shown in figure A.1. Figure A.a PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 73 ñ Ñ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ « ¡ » ¿ ô û Ô Û < æ ö Ö Ü Ò Ù ò ù > Æ ó ú Ó Ú " ¤ ® õ ÿ Õ Table B-1 PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 75 The following table describes the PR165E-PAR Centronics connector's PIN assignment. SIGNAL STROBE DATA 0 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA3 DATA4 DATA5 DATA6 DATA7 ACKNOWLEDGE BUSY PAPER END SELECT NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 76 SHIELD GROUND POWER SUPPLY INPUT GROUND NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED GROUND OUTPUT VCC (5V.100mA) NOT USED NOT USED RESERVED RESERVED NOT USED PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 77 AUTO FEED XT AUTO FEED XT NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED SHIELD GROUND SHIELD GROUND POWER SUPPLY INPUT +5VOLT with a 4,7 kohm resistor NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 78 NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED GROUND GROUND INIT INIT ERROR ERROR NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED SELIN SELIN PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 79 RC (ref. Appendix G: Table 1) NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED DTR (ref. Appendix G: Table 1, Table 2) NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED NOT USED PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 81 The figure below shows PR165E-SHA and PR165S-SHA interfaces. These interfaces have built-in PC-Sharing feature that allows the printer to be shared between host and a Personal Computer. PR165E-PAR Interface or PR165S-PAR Interface Figure D.a PC-Sharing device PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 82 The PC-Sharing device has two connectors for printer and personal Computer attachment. Two LEDs on PC-Sharing device enables the user to recognize the system in use in that moment (PC or Host). Printer Connector Figure D.b PC Connector PC LED Host LED Figure D.c PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 83 Plug the parallel cable from Personal Computer into the PC connector of the PC-Sharing device. Turn the printer on, the Host LED indicator then will comes on to confirm the correct connection. Refer to Chapter 3 for details on PC-Sharing configuration. PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 85 This appendix contains flow charts that describe Orientation Handling options. These flow charts are related to configuration menus. Refer to Figure D.bChapter 3 for details. PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 89 To modify the hardware configuration you must change the dip switches setting. Figure F.a shows the dip switches on the serial connector of PR165E-SER interface. Figure F.a Dip Switches Serial Connector PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 90 See table F-1 for correct signal detection. The default condition is switch 5 = ON, it means that the interface comes on when RTS signal logic level is high. Only one of these switches can be set to "ON". WARNING: PRAIM PR165...

  • Page 91: High Level

    (high or low) logic level, refer to the table F-3: DIP-SWITCH SIGNAL HIGH LEVEL LOW LEVEL CTS PIN5 DSR PIN6 CD PIN8 Table F-3 Only one of these switches can be set to "ON". WARNING: PRAIM PR165...
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  • Page 93 20 and 7F) plus special and control characters, see tabel G-2 on following pages for details. Number of characters: Maximum 50. Check Digit: Optional. HRI: Optional with HRI flag. This type of barcode has the same characteristics of Type F Barcode but doesn't process control characters. PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 94 >030 (“>“) are ASCII characters between 41 and >‘64 (NUL) 5F (Capital Letters,”[“, “\”, “]”and >A65 (SOH) “^”) excluding “0” (30H)..>M77 (CR) ..>^94 (RS) Table G-1 PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 95 ITEM # Code A Code B Code C Space Space " " & & hyphen hyphen period period Table G-2 ( continues ) PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 96 ITEM # Code A Code B Code C < < > > Table G-2 ( continues ) PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 97 ITEM # Code A Code B Code C Table G-2 ( continues ) PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 98 ITEM # Code A Code B Code C Table G-2 ( continues ) PRAIM PR165...
  • Page 99 ITEM # Code A Code B Code C FNC3 FNC3 FNC2 FNC2 SHIFT SHIFT CODEC CODEC CODEB FUNC4 FNC4 CODEA FNC1 FNC1 Table G-2 PRAIM PR165...
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