CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Preface

  1      General Information

  1.1     Supported Protocols

  1.2     DEC PPL2 Extensions and Exceptions

  1.3     Color Printing

  1.4     Control Representation Mode (CRM)

  1.5     Cartridges

  2      Physical Page Characteristics

  2.1     Paper Handling

  2.2     Response to Form Feed (FF)

  2.3     Horizontal Text Resolution

  2.4     Vertical Text Resolution

  2.5     Limits on Partial Line Motion

  2.6     Tabs

  2.7     Slant

  2.8     Control Characters
    2.8.1      Bell
    2.8.2      EOT

  2.9     Automatic Sheet Feeder Control (DECASFC)

  3      Initial State Values

  3.1     Initial States

  4      Status and Error Reporting

  4.1     Device Attributes Report (DAR)

  4.2     Secondary Device Attributes Report (DA2R)

  4.3     Device Status Report (DSR)
    4.3.1      Character Set Not Available
    4.3.2      Downline Load Error
    4.3.3      Alternate Protocol Error
    4.3.4      Initialization Messages

  5      Fonts and Character Attributes

  5.1     Built-In Font Repertory

  5.2     Additional Character Sets

  5.3     Cartridge Font Repertory

  5.4     Select Graphic Rendition (SGR) - Cartridge Font Selection

  5.5     Font Status Report (DECFSR)

  5.6     Density Selection (DECDEN)
    5.6.1      Download Font-DECDLD

  5.7     Bar Code Printing
    5.7.1      Select Bar Code Attributes (DECSBCA)

  6      Sixel Graphics Considerations

  6.1     Graphics Resolution

  7      Printer Setup

  7.1     Setup Features and Values

  A   Printer Communication and Controls

  A.1     Data Communication Interfaces

  A.2     The Serial Port
    A.2.1      Serial Data Character Format
    A.2.2      Serial Data Synchronization

  A.3     The Parallel Port

  A.4     Automatic Port Selection

  TABLES

  1-1        DEC PPL2 Extensions

  1-2        DEC PPL2 Exceptions

  2-1        Horizontal Text Resolution and Fallbacks

  2-2        Text Vertical Pitch Fallbacks

  2-3        DECASFC Response

  3-1        Initial State Values

  4-1        Generic DAR Replies

  4-2        Alias DAR Replies

  4-3        DSR Codes

  4-4        Initialization Messages

  5-1        Supported Character Sets

  5-2        Available Cartridge Fonts

  5-3        SGR Values for Cartridge Font Selection

  5-4        DECDEN Ps Selection

  5-5        DECDLD Recommended Parameters Matrix

  5-6        DECDLD Acceptable Parameters Matrix

  5-7        Bar Code Attributes

  5-8        Allowed Combinations of Pn Values and Pitch

  6-1        Graphics Pitch Fallbacks

  6-2        Graphics Grid Size Fallbacks

  7-1        Features Common to Digital and IBM Protocols

  7-2        Features and Values for DEC Protocol

  7-3        Features and Values for IBM Protocol

  7-4        Setup Features and Values - Factory Settings