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Preface

Thank you for purchasing the AXIS HP MIO printer interface. Our

goal in developing this product is to provide you with a high-quality,

high-performance interface between the IBM system environment and

your Hewlett-Packard printer, combining the best of both worlds.

About Axis

Axis Communications is dedicated to provide inventive solutions for

network connection of computer peripherals. Since the start in 1984,

it has been one of the fastest growing companies in the market. The

headquarters are located in Lund, Sweden, with subsidiaries in

Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong.

Axis Communications has a distributor network operating in more

than 50 countries world-wide, marketing three product lines:

IBM Mainframe and S/3x – AS/400 Printer Interfaces:

These

products include a wide range of plug-in interfaces and stand-alone

products such as the AXIS Cobra+, AXIS 330/370 Cobra, AXIS HP

MIO, the AXIS AFP IPDS-to-PostScript converter, and the AXIS

AFP MIO/IOP IPDS-to-PCL converters

Network Print Servers:

These intelligent Ethernet and Token Ring

print servers support a wide range of LAN protocols. The AXIS 540,

AXIS 560 and AXIS 570 are Ethernet print servers, and the AXIS

640, AXIS 660 and AXIS 670 are Token Ring print servers. The AXIS

150 is an Ethernet print server dedicated to PC networks.

CD-ROM Servers:

Axis CD-ROM servers allow CD-ROM data to

be shared over the network. The product range includes the AXIS

850 and AXIS 851 Ethernet CD-ROM servers as well as the AXIS

950 and AXIS 951 Token Ring CD-ROM servers.

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ABOUT THIS MANUAL

This manual will guide you through a simple step-by-step installation

and configuration procedure. It is divided into four sections:

1. INTRODUCTION

– The AXIS HP MIO board, how it works,

where to use it, and its main features.

2. GETTING STARTED

– How to install the AXIS HP MIO

board into your printer, and how to connect it to the IBM system.

3. CONFIGURATION

– How to configure the AXIS HP MIO

using the printer’s front panel.

4. ADVANCED FUNCTIONS

– An overview of AXIS HP MIO

functions beyond the standard IBM printer emulation.

The manual applies to the AXIS HP MIO with firmware release 1.21

and subsequent releases until otherwise notified. Please refer to the

AXIS HP MIO Technical Reference for further information of

functions and parameters.

Every care has been taken in the preparation of this manual; if you

detect any inaccuracies or omissions, please inform us at the address

on the back cover. Axis Communications AB cannot be held

responsible for any technical or typographical errors and reserves the

right to make changes to the product and manuals without prior

notice.

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Emission Notices

USA

This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency

energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction

manual, may cause interference to radio communications. It has been

tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing

device pursuant to Subpart B of Part 15 of FCC rules, which are

designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference

when operated in a commercial environment. Operation of this

equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which

case the user, at his own expense, will be required to take whatever

measures may be required to correct the interference. Shielded cables

should be used with this unit to ensure compliance with the Class A

limits.

Europe

This digital equipment fulfils the requirements for radiated emission

according to limit B of EN55022/1987, and the requirements for

immunity according to EN50082-1/1992 residential, commercial,

and light industry. (Compliance is not valid for unshielded network

and printer cables.)

Trademark Acknowledgements

IBM and Hewlett Packard are registered trademarks of the respective

holders.

AXIS HP MIO User’s Manual Revision: 1.2

Part No: 13142 Dated: June, 1996

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Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Section 1 Introduction

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How It Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Where To Use It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Main Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Section 2 Getting Started

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Hardware Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Verifying the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Connecting to the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Section 3 Configuration

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The Front Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

System Language (SYSL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

IBM Printer Emulation (PREMUL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Maximum Page Length (MPL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Automatic Orientation (AUTORI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Page Orientation (PAGEORI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Page Size (PAGESIZE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Custom Page Width (PAGEWIDTH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Custom Page Length (PAGELENGTH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Print Parameter List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Section 4 Advanced Functions

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Configuration from the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Hex Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Font Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Appendix A The AXIS HP MIO Rear Panel

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The System Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

The PC SHARE Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Rotary Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Coax/Twinax Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Test Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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Appendix B System Configuration Guidelines

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5250/Twinax Host Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

3270 Host Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Appendix C Fonts

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Appendix D Technical Specifications

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Appendix E How To Contact Axis

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Axis on-line service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Appendix F Related Documentation

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Section 1: Introduction

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Section 1 Introduction

The AXIS HP MIO is a plug-in interface board that makes it possible

to connect a Hewlett-Packard printer to an IBM AS/400, S/3x, or

Mainframe environment. It supports all HP printers with an MIO

expansion slot, such as LaserJet 5Si, LaserJet 4Si, LaserJet 4+, Color

LaserJet, DesignJet, and PaintJet XL300.

Your HP printer with the AXIS HP MIO appears to the IBM system

as an original IBM printer, while still maintaining its PC or LAN

printer capabilities.

In addition, the AXIS HP MIO allows you to make full use of all HP

printer features in the IBM system environment.

The AXIS HP MIO board

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How It Works

An IBM system communicates with printers using a high-speed, bi-

directional protocol very different from the PC standard parallel and

serial connections.

In the AXIS HP MIO, the conversion of IBM system data to HP

printer data is carried out in three steps as illustrated in the picture

below:

The AXIS HP MIO IBM System to HP Printer Data Conversion

The

IBM System Communication

block extracts the print data, page

formatting commands, and font selection commands from the IBM

data stream.

The

Conversion to PCL

block converts the data into PCL, which is the

format used by HP printers.

The

Printer Driver

block passes the data on to the printer using the

internal MIO (Modular Input/Output) interface.

The Printer Driver also accepts PCL data from a local PC or a LAN

print server (such as the AXIS NPS 560) using the AXIS HP MIO

parallel port. In this way, you can share the printer between two

different environments. The PC/LAN print data is not converted or

otherwise modified by the AXIS HP MIO board.

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Where To Use It

The pictures below show the HP printer with AXIS HP MIO

interface in an IBM environment, also illustrating the printer sharing

function. The top picture is a 3270/Coax installation, and the bottom

picture is a 5250/Twinax installation.

The HP printer with AXIS HP MIO in an IBM 3270/Coax environment

The HP printer with AXIS HP MIO in an IBM 5250/Twinax environment

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Ethernet Print Server PC

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Ethernet Print Server PC

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Main Features

Reliability

The AXIS HP MIO hardware is a state-of-the-art RISC architecture

design. Based on highly integrated circuits, it combines low power

consumption with high performance and reliability.

Compatibility

The AXIS HP MIO interface is designed to be fully compatible with

the emulated IBM printers. You can print all your existing documents

without having to adapt them specially for the AXIS HP MIO.

Ease of Use

The AXIS HP MIO is delivered in ready-to-run state. The few

parameters you might need to change are directly accessed from the

printer’s front panel.

Flexibility

For the advanced user, the AXIS HP MIO has a large number of

configuration parameters that allows you to tailor the interface to meet

a wide range of specific needs.

IBM Printer Emulations

The AXIS HP MIO is pre-configured to emulate an IBM 3816 page

printer. This selection makes the best use of the HP printer

capabilities, but you can also select from a wide range of other IBM

printers.

Fonts

The pre-defined font definition table contains 130 IBM fonts, each

mapped to a printer resident PCL font. The font mapping is designed

to emulate, as close as possible, the output from an original IBM

printer and at the same time offer full access to the HP printer’s

scalable fonts.

Printer Sharing

You can share the printer between the Coax/Twinax host and up to

three different local PCs or LAN print servers connected to the AXIS

HP MIO parallel port and the printer’s own parallel and serial ports.

You do not have to purchase any special cabling, since standard

printer cables may be used. The printer sharing requires no operator

intervention, and no AXIS HP MIO or printer configuration.

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