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Internal XES to PCL T ranslator for Xerox N-Series Printers USER’S MANUAL A GILE ® Revision date: 5 November 1999.
Page ii User’s Manual Copyright Information Copyright © 1998, 1999 AGILE. All rights reserved. Copyright protection claimed includes all forms and matters of copyrightable material and information now allowed by statutory or judicial law or hereinafter granted.
Page iii About This Manual This manual covers the installation and use of the AGILE X/TRA XLi in Xerox N-Series laser printers. AGILE makes no warranties, expressed or implied, as to its completeness or accuracy.
Page iv User’s Manual FCC/DOC Statement This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy. If it is not installed and used in strict accordance with these instructions, it may cause interference to radio and television reception.
Page v T ABLE OF CONTENTS Copyright Information ....................................................................... i i Release Notes ................................................................................... i i FCC/DOC Statement .......
Page vi User’s Manual Connection T est .............................................................................. 2 - 8 T roubleshooting ............................................................................... 2 - 9 If Printer does not Start .
Page vii Offset ......................................................................................... 4 - 9 Duplex Start ............................................................................... 4 - 9 Duplex Invert Start ....................
Page viii User’s Manual Subscript Start ........................................................................... 4-23 Superscript Start ........................................................................ 4-24 Sub/Superscript Stop ...........
Page ix Select Port .................................................................................. 5 - 6 XLI Resources Directory .............................................................. 5 - 6 Exit — Alt-X ..................................
Page x User’s Manual Error Level ............................................................................. 5-25 Undo Settings — Alt-U ............................................................. 5-25 Install Settings Now — Alt-I ...........
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION General Information The AGILE X/TRA XLi is an internal PDL translator that enables Xerox DocuPrint ® N17, N24, N32 and N40 printers to accept data streams intended for Xerox Escape Sequence (XES/UDK) printers. The emulated printer is a Xerox 4213 Model II, firmware revision 2.
User’s Manual Page 1-12 s 512K FLASH (Standard) s 256K RAM Firmware Upgrades s Firmware upgrades via provided PC/MSDOS software Product Support s Toll-free tech support is available from 7:30 AM.
Page 2-13 INSTALLATION INST ALLA TION General Information This chapter provides information on physically attaching the AGILE X/ TRA XLi to your Xerox printer.
User’s Manual Page 2-14 humidity tolerances for the particular N-series printer in which it is installed. Unpacking After removing the X/TRA XLi from the shipping container, inspect the unit for any damage in shipment. Immediately report any damage to the freight carrier.
Page 2-15 INSTALLATION figure 2.1 N17 Inserting the X/TRA XLi s Locate the XNIO slot on the controller board. s Remove the two screws on each side of the X/TRA XLi’s mounting bracket s With the phillips screwdriver, remove the plate covering the interface port.
User’s Manual Page 2-16 figure 2.2 CAUTION: DO NOT press the X/TRA XLi on to the controller board at an angle, or interface pins could be bent, damaging the unit and causing it to not function properly. s Align the screw holes on the mounting bracket of the XLi with the notches on the interface port.
Page 2-17 INSTALLATION figure 2.3 place with wire latches. s reconnect power cord. N24/N32/N40 Installation The following describes and illustrates how to install the X/TRA XLi in a Xerox DocuPrint ® N24, N32 or N40 Network Laser Printer. For more information refer to the users manual for your specific N-series printer model.
User’s Manual Page 2-18 figure 2.4 CAUTION: Controller boards are sensitive to static electricity. Before proceeding with the removal of your printers controller board, discharge any static electricity from your body by touching something metal, such as the metal plate on the back of the printer.
Page 2-19 INSTALLATION figure 2.5 s Gently press the card straight down onto the controller board until the unit is firmly in place. (See fig. 2.5) CAUTION: DO NOT press the X/TRA XLi on to the controller board at an angle, or interface pins could be bent, damaging the unit and causing it to not function properly.
User’s Manual Page 2-20 figure 2.6 Centronics parallel connection on the printer. Lock into place with wire latches. s reconnect power cord. Connections The following section describes and illustrates how to make the required and optional physical connections between the X/TRA XLi and the other components of the system.
Page 2-21 INSTALLATION N24/N32/N40 N17 figure 2.7 T roubleshooting If the printer does not power up properly, or if the printer does not print the proper status sheet, refer to the following checklist, or to Section 10 Troubleshooting of this manual.
INTRODUCTION TO XES General Information The AGILE X/TRA XLI is equipped with a high-speed translation module that accepts data streams designed for Xerox Escape Sequence (XES/UDK) printers and converts them for printing to Xerox DocuPrint N-Series Network Laser Printers.
User’s Manual Page 3-2 specified translation tables s Shrink mode allows printing of documents that print edge-to-edge on XES printers Printers Supported s Xerox DocuPrint N17, N24, N32, N40 Printer Emulation s Xerox 4213 Model II, firmware revision 2.
Page 3-3 INTRODUCTION TO XES s Shrink method compensates by reducing the page up to 93.75%; signature, logo and barcode fonts can be configured not to shrink Configuration s PC/MS DOS menu-driven conf.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 4 SECTION 4 XES COMMANDS General Information XES commands are used to control the functions of Xerox printers running in XES mode (also known as UDK, XDPM or 2700 mode). The X/TRA XLi interprets each supported command and converts it into the PCL5 printer language.
P a g e 4 - 5 XES COMMANDS Selecting a UDK When selecting a UDK, the trigger =U DK= must be entered in uppercase, exactly as shown. Any printable character may be used as the UDK, except: s uppercase .
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 6 character. It makes no difference to the XLi which emulation name follows EMULATE. Any emulation except for the three below will cause the XLi to enter pass-through mode.
P a g e 4 - 7 XES COMMANDS XES Command Format XES commands take the following format: s The escape character s (1Bh or a user-defined key) s The instruction, sometimes preceded by a plus sign (+) s Us.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 8 optional comma inserted when the user wants a Configuration/Status Page, an optional comment printed on the status sheet and a line end.
P a g e 4 - 9 XES COMMANDS occurs. The Configuration/Status Page is printed if the command is followed immediately by a comma (,) or if an error is detected either during the print job or during powerup. The X/TRA XLi enables the user to determine the conditions in which a Configuration/Status Page will be printed.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 1 0 Print Job s s s s s COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: s +P +P +P +P +P ,optional comment ,optional comment ,optional comment ,optional comment ,optional comm.
P a g e 4 - 1 1 XES COMMANDS then Reset must be introduced as follows: *+X d Miscellaneous Commands Print Multiple Copies (Collated) s s s s s COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: s +C# +C# +C.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 1 2 Output Tray s s s s s COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: s zr# zr# zr# zr# zr# s s s s s RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: 0-9 0-9 0-9 0-9 0-9 This command selects an output tray, where # is a value of 0 (top output tray) or 1-9 (high capacity stacker).
P a g e 4 - 1 3 XES COMMANDS margins on the second side of the page will be shifted up by the amount specified in 1/300" units. The command must be entered before any printable data on the first page to be printed duplex. Duplexing is ended with the Duplex Stop command.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 1 4 pressed on the console. The XLi will neither display the message nor hold printing, but it will ensure that the message is not printed.
P a g e 4 - 1 5 XES COMMANDS The Font Delete command is a job boundary command that deletes specified fonts from those already downloaded, where fontname is the name of the font entered exactly as it appears on the Configuration/Status Page, and where each fontname is separated by a comma.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 1 6 This command sets the unit of measurement for the purpose of setting page size, margins and tabs to 1/60". This is the default value, but the default value can be changed using XTRAEDIT.
P a g e 4 - 1 7 XES COMMANDS Note: Because XES data streams may use absolute placement commands rather than page size commands, the XLi will accept ranges outside the physical area of the page. However the user should be aware that some data might be left off the printed page.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 1 8 Tabs Horizontal s s s s s COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: s t# t# t# t# t# 1 1 1 1 1 ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# 2 2 2 2 2 ,.
P a g e 4 - 1 9 XES COMMANDS Tabs Vertical s s s s s COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: s v# v# v# v# v# 1 1 1 1 1 ,# ,# ,# ,# ,# 2 2 2 2 2 ,.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 2 0 Justification Start s COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: s j j j j j s RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A The Start Justification command will cause the space between words to be expanded or compressed so that each line of text will fit exactly between the left and right margins.
P a g e 4 - 2 1 XES COMMANDS The user must provide line ending and hyphenation decisions when justifying text. In other words, the appearance of a line of text, when justified, may be unsatisfactory if too many or too few words occur on a line.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 2 2 s The largest font on the line determines spacing (to avoid overstriking the previous line). s When 0.5 line spacing is used, the previous line may be overstruck.
P a g e 4 - 2 3 XES COMMANDS Forms Creation Commands This section describes the commands used in the creation of forms. The unit of measure in forms creation commands is always 1/300", regardless of the setting determined by the Units commands s zf and s zg.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 2 4 Portrait Page X Y X Y Landscape Page coordinate. If using a landscape font, this command uses the top left corner of the character cell as the origin. For example, to place text on a landscape orientation page 1.0" to the right of the origin and 2.
P a g e 4 - 2 5 XES COMMANDS Line Draw (X or Y) s COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: COMMAND: s x(or y)X,Y,L,W,S x(or y)X,Y,L,W,S x(or y)X,Y,L,W,S x(or y)X,Y,L,W,S x(or y)X,Y,L,W,S d s RANGE: RANGE: .
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 2 6 This command begins bolding for every character printed subsequently. A bold effect is produced by printing every character twice, with the second character moved slightly to the right.
P a g e 4 - 2 7 XES COMMANDS must call the font after the subscript command, because the distance that the baseline is lowered is determined by the font in use.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 2 8 The underline position is not changed by a Start Subscripting or Start Superscripting command. If the user would like the underline to follow a subscript do.
P a g e 4 - 2 9 XES COMMANDS This command assigns a number to one of up to ten forms which can then be recalled for merging into a variable document, where # is the number (0-9) to be assigned and formname. FRM is the name of the form to which the number is being assigned.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 3 0 s RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: RANGE: N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A This command will cause the page in which it occurs and all subsequent pages to merge with a page stored in memory. Merging continues until either a Page Merge Stop or a Reset command is received.
P a g e 4 - 3 1 XES COMMANDS S x , S y indicate the size of the graphic window, measured in 1/300" from the origin of the graphic window. Fields prior to the semicolon are optional, although blank fields must still be separated by a comma. Fields after the semicolon are required.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 3 2 rotation. name is the name of the window (up to seven characters). /F is replaced with /s for storage only, or with /p for storage and printing. X, Y are the coordinates for the origin of the duplicate window. X n , Y n are the coordinates of other duplicate windows if more than one is to be made on the page.
P a g e 4 - 3 3 XES COMMANDS X, Y are the coordinates of the center of the arc. r is the radius of the arc. S 2 is the starting point of the arc expressed in degrees. E 2 , is the endpoint of the arc expressed in degrees. S n , E n are additional pairs of starting and ending points, as required.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 3 4 r is the radius of the pie chart. % 1 is the percentage of the pie to be taken up by the first pie slice. /F 1 is the number of the fill pattern selection for the first pie slice. /O 1 is the offset of the first pie slice measured in pixels from the center of the pie, if the slice is to be offset.
P a g e 4 - 3 5 XES COMMANDS 3 Dutch 4 Spanish 5 Italian 6 Danish 7 Norwegian 8 Finnish 9 German A Swedish B Belgian C French Canadian D Portuguese E Latin American F The Default Language G The Special Table (3274) H User-defined Table Belgian and Portuguese are EBCDIC tables and are not supported by the X/TRA XLi.
User’s Manual P a g e 4 - 3 6 Contol Codes In the ASCII coding scheme, all bytes with values less than 20h represent control functions. The following table describes the control codes.
SECTION 5 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURA TION General Information XTRAEDIT is a menu-driven, MS/PC DOS-based utility that enables users to change the default configuration of the XLi. XLi. Configuration changes made with this software will be saved in the XLi's permanent, nonvolatile storage, even when power has been disconnected from the unit.
P a g e 5 - 3 8 User’s Manual Select Port Next, the user will see the following screen: Configuration to edit: 0 Default powerup config: 0 About XTRAEDIT AGILE X/TRA Configuration Program Version 1.
P a g e 5 - 3 9 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION This dialog box enables the user to indicate to which parallel port the XLI to be configured is connected, either LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3 . If the user is uncertain as to which port the XLI is connected, the user can select Search, and the program will find the port.
P a g e 5 - 4 0 User’s Manual F1=Help Alt-X=Exit Enter=OK/Select ItemEsc=Cancel/Previous Menu F10=Menu Contents About X/TRA Resources Directory Exit Alt-X Select Port Install Settings Now Alt-I Inst.
P a g e 5 - 4 1 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION To move from the highlighted menu name to a specific submenu, use the arrow keys un to highlight the submenu name, then press the Enter key d to accept the highlighted choice. Alternatively, the user can type the highlighted letter of the submenu name to access the submenu.
P a g e 5 - 4 2 User’s Manual File Menu This menu contains the options Select Port, XLI Resources Directory and Exit . Select Port This option performs the same function as the port selection screen that was displayed when the user first loaded the program.
P a g e 5 - 4 3 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION This option is normally used only when the user has been asked by the Xerox Product Support Centre to report the contents of the directory. The following illustration shows the default resources directory screen: Exit — Alt-X The user can select this option to exit the XTRAEDIT software program.
P a g e 5 - 4 4 User’s Manual Select Configuration to Edit To perform the configuration procedure, the user must first select the configuration to be modified. Select Configuration enables this selection by displaying a dialog box wherein the user can choose the number of the configuration to be edited.
P a g e 5 - 4 5 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Configuration Size Correction Orientation Emulation 0 Sh rin k Portrait XES Mode 1 S hr i nk Landscape XES Mode 2 Offset Portrait XES Mode 3 Offset Landscape XES.
P a g e 5 - 4 6 User’s Manual Text Generation Text Generation options include Font Selection, Font Rotation, Language, Character Set, Line Spacing, Absolute Line Spacing and Justification, as indica.
P a g e 5 - 4 7 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Lan g uage Language is used to select the language used by the printer ( U.S. English is the default). The user also can choose U.K. English, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, Swedish, French Canadian and Latin American .
P a g e 5 - 4 8 User’s Manual Printer Setup This menu enables the user to specify choices about the printer, including Input Tray Selection, Input Paper Size, Input Tray Map, Output Tray Selection, .
P a g e 5 - 4 9 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION XES # 4213 Tray(s) PCL5 # 0 HCF, 1, 2 5 1 1 (upper) 1 2 2 (lower) 3 3 HCF 5 41 1 5 1, 2 1 6 HCF, 2 5 7 HCF, 1 5 8 n/a 4 9 Bypass 2 A n/a 4 Executive, Folio, Legal, Ledger, A6, A5, A4, A3 and envelope sizes Monarch, Com10, Intl DL, Intl C5 and Intl B5 .
P a g e 5 - 5 0 User’s Manual Two-up Printing The XLI does not support the XES Margins Double Page command used for printing two logical pages on one physical page. The XES command referred to is: s m<H,T 1 ,B 1 ,L 1 ,R 1 >,m<T 2 ,B 2 ,L 2 ,R 2 > d .
P a g e 5 - 5 1 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Line 1 Page 1 Line 2 Page 1 Line 3 Page 1 Line 4 Page 1 Line 5 Page 1 Line 6 Page 1 Line 7 Page 1 Line 8 Page 1 Line 9 Page 1 .
P a g e 5 - 5 2 User’s Manual Size Correction Size Correction accounts for the difference in printable area between XES and PCL5 printers. XES printers can print to the edge of the page, while PCL5 printers can print only to within about 1/4 inch of the page edge.
P a g e 5 - 5 3 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Preferences menu. If inches, the user can enter a value between -1.000 and 1.000 . In 1/300 inches, the user can enter an integer value between -300 and 300. In 1/60 inches, the user can enter an integer value between -60 and 60 .
P a g e 5 - 5 4 User’s Manual Margins (Portrait, Landscape) These settings determine the area of the page in which characters can be printed. The menu choices are indicated in the following illustra.
P a g e 5 - 5 5 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Bottom Marg in The Bottom Margin setting determines the number of inches from the bottom edge of the page to the baseline (origin) of the last line of text. The value can be entered in inches, 1/300 inches or 1/60 inches, depending upon the setting of Measurement Setting for Entries under the Preferences menu.
P a g e 5 - 5 6 User’s Manual To enter a new tab value, mouse users can move the mouse pointer to any of the fields indicated by underscore characters, press the left mouse button, and then type the value of the tab location. Keyboard users can use t, u or n to move to any of these fields, then type the value of the tab location.
P a g e 5 - 5 7 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Up to 64 values can be entered, in any order. Duplicate entries are automatically reconciled, and XTRAEDIT will automatically place the entries in their correct order.
P a g e 5 - 5 8 User’s Manual Portrait Landscape Horizontal Vertical Horizontal Vertical 330 330 330 330 432 540 432 540 564 750 564 750 696 960 696 960 828 1170 8 28 1170 960 1380 9 60 1380 1092 15.
P a g e 5 - 5 9 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Emulation Mode This option enables the user to set the configuration either to XES Mode or to Passthrough Mode. XES Mode is the normal operating mode of the XLI, enabling XES documents to be printed to the users PCL5 printer.
P a g e 5 - 6 0 User’s Manual Units of Measure This option is equivalent to the Units1/60 or Units1/300 XES commands. It is used to indicate whether measurements within XES commands in the users documents are stated in 1/60-inch units or 1/ 300-inch units.
P a g e 5 - 6 1 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION If the user selects None, the Configuration/Status Page will not be printed under any conditions, except when the user selects Mode C using the Mode Selector button on the top panel of the XLI.
P a g e 5 - 6 2 User’s Manual This command will not affect the Delete Configuration command or Font menu commands such as Load Font, Delete Font, Pack XLI Memory and Non-Shrinkable Fonts . These commands write information to the XLI memory immediately.
P a g e 5 - 6 3 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Fonts can be used by selecting them with an XES Font Change command. Fonts can be selected from among simulated fonts that have been downloaded to the printer, or fonts that have been stored in flash memory.
P a g e 5 - 6 4 User’s Manual The Load Font dialog box is represented with the following illustration: This dialog box has two areas in which users can enter data, in addition to the Load and Done buttons. Mouse users can navigate between these four items by moving the mouse pointer to the appropriate item and pressing the left mouse button.
P a g e 5 - 6 5 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION After loading all fonts to be stored in the XLI, select the Done button to return to the main screen. If the user selects a font for which there is insufficient flash memory, an error message will be displayed. The lowest box on the screen displays information about the currently highlighted font.
P a g e 5 - 6 6 User’s Manual A resource file may contain the XLI code, the XLI boot kernel (used by XTRAEDIT to configure the unit), fonts, configurations, default configuration and the non-shrink fonts list. The software distributed with the XLI contains all of the above except the non-shrink fonts list.
P a g e 5 - 6 7 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION resources, the user should select this option after deleting any resource. After the dialog box is displayed, use the mouse to select OK, or press d to pack the XLI memory. When the confirmation dialog box is displayed, select Yes to continue.
P a g e 5 - 6 8 User’s Manual Confirm Before Updating XLI After configuration changes have been made, the changes have to be written to the XLis memory. This option enables the user to determine whether or not XTRAEDIT will display a warning message immediately prior to the changes being written.
P a g e 5 - 6 9 XTRAEDIT CONFIGURATION Help Menu The Help menu enables the user to look up information on an XTRAEDIT topic out of context. (Context-sensitive help is available at any time by pressing the 1 function key.) The Help menu contains the options Content s and About.
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