Black Box A/C-7P RO Cable Box User Manual


 
10
A/C-7P RO, A/C-7S RO
2. Introduction
operating in PCL
®
mode, the A/C-7
RO allows Computer Output
Reduction (COR) and Automatic
Page Orientation (APO). In
addition, paper can be pulled from
several sources and a multitude of
fonts (printer-resident or from
optional cartridges) are supported.
The A/C-7P RO comes with a
standard parallel sharing port that
allows automatic sharing of the
attached printer between the host
and a PC or LAN. The A/C-7S RO
comes with a standard serial sharing
port.
The A/C-7P RO and the AC-7S RO
are powerful, yet easy-to-operate
external printer interfaces. You can
easily set them up through on-board
configuration switches or Host/PC
download commands.
The A/C-7P RO and A/C-7S RO
attach virtually any ASCII printer to
an IBM 30XX, 43XX, 937X host, or
3174, 3274 or 3276 controller. They
offer reliable emulations of IBM
3812, 4214, 4224, 3287, 3262 and
3268 printers (all non-IPDS™).
When connected to a laser printer
SW1
I
O
I
O
OFF
ON
Power
A/C-7P RO
Printer
On
Line
Data
From
Host
Host
Line
Sync
Data
From
Parallel
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SW1 SW2
I
O
I
O
OFF
ON
Power
A/C-7S RO
Printer
On
Line
Data
From
Host
Host
Line
Sync
Serial
Data
Out
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Figure 2-1. Front Panels of the A/C-7 RO.