Apple LaserWriter Select 310 Specifications

 Developer Note Developer Press© Apple Computer, Inc. 2000  Developer Note Apple LaserWriter Select 310 Printer

x PREFACE Conventions Used in This Note 0 The following visual cues are used throughout this note to identify different types of information:Note A

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CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 1Figure 1-0Listing 1-0Table 1-0

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 2 The LaserWriter Select 310 printer is an economical laser printer that supports PostScript ™ Level 1 fun

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 3 Table 1-1 LaserWriter Select 310 printer features Features Specifications Printing speed 5 pages per minu

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 4 Communication Ports Communication Ports 1 The LaserWriter Select 310 printer supports two communication p

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 HardwareCommunication Ports 5 Figure 1-2 An 8-pin serial port connector Centronics Parallel Connector 1 The LaserW

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 6 Communication Ports Figure 1-3 shows the pin designations for the Centronics parallel connector and Table

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 HardwareCommunication Ports 7 Figure 1-4 Timing for a Centronics interface 19-30 SIGNAL GROUND– Signal ground31 Not

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CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 8 Status Lights Status Lights 1 The LaserWriter Select 310 printer has three colored lights on the left sid

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 HardwareMemory Capabilities 9 Memory Capabilities 1 The standard configuration of the LaserWriter Select 310 printer

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 10 Basic Operation DRAM Expansion 1 The LaserWriter Select 310 printer comes with 1.5 MB of DRAM installed

CHAPTER 1 LaserWriter Select 310 HardwarePage Types 11 Interactive Mode 1 You can use the LaserWriter Select 310 printer as a personal computer, and

CHAPTER 1LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware12 Paper HandlingPaper Handling 1The LaserWriter Select 310 printer offers a variety of paper handling feature

CHAPTER 1LaserWriter Select 310 HardwarePaper Handling 13Figure 1-7 Paper handling optionsOptions500 Letter30 Env250500UniversalBase productManual fee

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software 2Figure 2-0Listing 2-0Table 2-0

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software16 Software OverviewThis chapter describes the LaserWriter Select 310 software. It provides an overview of s

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSoftware Overview 17The special operators are intended for use by interactive users, by programmers of host so

iiiContents Figures and Tables vii Preface About This Note ixWhat This Note Contains ixConventions Used in This Note xOther Reference Material xFor M

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software18 Software OverviewTable 2-1 Paper tray selection operators Operator Descriptiona4tray Selects the paper tray

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSoftware Parameters 19Product Strings 2Table 2-2 lists values assigned to the product strings associated with

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software20 Software ParametersThe compatibility operators present in the LaserWriter Select 310 printer appear in thre

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 21Setting Compatibility Operators 2The LaserWriter Select 310 printer has an e

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software22 Setting Compatibility OperatorsPage device parametersdefaultmultipurposetraysizedefaultpapertraydostartpage

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 23Setting System Parameters 2This section describes the compatibility operator

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software24 Setting Compatibility Operatorsprintername 2product 2productA 2ramsize 2revision 2Syntax string printername

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 25setdefaulttimeouts 2setidlefonts 2setpassword 2Syntax job manualfeed wait

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software26 Setting Compatibility Operatorssetprintername 2Setting Page Device Parameters 2This section describes compa

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 27manualfeed 2manualfeedtimeout 2margins 2pagestackorder 2Syntax – manualfe

iv pagecount 23printername 24product 24productA 24ramsize 24revision 24setdefaulttimeouts 25setidlefonts 25setpassword 25setprintername 26Setting Pag

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software28 Setting Compatibility Operatorspapersize 2papertray 2setdefaultmultipurposepapertraysize 2Syntax – papersiz

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 29setdefaultpapertray 2setdostartpage 2setmargins 2Syntax tray setdefaultpaper

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software30 Setting Compatibility Operatorssetpagestackorder 2setpagetype 2setpapertray 2Syntax bool setpagestackorde

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 31Setting User Parameters 2This section describes the compatibility operators

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software32 Setting Compatibility Operatorswaittimeout 2Setting Device Parameters 2This section describes the compatib

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 33softwareiomode 2Setting Communication Parameters 2The following compatibilit

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software34 Setting Compatibility Operatorssccbatch 2setpacketbackchannel 2Syntax channel sccbatch baud optionsDefinitio

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 35setsccbatch 2Setting Engine Device Parameters 2This section describes the co

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software36 Setting Compatibility Operatorssetdarkness 2Setting Extensions to PostScript Level 1 2The LaserWriter Selec

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwareSetting Compatibility Operators 37packedarray 2setcacheparams 2Syntax any0...anyn-1 packedarray packedarrayDefi

v setcacheparams 37setpacking 38Printer Error Parameter 38printererror 39PostScript Language Changes 39Packed Arrays 40Packed Arrays Versus Ordinary

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software38 Setting Compatibility Operatorssetpacking 2Printer Error Parameter 2The LaserWriter Select 310 printer has

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwarePostScript Language Changes 39printererror 2PostScript Language Changes 2Several additions have been made to t

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software40 PostScript Language ChangesPacked Arrays 2PostScript language procedures are represented as executable arra

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwarePostScript Language Changes 41The second way to create a packed array is to build it explicitly by invoking th

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software42 PostScript Language ChangesChanges in Font Cache Operation 2Operation of the font cache has changed in the

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 SoftwarePostScript Language Changes 43End-of-Line Recognition 2In PostScript interpreter versions 40.0 and later, the

CHAPTER 2LaserWriter Select 310 Software44 TrueType Fonts5. Data read by read and readstring undergoes no EOL translation. Whatever characters were re

CHAPTER 3Communication Channels 3Figure 3-0Listing 3-0Table 3-0

CHAPTER 3Communication Channels46 Serial CommunicationThe LaserWriter Select 310 printer has two communication ports that support two communication ch

CHAPTER 3Communication ChannelsSerial Communication 47Parity Settings 3The parity settings for the serial channel may be odd, even, space, or mark. Ta

CHAPTER 3Communication Channels48 SCC Operator EncodingXON/XOFF Flow Control 3XON/XOFF flow control uses two special characters, XON and XOFF, that may

CHAPTER 3Communication ChannelsCommunication Protocols 49Figure 3-1 SCC operator encodingCommunication Protocols 3The LaserWriter Select 310 printer

CHAPTER 3Communication Channels50 Communication ProtocolsThe serial and parallel communication handlers perform the special processing of the return a

CHAPTER 3Communication ChannelsCommunication Protocols 51Since any character code can be transmitted as data with this protocol, it can be used for se

CHAPTER 3Communication Channels52 Communicating with an IBM PCAfter CTL-A is received, the next character received that is not one of the special char

CHAPTER 3Communication ChannelsCommunicating with an IBM PC 53Unlike the serial port, the Centronics parallel input allows no parameters. It always ac

CHAPTER 3Communication Channels54 Communication DynamicsXON/XOFF Flow Control for PC Communication 3To set up the LaserWriter Select 310 printer for s

CHAPTER 3Communication ChannelsStatus Queries and Spontaneous Messages 55Typically, characters written to the standard output file by PostScript operat

CHAPTER 3Communication Channels56 Status Queries and Spontaneous MessagesAll messages generated spontaneously by the server (as opposed to those messa

vii Figures and Tables Chapter 1 LaserWriter Select 310 Hardware 1 Figure 1-1 LaserWriter Select 310 printer side panel connectors 4 Figure 1-2 An 8-

ix PREFACE About This Note The LaserWriter Select 310 printer is a new member of Apple’s LaserWriter printer family. It is an economical printer tha