Xerox FS 5250 IPC User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Front Page

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• Approvals/Warnings

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• Safety Notice

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• Table of Contents

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• 1. Introduction to the Xerox FS 5250

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  • 1.1. What is the Xerox FS 5250?

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  • 1.2. Printer Driver Selection

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• 2. Items Supplied...

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• 3. Product Features

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• 4. Supported Control Units

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• 5. Installation Requirements

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  • 5.1. Pre-Installation Requirements

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    • 5.1.1 National Language

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    • 5.1.2 EU or US Settings

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  • 5.2. Working Environment

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• 6. Connections and Installation of the Xerox FS 5250

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  • 6.1. The Rear Panel

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  • Changing the Driver:

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  • 6.2. Emulation

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    • 6.2.1 Via the Line

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    • 6.2.2 Via the Address Switch

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    • 6.2.3 Address Setting

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    • 6.2.4 Dual Printer Emulation

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  • 6.3. Upgrading to IPDS

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  • 6.4. Connecting the Xerox FS 5250 to the Printer

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    • 6.4.1 Connecting via Centronics output

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  • 6.5. Connecting the Xerox FS 5250 to the System

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    • 6.5.1 TEST Function

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    • 6.5.2 Timeout

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• 7. Operation of the Xerox FS 5250

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  • 7.1. Top Panel of the Xerox FS 5250

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    • 7.1.1 CU

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    • 7.1.2 PAR (Parallel input)

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    • 7.1.3 SER (Serial input/output)

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    • 7.1.4 READY (Printer Ready)

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• 8. Function Selection via the Line

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  • 8.1. Syntax of an FSL Function

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  • 8.2. The Escape Character

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  • 8.3. Defining a Temporary Escape Character

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  • 8.4. Removing Temporary Escape Character

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  • 8.5. Defining a Permanent Escape Character

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  • 8.6. Removing Permanent Escape Character

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  • 8.7. Commands for Storing and Restoring Settings

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  • 8.8. Pass-Through Mode

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    • 8.8.1 Pass-through mode - XES

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  • 8.9. Transparency Mode Limitations

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• 9. idaSetup - IPDS Programming

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• 10. Programming the Xerox FS 5250 - Non-IPDS

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• 11. Selected FSL Functions

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  • 11.1. Paper Size

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    • 11.1.1 Trays

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    • 11.1.2 Changing paper size

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    • 11.1.3 Saving the command

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    • 11.1.4 Changing paper size example

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    • 11.1.5 Other commands

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  • 11.2. Paper Trays

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    • 11.2.1 Basic printer set-up

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    • 11.2.2 Changing paper trays

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    • 11.2.3 Other commands

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  • 11.3. Page Format

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    • 11.3.1 Formats

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    • 11.3.2 Changing Page Format

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    • 11.3.3 Changing page format example

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    • 11.3.4 Other commands

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  • 11.4. Automatic Page Orientation

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    • 11.4.1 Automatic Page Orientation Chart

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  • 11.5. Fonts

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    • 11.5.1 Selecting Fonts - PCL

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    • 11.5.2 Default GFID Table

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    • 11.5.3 Scaleable Fonts

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    • 11.5.4 Defining Fonts - PCL

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    • 11.5.5 Selecting Fonts - XES

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    • 11.5.6 Defining Fonts - XES

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  • 11.6. Optional Scaling

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  • 11.7. Duplex Printing

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    • 11.7.1 System or interface?

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    • 11.7.2 What to consider

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    • 11.7.3 Binding option

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    • 11.7.4 Selecting duplex printing

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    • 11.7.5 Orientation

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  • 11.8. Output Data

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  • 11.9. Port Share Option

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    • 11.9.1 Sending the commands from the system

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    • 11.9.2 Sending the commands from the PC

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• 12. Programming via Shareport

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  • 12.1. Activating the Y249 Engineering Function

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  • 12.2. Deactivating the Y249 Engineering Function

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  • 12.3. Limitations when Y249 is active

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  • 12.4. Updating firmware

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• 13. PC Support Virtual Printer

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• 14. Error Messages

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  • 14.1. Recoverable Errors

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  • 14.2. Non-Recoverable Hardware Errors

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• Supported Setup Functions - Appendix A

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  • XES Mode

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  • PCL Mode

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• Quick Reference Guide to the Supported FSL Functions

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• Test Printout - Appendix B

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  • XES

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  • PCL

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• Use of Xerox FS 5250 Serial Port (Out) - Appendix C

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• Related Manuals - Appendix D

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• Index

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