IBM 3160 Technical manual

InfoPrint 60
3160 Advanced Function Printer IBM
Introduction and Planning Guide
G544-5242-03

InfoPrint 60
3160 Advanced Function Printer IBM
Introduction and Planning Guide
G544-5242-03

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Fourth Edition (June 1998)
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Contents
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
What's New in This Publication ........................... ix
Communication Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Related Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
Chapter 1. InfoPrint 60 and 3160-001 Printers .................. 1
General Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Host Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Application Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Operational Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Data Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Performance and Print Quality ............................. 5
Advanced Function Image and Graphics ....................... 5
Print Material and Paper Handling ........................... 6
Chapter 2. Planning Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sample Implementation Plan .............................. 8
Additional Planning Tasks ............................... 10
Chapter 3. Preparing the Processing Environment .............. 11
Performance Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compatibility Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Advanced Function Presentation Licensed Programs ............... 13
Installing and Verifying AFP Programs ...................... 13
Conversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
AS/400 Migration Considerations ........................... 14
Bolding Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Enlarge Print Function ............................... 14
Box Draw Function ................................. 14
Chapter 4. Preparing the Physical Environment ................ 15
Environmental Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Temperature and Humidity ............................. 15
Altitude Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Heat and Airflow ................................... 16
Sound Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Physical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Weight and Dimensions .............................. 18
Service Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Physical Layout and Space Requirements .................... 19
Installation Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installation Planning Worksheet ........................... 21
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Chapter 5. Configuring the Printer and Its Attachments ........... 23
Printer Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System Attachment Worksheets ........................... 24
Ethernet TCP/IP Attachment Worksheet ..................... 25
SNA Token-Ring Attachment Worksheet ..................... 26
TCP/IP Token-Ring Attachment Worksheet ................... 29
System/370 Channel Attachment Worksheet .................. 30
Chapter 6. Ordering and Storing Supplies ................... 31
Printer Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to Order Supplies ................................. 31
Selecting Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Paper Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Label Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Prepunched Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Preprinted Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting, Testing, and Ordering Paper ....................... 36
Storing Paper and Supplies .............................. 36
Appendix A. 3160 Font Set ............................. 39
IBM Core Interchange Resident Scalable Font Set ................ 39
GCSGID Subsets for IBM Core Interchange Fonts ............... 41
IBM Core Interchange Resident Code Page Set ................ 41
4028 Compatibility Resident Font Set ........................ 45
4028 Compatibility Resident Code Page Set .................. 47
IBM Coordinated Font Set ............................... 48
GCSGID Subsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
DBCS Resident Raster Font Set ........................... 49
Default Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
AS/400 Bolding Function, Native and OfficeVision ................. 52
Appendix B. Software and Hardware Requirements ............. 55
Host Attachments That Support the InfoPrint 60 and the 3160-001 Printer ... 55
Host Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Host/PSF Software Support ............................ 57
PSF Support Notes ................................... 60
PSF/MVS Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
PSF/VSE Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
PSF/VM Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
0S/400 and PSF/400 Support ........................... 61
PSF/2 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
PSF for AIX Support ................................ 62
System Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Host Software References: .............................. 62
System Attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
SNA or TCP/IP Token Ring ............................ 63
TCP/IP Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
System/370 Channel Attachment ......................... 65
Attachment Hardware Requirements ......................... 67
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................. 79
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
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Figures
1. Power Plug and Connector ........................... 17
2. Service Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
3. Prepunched Paper Clearances -- A4, B5, and Letter Size ......... 35
4. Prepunched Paper Clearances -- A3, B4, Legal, and Ledger Size .... 35
5. Preprinted Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
6. Parallel Channel Attachment Options (3160-001) .............. 66
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