HP V8.5 - Manual (Page 8)

vii V8.5e Rev 2.2.2002
4. OPERATION .............................. 4-1
4.1 POWER SUPPLY PRECAUTIONS ............... 4-1
4.2 USING THE CONTROL PANEL ................. 4-2
4.3 CONTROL PANEL FUNCTIONS AND SETTINGS ..... 4-5
Changing function settings .................. 4-5
Default Settings .......................... 4-6
Test plot ............................... 4-6
Contrast ............................... 4-6
Speed ................................. 4-7
Media ................................. 4-8
Scaling ................................ 4-9
Emulation (vertical resolution) .............. 4-10
Form feed length ........................ 4-10
Bytes per scan .......................... 4-12
Grayscale media table number .............. 4-13
Setup headers for programming the V8.5e ...... 4-13
4.4 ERROR MESSAGES ....................... 4-16
5. THEORY OF OPERATION ..................... 5-1
5.1 INTRODUCTION .......................... 5-1
5.2 PLOTTER FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES .......... 5-1
Power supplies ........................... 5-1
Stepper motor ........................... 5-3
5.3 INTERFACE ............................. 5-3
Interface timing and signals ................. 5-3
Data rates .............................. 5-6
Scan width ............................. 5-7
Vertical resolution ........................ 5-7
Scaling ................................ 5-7
Print mode ............................. 5-8
5.4 THERMAL PRINTHEAD ..................... 5-9
Automatic Head Temperature Feedback ......... 5-9
Film media ............................ 5-10