Poll Character; Poll Response; Idle Response - Printronix P7000 User Manual

Chapter 4
HOST INTERFACE
Buffer Size in K
This option configures the amount of memory allocated for the
serial port buffer. You may specify between 1 and 16 Kbytes, in
1-Kbyte increments.
NOTE: If you select a baud rate that is 19200 or greater, you may

Poll Character

This option is for the Series1 protocol. Whenever the printer
receives this character, it sends a response to the host indicating
the current state of the printer (see Series1 protocol). It may be
configured from 0 through FF hexadecimal.

Poll Response

This option is for the Series1 protocol. After receiving a poll
character, the printer will wait the poll response time in milliseconds
before sending the response. It may be configured from 0 through
30.

Idle Response

This option is for the Series1 protocol.
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Disable (default)
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Enable. The printer will send a response character every two
seconds while the number of valid bytes in the buffer is less
than 75 percent of the buffer size.
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need to increase the Buffer Size in K parameter to improve
performance.