Verifying Printer Communications With Your System - Intermec 4630 User Manual

4630 and 4830 Bar Code Label Printers User's Manual

Verifying Printer Communications With Your System

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6. Do one of the following:
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Press Cont to return to the OFFLINE READY display.
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Press Menu and repeat Steps 3 through 5 to change other serial port
settings.
Note: You must cycle the printer power (turn off the printer, wait five seconds, and
then turn on the printer) to have the changes you made take effect.
Once you have the printer connected to your system, you need to test for
communications with your system.
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If you have connected the printer to a PC serial port, the easiest way to test
communications is to run PrintSet and then print a test label. You can also
send a character string to the printer from DOS.
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If you have connected the printer to a PC parallel port, you can send a
character string to the printer from DOS.
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If you are using a different platform to communicate with your printer,
please refer to your system user's manual and Chapter 6, "Intermec Printer
Language Commands," in this manual for information on downloading
commands to the printer.
To verify printer communications using DOS
1. Start with the printer display showing OFFLINE READY. You may need to
press On line/Off line to see this display.
2. Press and release the menu panel access door to open the door. From the
menu panel, press Menu and then press ↑ or ↓ until you reach the Service
menu.
3. Press Select and then press ↑ or ↓ until the display shows:
SERVICE MENU
DATA LINE PRINT
4. Press Select and then press ↑ or ↓ until the display shows:
DATA LINE PRINT
ENABLED
5. Press Enter to enable Data Line Print mode. The printer is ready to print
characters received from the host.