Available Model Designations - IBM 4610 SureMark Service Manual

Updated August 13, 2003
Chapter 1. Introduction

Available model designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Printer overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Communications overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Physical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Miscellaneous information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
User responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Available model designations
The IBM SureMark Three-Station printers are available for fiscal and non-fiscal
applications. The various models are shown below with the model number
designations and the features that are included in each model. Refer to this chart
for details of the model numbers and the features associated with each model. The
references to the printers in this document that apply to all models of printers are
designated as TNx (for models TN3, TN4, and TN5) or GRx (for models GR3 and
GR5), GBx (for models GB3 and GB5) or model GE3.
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Model TNx non-fiscal printer application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Model GRx, GBx, and GE3 fiscal printer application . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Features available for the 4610 Three-Station printer
Differences in the Models TNx printers and the Model GRx, GBx and GE3
printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Communications requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Communication interfaces – for Models TNx . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
RS-232 XON/XOFF mode selection switch (Models TNx only) . . . . . . 1-7
RS-232/RS-485 connections for Models TNx
Communication interface baud rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Temperature and humidity limits for all models . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Physical dimensions of all models
Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Operating system levels for Models TNx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Operating system levels for Models GRx. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Resident code pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Bar codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Resources on the internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
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