Printronix t8000 Administrator's Manual page 189

Host IO > Serial > Data Protocol
You can select one of the following serial interface protocols to meet the host
interface requirements,
Factory Default XON / XOFF
Table 3. Response for Series1 Char
Printer State
ONLINE and Buffer Empty
ONLINE and Buffer Full
OFFLINE and Buffer Empty
OFFLINE and Buffer Full
Table 4. Response for ENQ / ACK
ONLINE
ONLINE or Paper Motion Fault
Platen Open or Paper Out
Host IO > Serial > Data Term Ready
Stands for Data Terminal Ready. This configuration is part of hardware flow
control and determines when the Data Terminal Ready (DTR) signal is
generated. This signal indicates if the printer is ready to receive data.
True Continuously asserts the DTR signal.
On-Line and Asserts the DTR signal when the printer is ONLINE
BNF and the internal serial buffer is not full (BNF).
Asserts the DTR signal when the printer is OFFLINE or
Off-Line or BF
the internal serial buffer is full.
On-line Asserts the DTR signal when the printer is ONLINE.
False Never asserts the DTR signal.
Factory Default True
Series1 1 Char
Response
CR
3
0
2
Printer State
Series1 2 Char
Response
1 CR
3 CR
0 CR
2 CR
Status
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