Oki PT340 User Manual page 8

Recommendations
 To use the PT340-341 Status Monitor, set the PT340-341 printer as the "Default printer" and
enable the bi-directional communication function in the printer driver.
 The PT340-341 Status Monitor can be used with the serial, parallel and USB interface
connections. If using the USB interface, set the USB interface to printer class by leaving the
"USB" setting in Printer Setup as "Printer". The virtual COM class is not supported.
 If you are using the serial interface, a baud rate of 115200bps is recommended.
 When using the PT340-341 Status Monitor, click the [Cancel] button in the PT340-341 Status
Monitor if you need to cancel a print job due to a printer error.
 If you cancel printing from the printer folder when the PT340-341 Status Monitor is running,
the data is not deleted even if you reset the printer and the printer may no longer operate
correctly (unless you recover the printer by turning it off and on again).
 If you cancel printing by clicking the [Cancel] button in the PT340-341 Status Monitor or
selecting [Cancel] from the pop-up menu displayed when right-clicking the icon, turn the
printer off and on again. Until restarted, the printer will not operate correctly and this may
result in printing errors or abnormal communication.
 The PT340-341 Status Monitor does not support the connection of multiple printers. The
PT340-341 Status Monitor will not function correctly if run when multiple printers are
connected.
 The PT340-341 Status Monitor cannot be used if you run any applications that send control
commands to the PT340-341 printer. Because the PT340-341 Status Monitor sends and
receives commands to check the printer status, conflicts with control commands from other
applications may cause a malfunction. In this case, disable the bi-directional function in the
printer driver before running the application.
 Do not use the PT340-341 Status Monitor when the PT340-341 printer is in a special mode
(such as "HEX Dump"). In this case, printing may result in a "communication error" or the
print job being canceled.
 If you use the serial interface, the printer status information does not display a
"communication error" if you turn off the printer after any of the following errors occur during
printing:
Head hot, Paper end, Cover open, Hardware error, Cutter Jam error
 This status monitor does not support use with printers that are shared on the network.
 If you are using status monitor via a LAN interface, configure the printer driver that acquires
the status as the default printer.
Status monitoring is not performed via the LAN interface while the printer is idle.
 The status monitor is not displayed in the Start screen of Windows8 or Server2012. Please
use in desktop mode.
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