IBM 6400i Setup Manual page 107

Interface Selection
Interface selection enables or disables physical interfaces for attachment
switching. If an interface is disabled, it is set offline and any data received will
be ignored.
When coax or twinax is selected, a POR status is sent to the host. Selecting
Autoswitching provides automatic interface switching among parallel, serial,
and either coax or twinax communication. Only one interface can be enabled
at a time. Configuration of the Auto Switching Hotport is done from the
corresponding interface menu, as shown in the following sections.
NOTE: When used with serial, parallel, and coax or twinax non-IPDS
emulations, Autoswitching does NOT save the state of each
emulation during interface switching. In this case, it is the
responsibility of the host application program to initialize the
emulation to the desired state as the beginning of each job. It is also
the responsibility of the host application program to correctly position
the forms at "top of form" and the end of each job. When used with
coax or twinax IPDS, Autoswitching does save the state of the IPDS
emulation during interface switching and will also correctly position
the forms at "top of form" at the end of each IPDS job.
Display Language
This parameter selects the language in which the operator panel messages
will display.
Alarm Control
This parameter enables or disables the audible alarm. The audible alarm is
used to signal problems such as when an end of forms occurs.
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Alarm Enabled (the default)
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Alarm Disabled
Print Direction
The PRINT DIRECTION feature affects both print quality and printing speed.
By setting this feature, you can configure the printer to print in both directions
of the shuttle sweep (Bidirectional), or to print in only one direction
(Unidirectional).
You might want to use Unidirectional when printing bar codes, high qualty text
and graphics, or other printing that requires precise vertical alignment.
Although enabling this feature reduces print speed, it enhances the vertical
alignment of dots and produces cleaner, sharper bar codes and text.
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Bidirectional (the default). Prints all data in both directions of the shuttle
sweep. This choice produces higher printing speed.
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Unidirectional. Prints all data in only one direction of the shuttle sweep.
This choice produces higher print quality.
Printer Control Menu
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