GCC Technologies Elite 12/1200N Installation Manual page 64

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VERVIEW OF SETUP AND PRINTING FROM
1. Check the port settings. We recommend that you select the parallel ports. If
2. Select an emulation mode on the printer's control panel. When you print,
3. Use the DOS Copy command to send the print file to the Elite 12 Series. See
P
ORT CONFIGURATION
If you want to print from DOS, you must configure a port once in every DOS ses-
sion. Most users add the commands to their AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that this is
done automatically. The port you configure must be the same as the port that is
specified in the DOS application.
If you have used another printer to print from DOS, you may find that your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file already includes one of the commands shown in the next
sections.
Your PC and the Elite 12 Series are connected through either a parallel or RS-422
serial interface.
P P
ARALLEL ORT
To set up the parallel port for communication between the Elite 12 Series and the
PC, type the following MS-DOS command before printing:
This command allows the Centronics busy signal to be active for extended
periods of time so that the computer does not abort long print jobs. If you are
printing through a parallel port other than LPT1, substitute that port's number in
the above MODE command.
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If you want to print a job that has been printed to a file on disk, you need to
use the DOS command line:
you select the serial port (Elite 12/600 and Elite 1212 only), then the serial
port settings on the Elite 12 Series control panel and your computer must
match.
your print file will be formatted for either PostScript or PCL; set the PS/PCL
Sensing submenu through the Elite 12 Series control panel to either
PostScript Only, PCL Only, or Auto Switch.
"Using the Copy command" later in this section.
– DOS
DOS
COMMAND LINE
MODE LPT1:,,P