Linx 8900 Operating Manual page 163

Linx 8900 Operating Manual —
Printer communications
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If Warn and Pause Print is selected, the warning "3.29 Overspeed (No remote data)" is
displayed. The printer status is set to "Idle".
Select the required options, and then touch the Exit button to return to the Edit Connection:
RCI over Ethernet screen.
Print Control
This screen is similar to the one shown in Figure 162 on page 152.
The Print Control screen allows you to enable and disable the print control characters, and
control the values used by these characters.
The Print Delay Trigger, Print Go, and Print End options are to set to Disabled by default.
You can enable the options in any combination, as required.
Select the required options, and then touch the Exit button to return to the Edit Connection:
RCI over Ethernet screen.
Mappings
This screen is similar to the one shown in Figure 163 on page 152.
The Mappings screen allows you to set options that improve the compatibility between the
8900 and previous models of Linx printers.
Reported Machine Type
For printer emulation, this option tells the RCI Request System Configuration command
(Command 51) which type of printer is in use. Select the 5900 printer (the printer returns the
value 11), the 6200 printer (the printer returns the value 6), the 6800 printer (the printer
returns the value 8), or the 7300 printer (the printer returns the value 7).
Aux Photocell Mapped To
This option controls how the standard 8900 trigger conditions are linked to the Aux
Photocell trigger used by the RCI protocol. The default setting for the 8900 printer is
Leading Edge (the other options are: Trailing Edge, Active, Inactive, Continuous, and
Manual).
Code Page
The 8900 printer uses the Unicode character set, but the RCI protocol uses ASCII. The Code
Page option controls how the printer performs the ASCII to Unicode translation. The
available options are:
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European 6200
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European
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Japanese
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Greek
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Russian
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Polish
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