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2-2 Controlling Your Printer
Controlling your Printer
The Printer Interface
The printer has a Centronics Parallel interface and a Serial RS-232C interface as
standard. The menu parameter AUTO I/F is selected as the factory default setting. In
this mode, the printer can receive data from both the parallel interface and the serial
interface, by polling each port in turn. The active interface is selected from the Level-
1 Menu.
Active Interface Selection (Level-1 Menu)
AUTO I/F:
Note: While AUTO I/F is selected, the I-PRIME signal on the parallel
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interface is always ignored.
PARALLEL: Only Centronics parallel interface is supported. The I-PRIME signal
RS-232C:
Auto Interface Polling between parallel and RS-232C ports.
The printer checks both ports to see if data is being sent, once
detected, the printer continues to receive data from this port.
The printer will recommence polling after having received no data for
a period of time, defined in the AUTO EJECT menu in Level-2 menu.
AUTO EJECT
OFF (factory default)
15 SEC
30 SEC
1 MIN
control is activated using the Level-2 menu.
Only RS-232C serial interface is supported. The XON/XOFF and
ROBUST XON flow controls are EFFECTIVE.
POLLING START
15 seconds
15 seconds
30 seconds
1 minute
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