Host Requirements; Communications Boundaries - Intermec EasyCoder 4420 User Manual

EasyCoder 4420/4440 Bar Code Label Printer User's Manual

Host Requirements

The 4420 and 4440 printers have the following hardware and software requirements:
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For information on configuring the host computer, port concentrator, or network
controller, see the reference manual for the controlling device.

Communications Boundaries

The information below applies to all protocols that the printer supports.
Parameter
Message delay
Character delay
Message block size
Device address number
(Multi-Drop only)
C-8
The host computer must use the American Standard Code for Information
Exchange (ASCII) for data communications.
A serial port or a parallel port must be available on the host if you are connecting
directly to the printer.
The host must support at least one of the following data communications interfaces:
RS-232, RS-422, RS-485 (115K), or IEEE compliant 1284 bi-directional parallel.
Maximum Capacity
9999 milliseconds
9999 milliseconds
255 characters (including STX and ETX characters)
Unlimited block size for XON/XOFF
A to Z, 0 to 5