Printhead Sizes - D78; General Purpose I/O - Microcom 424M Operator's Manual

Printer Commands
0 203DPI: This sets the printhead resolution to 203dpi. This requires that a
203dpi printhead is installed on the printer. If the setting is not set properly,
the printed image could produce
1 300DPI: This command the printhead resolution to 300dpi. This requires that
a 300dpi printhead is installed on the printer. If the setting is not set properly,
the printed image could produce
The only valid entries are ^A0 for 203dpi and ^A1 for 300dpi.
XX 78 Set print head number of dots. This command sets # of dots in the print
head. This command MUST be sent AFTER the dot density (dpi) is set with
the ^D79 command. The only valid entries for XX are the numbers in the "# of
Dots" column in the table above.
Printer Model
These are examples of how to use the ^D78 and ^D79 commands:
EXAMPLE #1: How to set the printer for a 640 dot, 300 dpi print head:
^A1^D79<CR>
^A640^D78<CR>
EXAMPLE #2: How to set the printer for an 832 dot, 203 dpi print head:
^A0^D79<CR>
^A832^D78<CR>

5.3 General Purpose I/O

When this command is enabled (Switch 6 bit 6; D26 command), the printer provides the
ability to report the current status of 4 additional inputs accessed through the P17 connector
on the PCB, report the status of 4 additional outputs accessed through the P21 connector
on the PCB, to change the status of the outputs, and to configure the inputs to generate
immediate errors.
5-22
Dots/Inch
224
224
324M
324M
424
424
424M
424M
X28
X28
Table 5-4

Printhead sizes - D78

D79 value
448
203
640
300
640
203
960
300
832
203
1280
300
832
203
1280
300
832
203
1280
300
(Sets 300 dpi)
(Sets 640 dots)
(Sets 203 dpi)
(Sets 832 dots)
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