Chapter 3: Migrating To A776 And B780; Migrating From Existing Cognitivetpg Printers - CognitiveTPG A776 Programming Manual

Chapter 3: Migrating to A776 and B780

Migrating from existing CognitiveTPG printers

The A776 printer is the fourth generation two station hybrid thermal/impact printer with feature enhancements
designed to provide the most desirable options to the customer. This section is provided for those customers who
would like to migrate from their existing CognitiveTPG printers to the A776 printer, while maintaining as much
continuity as possible in the new application. This includes migration from the A756, A758 and the A760 printers.
Several commands exist to support such a migration. The primary differences are described below:
A756 to A776:
A756: 6 dots/mm thermal printhead
A756: wide slip station (66 columns)
A756: no top validation of forms
A756: monochromatic printing
A758 to A776:
A758: wide slip station (66 columns)
A758: no top validation of forms
A758: monochromatic printing
A760 to A776:
A760: wide slip station (66 columns)
A760: no top validation of forms
A721 to B780
A721: monochrome printing
A721: journal printing
A721: impact receipt
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A776: 8 dots/mm printhead
A776: narrow (42 columns) slip station
A776: top validation of forms
A776: two-color printing
A776: narrow (42 columns) slip station
A776: top validation of forms
A776: two-color printing
A776: narrow (42 columns) slip station
A776: top validation of forms
B780: two color printing
B780: electronic journal
B780: thermal receipt
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