HP 340A, 240A Using Emulation, About Emulation, Emulation Mode, Host Interfaces and Emulation

1 Using Emulation

1.1About Emulation

This chapter explains HP-GL, HP-GL/2 emulation of the print language available on this printer.

Print data follows certain rules (grammar). These rules (grammar) are called a print language.

This printer supports a page description language used to create images on a page basis and an emulation feature used to obtain the print result similar to that obtained by another printer. The ability to obtain the print result similar to that obtained by other printers is called emulation.

Emulation Mode

When printing data written in a language other than the page description language supported by this machine, place this printer in the emulation mode. This printer has more than one emulation mode. The following table summarizes the relationship between the HP-GL, HP-GL/2 emulation mode and the printer type to be emulated.

Emulation mode	Emulated printer
HP-GL emulation mode (HP-GL mode)	7586B or DJ750C Plus
HP-GL/2 emulation mode (HP-GL/2 mode)	DJ760C Plus

In the HP-GL mode, the modes switch between the HP-GL mode, HP-GL/2 mode, and HP-RTL.

For the HP-GL/2 mode, the mode is fixed as HP-GL/2 and HP-RTL.

Host Interfaces and Emulation

Different host interfaces support different print languages. Host interfaces that support print languages are as follows:

•Parallel port

•Serial port

•LPD port

•NetWare port

•SMB port

•IPP port

•USB port

•Port9100 port

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