In addition to port assignment, you may program the following features to meet the need of your application: the individual serial port configuration (baud rate, word size, stop bits, parity, and XON/XOFF), the Port Logical Names, the Input Inactivity Timeout, the Printer Select Code, the Printer Select Mode, the Form Feed Mode, and the Header Page Message. Programming of these features is easily accomplished via the
NOTE: Users of IBM compatible computers may utilize the BayTech Print Master Support Software Diskette supplied with the unit. Refer to Section 4.2 for instructions.
A typical application using Print Master would allow various computers (e.g., PCs, main frames, mini computers, etc.) to share printers and/or plotters. For example, Figure 1 below shows seven PCs sharing a single HP LaserJet IIISi printer. This application would allow all the PCs to send print jobs to the printer simultaneously.
This application demonstrates just one on the many Print Master configuration possibilities. Print Master ports are programmable as computer or printer ports
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