HP 710F, 710E, 708D, 708E, 706C, 706D, 708C, 706A manual Configuration Mode

Step Instructions

A. Serial Ports

Serial ports on Print Master are DCE. Therefore, straight cabling is required between the computer's serial port and Print Master's serial port. A straight cable is also required between Print Master's serial port and the serial port of a printer or plotter.

B. Parallel Ports

A straight through 25 pin parallel DB-25 male to DB-25 male cable is required to connect the parallel port of a computer to a parallel port of Print Master. A standard DB-25 male to centronics printer cable is required to connect the printer or plotter's parallel port to the parallel port of Print Master.

Please see Appendix A of this manual for more cabling information.

5CONFIGURATION MODE

If you need to access configuration mode to change the port assignment or serial port configuration (see Steps 2 and 3 respectively), please see Section 7 of this manual for instructions. If not, there is no need to access configuration mode.

NOTE: The easiest way to access configuration mode is to use the supplied utility created by running the INSTALL program as described in Section 4.2. This utility is TERM.EXE for all models other than the 706A and 708A. The utility for the 706A and 708A models is PARSEND.EXE.

6PORT SELECTION

NOTE: If you will have only one printer or plotter connected, you may skip this step.

You must select a printer port in multiple printer applications. The recommended methods to send the Port Select Code are:

A.TSR - Select a port from a menu in the memory resident program using hot keys. See

the README file generated by running the INSTALL program on the BayTech software utility diskette. When you run INSTALL, a menu titled "Printer Selection Programs" will appear on your screen. You are given three selections: RAMEXEC, RAMTSR, and WNDEXEC. Choose RAMEXEC if your PC runs non-Windows programs that do not operate in graphics mode. Choose RAMTSR if your PC runs non-Windows programs that operate in graphics mode. Choose WNDEXEC if your PC runs under Windows.

B.Physically insert the Port Select Code as the first characters of the text or data in

the

document. See Section 6.2.8 (Port Selection Methods) for more information concerning the Port Select Code.

C.Create a separate file containing only the Port Select Code. See Section 6.2.8 (Port Selection Methods) for more information.

7MODE COMMANDS

NOTE: If you are not connecting any serial PCs, you may skip this step.

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