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To cable Print Masters equipped with Option 19 together, connect Port 10 of a 710 having a lower Unit ID Number to port 9 of a 710 having a higher Unit ID Number with a
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Cascaded units power up from the factory in contention mode, which allows any of the computers connected to a particular unit to contend for any of the printers connected to that same unit. These computers will not contend for printers connected to other Print Master units when in
Printer selection is accomplished by sending a printer select sequence consisting of the Printer Select Code followed by a
NOTE: $PRINTER is the factory default Printer Select Code. Other codes may be programmed, but all cascaded Print Master units must be configured to have the same Printer Select Code.
EXAMPLE 1: If a computer connected to unit number 1 wishes to print to a printer connected to port 5 of unit number 4, the computer would send $PRINTER45.
EXAMPLE 2: If a computer connected to Unit number 2 wishes to send data to any printer connected to Unit 3 (contention mode), the computer would send $PRINTER30.
EXAMPLE 3: If a computer connected to Unit number 4 wishes to output data to the printer connected to Port 1 of the same unit, the computer would send $PRINTER41.
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