If a blank page doesn’t eject and you typed the file correctly, you
may want to check your AUTOEXEC.BAT file in DOS to make
sure that the printer’s serial port settings match those of the PC.
a Look for a command line like this in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file:
mode com1: 9600,n,8,1,p
In this example, the serial port settings are 9600 for baud
rate, N (no) parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. The P stands for
infinite retry.
b Check the start-up page, which prints when you turn on the
printer (unless you disabled it). This tells you the current
serial port settings for the printer.
c If the serial settings (baud rate, parity, data bits, and stop bits)
shown on the start-up page match those in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you need make no further changes. Go
to the section “Special PC Concerns,” later in this chapter.
If the printer’s serial port settings are different from your PC’s
settings, use the printer control panel, as described in the fol-
lowing section, “Changing Serial Port Se ttings,” to make them
match.
Since your printer is configured at the factory for the most typical
printing environments, the serial settings in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
and on the start-up page may be the same. However, if they differ,
you must configure the printer to use the serial settings specified in
the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
The following instructions explains how to use the printer control
panel to configure the printe r’s serial settings: