Paxar 9401 manual Transmitting Data, Copy FRMT1.FMT COM1

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Transmitting Data

Send packets in this order.

1.Check digit packets

2.Format packets

3.Batch packets

Check digit packets are stored until the printer is turned Off. The data stream would appear in an order similar to this.

{Check digit packet p }

{Format header p field1 p option p option p field2 p option p field3 p }

{Batch header p batch data p batch data p batch data p }

On an MS-DOS system, a standard DOS command is used to transmit the data stream to the printer. For example, the following commands could be used to transmit an ASCII file called FRMT1.FMT to a 9401 or 9402 printer connected to COM port 1.

MODE COM1:2400,N,8,1,P

COPY FRMT1.FMT COM1

If the printer is connected to COM2, simply change "COM1" to "COM2" in the above statements.

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