Paxar 9474 manual E a t i n g O n l i n e D a t a S t r e a m s

C r e a t i n g O n l i n e D a t a S t r e a m s

Create data streams for your 9474 printer using a standard text editor, such as EDLIN or TSO.

If you use a word processor to create data streams, make sure to save the file in text-only or unformatted mode.

Tr a n s m i t t i n g O n l i n e D a t a S t r e a m s

Your printer must be in Online Mode before it will accept data from your computer.

Select Online from the Select Operating Mode menu.

Press e . You’ll see

Online Mode Ready:

Your printer is now ready to accept data.

Send data to the printer just as you would send any print data to a printer from your computer.

For example, if you have a file named FORMAT1.DAT on an MS-DOS system, you could send the data to your printer with these commands:

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

MODE LPT1:=COM1

PRINT FORMAT1.DAT

This set of commands would send the file FORMAT1.DAT to a printer connected to COM1 of an MS-DOS computer.

Format and graphic structures can be sent at any time.

Formats or graphics used by batch data must be sent before the batch data referencing them. Any batch sent without a previously defined format is ignored, generating an error.

3-2 Message Structures