Serial Submenu
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TOF Action

•Reset. A form feed is performed before a warm start when the prime
signal is asserted from the host. This setting is us ed only if the Prime
Signal parameter is enabled.
•Do Nothing. No form feed is performed on reset.
Buffer Size in K
Configures the amount of memory allocated for the Centronics parallel port
buffer. The default is 1 Kbyte, but you can specify between 1 and 16 Kbytes,
in 1-Kbyte increments.
Serial Submenu
The serial submenu allows you to choose the configurati on of the Serial host
interface type, as shown above. Several other serial parameters are includ ed
on this menu, as described below.
Note The serial parameters in the printer must be set the same as the interfac e
in the host computer (at the other end of the data cable of the pr inter).
Otherwise, the printer might not work online, and data characters fr om the
computer might not print or might print as “garbled” text.
Serial
(from page 115)
Interface
Type Data
Protocol Baud Rate Word
Length Stop Bits
Parity Data Term
Ready Request to
Send Buffer Size in
K
RS-232*
RS-422 XON / XOFF*
ETX / ACK
ACK / NAK
DTR
9600*
19200
38400
600
1200
2400
4800
8*
71*
2
None*
Odd
Even
Mark
Sense
True*
On-Line and BNF
Off-Line or BF
False
On-Line and BNF*
Off-Line or BF
False
True
1*
(1-16)
* = Factory Default