80Configuration

Control Panel Parameters

Table 15 • Printer Parameters, Password Level 3 (Page 4 of 10)

Parameter

Explanation

 

 

HOST HANDSHAKE

Set Host Handshake

 

The handshake protocol of the printer must match the handshake protocol

 

of the host computer for proper communications to take place. Select the

 

handshake protocol that matches the one being used by the host computer.

 

Selections (ZPL, APL-D):XON/XOFF, DSR/DTR, RTS/CTS

 

Selections (APL-I):XON/XOFF, DSR/DTR, RTS/CTS, APL-I

 

Default Value (ZPL, APL-D, APL-I): XON/XOFF

 

Selections (EPL): DTR & XON/XOF, DTR

 

Default Value (EPL): DTR & XON/XOF

 

Note • XOFF is abbreviated as XOF on the EPL display.

 

To modify this parameter:

 

• Press the up or down arrow to scroll through the selections.

 

 

CONTROL CHAR

Set Control Character

(ZPL mode only)

The printer looks for this two-digit hexadecimal character to indicate the

 

start of a ZPL/ZPL II control instruction.

 

Note • Do not use the same hexadecimal value for the control,

 

command, and delimiter character. The printer must see different

 

characters to work properly.

 

Range: 00 to FF

 

Default Value: 7E (tilde—displayed as an arrow)

To modify this parameter:

To increase the value, press the up arrow.

To decrease the value, press the down arrow.

COMMAND CHAR

Set Command Character

(ZPL mode only)

The command prefix is a two-digit hexadecimal value used as a parameter

 

place marker in ZPL/ZPL II format instructions. The printer looks for this

 

two-digit hexadecimal character to indicate the start of a ZPL/ZPL II

 

format instruction. See the ZPL II Programming Guide for more

 

information.

 

Note • Do not use the same hexadecimal value for the control,

 

command, and delimiter character. The printer must see different

 

characters to work properly.

Range: 00 to FF

Default Value: 5E (caret)

To modify this parameter:

To increase the value, press the up arrow.

To decrease the value, press the down arrow.

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