Printek 8000 User Manual

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P R I N T E R C O N F I G U R A T I O N

Off

Possible Values:

Off*, On

This item enables or disables automatic Line Feeds (LF) when a Carriage
Return (CR) is received.

Perform Host Form Feed at Top-of-Form

Host FF at TOF

Possible Values:

No*, Yes

This item selects whether Form Feeds (FF) will be performed when
received from the host computer if the paper is already positioned at the top
of form (TOF). Setting this item to

will help prevent blank pages.

Characters

Control

Possible Values:

Control*, Printable

This item selects whether certain control character symbols will be printed
or be treated as control characters. The effect of this is dependent upon the

Emulation

selected.

Minimum Buffer

Possible Values:

No*, Yes

This item selects whether the smallest possible I/O buffer should be used.
Setting this item to

will allow the printer to make maximum use of the

I/O buffer (see “Paper Out Fault” on page 80 for more information on buffer
size). Setting this to

Yes

may decrease performance, but is useful when

using the printer with operating systems that try to keep track of which page
is currently being printed by the printer. This may also be useful when
using serial I/O with systems that do not respond quickly enough to
handshake signals.