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Setup Parameter

Values

Description

INTERFACE TYPE

parallel, serial,
financial, automatic

Selects the interface type. Selecting ‘

automatic’

the

interface type is selected betw een serial and parallel by the
printer depending on data coming from host.

The 'financial' interface should be selected for typical
applications of the IBM4722 and IBM 9068 protocol w ith the
controlled link required by the IBM financial driver. When this
item is set, the parallel port is disabled.

HONOR CTS

no, yes

This setting is significant only if the ‘financial’ interface has
been selected.

Considers (

yes

) or ignores (

no

) the CTS signal received from

host for the control of the data stream from host.

INPUT BUFFER

1 Kb, 8 Kb, 16 Kb, 32
Kb, 64 Kb

Selects the buffer size.

When the 'financial' interface is selected, this setting is ignored.

IGNORE PE

enabled, disabled

Selects w hether the printer signals the paper empty condition
(

disabled

) or not (

enabled

) on the busy line.

AUTOFEED SIGNAL

disabled, enabled

The parallel interface uses (

enabled

) or does not use

(

disabled

) the AUTOFEED signal.

SLCT-IN SIGNAL

disabled, enabled

The parallel interface uses (

enabled

) or does not use

(

disabled

) the SELECT-IN signal.

BUFFER CONTROL

DTR+SRTS, SRTS,
XON/XOFF, ETX/ACK,

Selection of the buffer protocol. When the 'financial' interface
is selected, this setting is ignored.