Compuprint 4247-Z03 Programmer Manual - Manual (Page 18)

Print qualities
Fast Draft is a print quality available only for the 4247 Model Z03 printer. The Data Processing (DP), Data
Processing Text (DP Text), Near Letter Quality (NLQ), OCR-A, and OCR-B print qualities on the 4247
Model X03 printer is equivalent in character size, shape, and resolution to the print qualities available on
the 4247 Models Z03 printer.
Print quality selection
Print quality can be selected using program control or through the printer operator panel. Program control
datastream commands take precedence over operator panel settings and can not be overridden.
Available printer operator panel settings are:
Print Quality = Fast Draft (Model Z03 printer)
Fast Draft is the default setting for the Model Z03 printer.
Print Quality = DP
DP is the default setting for the Model X03 printer.
Print Quality = DP TEXT
Print Quality = NLQ
Print Quality = OCR-A
Print Quality = OCR-B
An 4247 Model Z03 printer operator panel feature, Host Fast Draft, is a setting that allows application
programs written for earlier printers in DP mode to print in Fast Draft mode without changes to the
application program. If Host Fast Draft is enabled then DP mode applications print in Fast Draft mode. If
Host Fast Draft
is disabled then DP mode applications print in DP mode.
The following table summarizes the print quality for Fast Draft (model Z03 only), DP, DP Text, and NLQ:
Print quality Horizontal DPI Vertical DPI
Horizontal character
cell size (dots)
Vertical character
cell size (dots)
Fast Draft 45 72 9 9
(Model Z03 only)
DP 60 72 12 9
DP Text 100 72 20 9
NLQ 100 144 20 18
Printer interfaces
There are three Controller Board options:
v Allows a host connection to Parallel, Serial, and USB 2.0 interfaces
v Allows a host connection to Parallel and ASCII Ethernet 10/100 BaseT LAN Network interfaces.
v Allows a host connection to Parallel and ASCII-IPDS Ethernet 10/100 BaseT LAN Network interfaces.
Printer datastream emulations
v ASCII emulations for the IBM ® 4202 Proprinter III XL, IBM 2381 Personal Printer, and Epson FX printers
v IPDS ™ emulations for the IBM 4224 and IBM 4230 printers
v IBM 4247 mode (native mode) extensions to ASCII and IPDS datastream emulations
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