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Chapter 5

Printer Commands

438 Operator’s Manual - 880052-0100

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Setting of 16 = 255.255.0.0

Setting of 8 = 255.255.255.0


Change Telnet Configuration Password

Setting the Telnet configuration password prevents unauthorized access to the

setup menu via a Telnet connection to port 9999 or via web pages. The

password must have 4 characters.


After setting up the configuration, a selection of 9 will Save and Exit.

Once exiting this mode, a hardware reset is required to restore normal printer

operation.

5.2.3

Print Head Size Commands

The different printer models may be configured with a variety of different print head sizes
and densities. The ^D78 and ^D79 commands (non-volatile) allow the printer to be setup
through software to configure the different print head sizes and densities. Power cycle or
^D32 is required before command settings take affect.

Note: When using these commands, the ^D79 command MUST be sent prior to the ^D78

^A

^D

COMMAND

X

79

Set print head dots/inch (dpi). This command sets the dot density of the
print head.

0

203DPI: This sets the printhead resolution to 203dpi. This requires that a
203dpi printhead is installed on the printer. If the setting is not set properly,
the printed image could produce

1

300DPI: This command the printhead resolution to 300dpi. This requires that

a 300dpi printhead is installed on the printer. If the setting is not set properly,

the printed image could produce

The only valid entries are ^A0 for 203dpi and ^A1 for 300dpi.

XX

78

Set print head number of dots. This command sets # of dots in the print
head. This command MUST be sent AFTER the dot density (dpi) is set with
the ^D79 command. The only valid entries for XX are the numbers in the “# of
Dots” column in the table above.












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