3. Communication Requirements
To enable communications between the printer and the
computer, the printer communications setup must match the
setup for the host computer. The options are:
• Baud rate
• Parity
• Data flow control
• Data bits
• Stop bits
All online data uses the ASCII (American Standard Code for
Information Interchange) character code for interpretation of
bits as characters.
Input Characteristics
Below are the input characteristics for communications. The
defaults are shown in bold print.
• Asynchronous
• Full duplex
• Selectable options:
Baud rate 110, 300, 600, 1200, 2400, 4800, 9600
Parity No parity, Odd, Even
Data flow Xon/Xoff, Data Terminal Ready (DTR)
Data bits Seven (7) or eight (8)
Stop bits One (1) or two (2)
Modify these communication settings on your printer as
necessary to match the settings on your host computer. See
"Setting Communication Values" in this chapter.
Communication
Requirements
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