Communication interface – CognitiveTPG A760 User Manual

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Chapter 4: Using the Printer

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A760-D100 10/04

189-9200303 Rev. D A760 Two-Color Thermal/Impact Hybrid Printer: User Guide

Communication interface

To change the communication interface settings (except
Ethernet), enter the configuration menu, select “Set
Communication Interface” from the main menu and
answer “Yes” to “SET INTERFACE TYPE?” printed on
the receipt.

Caution: Be extremely careful changing any of the
printer settings to avoid inadvertently changing other
settings that might affect the performance of the printer.

Press the paper feed button as instructed to select the
communication interface you want.

• Communication interface

RS-232C interface

USB (see Appendix A, “USB driver installation”)

IEEE 1284 parallel (see below)

Ethernet (see “Ethernet settings” below.)

RS-232C serial interface settings

To change the RS-232C serial interface settings, enter the configuration menu, select “Set
Communication Interface” from the main menu and answer “No” to “SET INTERFACE TYPE?”
printed on the receipt. This will take you to the instructions for selecting the RS-232C settings.

Caution: Be extremely careful changing any of the printer settings to avoid inadvertently
changing other settings that might affect the performance of the printer.

Press the paper feed button as instructed on the configuration menu to select the RS-232C
settings you want to change:

• Baud rate

115200 baud

57600 baud

38400 baud

19200 baud

9600 baud

4800 baud

2400 baud

1200 baud

• Number of data bits can not be changed (not shown

on printout)

• Stop bits can not be changed (not shown on

printout)

• Parity can not be changed (not shown on printout)

• Hardware flow control

Software (XON/XOFF)

Hardware (DTR/DSR)

• Data reception errors

Ignore errors

Print “?”

• Alternate DTR/DSR

Enabled

Disabled

Note: Press the paper feed button for at least one
second to validate the selection.

For more information about

See this section

Setting the RS-232C Serial

“Configuring the printer”

interface settings

page 32.

Parallel communication

For the printer to operate in parallel, you must go into the configuration menu,
“Communication Interface” submenu and set interface type to parallel.

Ethernet settings

For the printer to operate with Ethernet, a series of commands must be set within the printer.
These commands can only be set through the host computer and are not configurable
through the printer configuration menu.

See A760 User programming supplement, “Ethernet terminology and setup”, page 14.

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