GCC Printers Elite XL - Manual (Page 88)

Using the Elite XL with Windows and DOS 4-9
4. If you use a serial connection (as shown in step 3), click the Settings…
button. (The Settings… button is dimmed if the Elite XL is connected via a
parallel interface.)
5. The “Settings” window appears displaying the PC’s serial port default
parameters. Use the settings shown below for the best performance.
Note: The Elite XL Windows driver is shipped with the baud rate set to 9600. If you
change the baud rate to 19,200, as recommended in the above illustration, you will also
need to change the baud rate in the RS-422 Baud Rate submenu, in the printer’s front
panel to 19,200 (see page 2-10). Also, some versions of DOS do not support 19,200
baud rate. If you frequently print from one of these versions of DOS, leave the Windows
serial port baud rate to 9600 to prevent communication problems.
6. Verify serial port settings.
If the Elite XL is connected via its serial interface, verify that the printer’s
front panel serial port settings match those set in the Windows “Settings”
dialog box (see “Interfaces” on page 2-10). Note that the Hardware Flow
Control setting in Windows corresponds to the DTR Flow Control setting
on the Elite XL front panel.
7. Click OK to save the settings and return to the “Connect” dialog box.
8. Click OK to close the “Connect” dialog box.
9. Click Close to close the “Printers” dialog box.
10. Choose Close from the Control menu to close the Control Panel
window.
11. Choose Close from the Control menu to close the Main window.
Port assignment – Windows