Printronix Series 5 User Manual
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Configuration Menus
Ignore ch#1
Specifies character 1 for the character filtering option. Valid values for
n
are from
0 through 255.
Ignore ch#2
Specifies character 2 for the character filtering option. Valid values for
n
are from
0 through 255.
Data Bit 8
When data bit 8 is enabled, the PI line is not passed directly from host to printer;
all 8 bits are used for data bits, and characters in the 80–FF hex range can be
accessed.
When data bit 8 is disabled (and the host PI line is enabled), data bit 8 internally
indicates PI line status. To use the PI line, disable data bit 8, and enable the Host
PI configuration option (under the PI Control option on
NOTE: Data bit 8 is interpreted as
either
data bit 8 or PI signal, but never
both. When enabled as data bit 8, data bit 8 has priority over the PI
signal, and all data above 7F hex is used to access character data
and not to interpret PI line data.
Conversely, when data bit 8 is disabled and the PI signal is used, data bit 8 of the
data is reserved for use as the PI function, and you cannot access characters in
the 80–FF hex range. Therefore, to access characters in the 80–FF hex range,
data bit 8
must
be enabled.
Font Set
The Font Set specifies which language is currently selected for use with the VGL.