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Chapter 4: Using the Printer 33
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.