Appendix E. Addressing a 9490 Printer
This appendix describes how to print supplies from a 9490
printer used with the Monarch® 9476
Mobile Printing Station.
The Station allows multiple printers to share a common
communication cable.
To use an individual printer on the Station, you must
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Define a unique address for each printer.
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Select a printer.
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Send format and batch packets to the selected printer.
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These steps describe how to address printers that share a
common communication cable.
Step 1. Define the Printer Address
You can define or change a printer address by sending the
communication settings packet. Make sure you assign a
unique address to each printer.
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Turn off all the printers except the one you want to address.
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Do not assign 000000 as a printer address.
Syntax {I,F,baud,word_length,stop_bits,parity,
flow_control,pr_address p }
See "Defining the Communication Settings Packet" in Chapter
3 for more information.
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