Star Micronics 8III Printer User Manual


 
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If your applications program requires a DTR handshake (“hardware” rather
than XON/XOFP “software”), set it from the SERIAL menu by
l Pressing [ENTER] then [NEXT] until you see
PROTOCOL
l Pressing [ENTER] displays
XON/XOFF
l Pressing [NEXT] displays DTR. Press [ENTER] to execute.
The next step is to activate your choice to the printer.
l Press [EXIT] 3 times to display
INTERFACE
l Press [NEXT] 2 times to display
SET POWER-UP
l Press [ENTER] to store the current settings into NV RAM. Turn
power off, then on to activate.
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Press [ON LINE], which allows the Star LaserPrinter 8111 to begin
printing through the serial interface.
Activating the Parallel Interface
To return to a parallel interface, do this:
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Take the printer off line by pressing the [ON LINE] button until the
button’s light is off
l Thenpress [PROGRAMI.
. Press [NEXT] until the screen displays
INTERFACE
l Press [ENTER], which displays
SERIAL
l Press [NEXT] which gives
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