Attachments
The IBM 6400 Model 004 Printer attaches to systems, controllers, and processors as described below:
Table 100. System, Controller, and Processors Attachments for the 6400 Printer
Interface Type System/Control Unit/Processor Attachment
ASCII AS/400 ASCII Workstation Controller port on 9402
(except Model Y10), 9404, and 9406
3197, 3477, 3486/87/88 Terminal (Parallel port only)
3174 Controller Asynchronous Emulation Adapter
ES/9370 ASCII Subsystem
Micro Channel370 ASCII serial or parallel port
RS/6000 ASCII serial or parallel port
LAN Attachments ASCII serial or parallel port
PC, PS/2 ASCII serial or parallel port
IBM-compatible PCs ASCII serial or parallel port
Non-IBM systems ASCII serial or parallel port
Coax 3174 Controllers Coaxial ports (Release A3.0 or higher)
ES/9370, ES/9000 Processors Workstation Subsystem Controller port (FC
6020 or 6120)
S/390 Parallel Transaction Servers via 3174 Controller
Twinax AS/400 Twinaxial Workstation Controller port on
9402, 9404, and 9406
AS/400 Advanced 36 Twinaxial Workstation Controller
S/36 Workstation Controller port on 5360, 5362,
5363 and 5364
5394 5494 Control Unit Workstation port
IBM 6400 Model 004 Printer ASCII Software Support:
The IBM 6400 Model 004 Printer can use the IBM Personal Printer Data Stream (PPDS) in IBM Proprinter
III XL emulation or the Epson FX 1050 emulation when attached to Serial (RS-232C/RS-422A) interfaces,
or the IBM PC ASCII (Centronics) Parallel interface. For more information, refer to the 6400 ASCII
Programmer’s Reference (S246-0118).
Also, native IBM 6400 Printer support is provided for the IBM RS/6000 systems. Drivers are supplied on
the printer configuration utility diskette.
Table 101. ASCII Support for the 6400 Printer
System Software - Minimum Level Emulation
IBM PS/2, IBM PC OS/2 2.1 Proprinter III XL, Epson FX
OS/2 LAN Server 1.0 Proprinter III XL, Epson FX
OS/2 Extended Services 1.0 Proprinter III XL, Epson FX
OS/2 Communications Manager/2 1.0 Proprinter III XL, Epson FX
DOS 3.3 through 6.3 Proprinter III XL, Epson FX
Microsoft Windows 3.1 Proprinter III XL, Epson FX
IBM RS/6000 AIX Version 3.1.5 Proprinter III XL, Epson FX
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