User guide

8
General Information About the LA310
MultiPrinter
This chapter contains the following information about the LA310 MultiPrinter:
• Description of the LA310 MultiPrinter, Section 8.1
• Protocol extensions and exceptions, Section 8.2
• Alternate protocols, Section 8.3
• Cartridges, Section 8.4
8.1 Description of the LA310 MultiPrinter
The LA310 MultiPrinter is a wide-carriage impact dot-matrix printer, designed
for general business applications. It has flexible paper handling, and is capable
of printing on continuous pinfeed paper, single sheets, multiple-part forms,
and envelopes. A Pull Tractor is available as an option for greater accuracy
in positioning multiple-part forms. The print quality is suitable for word
processing in a small-to-medium computer environment.
The LA310 MultiPrinter:
• Is a 9-pin printer.
• Has a Document on Demand capability (automatic or manual), which
prevents wasting forms or paper between printing jobs.
• Has an Automatic Viewing capability, which allows the user to see the last
printed line after a job has finished.
• Can be connected at the same time to serial and parallel ports, and
switches automatically between them when data is received.
• Has protocol switching. The protocol can be switched from the front panel
or by software (see Section 8.3). Also, different protocols can be assigned
to the serial and parallel ports. The printer will switch to the assigned
protocol when a port is selected.
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