Printer User Manual

Chapter 2 Operating Your Compact Printer
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3.0 OPERATING YOUR COMPACT PRINTER PART 2
This chapter describes the input connections, operation, and electrical characteristics for all
MSP/MPP printers.
- The operating features of the MSP Serial printers are covered in section 3.1.
- The operating features of the MPP Parallel printers are covered in section 3.2.
3.1 MSP SERIES: SERIAL COMMUNICATION SPEED AND
PARITY
The proper Baud Rate and protocol settings are required to communicate with a host computer.
The standard factory setting is 9600 BAUD, 8 DATA BITS, NO PARITY BIT, and one STOP
BIT.
A six position dip switch, located to the left of the paper tray, can be used to set the baud rate
and parity (Figure 3.1). The printer reads these switches once on initial power-up.
Switches 1 and 2 are used to set the communication speed/baud rate.
SW1 SW2 BAUD RATE
ON ON 1200
OFF ON 2400
ON OFF 4800
OFF OFF 9600
Switch 3 selects number of data bits.
.
SW3 DATA BITS
OFF 8 DATA BITS
ON 7 DATA BITS
Switches 4 and 5 are used for parity selection
SW4 SW5 PARITY
BIT
OFF OFF No parity
OFF ON No parity
ON OFF Odd parity
ON ON Even parity
The printer self-test can be used to print and verify the current serial settings.
A sample test print is shown in SECTION 1.8.