Setup guide
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Introduction
Standard Features
General
• Quiet operation
• Print speeds of up to 800 lines per minute (lpm)
Host Computer Interface
• Dataproducts-compatible parallel interface
• Centronics-compatible parallel interface
• RS-232 serial interface
Printer Command and Control
• Three printer emulations are selectable at the control panel and
controlled by software:
1) Printronix P-Series emulation
2) Printronix P-Series XQ emulation
3) Serial Matrix printer emulation (similar to the IBM Graphic
Printer, but with more features)
• All emulation software, fonts, and character sets are permanently stored
in printer Read–Only Memory (ROM).
Output Control
• Five modes for printing text:
1) Near-Letter Quality (NLQ)
2) Data Processing (DP)
3) High Speed (HS), with a choice of three vertical densities
4) Optical Character Recognition Font A (OCR-A)
5) Optical Character Recognition Font B (OCR-B)
• Selectable alternate horizontal and vertical dot densities enable you to
tailor output to a wider variety of printing requirements.
• Selectable forms length