Printer User Manual

Part 18
SERVICE WINDOW SETUP
PRINTER
On bottom cover of the Aura series thermal printer, there is screwed a
metal plate for setup window. In this window, there is a 8 position DIP switch
for printer setup. Please use proper tool to change the switch setting when
necessary. The switch position counting starts from the nearest edge of printer.
The ON direction points to the connector area of the printer. The OFF
direction points to the power switch. The functions of each position may
evolve with the revisions of the firmware. The information below applies to
the latest version to the date of print of this manual.
This 8 position DIP switch works as following:
Switch
position
ON OFF
1
2
RS232 baud rate definition or Parallel interface definition
(ref. separate table below)
3
Even parity None parity
4
XON handshaking Hardware handshaking
5
Busy on “buffer full” Busy on “off line”
6
Immediate cut Protective cut
7
CR code effective CR code ineffective
8
Factory internal setting Application standard mode
Effect of positions 1 & 2 on baud rate is defined as in table below with
parity check set according to position 3, number of data bits always set to 8,
and stop bit set to 1. When the interface used is anything other than RS232,
please set these 2 switches only at exactly the specified combination.
SW Pos. 1
ON OFF ON OFF
SW Pos. 2
ON ON OFF OFF
Baud rate or
Interface
38400 bps
(Parallel)
4800 bps 9600 bps
19200 bps
(RS232/LAN/USB)
Switch position 3 defines the parity check regulation in serial interface.
In Aura, it is selectable between even and none.
Switch position 4 defines the handshaking method in serial interface.
When it is set to ON, the printer transmits an “XOFF” for busy and sends an
“XON” for not busy. When it is set to OFF, the printer signifies the busy status
over hardware signals that can be detected by the host as “DSR” or “CTS”.
When parallel interface is used, both switch positions 3 and 4 should be set to
OFF.
For switch position 5, if the switch is set to ON, the busy signal is sent
to host only when input buffer is full. When it is set to OFF, busy signal is sent