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Product Manual U42006-J-Z795-1-7600
Configuration Configuring the printer
Ê Enter the printer generated in the host under Printer Type and the row length
that you would like for your printout under Maximum Row Length. This value
can be used by the host application to print data.
Unlike transparent printing (Printer Data from Host: Transparent option
active), with the Printer Data from Host: Non transparent option, you can
only specify printer types for which conversion into GDI format is suppor-
ted (see the section “Converting print data“).
The following table explains the effects of setting the print type in the various
print modes relating to active/passive sessions as well as print output to WIn-
dows printers:
For passive sessions, the following special features of transparent printing also
apply.
6.4.3.1 Special features of transparent printing
The default for bypass printing with MT9750 is transparent printing (Printer Data
from Host: Transparent option).
This mode should – insofar as possible – be used as the print jobs are proces-
sed considerably quicker. In addition, this mode offers you the option of acces-
sing the data stream using two mechanisms:
– Replacement characters for ESC
Certain host applications do not use the default control character ESC
(Escape) for the printer controller. In order to be able to continue to use
these applications without needing adjustment, you have the option of spe-
cifying this character that the emulation converts to ESC before the data
stream is forwarded to the printer. You define the replacement character in
Print data conversion No print data conver-
sion
Active session Conversion to corresponding GDI
format
No effect
Passive ses-
sion
Conversion to corresponding GDI
format as well as identification to
the host
Identification to the host
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