Printer User Manual

Part 3
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 parallel interface is
used, please set both positions to ON.
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
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 to host whenever an off line status occurs. Therefore,
signals including the paper near end detect will generate busy signal to
the host. Consequently, the printing may be stopped even when there is
still a long way to go before the paper roll is actually exhausted. Taking
the paper out beep into consideration, the printer will keep on beeping
at Paper End (completely no paper) till paper is replaced when S1-5 is
ON. Yet when S1-5 is OFF, the printer will keep on beeping every 3
seconds at Paper Near End (still long paper in replace) till paper is
replaced.
For switch position 6, when it is set to OFF, there will be a 20
mm paper feed before cutting when software does not define this point
and there will be further 10 mm paper after cutting to prevent paper jam.
Before setting this switch to ON, please make sure that your software
will take care of enough paper feed for the paper jam prevention issue.
For switch position 8, when it is set to ON in the field, the printer
maybe subject to unpredictable damages and must be strictly prevented.
The factory default for each position is listed below: