Specifications

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The selected value is the time that the printer waits before getting the next
byte of data from the host. The Trickle Time value should be less than the
host time out value, but not too much shorter or else the printer fills up its
buffer too fast.
The options are 1/4 (factory default), 1/2, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 seconds and
Off.
• Timeout. This is the value used by the printer to time out from the current
port and check the other selected port types for data to print. When the
printer has not received data from the host after a certain period of time, it
needs to time out in order to service the other ports.
The range is 1-60 seconds, and the factory default is 10 seconds.
• Report Status
• Disable (factory default). When a fault occurs on the printer, only the
active port reports the fault to the host.
• Enable. The port will report any fault even when it is not the current
active port.
• Prime Signal
• Disable (factory default). The parallel port will not perform a warm
start (reboot) if the host asserts the Prime Signal.
• Enable. The parallel port will perform a warm start (reboot) if the host
asserts the Prime Signal.
• Data Polarity. The Data Polarity parameter must be set to match the data
polarity of your host computer.
• Standard (factory default). Does not expect the host computer to
invert the data.
• Inverted. Expects the data received on the data lines from the host
computer to be inverted. Ones become zeros and vice versa.
• Resp. Polarity. The Response Polarity parameter must be set to match
the response polarity of your host computer.
• Standard (factory default). Does not invert the response signal.
• Inverted. Inverts the response signal sent to the host computer.
• Busy on Strobe
• Enable (factory default). Asserts a busy signal after each character is
received.
• Disable. Asserts a busy signal only when the print buffers are full.
• Latch Data On. Specifies whether the data is read on the leading or
trailing edge of the data strobe signal.
The options are Leading (factory default) and Trailing.