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TX/CX 4000
7.12 Generic Mode
The Generic output protocol should
be used when the other output
protocols of the TX/CX 4000 are
inadequate. This could be the case
with printers such as certain barcode
label printers or embossers, but also
with older printers from OKIDATA
®
or Mannesmann Tally
®
. Refer to the
printer’s user’s guide to find out if
the printer operates with one of the
TX/CX 4000 output protocols.
In Generic mode, the TX/CX
4000 does not pass on the LPI and
CPI commands from the host.
Rather, it allows you to match the
printer-specific CPI or LPI command
with the CPI or LPI command from
the host commands 84 through 89.
For example, if the printer
protocol a printer requires is not
available on the TX/CX 4000. To
change the printer to 10 CPI, the
printer’s user’s guide provides the
hexadecimal value of 1B 50. Use the
Host/PC download command 88 to
assign the value 1B 50 to the 10 CPI
string: Type &%Z88,1(1B 50). From
now on, when the interface receives
a request for 10 CPI from the host, it
will send the value 1B 50 to the
printer and thereby set it to 10 CPI.
If nothing is assigned to the CPI or
LPI string, the interface will send
nothing to the printer: It will ignore
the CPI or LPI command from the
host.
The interface stores commands for
the following CPI and LPI values:
• 6 LPI—Host/PC download
command 84
• 8 LPI—Host/PC download
command 85
• 10 CPI—Host/PC download
command 86
• 15 CPI—Host/PC download
command 87
• 12 CPI—Host/PC download
command 88
• 16.7 CPI—Host/PC download
command 89
7.13 Advanced Features
There are three advanced features in
the TX/CX 4000 for accessing
special functions of the printers,
which are not normally available on
the IBM 3287 or 4224 printers.
These features include:
• Command Pass-Thru
• Custom User Strings
• SCS Mode Transparent Data
Each of these features is described
below.