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TX/CX 4000
5.2 PC/LAN Printing
The TX/CX 4000 offers a serial and
a parallel port to share the printer
with PCs or LANs. Simply connect
the PC/LAN printer server to the
parallel or serial port. You can use
just one or both of these sharing
ports.
All data streams received by the
TX/CX 4000 will be directed to the
output port specified through the
active configuration. You can change
the output port through the front
panel or through Host/PC
download command 66.
Unless the Host/PC download
command 66 is placed on the first
line in the first possible position of
the document, the output port may
be changed during a page or at the
end. Select output port option 0 or
1, since the initialization feature only
applies to switching printers during
host printing.
5.3 Parallel and/or Serial
Initialization
If you want to change the printer’s
configuration for shared printing
(e.g. set it to PostScript
®
mode), use
the parallel and/or serial
initialization strings (Host/PC
download commands 56 and 58
respectively). Consult the printer’s
user’s guide for the ASCII hex values
representing the desired
configuration commands. Then
store these commands in the
TX/CX 4000’s memory using
Host/PC download commands
56 and/or 58.
After the host printing is
completed, and before the print job
from the parallel or serial shared
port is sent to the printer, the
interface will send this initialization
string to the printer and configure it
according to your instructions.
However, the print job coming
through the parallel/serial shared
port might contain other printer
instructions, thus overriding the
parallel/serial initialization string.
5.4 Host Printing
The TX/CX 4000 will auto-detect
which host environment (coax or
twinax) to operate in by the adapter
plugged into the 9-pin host
connector. If no host adapter is
connected to the TX/CX 4000, the
front panel will display a message to
connect one.