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Appendix C
Compatibility and Limitations
NOTE: For more specific information, refer to either the 6400 ASCII
Programmer’s Reference Manual or the 6400 Coax/Twinax
Programmer’s Reference Manual.
Compatibility and Limitations
The following are some compatibility and limitation considerations you should
be familiar with before attaching this printer with your system.
Compatibility
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The Proprinter III XL emulation is very similar to the datastream used by
the IBM 4202-003 Proprinter but contains more features. This protocol
enables this line matrix printer to closely emulate a moving-head serial
matrix printer but does not support downloaded fonts. In addition, NLQ
compresses to 17.1 CPI, not 20 CPI.
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The Epson-LQ emulation does not support downloaded characters or
print justification. In addition, near letter quality (NLQ) compresses to 17.1
CPI not 20 CPI.
Table 15: Operating System Support
Operating Systems Supported Special Notes/Requirements
pSeries (AIX)
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Supported by Version 3.1.5 or later.
iSeries
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Supported by OSV5R1 or later.
Windows
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Supported by Microsoft Windows 95/98, NT 4.0,
2000, and XP.
zSeries
(z/OS, z/VM, VSE/ESA)
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Existing non-graphics printing applications for the
IBM 4234 (Model 001) and IBM 3287 are
supported and can be used with this printer.
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Supported by 3174 with AEA release A5.4 or later,
Release B4.0 or later, and Release C1.1 or later.
Other Operating Systems
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Supported by other operating systems through
attaching this printer to the following interfaces:
EIA-232-E Serial, EIA-422-B Serial, PC Parallel,
Dataproducts Parallel, and IEEE 1284 Parallel.
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When attaching this printer to a Digital Equipment
Corporation** VAX** machine, the preferred
attachment is through EIA-232-E serial interface.