Printronix P8000 Series, Administrator'S Manual

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P-Series Emulation
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VFU Select
Controls how the printer handles vertical formatting.
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EVFU (factory default). Enables the VFU and selects P-Series compatible
Electronic Vertical Format Unit (EVFU).
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DVFU . Enables the VFU and selects the Dataproducts compatible Direct
Access Vertical Format Unit (DVFU).
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CVFU . Enables the VFU and selects the Centronics compatible Direct
Access Vertical Format Unit (CVFU).
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Disable . Disables all VFU processing.
Alt. Set 80-9F
Determines whether the printer processes ASCII codes hex 80 through hex
9F as control codes or as printable characters. The options include:
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Control Code (factory default)
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Printable .
Character Set
Specifies a character set as shown in the “P-Series Character Set Menu” on
page 150. To use one of these sets, choose the desired group heading (such
as European Sets) and press ENTER. Then choose the desired set within
that group (such as Roman 8) and press ENTER. Both the group and the
desired set will be starred to indicate your selection. The UTF-8 selection
allows printing of UTF-8 encoded Unicode ™. Character sets are shown in
detail in the
Character Sets Reference Manual .
SFCC d Command
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Even dot plot (factory default). This option interprets SFCC d Command
as even dot plot.
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Double High . This option interprets SFCC d Command as double high.
Select this option for backward compatibility.
PSeries Dbl High
Allows printing compatibility between current and older model printers.
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Normal (factory default). This is normal, double-high printing for current
model printers.
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P3/4/6/9 Compat . Where older printers print two dot rows higher, this
option allows for compatibility by raising the print two dot rows to match
the current models dot row value (two dot rows lower).
FF Valid at TOF
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Enable (factory default). Performs a form feed when the host sends a
Form Feed command and the printer is at the top of form.
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Disable . Will not perform a form feed when the host sends a Form Feed
command and the printer is at the top of form.