Setting Up the
Printer
VMS Interface for QMS Crown Printers
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Options
The following options are available in the PS Protocol menu:
Menu
Administration/Communications/
Interface
/PS Protocol
Choices Name and Description
Normal—Enables standard, ASCII hex
protocol. Data is sent and received in
ASCII format. This mode is
recommended if you do not print
binary data. It was designed for data in
the printable ASCII range. Print jobs
can alter the PS protocol value through
PostScript operators.
Interfaces
Parallel, Serial,
Ethernet, Token-
Ring, LocalTalk
Normal Fixed—Enables standard, ASCII
hex protocol. Print jobs cannot alter
this value through PostScript
operators.
Parallel, serial,
Ethernet, Token-
Ring, LocalTalk
Binary—Enables binary communications
protocol. Print jobs can alter this value
through PostScript operators. Data in
the printable ASCII range also prints).
Parallel, Serial,
LocalTalk,
Ethernet, Token-
Ring
Binary Fixed—Enables binary
communications protocol. Print jobs
can not alter this value through
PostScript operators. Data in the
printable ASCII range also prints.
Parallel, Serial,
LocalTalk,
Ethernet, Token-
Ring
QBinary (Quoted Binary)—Enables binary
communications protocol. Print jobs
can alter this value through PostScript
operators. Data in the printable ASCII
range also prints. Use the special
quoting mechanism for the special
characters and ^D (EOF).
Ethernet, Token-
Ring
