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Introduction
The HP emulation of the BX-900 printer provides full compatibility with the HP2235A
RuggedWriter 480 printer.
The BX-900 also provides features and capabilities beyond those ever provided by the HP
RuggedWriter printer. SEIKO Precision Inc. has provided a means for you to access these extra
capabilities for any new applications that you may chose to print on the BX-900.
The extra capabilities of the BX-900 printer are enabled for access through a special control panel
menu setting entitled "38 PCL MODE".
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PCL Mode
• PCL3 MODE -Provides the basic RuggedWriter 480 emulation command set.
• PCL3+ MODE –Provides extra capability to the RuggedWriter 480 command set that allows you
to access many BX-900 printer features through extensions of the command set.
• PCL3+D MODE –Provides all features of PCL3+ and allows the vertical and horizontal
positioning to be set in increments of 1/360". This mode provides a "limited" Deskjet capability,
and is mainly intended for printing from Windows using the Deskjet 500 driver. Print output
from this mode will not be identical to that of a Deskjet printer (300 vs. 360 dpi) but will be
closer than the other 2 modes for this type of application.
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Setup
The information provided below gives setup information of the basic printer RuggedWriter
emulation, details of the command set extensions provided with PCL3+ and PCL3+D Mode, and
information on configuring the Serial I/O to the various Term Types used by the HP System.
Refer to the setup sections 4 and 5 for details on using the Basic and Extended Setup configuration
modes.
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Configuring the Printer with the RuggedWriter Emulation
1. Set the printer menu item 10 EMULATION to "HP".
2. Set the printer menu item 38 PCL MODE to "PCL3".
Setting the PCL MODE to "PCL3" provides the command set identical
with that of the HP RuggedWriter 480.
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6. Setting the application software
Connecting the BX-900 printer in the HP environment
