Re: How do I find the model of a Printer?

["Bill Heinz" <weheinz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You said this printer is at a remote location.  Is it connected to a 5x94
remote controller?

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From: "Booth Martin" <Booth@MartinVT.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: How do I find the model of a Printer?


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> The printer is a IBM Model 6400.   Obviously I know almost nothing about
> printers.  Which would work well and not mess up the Sys/36 side of the
> application?
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> Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
> Booth@MartinVT.com
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> From: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Date: Thursday, January 02, 2003 03:01:51 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: How do I find the model of a Printer?
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> Hi Booth,
>
> As Pat Barber mentioned, many of the 4234 models supported a wide variety
of
> CPI values. One of the earliest non-IPDS models of IBM 4234 (the model
002)
> only supported 10 and 15 CPI. Your rather new printer sounds like it is
> emulating this particular model of IBM 4234 which is preventing you from
> requesting that the printer use 12 CPI.
>
> As Pat mentioned in his post, you will need to find out the actual model
of
> IBM printer that you have received to know what it can actually do. If it
> can emulate a 4214 model 002, that would give you support for requesting
the
> following CPI values from the host: 5, 8.5, 10, 12, 15, and 16.7. The
> physical printer mechanism would determine which of the CPI's could
actually
> be supported.
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> Good Luck!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> /Paul
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> Paul Tykodi
> National Product Manager
> Intermate US Inc.
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