54XX AND 5250X BARCODE PRINTER EBCDIC TO ASCII TRANSLATION AND SETUP
(ZEBRA, FARGO, SATO, DATAMAX, ANZAC, GENICOM)
Updated 11/01/96

TO SETUP THE 54XX, DO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE:

1. CONNECT PRINTER TO PARALLEL PORT
2. POWER ON 54XX WITH SPACE BAR DOWN
3. GO TO CUSTOMIZE WORKSTATION
4. SET PRINTER SESSION TO 1 (AND ANY DESIRED DISPLAY SESSIONS)
5. SET ADDRESS OF PRINTER AND SET PRINTER TYPE TO 5224
6. GO TO PRINTER CONFIGURATION
7. SELECT OTHER PRINTERS
8. HIT F10 TO GO TO NEXT SCREEN
9. CUSTOMIZE THE EBCDIC TO ASCII TABLE AS SHOWN: (B0 - 5E) (5F - 5E)
10. HIT F3 UNTIL YOU GO ON-LINE
11. HIT SETUP KEY TO DISPLAY "ONLINE SETUP MENU"
12. GOTO BROWSE PRINTER INFORMATION
13. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PRINTER READY (WHICH MEANS THE 54XX IS TALKING TO THE PRINTER) AND SYSTEM AVAILABLE (WHICH MEANS THE 54XX IS TALKING TO THE HOST.
14. SEE NOTES BELOW ON YOUR SPECIFIC PRINTER.

EBCDIC TO ASCII NOTES:

IN THE 54XX OFF-LINE SETUP, IF LANGUAGE OPTION, CHARACTER SET IS SET TO MULTINATIONAL (COUNTRY SPECIFIC IS DEFAULT), YOU MUST CHANGE ONE ADDITIONAL VALUE: BA ¬ 5E ^ AA ¬

PRINTER NOTES:

- SATO PRINTERS:
THE PRINTER MUST BE SET IN "NON-STANDARD PROTO CODE" WHICH MAKES THE UNIT ACCEPT ^ AS THE ESCAPE NOT 1Bh WHICH IS THE DEFAULT.

ON ALL M84XX PRINTERS YOU SET VIA FRONT PANEL MENU SETUP.

ON ALL CL SERIES YOU SET VIA DIP SWITCH.

- ZEBRA PRINTERS:
ON ZEBRA PRINTERS WHICH HAVE PARALLEL AND SERIAL PORTS, THE DEFAULT IS SERIAL. SET THE PARALLEL PORT AS DEFAULT VIA FRONT PANEL. THE PRINTER MAY ASK FOR PASSWORD, IT IS: 1234.