QMS 2060 Operation - page 84

Testing PC-

Printer 

Communication

QMS 2060 Print System 

Operation

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If the printer and PC are communicating, a blank page ejects 

from the printer.

If a blank page doesn’t eject and you typed the file correctly, you 

may want to check your AUTOEXEC.BAT file in DOS to make 

sure that the printer's serial port settings match those of the PC.

a

Look for a command line like this in your AUTOEXEC.BAT 

file:

MODE COM1:9600,N,8,1,P

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In this example, the serial port settings are 9600 for baud 

rate, N (no) parity, 8 data bits, and 1 stop bit. The “P” stands 

for infinite retry.

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Note: If the mode statement isn’t in your AUTOEXEC.BAT 

file, you may temporarily set these parameters at the DOS 

prompt to continue this test by typing the mode

statement as 

shown above. To make this setting permanent, you’ll need to 

add this statement to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

b

Restart the PC, and then check the start-up page, which 

prints when you turn on the printer (unless you disabled it). 

This tells you the current serial port settings for the printer. 

c

If the serial settings (baud rate, parity, data bits, and stop bits) 

shown on the start-up page match those in your 

AUTOEXEC.BAT file, you need make no further changes.

If the printer’s serial port settings are different from your PC’s 

settings, use the printer control panel, as described in the fol-

lowing section, “Changing Serial Port Settings,” to make them 

match.