GCC 12 Installation Instruction

If you want to print a job that has been printed to a file on disk, you need to

use the DOS command line:

1. Check the port settings. We recommend that you select the parallel ports. If

you select the serial port (Elite 12/600 and Elite 1212 only), then the serial

port settings on the Elite 12 Series control panel and your computer must

match.

2. Select an emulation mode on the printer’s control panel. When you print,

your print file will be formatted for either PostScript or PCL; set the PS/PCL

Sensing submenu through the Elite 12 Series control panel to either

PostScript Only, PCL Only, or Auto Switch.

3. Use the DOS Copy command to send the print file to the Elite 12 Series. See

“Using the Copy command” later in this section. 

If you want to print from DOS, you must configure a port once in every DOS ses-

sion. Most users add the commands to their AUTOEXEC.BAT file so that this is

done automatically. The port you configure must be the same as the port that is

specified in the DOS application. 

If you have used another printer to print from DOS, you may find that your

AUTOEXEC.BAT file already includes one of the commands shown in the next

sections.

Your PC and the Elite 12 Series are connected through either a parallel or RS-422

serial interface.

To set up the parallel port for communication between the Elite 12 Series and the

PC, type the following MS-DOS command before printing:

MODE LPT1:,,P

This command allows the Centronics busy signal to be active for extended

periods of time so that the computer does not abort long print jobs. If you are

printing through a parallel port other than LPT1, substitute that port’s number in

the above MODE command.