Microsoft KB Archive/27739

Values for Serial Interface Flag in Header Section of PRD

PSS ID Number: Q27739 Article last modified on 11-02-1994

3.x 4.00 5.00 5.50 6.00

MS-DOS

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There are four possible values for the Serial Interface flag in the header section of a Word versions 3.x or version 4.00 printer driver (PRD) file. This value is used only if printing to a serial port; it is ignored if your printer is connected to a parallel port. The possible values are as follows:

32768 Hardware handshaking 40960 XON/XOFF protocol 45056 XON/XOFF protocol with infinite time out 49152 ETX/ACK protocol

There are six possible values for the Serial Interface flag in the header section of a Word version 5.00 PRD file. The possible values are as follows:

0 Parallel 4099 Use LPT1: or LPT2: as an EPT port 40960 XON/XOFF protocol with time out 45056 XON/XOFF protocol with no time out 49152 ETX/ACK protocol with time out 53248 ETX/ACK protocol with no timeout

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