PRINTER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DESIGNATING FUNCTIONS OF PRINTER

摘要

The designation of printer functions comprise the designation of the magnetic recording density of a printing medium having magnetic stripes, and the designation of the function of operation keys for controlling the feeding and discharge of the printing medium. As a printing operation is started, the function designating information is outputted from the memory transmitted from the control unit to the printer and stored temporarily in a memory provided in the printer. Various kinds of operations are carried out in accordance with a control code transmitted from the control unit to the printer, and an operation for a designated job is carried out with reference to the function designating information.