Matching The Printer To Your Application Software - Printek FormsPro 4300 Operation Manual

RS-232C Serial Interface
A 25-pin female "D" type connector is located on the rear of the printer immediately to the
right of the 36-pin parallel connector (or above it if the coaxial/twinaxial interface is
installed). Connect a shielded cable between your computer and this connector. The pin-out
for this connector is shown below.
To configure the printer for serial data, more information is required than for some of the
other interfaces. In particular, you must know the baud rate, number of data bits, type of
parity checking, and flow control method required by your computer. Check your computer
manual or contact your computer dealer for this information.
Enter the interface menu as described above. Then press the FUNCTION UP button to
display the "I/O:" function. Now press the VALUE UP button until "Serial" is displayed.
Before proceeding, the factory default values for the RS-232C serial configuration are 9600
baud, 8-data bits, no parity, busy-polarity low, and XON/XOFF and ETX/ACK handshakes
off. If your computer requires you to change any of these parameters, please refer to
"Entering the Interface Setup Menu" in the Operation section of this manual. Otherwise,
simply press SETUP again to exit the setup mode and reset the printer. The serial interface
with the above parameters is now active.
MATCHING THE PRINTER TO YOUR APPLICATION
Many application programs output only printable characters and simple control codes.
However, some require special printer features and use a particular "language" or set of
control codes and escape sequences to direct the printer to enable or disable these features.
The FormsPro 4000 series printers supply emulations for the control codes and escape
sequences used by the ANSI X3.64 specification, Epson FX series printers, IBM Proprinter,
Digital Equipment Corporation's LA-120, a simple TTY emulation mode (which ignores
most control codes and escape sequences), and a special Printek emulation mode. The
Printek emulation may be used at any time to control features which are not supported by the
Pin Signal
1 Chassis ground.
2 Transmit data. (Printer output).
3 Receive data. (Printer input).
4 Request to send (set). (Printer output).
5 Clear to send (ignored). (Printer input).
6 Data set ready (ignored). (Printer input).
7 Signal ground.
8 Carrier detect (ignored). (Printer input).
11 Printer busy. (Printer output).
20 Data terminal ready. (Printer output).
RS-232C Serial Interface Connector.
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