Serial Interface; The Equity Iii+ Character Set; Connecting The Printer - Epson Equity III User Manual

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Connect the other end of the cable to the printer as shown in Figure

1-11. To secure the cable, tighten the squeeze locks at each side of the

printer port and push them into the connectors on each side of the

cable.

Plug the printer's power cable into an electrical outlet.

Serial interface

If you have a printer (or another peripheral such as a modem) with a

serial interface, connect it to the serial (RS-232C) port at the back of the

main unit. The Equity III+ uses a DB-9P connector, so be sure you have a

compatible cable (or an adapting cable that converts the 9-pin output to the

standard 25pin output). To connect a serial device, follow the same steps

above for connecting a parallel device.

You need to ensure the serial port is set up so it functions properly. If you

are using the port for a serial printer, you must also redirect printer output to

the serial instead of the parallel port. Use the MS-DOS SETMODE program

(or the MODE command) to make these changes. See your MS-DOS man-

ual for instructions.

The Equity III+ uses a special character set that assigns graphics and

international characters to some of the ASCII codes. In most cases, if you try

to print these characters on a standard printer, you get italic characters

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Figure 1-11. Connecting the printer

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