Connecting The Printer To A Pc Serial Port; Connecting The Printer To A Pc Parallel Port; Connecting The Printer To A Network - Intermec EasyCoder 4420 User Manual

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Connecting the Printer to a PC Serial Port

To connect the 4420 or 4440 to your PC serial port, you need a shielded
EIA RS-232, RS-422, or RS-485 electrical interface with a 25-pin D-style
subminiature connector. You can purchase the Intermec serial 9F-25M
null modem cable (P/N 048693) or purchase a compatible cable from
your local computer store.
Currently, Intermec does not offer a cable for the RS-422 interface.
However, you will find a schematic in Appendix C that you can use to
purchase or make your own cable. Also see Appendix C for the RS-232,
RS-422, and RS-485 serial port assignments.
To connect the printer to a PC serial port
1 Turn off the printer.
2 Plug the 25-pin connector into the serial communications port on the
rear of the printer.
3 Plug the other end of the cable into a serial port on the PC.
4 If necessary, change the PC serial port configuration to match the
printer. See "Configuring the Serial Port for Communications" later in
this chapter for more information.

Connecting the Printer to a PC Parallel Port

If you are using a parallel port to communicate with the printer, you need
a parallel cable to run between the printer and the PC. You can purchase
the Intermec IEEE 1284 parallel cable (P/N 590124) or purchase a
compatible cable from your local computer store.
To connect the printer to a PC parallel port
1 Turn off the printer.
2 Plug the parallel interface connector into the parallel communications
port on the rear of the printer.
3 Plug the other end of the cable into a parallel port on the PC.
You can connect the printer to Novell NetWare networks, Ethernet
networks, token ring networks, or other TCP/IP networks. To connect the
printer to a network, you must have an interface card (for example,
EasyLAN 10i2) installed. Ethernet, coax, and twinax cards are field or
factory installed.
If you need to change the printer's communications parameters, follow the
procedures in "Configuring the Serial Port for Communications" later in
this chapter.
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