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

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5. 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 port marked RS-232C at the back of the

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

compatible cable. To connect a serial device, follow the same steps above

for connecting a parallel device.

You need to ensure the RS-232C 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 manual 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 charac-

ters instead. Some Epson printers support the IBM character set (the

character set the Equity III uses) as a standard feature, and others can be

adapted. In addition, some application programs can print the special

graphic characters on a standard printer when you use a special printer

driver program. Ask your Epson dealer for more information.

Figure 1-9. Connecting the printer

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