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Appendix C
Serial Cable Pinout
Serial Cable Pinout for the PM3410
This appendix is designed to help you make a serial cable to connect your printer to your computer.
Please do not attempt to make a cable unless you're experienced in doing so. The table below
explains the signals from the printer's end. You must read you computer documentation to
determine the requirements on your computer's end. Your PM3410 printer requires a shielded
RS-232C cable which is
¨ UL and CSA approved
¨ no more than 50 feet in length
and has
¨ Cannon DB-25P plug (or equivalent) with 25 pins
¨ Cannon DB-C2-J9 (or equivalent) connector shell
Serial Interface Signal Requirements
Pin
Signal
1
Protective Ground
2
Transmit Data
3
Receive Data
4
Request to Send
6
Data Set Ready
7
Signal Ground
11
Supervisory Send
Data
20
Data Terminal
Ready
ML3410 ( 96-02-07 )
Symbol
Direction
PG
Ground
TD
From printer
RD
To printer
RTS
From printer
DSR
To printer
SG
Ground
SSD
From printer
DTR
From printer
Description
Connected to the
printer frame.
Serial data
transmitted to the
system
Serial data received
by the printer
Always set to low
(mark)
Indicates that data
can be sent
Ground
Indicates that printer
is not ready to
receive data
Indicates that printer
is not ready to
receive data
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