Connection Form And Cables; Serial Connection - Epson U220B - TM Two-color Dot-matrix Printer Technical Reference Manual

2.2 Connection Form and Cables

2.3 Serial Connection

When the TM printer is connected to the host PC with a serial interface, the following connection
forms are possible:
• Stand alone
• Y-connection
• Pass-through connection
Connections for usable serial cross cables are as follows:
The type of cable that should be used depends on the operation and the handshake method for
the TM printer. You can operate the TM printer by Windows driver, OPOS, or ESC/POS
commands. XON/XOFF, DTR/DSR, or RTS/CTS are available as handshake controls. See tables
in following sections for the type cable for each connection.
2-6 System Planning Rev. D