Specifications

Chapter 2 Installation and Setup
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Connecting the TM Printer
BeforeconnectingtheTMprinter,settheHandshakingsettingoftheprintertoʺReceivebuffer
fullʺ.
ConnecttheTMprinter.ForinformationonhowtoconnecttheTMprinterandconfigurethe
DIPSW,seetheUserʹsManualsuppliedwiththeTMprinterortheTechnicalReferenceGuide.
Parallel (LPT) connection
Whentheprinterisconnected,theʺNewHardwareDetected.EPSONTM‐P2.01ʺscreenappears
thentheʺFoundNewHardware Wizardʺscreen.Inthiscase,performthefollowingsteps.
1
Click the [Next] button to search for the driver.
2
The driver is found and installed.
Serial (COM) connection
Whenusingtheserialconnection,makesuretheprintersettingsmatchtheprinterdriverport
settings(BaudRate/DataBits/Parity/StopBits/FlowControl).
Ethernet (10/100 Base-T) connection
WhenusingEthernetconnection,checktheIPaddresssetting.ToconfiguretheIPaddress,use
theEpsonTMNetwingconfigUtility.Fordetails,seetheʺUB‐E02TechnicalReferenceGuide.ʺ
USB connection
DonotconnecttheTMprintertothecomputerbeforeinstallingtheAPD.Incaseyouconnectthe
TMprinterfirst,deletetheportdriversandreinstalltheprinterdriverswithoutconnectingthe
TMprinter.
 The maximum number of printers that can be simultaneously connected to multiple
computers is 8.
 Turn off the power of the TM printer and wait for more than 5 seconds before turning on
the power.
USB device requirements
 Maximum USB cable length is 5m, and 5 cascaded hubs maximum.
 Use the USB cable and the USB hubs compliant with USB2.0 specification (12Mbps).
For USB power saving, see the C:\Program Files\EPSON\EPSON Advanced Printer Driver
4\TMUSB\readme_e.txt generated after the APD installation.