User's Manual Part 3

Appendix A — Specifications

86 PD41 and PD42 Commercial Printer User’s Guide

Interfaces

This section describes the standard interfaces available on the PD41

and PD42 printers.

RS-232 Serial Interface

Use this table to understand the default settings of the serial port.

To change the serial port settings, see “Configuring the Printer” on

page 37.

The printer end of the serial cable is a DB9 pin and the PC end is

dependent on the model of the PC.

RS-232 Serial Cable DB9 Pins

Default Settings of the Serial Port

Parameter Default Setting

Baud rate 9600

Character Length or Data Bits 8

Parity None

Stop Bits 1

Handshaking XON/XOFF and RTS/CTS

Serial Cable Pins and Description

Pin Signal Description

1 External +5 V DC, Max 500 mA

2TXDTransmit data

3 RXD Receive data

5GNDGround

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