User's Manual

Optional Features

• Standard interfaces:

• Serial: RS-232

• USB 2.0 Universal Serial Bus

• Parallel: Centronics

-compatible parallel, IEEE

1284 compliant

parallel

NOTE: The interface cable needed to connect the printer to the host device is

supplied by the user.

Optional Features

The following options are also available:

• Fonts: A selection of fonts can be loaded from the host computer into

printer memory. Once loaded, these fonts are accessed in the same way

as the resident fonts. See Table 16 on page 270 for a list of optional fonts.

• Memory Expansion (for non-IPDS printers only):

• 16MB DRAM SIMM (single in-line memory module): Provides

additional memory to accommodate long label formats. Replaces

standard 8 MB Flash SIMM.

• Twinax/Coax Host Interface: Provides connection to a host computer

system using a coaxial or twinaxial interface.

• Network Interface Card (NIC): This option allows you to attach the

printer to a LAN (Local Area Network) rather than attaching it directly to a

host computer.

NIC adapters are available as an internally installed option, mounted

inside the printer with the 10/100Base-T (UTP) connection only.

NOTE: In this manual, the terms “Network Interface Card” (or “NIC”) and

“Ethernet” are used interchangeably.

• Wireless NIC: This card provides wireless 802.11b connectivity without

expensive cabling and reconfigurations required from a wired network.

• IPDS: Available for coax/twinax, a NIC, or a combination of both. The

printer may be ordered with this option installed and the required

hardware to support it, or it can be field installed by an authorized service

representative at a later date. The printer must have a coax/twinax

interface or NIC, 300 dpi printhead, 16 MB DRAM, and 10 MB flash

memory installed to support this field-installed option.

• TN5250/TN3270: Enables your printer to communicate with an IBM host

through a NIC using the 5250/3270 datastream. This feature allows you

to use an application generated for the twinax/coax emulation to be

printed through the NIC.

• RS-422: Serial interface option.