Epson LQ-800 Choosing and Setting Up, Optional Interfaces, G-1, #8143, #8148, #8149, #8161, #8165, #8172, #8149M, #8172M, IEEE-488, serial interface, IEEE-488interface

Appendix G

Choosing and Setting Up

Optional Interfaces

This appendix summarizes the Epson interfaces compatible with the LQ-800 and LQ-1000 printers and gives instructions for installing internally mounted interface boards.

Compatible Interfaces

You can use a number of optional interfaces with the LQ-800 and LQ-1000, which supplement the built-in parallel and serial interfaces. These fall into three categories.

•Serial interfaces, which allow connection to a large range of com- puters without a parallel interface.

•IEEE-488 and other special interfaces, which allow connection to computers with other interface requirements (in some cases these are installed on the computer rather than the printer).

•Buffer interfaces, which provide a larger data buffer to release the computer for other tasks when printing large amounts of text.

The following Epson interfaces are compatible with the LQ-800 and LQ-1000 printers, although some of these are no longer available.

#8143	serial interface
#8148	intelligent serial interface
#8149	intelligent serial interface Type II
#8149M	intelligent serial interface Type III
#8161	IEEE-488 interface
#8165	intelligent IEEE-488 interface
#8172	32K byte buffer parallel interface
#8172M	128K byte buffer parallel interface

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