Epson TM-P60 manual Preparing a host PC for setting up a printer

TM-P60 with Peeler Technical Reference Guide

Preparing a host PC for setting up a printer

At first, prepare a PC (trial host PC) to set up a printer. The requirements for the trial host PC are the following:

❏ OS: Windows 2000 professional, Windows XP professional

❏Communication port: 802.11b or serial port equipped

When you use the utility (TM Net Win Config Ver. 2.00 or later), you should install it in the host PC before setting up the TM-P60 with Peeler. See “Install” in Appendix A for the installation procedure.

Note:

When you set up the printer by using wireless LAN, the LAN setting of host PC is changed to correspond to the LAN setting of TM-P60 with Peeler temporarily.

There are three way for installing TM-P60 with Peeler to wireless LAN. The following table lists required setting item for trial host PC.

			Using TM Net Win Config	Using TM Net Win Config
		Using Browser	(in wireless LAN)	(with serial interface (RS-232C))
	(wireless LAN items)	Networkmode	Networkmode	“not required to change any
Required items		(communication mode)	(communication mode)	network items ”
		SSID	SSID
		WEP key	WEP key
		IP address	IP address	(On the utility, you have to
		Subnet mask	Subnet mask	select serial I/F communication
				condition)

Confirming the current LAN setting of the printer

Confirm the current LAN setting of the printer according following procedure.

1.Turn on the printer’ s power.

2.Open the peeler cover by using the roll paper cover open button.

3.Press the FEED button until the printer beeps (about 2 seconds).

4.Close the peeler cover.

5.The printer prints the current LAN setting (Status sheet).

Note:

The printed result (Status sheet) is necessary at the next step.

The printer may beep when turned on. It is caused by the host PC’s LAN setting not corresponding to the printer’s setting. Ignore the beeping.

When you connect serial cable (RS-232C) at turning on printer, this mode is disable.

Rev. B 2-15 Setup