Star Micronics LC-7211 user manual Optional Accessory, Connecting the Interface Converter

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Chapter 10: Optional Accessory

This chapter explains how to connect and set up the following optional accessory that is available for this printer:

❏Serial-to-Parallel Converter (SPC-8K)

Important!

Always make sure that printer power is turned off whenever installing or removing optional accessories.

Connecting the Interface Converter

❏Unplug the printer from its AC power outlet.

❏Set the DIP switches on the SPC-8K to the settings you want to use before you connect it to your printer.

See the following section for details on how to set the DIP switches

❏Plug the interface converter’s Centronics connector into the socket on the side of the printer and secure it in place with the clips.

Interface converter

❏Plug one end of a serial cable into the serial interface connector’s 25-pin D- TYPE connector.

Serial cable

Serial interface connector