Setting up a serial connection

Make settings on your computer to correspond to the settings you have made using the DIP switches.

On a Windows computer

. Double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main win- dow.

.

Double-click

the

Printers

icon

 

 

 

.

Make

sure that LC24-30

Colour

is selected

in the

 

Installed

Printers

list.

 

 

 

 

.

Click

on

Connect

 

 

 

 

 

 

.

Click

on the

serial

port (COMn)

to which

the serial-

 

to-parallel converter is connected.

 

 

.

Click

OK to return

to the

Printers window.

 

 

.

Click

Close

to return to the Control Panel

window.

.

Double-click

on Ports. The Ports dialog box appears.

.

Click

on the

name

of the

port to which the

serial-to-

 

parallel

converter

 

is connected.

 

 

 

.

.

Click on Settings.

For each setting (Baud Rate, Data Bits, Parity, Stop Bits and Flow Control (protocol)) select the appropri- ate setting from the pull-down menu (alternatively, you can type in your selections directly).

.

Click

OK to return to the Ports window.

.

Click

Close to return to the Control Panel window.

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Star Micronics LC24-30 user manual Setting up a serial connection, On a Windows computer

LC24-30 specifications

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