Star Micronics LC24-30 Setting up a serial connection, Connect, Printers window, Close

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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