TROY Group MAN-EXT2000 manual Connecting a Troy XCD Print Server to a Serial Printer

print servers support this mode, which can result in up to 50 per cent higher performance. To enable this mode using WebXAdmin, select Configure Port from the main menu, select port P1 (or P2 for the second parallel port on the XConnect 100), choose High Speed as the Output Method, and click Submit. If you are using the print server console, enter the command SET PORT P1 FSTB ENABLED. WebXAdmin and the print server console are discussed in Chapter 3 and Appendix B of this manual.

Connecting a TROY XCD Print Server to a Serial Printer

The Pony 100, XConnect II and XConnect II Lite have an RJ45 connector for connecting RS-232-compatible serial printers, while the XConnect 100 has two standard PC- compatible 9-pin D-connectors (there is no serial port on the Pony Print Server Plus). The XConnect II and XConnect II Lite RJ45 connector is marked "Serial"; do not confuse it with the 10baseT unshielded twisted pair connector, which is also an RJ45.

Most printers use a DB25 connector for the serial connection. Unfortunately, there are a number of variations as to how this connector is implemented on different printers. For example, some printers have male connectors configured as a DTE (Receive Data on pin 3), while others have DCE female connectors (Receive Data on pin 2). Hewlett-Packard, Lexmark, and Apple printers generally have female DTE connectors. You must consult the manual for your printer in order to determine what type of adapter cable you need. TROY XCD sells a variety of adapters for connecting serial devices to the RJ45 connector. In the case of the XConnect 100 9-pin connector, a null modem( a

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