The other end of the cable must be plugged into the host terminal as shown in Figure 15, or to a serial port on a computer as shown in Figure 15. Communications between the terminal and the printer are controlled by the applications running on the terminal and the printer.

USB

RW series Printers also can communicate by cable via the USB protocol. The USB port is a USB Mini-AB type connector located directly above the 10- pin modular connector used for RS232C communications. (Refer to Figure 13)

Figure 14: Communications to a Terminal

Printer Communications Port

Communications

Cable

Part number varies. Refer to

Appendix A

Figure 15: Communications to a PC

USB

Communications

Cable

Refer to Appendix A for part number

RS232

Communications Cable

Refer to Appendix A for part number

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