Microplex M204, Installation And Configuration Manual

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18 INSTALLING THE M204 ON THE NETWORK: Connecting Peripherals
• autofeed for printers (usually non-laser printers) that require the AUTOFD line to
be asserted,
• bbmode for simulating an attached printer,
• fastmode for high performance parallel interfaces that can handle an increased
transfer rate,
• slowmode for slower parallel interfaces which require slower transfer rates.
For more information, please see list prn1|prn2 on page 87, set prn1|prn2 on page 99,
and PRN1/PRN2 Pinout on page 167.
Serial Port Connections (COM1, COM2)
Two 9-pin male DE-9P connectors with IBM PC AT compatible pinouts are provided
for connection to printers using serial ports. Each of these ports have various parame-
ters which control such things as:
• parity selection, generation, and detection,
• hardware flow control,
• software flow control,
• character description.
For more information, please see list com1|com2 on page 85, set com1|com2 on page
92, and 9-Pin COM1/COM2 Pinout on page 168.
For best performance, connect RXD lines (Pin 2) to ground on cables connected to
equipment that do not drive the transmit data signal (i.e. some printers). This will pre-
vent induced noise from being processed as data.
You have now completed the basic installation of the Print Server onto the network
and now it must be configured for use. Please continue with the appropriate chapter
for your printing environment to learn how to print to the M204:
• CONFIGURING THE M204 FOR TCP/IP on page 19,
• CONFIGURING THE M204 FOR NOVELL on page 51,
• CONFIGURING THE M204 FOR APPLETALK on page 63,
• CONFIGURING THE M204 FOR WINDOWS on page 67.
Note