Archive for July 18th, 2008

Epson TM-U220

Published by Teddy Darmadi on July 18, 2008 under Cheat Sheet, Hardware

This printer gives me quite a problem  when installing it at the first time, namely the serial one. Simply just clicking the driver installer will not do the trick; making it work the way I want it is another task on hand.

Here’s what I probably have to note after successfully installing it:

  1. For the serial version, the default Transmission Speed is 9600 bps. Somehow the installer set a default 38kbps at the printer port settings.
  2. To make sure your printer has the correct default settings, open the case underneath the printer, and unscrew it. Check the DIP Switch settings.
  3. Locate your manual book and see what the switches means.

Normally, in case you forgot your manual, the default settings are:

  1. Buffer Capacity 40KB
  2. Handshaking DTR/DSR
  3. Word Length 8 bits
  4. Parity Check None
  5. Parity Select Odd
  6. Transmission Speed 9600bps

Make sure the port settings on the printer sheet completely match these default settings, or else nothing would work, or if you’re lucky, some garbage stuffs might come out.

Hopefully not a spam :D