Metrohm 746 VA Trace Analyzer - Manual (Page 81)

3 Installation
746 VA Trace Analyzer / 747 VA Stand
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3.12.2 Connection of a printer
External printers with a serial interface can be attached to the two RS232 interfaces
of the 746 VA Trace Analyzer. For several printers, connecting cables are available
as an option (see section 9.5). The type of the printer is selected on dialog page
"VA TRACE ANALYZER". The following printer drivers are available (see also section
5.3.1):
IBM Propr. IBM Proprinter and printers with IBM emulation
Epson 80*60 EPSON printers and printers with EPSON emulation
with 80 × 60 dpi graphics resolution (24-pin dot matrix,
ink jet and laser printers)
Epson 60*72 EPSON printers and printers with EPSON emulation
with 60 × 72 dpi graphics resolution (9-pin dot matrix,
ink jet and laser printers)
HP Deskjet HP printers (HP DeskJet, HP LaserJet) and printers
with HP PCL3 emulation
HP Thinkjet HP ThinkJet, HP QuietJet and compatibles
HP Thinkj.E HP ThinkJet in EPSON mode and compatibles
If you connect other printers, ensure that these emulate a printer mode supported
by the 746 VA Trace Analyzer. In some cases, a reset on the printer may be neces-
sary before the printer works properly (see printer manual).
If a balance is attached to the RS232 interface at the same time as a printer, the
6.2125.030 Socket-outlet adapter must be used. The printer must be connected to
the ”data out” port of the socket-outlet adapter. It can be operated only with the
simple hardware handshake HWshort or without handshake. The settings of the RS
parameters may possibly have to be matched to those of the balance (e.g. baud
rate). Attachment of a balance and a printer together functions perfectly only with
balances with 8-bit data capacity. Balances with 7-bit data capacity can be oper-
ated in this manner only when a ”parity space” is set on the balance, whereas
printer and VA Trace Analyzer operate with 8-bits, no parity.