Brother PT-P900 - Label Printer Structure; For Serial Connection

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MELSEC iQ-F Brother Label Printer Sample Program Reference Manual
2.2. Label printer structure
2.2.1. For serial connection
 Label printer
The sample program for serial connection is applied to the following Brother label printers.
Brother label printers
PT-P900
PT-P900W
PT-P950NW
TD-4210D
TD-4410D
TD-4420DN
TD-4510D
TD-4520DN
TD-4550DNWB
TD-2020
TD-2120N
TD-2130N
TD-2130NSA
* Any printers other than above list, which has P-touch Template command mode and interface of serial or
Ethernet, have possibility to connect with the programmable controller. For more detail, refer to the
following URL.
(
https://support.brother.com/g/s/es/dev/en/command/reference/index.html?c=eu_ot&lang=en&navi=offall
&comple=on&redirect=on)
 RS-232C serial port pinout
* TD-2130N series and PT-P900 series need optional serial cable adapter (PA-SCA-001).
(D-sub 9P Male) (D-sub 9P Male)
Signal Pin No. Pin assignment Pin No. Signal
DCD 1 1 DCD
RxD 2 2 RxD
TxD 3 3 TxD
DTR 4 4 DTR Connect to CH1
GND 5 5 GND
DSR 6 6 DSR
RTS 7 7 RTS
CTS 8 8 CTS
RI 9 9 RI
Label printer
RS-232C cross cable
FX5 expansion adapter
or FX5 expansion board
(D-sub 9P Female)
(D-sub 9P Female)