Intermec PC4

Chapter 2 — Sending ESim Commands to the Printer
8 ESim for the PC4 and PF8 Printers Programmer’s Reference Manual
Communicating With the Printer
You can use a terminal program to send ESim commands to the
printer. The following procedure describes how to set up a connection
using Windows HyperTerminal, a program available on all computers
that run Microsoft Windows.
To send an ESim command to a printer
1 Connect the printer to the serial port (COM1) on your desktop
PC.
2 On the desktop PC, start the HyperTerminal application. (Start >
All programs > Accessories > Communications >
HyperTerminal)
3 Select a name and icon for your connection. Click OK. The
Connect To window appears.
4 Select Connect Using: COM1
5 Click OK. The COM1 Properties window appears.
6 Configure the port settings so they match those of your printer.
To obtain the printer’s port settings, print a test label. For help see
“Printing a Test Label” on page 9.
Bits per second: 9600
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: None
7 Click OK.
8 Select File > Properties. The properties window appears.
9 Select the Settings tab.
10 Click ASCII Setup. The ASCII Setup window appears.
11 Check the following check boxes:
• Send line ends with line feed
• Echo typed characters locally