Intermec 1284 User manual
Installation
Instructions
IEEE 1284 Parallel
Interface Kit
(for EasyCoder PF2i,
PF4i, PF4i Compact
Industrial, and PM4i)
Intermec Printer AB
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P.O. Box 123
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Preface
Contents
Introduction ................................................................................. iv
Printer Firmware........................................................................... iv
Installation Kit.............................................................................. iv
1 Physical Installation
EasyCoder PF2/4i printers .............................................................2
EasyCoder PM4i printers...............................................................7
2 Parallel Interface
Connector configuration..............................................................14
IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions iii
Preface
iv IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Introduction
This Installation Instructions booklet describes how to install an IEEE
1284 Parallel interface board in an EasyCoder PF2i, PF4i, PF4i Compact
Industrial, or PM4i printer.
The installation instructions describes how to physically install the
interface board in a printer and how to configure the two serial commu-
nication ports.
This interface kit must only be physically installed by an
authorized service technician. Intermec assumes no respon-
sibility for personal injury or damage to the equipment if
the installation in performed by an unauthorized person.
Take precautions against electrostatic discharges, for
example by wearing grounded bracelets.
Printer Firmware
The printer must be fitted with Intermec Fingerprint v8.00 (or later)
or IPL v2.00 (or later). In Intermec Fingerprint, the parallel port is
addressed as "centronics:" (communication channel #4).
Installation Kit
The IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit contains:
• One IEEE 1284 parallel interface board.
• One hexagonal spacer (only used for two interface boards on a PM4i)
• Two flat cables
• One Installation Instruction booklet
The only tools required for the installation are #T10 and #T20 Torx
screwdrivers plus a small wrench.
IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions 1
1 Physical Installation
This chapter describes how to physically install the
IEEE 1284 parallel interface kit in a PF2/4i- or
PM4i-series printer.
2 IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Chapter 1 — Physical Installation
EasyCoder PF2/4i Printers
•Switch off the printer and disconnect the power cord.
•Disconnect all communication cables.
•Remove the front/left-hand cover as follows.
The electronic compartment contains wires and compo-
nents with dangerous voltage (up to 380V). Make sure that
the printer is switched off and the power cord is discon-
nected before the left-hand cover is removed.
•Open the right-hand door.
•Using a #T20 Torx screwdriver, remove the three screws and lift the
cover up so it disengages the bottom plate.
•Swing out the rear part of the cover so you can disconnect the console
cable from the CPU board.
•Put the cover aside on a soft cloth or similar to avoid scratches.
IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions 3
Chapter 1 —Physical Installation
•Remove the two #T10 Torx screws that hold the interface cover plate.
Remove the cover plate.
•Save the cover plate for possible later use. Keep the screws.
•Remove the #T20 Torx screw fitted on the hexagonal spacer at the
center of the CPU board. Keep the screw.
•Attach the flat cable included in the kit to connector J62 (marked
“EXP BOARD”) on the CPU board (see page 5).
#T10 Torx screw
Cover plate
#T10 Torx screw
4 IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Chapter 1 —Physical Installation
•Insert the interface board with the component side facing right, as
seen from behind.
•Attach the interface board to the printer’s rear plate using the two
screws left over when you removed the original cover plate.
•Using the #T20 Torx screw you previously removed, attach the inter-
face board to the hexagonal spacer you fitted on the CPU board.
•The kit contains two flat cables. Connect the flat cable with two con-
nectors to P1 on the interface board, see the next page.
Interface board
Component side
#T10 Torx screw
#T10 Torx screw
IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions 5
Chapter 1 —Physical Installation
•The flat cable should run as illustrated below.
Hexagonal
spacer
J61
P35
J62
EXP BOARD
C14
C2
C12
C13
C11
C9
C8
C3
C1
IC3
IC2
IC5
R19 R18
IC6
C10
C7
C6
C5
C4
IC1
R20
R22
R21
R17
R16
R15
R14
R13
R12
R8
R10
R11
F12
F11
F10
F18
F17
F16
F15
F14
F13
F8
F7
R3
R7
R6
R5
R4
R9
R2
R1
F19
F1
F2
F3
F9 D1
F6
F5
F4
IC4
P3
P1
1-971641-02 P01
P1
Cable
CPU Board
Interface Board
Cable
6 IEEE 1284 Parallel Interface Kit Installation Instructions
Chapter 1 —Physical Installation
•Connect the console cable to J50 on the CPU board and put back the
cover over the electronics compartment. Take care so the console cable
runs above the ribbon motor (if any) and does not become entangled
in the headlift mechanism.
•Connect the communication cables to the connectors on the printer’s
rear plate.
•Connect the power cord and switch on the power.
Parallel interface
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