Appedix: Serial Port Settigs Serial Port Settigs (RS-232C) The pi assigmets for the serial cables (RS-232C cables) which ca be used with this priter are show i the table below. You ca purchase the cables at a electroics store. Do ot use cables exceedig 3 meters i legth. Brother QL-650TD side (D-sub female, lock screw #4-40 ich screw) PC side (D-Sub9P female) Sigal Name Pi Number Pi Assigmets Pi Number Sigal Name DCD 1 1 DCD RXD 2 2 RXD TXD 3 3 TXD DTR 4 4 DTR GND 5 5 GND DSR 6 6 DSR RTS 7 7 RTS CTS 8 8 CTS RI 9 9 RI Avoidig cross-coectios If the USB cable is coected ad the coected computer is tured o, the USB coectio is activated, eve if a serial cable is coected. If a USB cable is ot coected, or if a USB cable is coected, but the coected computer is ot tured o, the serial coectio is activated if a serial cable is coected. Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 USB Coected tured o.) Coected tured o.) Coected tured off.) Serial Coected Coected Coected Activated Iterface USB USB Serial Serial * Coected idicates that the cable is coected. I order to prit i ESC/P mode, the serial coectio should be activated. 1
HOW TO SET the Serial settigs Note: Whe sedig a commad directly to the COM port, the iput/output settigs of the computer ad the P-touch must set correctly. The maufacturer s default settigs for serial trasmissio with the P-touch are idicated below i bold ad uderlied. Baud rate 115.2k, 57.6k, 9600 Busy DTR, Xo/Xoff Bit legth 8, 7 Parity NONE, ODD, EVEN Stop bit 1 bit 1. Switchig by operatio o the machie : Setup mode Get i the Setup mode o the machie Press the ON/OFF butto while at the same time holdig both the Up arrow butto ad dow arrow butto with the power supply off. The priter is i the set up mode ad you ca chage the serial settigs. 1/5 Baud rate (bps) 115.2k, 57.6k, 38.4k, 31.25k, 28.8k, 19.2k, 14.4k, 9600, 4800, 2400, 1200, 600, 300 2/5 Bit Legth Flow 8, 7 cotrol 3/5 Parity NONE, ODD, EVEN 4/5 Busy DTR, Xo/Xoff 5/5 Iterface mode ESC/P(Stadard):All ESC/P commads are available. ESC/P(Text): Oly text data ca be prited (High speed mode) Raster : for Priter drivers 2. Switchig by usig the ESC/P Commad List of ESC/P mode commads (RS232C settigs) Commad Code Hexadecimal Fuctio 1 ESC i U B * 1B 69 55 42 * Specify baud rate 2 ESC i U b * 1B 69 55 62 * Specify bit legth 3 ESC i U P * 1B 69 55 50 * Specify parity 4 ESC i U C * 1B 69 55 43 * Specify busy cotrols 1 ESC i U B Specify baud rate ESC i U B Hexadecimal 1B 69 55 42 [Descriptio] As a RS232C commuicatio settig, the baud rate is set as show below. If =0, a baud rate of 300 bps is selected. If =1, a baud rate of 600 bps is selected. If =2, a baud rate of 1200 bps is selected. If =3, a baud rate of 2400 bps is selected. If =4, a baud rate of 4800 bps is selected. If =5, a baud rate of 9600 bps is selected. 2 (0 12)
If =6, a baud rate of 14400 bps is selected. If =7, a baud rate of 19200 bps is selected. If =8, a baud rate of 28800 bps is selected. If =9, a baud rate of 31250 bps is selected. If =10, a baud rate of 38400 bps is selected. If =11, a baud rate of 57600 bps is selected. If =12, a baud rate of 115200 bps is selected. (The default settig is 115200 bps.) The settig is applied the ext time that the P-touch is tured o. Pritig from the priter driver is possible oly at three commuicatio speeds (115200 bps, 57600 bps ad 9600 bps). 2 ESC i U b Specify bit legth ESC i U b Hexadecimal 1B 69 55 62 [Descriptio] As a RS232C commuicatio settig, the bit legth is set as show below. If =0, a bit legth of 7 bits is selected. If =1, a bit legth of 8 bits is selected. (The default settig is 8 bits.) The settig is applied the ext time that the P-touch is tured o. (0 1) 3 ESC i U P Specify parity ESC i U P Hexadecimal 1B 69 55 50 [Descriptio] As a RS232C commuicatio settig, the parity is set as show below. If =0 Noe If =1 ODD If =2 EVEN (The default settig is Noe.) The settig is applied the ext time that the P-touch is tured o. (0 2) 4 3
ESC i U C Specify busy cotrols ESC i U C Hexadecimal 1B 69 55 43 [Descriptio] As a RS232C commuicatio settig, the busy cotrol is set as show below. If =0 Hardware (DTR) If =1 X-ON/X-OFF (The default settig is Hardware (DTR).) The settig is applied the ext time that the P-touch is tured o. (0 1) 3. Switchig by usig the utility icluded with the Widows priter driver Procedure (1) Istall the priter driver. (Switchig the mode is possible from either a serial or a USB coectio.) (2) From the Priters folder, display the properties for Brother QL-650TD. O Widows 9x: Click the [Utility] butto o the Advaced tab to start up the Brother QL-650TD Utility. O Widows NT: Click the [Utility] butto o the Device Settigs tab, ad the click the [Properties] butto that appears to start up the Brother QL-650TD Utility. The settig is made from the Commad Mode box o the dialog box that appeared. I order to apply this settig, the P-touch must be tured off, the o agai. 4
Cautio If the priter driver is istalled with a serial coectio, the priter port is the COM port where the P-touch is coected. To prit from the same computer usig the ESC/P mode, use the utility to switch modes, ad the chage the priter port of the Brother QL-650TD to a differet port, such as FILE:, so that the COM port where the P-touch is coected is o loger beig used. If the P-touch is set to the Raster mode text output caot be received by code. However, if the P-touch is set to the ESC/P mode, the priter driver automatically switches to raster mode to output the raster data. 5