34.3.2.2 Printers and Interfaces

A printer is connected by using any of COM1(RS-232C), COM2 (RS-232C), USB, USB/PIO, or LAN.

The USB connection supports USB direct and USB-PIO conversion.

The following interface corresponds to each printer.

Printer	Interface
Printer	COM1/2	USB Direct	USB/PIO	LAN (LPR/IPP)
NEC PR Series	○	○	○	○
EPSON ESC/P (High Speed)	○	○	○	○
EPSON ESC/P (High Quality)	○	○	○	○
HP LASERJET Series	○	○	○	○
EPSON PM/Stylus (6 Colors)	×	○	○	○
EPSON Stylus (4 Colors)	×	○	○	○
GP Remote Printer Server	×	×	×	○
Text ASCII	○	○	○	×
EPSON ESC/PR command compatible	×	○	×	○

Use a USB/PIO converter to connect a Centronics parallel interface printer. For supported USB/PIO converters, refer to the Pro-face support site "Otasuke Pro!"(http://www.pro-face.com/otasuke/).
A complex printer with a scanner and storage cannot be used for USB direct printing.
34.3.2.1 Display Unit Supported Printer Types
When printing with LAN connection, there may be a short delay before the print starts.
[GP Remote Printer Server] displays in the list only when a Ethernet connection supported model is selected.
34.6.1 Print Setup Guide

Output Port and Printing Features

Print Feature	COM1	USB	LAN	GP Remote Printer Server
Screen Hard Copy	○	○	○	○
Alarm (Banner) Print	○	○*3	×	×^*1
Alarm (History) Real-time Print	○	○*3	×	×^*1
Alarm (History) Batch Print	○	○	×	○
Sampled Data Real-time Print	○	○*3	×	×^*1
Sampled Data Batch	○	○	×	○
Printing CSV Data	○	○	×	○
Script Printer Output	○	○^*2	×	×

^*1 Alarm banner and Real-time printing are not supported. When the printer receives printing instructions, it prints one sheet per line.

^*2 Script printer output with USB connection supports only USB/PIO conversion.

*3 EPSON ESC/PR command compatible is not supported.