Need help with IBM 4610 T12

[swordfishsm]

I recently purchased an used IBM 4610 T12 from ebay. I have connected the printer to my computer with a 9 pin RS232. But the computer is not detecting the device. Are any drivers required for this printer on Windows XP?

Thanks in advance.

 

[robertdubrey]

Almost surely you are going to need some drivers. Those printers are designed for POS I believe. Normally they aren't configured in the OS at all but configured in the POS software. Maybe post more info on what you are trying to do.

Rob

 

[swordfishsm]

I am trying to print receipts from the laptop. I cannot find any resources on the internet on how I can accomplish this. It seems it can be connected to a laptop .. there is a diagnostic software on the IBM site

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docvie...2&uid=pos1R4000130&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

Thanks.

 

[Circle9]

You can try to download the Windows XP drivers from the following website.

ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/retail/poseng/4610/4610windrvxpb020400.exe

 

[durisimo]

I also recently purchased a printer from ebay. Loaded the windows native printer drivers and can print test pages from windows applications. I haven't installed the POS software for my client yet but tried to set printing parameters refered in Printerbis5mst.pdf from ibm. Now, i can connect via hyper terminal and other serial com aps but the commands are not configuring printer. What am i missing? i tried running X'1336';8 commands but the printer just spits out x'1336';8 and never adds my settings. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

many thanks in advanced.
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