C o n n e c t i n g t h e s c a n n e r

B e f o re yo u co n n e ct t h e scan n e r t o yo u r P C, make su re t h at yo u r scan n e r as we ll as yo u r P C are swit ch e d o f f .

A S CS I cab le is su p p lie d wit h yo u r scan n e r.

No t e : If t h e cab le d o e s n o t f it , co n t act yo u r d e ale r.

C a u t i o n : For s af et y reas ons , nev er us e ex t ens ion c ables f or power c ables .

Alway s mak e s ure t here are no more t han t wo t erminat ors in y our SCSI c hain, one at t he beginning and one at t he end . Some SCSI dev ic es , s uc h as an ex t ernal hard dis k , hav e built - in t erminat ors and mus t t heref ore be plac ed at t he end of y our SCSI c hain . Pleas e c hec k t he doc ument at ion of eac h of y our SCSI dev ic es if y ou are not s ure whet her t he dev ic e has a built - in t erminat or . The las t dev ic e in y our c hain has t o be t erminat ed . Your SnapSc an has no built - in t erminat or . For more inf ormat ion about SCSI dev ic es s ee earlier in t his c hapt er: SCSI dev ic es

Nev er t ry t o c onnec t t he s c anner t o t he s erial or parallel port of y our PC: y ou might s erious ly damage y our equipment if y ou do .

1 . Y o u r P C h a s a 2 5 p i n c o n n e c t o r

If yo u r S n ap S can is t h e o n ly S CS I d e vice t o b e co n n e ct e d t o yo u r co mp u t e r:

1 .

S wit ch o f f yo u r scan n e r an d d isco n n e ct t h e p o we r co rd .

2 .

S wit ch o f f yo u r co mp u t e r an d d isco n n e ct t h e p o we r co rd .

3 .

Co n n e ct t h e smalle r

2

5 -p in e n d o f t h e S CS I cab le t o t h e co n n e ct o r o n yo u r

 

co mp u t e r.

 

 

4 .

Co n n e ct t h e larg e r 5

0

-p in e n d o f t h e S CS I cab le t o t h e co n n e ct o r o n yo u r

 

scan n e r.

 

 

Yo u h ave t o p u t a t e rmin at o r b e t we e n t h e co n n e ct o r o f yo u r scan n e r an d t h e S CS I cab le as sh o wn o n t h e p ict u re .

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