Alps Electric MD-1300 manual Connecting Cables, Connecting the printer to your computer

Getting Your Printer Ready

Connecting Cables

When your printer is properly set up, connect the printer to your computer with a SCSI cable and to a suitable AC power source with the power cord.

∙Connect the printer to your computer.

∙Connect a power cord to the printer.

Connecting the printer to your computer

1.Make sure that the power to your computer is completely turned off. If the computer is running, quit all running ap- plications, shut down the system, and turn off the power.

Caution

∙ Power to the printer and computer must be completely dis- connected before connecting or disconnecting the SCSI cable or terminator. (They must be unplugged.) Otherwise damage or malfunction may result.

∙Use a high-impedance SCSI cable and an active terminator for best results.

∙Using other types of cables can cause the printer to malfunc- tion.

2.Connect the printer to the computer with a SCSI cable. Secure the printer cable to the connectors on the printer and on the computer.

Also, you must attach a terminator to the printer if the printer is the last peripheral on the SCSI chain.

DIP switches

Interface connector

Terminator

SCSI cable

Check the SCSI device number

Make sure the device number for the printer is set correctly. Each SCSI device connected to the computer must have a unique SCSI device number.(The printer device number is set to 6 at the factory. The device number is changed using the DIP switches next to the connector. For more details, refer to “Specifications” in Appendix.) If two devices have the same device number, they will not work properly.

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