Apple 12/640PS manual Which chapters should I read?, Set up the hardware and connect the printer

Which chapters should I read?

The sections that follow explain which chapters you should read in various circumstances.

“We just got the printer, and my job is to set it up for my workgroup.”

There are five main steps to take a boxed-up printer and prepare it so any user can print on it. Although you could do some of the steps in a different order, these steps are organized to simplify troubleshooting.

Step 1: Set up the hardware and connect the printer.

Chapter 1 explains how to unpack the printer, install the toner cartridge, load paper, and connect the printer to your network. At the end of the chapter, you turn on the printer and it prints a startup page, assuring you that the printer engine and circuit board work correctly.

Step 2: Set up the printer for a network connection or for a direct connection.

The next three chapters (plus Appendix B) explain how to set up the printer on different networks or by a direct connection:

Chapter	Computer	Network interface and cable
Chapter 2	Mac OS	AppleTalk on LocalTalk cables
		AppleTalk on Ethernet cables (EtherTalk)
Chapter 3	Windows and DOS	Novell NetWare on Ethernet cables
	Windows and DOS	Direct connection by a parallel cable
Chapter 4	UNIX	TCP/IP on Ethernet cables
Appendix B	Mac OS	ATPS, NetWare for Macintosh on LocalTalk
		or Ethernet cables

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