Apple 2400 manual Connecting the printer to your Macintosh, Chapter

Connecting the printer to your Macintosh

IMPORTANT The serial cable must connect the printer directly to the computer. Use only the cable that comes with the printer. Replace the cable only with another Apple System/Peripheral-8 cable that contains special shielding to prevent interference with radio and television signals.

Plug one end of the cable into the printer. (Both ends of the cable are the same.)

Connect the other end of the cable to either the printer port or the modem port, which are labeled with these icons.

Some Macintosh computers have a combined serial port with two icons.

If your computer is connected to a network, a network cable may already be connected to the printer port ([). In that case, use the modem port (W).

Remember which port you use. Later, you must tell the printer software where to look for the printer.

Some PowerBook computers that have an internal modem installed cannot tell that the printer is plugged in. You must change a setting in the PowerBook Setup or Express Modem control panel. For details, see “Telling Your Computer to Use the Color StyleWriter 2400” later in this chapter.

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