Apple 8600 appendix Connecting a printer, Printer port icon

Connecting a printer

Your computer has a printer port, which you use to connect a printer.

Printer port icon

Printer port

The printer port accepts either a direct cable connection (to printers such as the StyleWriter 2500) or a network cable connection (to printers such as most LaserWriter models). A printer can also be connected to the modem port.

See the manual that came with your printer for more detailed information and instructions on setting up and using the printer. Although your computer comes with most Apple printer software (called “printer drivers”) already installed, you may need to install software from disks that came with your computer.

You use the Chooser to tell the computer which port you used to connect your printer. For instructions on choosing a printer, open the Guide (h) menu and choose Macintosh Guide (or Mac OS Guide), click the Guide’s Index button, and choose “printing” from the index.

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