Black Box PC118C-R2 manual Quick Start

CHAPTER 3: Quick Start

A self-test will print out immediately. A sample page is shown in Figure 3-1 on the next page of this manual; the values shown for the options are the factory defaults.

Alternatively, if your printer doesn’t have a front panel, you can print a printer self-test: The Twinax Card’s settings will print on the bottom portion of the HP printout.

7.Power off the printer.

8.Attach the twinax V-cable to the DB9 connector marked “Twinax” on the Card.

9.Tighten the thumbscrews on each side of the V-cable to secure it to the Card.

10.Attach the twinax cable(s) that run to the host or controller to the V- cable. The V-cable automatically terminates when you attach one other cable and automatically “cables through” when you attach two other cables.

11.Power on the printer, and send a print job from the host to verify that it is printing correctly. The Card is shipped from the factory with its twinax address set to 0 (zero); to set it differently, see the entry for host/PC-download command 00 in Section 5.3.

Optional: If you also want to use the printer from a PC, take these additional steps:

12.Power off the printer.

13.Attach the DB25 connector of a standard PC parallel-printer cable to the PC.

14.Attach the cable’s 36-pin Centronics® connector to the connector on the Card marked “Auto Sharing/Parallel.”

15.Power on the printer and send a print job from the PC to verify that it is printing correctly.

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