Transporting the Printer

If you need to transport your printer some distance, carefully repack the printer using the original box and packing materials. The following steps show you how to repack your printer.

1.Turn off the printer and remove any paper installed in the printer. If you have multi-part forms or labels loaded in the printer, remove them according to the instructions in the sections on using multi-part forms and labels in Chapter 2. Also, if you have any printer options installed, remove them according to the instructions in Chapter 6.

2.Unplug the power cable from the electrical outlet and then disconnect the power cable from the printer.

3.If you are using the built-in parallel or serial interface, open the printer’s interface cover and disconnect the interface cable. Then close the interface cover.

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