Epson LQ-1500 Setting Up Your LQ-1500, Finding a Suitable Location, 1-1:, LQ-1500, •Dust cover, •Power cord, •LQ-1500printer, •Paper feed knob, •Ribbon cartridge

Chapter 1

Setting Up Your LQ-1500

You’ve just purchased a terrific new printer, and dug far enough into the box to find this manual. Now what? In this chapter we’ll show you how to set up your LQ-1500and connect it to your computer.

First, take inventory. Carefully unpack the carton and make sure that you have all of the pieces shown in Figure 1-1:

•LQ-1500 printer•Sheet guide (three pieces)•Dust cover•Front cover (installed on the printer)•Paper feed knob•Power cord•Ribbon cartridge•This User’s Manual.

Note: It’s a good idea to save all of the packing materials in case you want to move your LQ-1500 some day.

Finding a Suitable Location

Before you actually set up your printer, you should give some thought to where you are going to put it. Of course, your printer must sit somewhere near your computer (the length of the printer cable is the limiting factor). However, you may not want to place your computer and printer side by side because the printer does make noise

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