You can use various interface boards to supplement the capabilities of your printer’s built-in hardware interfaces for use with your Macintosh or PC. For example, if you want to connect your printer to an AppleTalk or EtherTalk network, you need to install a LocalTalk® or Ethernet® interface board.

This appendix provides information for using optional interfaces with your Macintosh or PC and describes how to install a board in your printer.

AppleTalk and EtherTalk Networks for Macintosh

If you want to connect the printer to an AppleTalk or EtherTalk network so multiple Macintosh computers can share the printer, you need to obtain a LocalTalk or Ethernet interface board. Contact your dealer or call EPSON Accessories at

(800)873-7766(U.S. only). In Canada, call (800) BUY-EPSONfor sales locations.

If you install the LocalTalk board, you also need to obtain a Locking Connector Kit (DIN 8 version) for the printer. (If your Macintosh is not already part of the network, you need to obtain an additional kit for your Macintosh.)

If you install the EtherTalk board connected to a thin coaxial (10BASE2) cable and the printer is the last device on the network, you need to obtain a 50-ohm terminator. The Ethernet transceiver is included on the EPSON Ethernet board, so you do not need to obtain an Ethernet adapter box for the printer.

A-2Using Optional Interfaces