NOTE: The extra port shown in the previous illustration is an Auxiliary Port
2.Connect the other side to the back of your PC at the PARALLEL connector.
The printer must have its Ready LED light illuminated to receive data. If the light is not ON, press the Pause/Resume button.
B. INSTALLING THE WINDOWS PRINTER DRIVER
Your card printer can be used with virtually any Microsoft Windows 3.1x, Windows 95/98, Windows NT 4.0, or Windows 2000 software application program. This is accomplished through what is called a "printer driver." The printer driver is simply software which gives the printer all the information needed for printing.
The printer driver software is located on the Software Installation CD included with your printer. If you are reading this on your computer screen from the Online User's Guide, you have already installed the printer driver and this guide using this CD. If you would like to provide others with these instructions, however, the following describes how to install the printer driver for the first time. The latter part of this section also describes how to install printer driver updates.
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