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Chapter 1: Setting Up Your Printer
Connecting YourPrinter to aComputer
Toprint from your computer, you need to connect your
printer to your computer with either a parallel interface
cable or a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable.

Using a

Parallel C able

Yourprinter uses an IEEE 1284-compliant parallel cable
that supports bidirectionalcommunication. We recom-
mend Lexmark part number 1329605 (10 ft) or
1427498 (20 ft). If you use a cable other than an IEEE-com-
pliant cable, you may not be able to access all of your
printer functions.
1Turnthe printer power Off (O) and unplug the
printer power cord from the electrical outlet.
Caution! Toavoid electrical
shock hazards,make sure your
computer power isO ff (O)and
unplug all computer equipment
beforeconnecting cables.
2Align and plug the parallel cable into the parallel
connector as shown.
ParallelConnector
Parallel
Cable