CONNECTING TO A COMPUTER

In this section you will interconnect your printer and computer, install the printer driver in your computer and print a test page.

INTERCONNECTING PRINTER AND COMPUTER

INTERFACES

Your printer is equipped with two data interfaces:

CAUTION!

Do not use both parallel and USB printing together.

>Parallel: for direct connection to a PC. This port requires a bi-directional (IEEE 1284 compliant) parallel cable.

>USB: for connection to a PC running Windows 98 or above. This port requires a shielded cable less than 5m long conforming to USB version 2.0.

NOTE

Interface cables are not supplied with your printer.

The following interfaces are available as optional accessories and are described in their accompanying installation documentation:

>RS232 Serial interface

>100BASE-TX/10BASE-T network connection

NOTE

Refer to the Network Configuration Guide for setting up the network connection.

It is not recommended that you use either the parallel or USB port when the RS-232C or OL7120e option is installed in this product.

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