Primera Technology manual Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh

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Section 4: Using the CD Color Printer III with Macintosh

A. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR COMPUTER

The CD Color Printer III is designed to be used with any Apple Macintosh supporting Color QuickDraw™ and running system software 7.0 or higher. For best performance, a Macintosh with a 68040 processor and 8MB of RAM (or higher) or a PowerPC™ with 8MB of RAM (or higher) is recommended. The printer driver is accelerated for use with a PowerPC/G3.

The printer is equipped with a high-speed serial port. This port is the means through which the printer receives data from your computer. This port is not AppleTalk™ compatible. To connect the printer to your computer, simply obtain a standard serial cable with an 8 pin mini-DIN connection on each end, and refer to the following steps:

1.Connect one end of the serial cable to the printer.

2.Connect the other end of the cable to either the Printer or Modem port of your Macintosh.

NOTE: If your Macintosh does not have a high-speed serial port (Printer or Modem Port) but has a USB port, then you must purchase a USB-to- parallel port cable adapter. One end connects to the USB bus of your computer, and the other to the parallel connector of the printer.

The printer must be powered up and connected to be displayed in the Chooser.

MacOS 8.6 or higher is recommended, as well as using Apple’s version of USB Print Driver.

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