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You should also have a parallel interface board to connect
your computer to the printer. Also available are a parallel
interface board with extra buffer memory and a serial interface
board, both optional. (More on interfaces later.)
Figure l-l. Check to make sure you have all five items: 1) Printer,
2) Mute cover, 3) Paper guide, 4) Ribbon cartridge and 5) User’s
manual.
q Removing the printer covei
The printer’s cover is important for two reasons - it keeps
dust and dirt away from the printer’s delicate mechanism, and
it absorbs nearly all of the printer’s operating sounds. Don’t
take off the cover unless you have to change the ribbon or
make an adjustment.
To remove the cover, lift up the back of the cover to disengage
the two or three tabs at the front, then lift it off the rest of