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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.
qRemoving 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