Figum24. Installingtheribboncartridge.
Afteryou haveinstalledthe ribboncartridge,closethe frontcover.
Leavethefront coverclosedduringnormaloperation.Thecover keepsout
dustanddirtandreducestheprinter’soperatingsounds.Openthecoveronly
tochangethe ribbon ormake an adjustment.
Connectingtheinterface cable
Connecttheprinter to yourcomputerusingastandard Centronicsparallel
interfacecable.OnaPS/2or PC/AT-typecomputer,thismeansthatyouuse
the25-pinD-typecomectoratthecomputerend,andtheAmphenol-type36-
pinconnectorattheprinterend.Thecontlgurationoftheprinter’sconnector
is givenin Chapter 11should youneed acable for comecting to another
computer.
Ifyouneedtoconnecttoasenal port,usetheoptionalSerialRS-232interface
cartridge,IS-8XL.
Followthepmedures belowto comect the interfacecable:
1. Turnoff the powerswitchboth theprinter andthe computer.
2. Connecttheinterfacecableto the printeras shownin Figm. 2-5.
Makesumthat youpress the plugfully intothe interfaceconnector.
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