Tektronix 740, 740L Initializing a formatted SCSI device

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Connecting Peripheral Devices 8
Initializing a formatted SCSI device
Most external hard disks are formatted at the factory and only need to be initialized.
Macintosh users
1. From the printer’s CD-ROM, run the Installer application. Select Custom
Install. Select Printer Utilities. From your computer’s hard disk, open the
PhaserTools folder. Open Printer Utilities.
2. In the Chooser, select your printer.
3. From the PhaserTools folder, double-click Apple Printer Utility. Download to
the printer the Initialize Printer Disks file.
PC and workstation users
1. From the printer’s CD-ROM, run setup.exe. Select Custom Install. Select
Printer Utilities. From your computer’s hard disk, open the PHSRTOOL
directory. Open the PHSR740 subdirectory.
2. Use one of the following methods to send to the printer the INITDISK.PS
file:
■PC users: Use the DOS COPY command.
■Windows NT users: Send the INITDISK.PS file to the printer by typing
the following at the DOS prompt:
■Workstation users: Send the file to the printer as you would any
PostScript file.
lpr -S <IPaddress> -P PS INITDISK.PS