Xante 100-100621 manual LocalTalk Connection Macintosh

Getting Started (continued)

LocalTalk Connection (Macintosh)

DIN-8 Connector

	RJ-11 Cable
Connector	Terminating	Connector
Box	Resistor	Box

Fig. 20 LocalTalk Connector Boxes, Resistors, and Cable

1.Turn off your computer.

2.Plug the DIN-8 connector on one LocalTalk connector box into the printer’s 8-pin LocalTalk port.

3.Plug the DIN-8 connector on the second LocalTalk connector box into the Macintosh’s printer port.

4.Connect the two LocalTalk connec- tor boxes with the RJ-11 phone cable (standard phone cable).

5.Plug the terminating resistors into the open sockets in the connector boxes.

Note: iMacs and Power Mac G4s do not have LocalTalk ports. These computers can be connected using Crossover/patch cables and the Ethernet port or they can be connected to LocalTalk

networks using Ethernet to LocalTalk adapters. Check your user’s manual for more informa- tion.

Parallel Connection (PC)

36-pin Connector	25-pin Connector
To Printer	To Host Computer

Fig. 21 Bidirectional Parallel Cable

1.Turn of your computer.

2.Plug the cable’s 36-pin connector into the printer’s parallel port and the 25-pin connector into the computer’s parallel port.

Serial Connection (PC)

25-pin

Connector to Printer: 9-pinConnector to PC: or 9-pin

Fig. 22 Serial Cables

1.Turn off your computer.

2.Plug the serial cable’s 9-pin male connector into the printer’s serial port.

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