Printer Ports

All the Accel-a-Writer 3 series printers have standard LocalTalk, serial, parallel, and Ethernet ports. These simultaneously active interfaces can receive jobs from different operating environments without hardware switching.

(UTP)

(Coaxial)

Fig. 2.27 Printer Ports

Selecting the Printer Interface

Connect to the printer interface that is appropriate for your host computer or network environment:

Macintosh without Ethernet

LocalTalk Port

PC without Ethernet

 

 

PC/Printer distance

< 10 ft. (3 m)

Parallel Port

PC/Printer distance

> 10 ft. (3 m),

 

 

< 25 ft. (7.6 m)

Serial Port

Ethernet connection

 

UTP or Coaxial

Connecting to the LocalTalk Port

Use the following equipment to connect your printer to a Macintosh computer via the LocalTalk port (fig. 2.27).

Two LocalTalk connector boxes with DIN-8 connectors

A standard phone cable (RJ-11)

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Xante 3 Series warranty Printer Ports, Selecting the Printer Interface, Connecting to the LocalTalk Port