Interface - Ricoh Aficio 401 Operating Instructions Manual

This section provides information on the types of connectors and cables you
use to connect your printer to your host computer. You can connect the
printer to your host computer using either a parallel or a serial port. It is your
responsibility to provide the cable necessary for the interface you want to
use to connect to your host computer. The cable is not provided with the
machine.
To use the machine with a PC network, you can connect to the network in
one of the following ways:
Connect the machine to a computer that is connected to a local area
network (LAN). If the printing software for the network resides on the
computer to which you connect the machine, this computer can act as
a print server, spooling and managing print jobs for the users on the
network.
Directly connect the machine to an Ethernet or Token Ring LAN by
providing the appropriate physical connection. When you connect to
the network in this manner, you do not have to dedicate a specific
computer as the print server.
Regardless of how you connect to the network, you will probably choose to
use a parallel interface for your connection as this interface can handle
more data than the serial interface in a shorter period of time.
Refer to the "Setting up the Printer" chapter in this manual for information
on how to connect the printer to your host computer.
SPECIFICATIONS

INTERFACE

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