Setting Up The Communications Port - Lexmark X940E Technical Reference

Setting Up the Communications Port

You must establish communication between your printer and computer. To do this, you
define your communications port in the operating system you are using.
Setting Up the Communications Port
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Do one of the following:
For Windows NT 4.0
a
Click Start, and then click Settings.
Click Control Panel.
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From the Control Panel dialog, double-click the Ports icon.
The Ports dialog appears.
Select the port you want to configure, and then click Settings.
For all other Windows operating systems
a
Click , or click Start and then click Run.
In the Start Search or Run box, type
The Device Manager opens.
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Expand the list of ports, and then double-click the port you want to
configure.
Configure the following settings to match your printer by filling out the fields:
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Bits per second (unavailable in Windows NT 4.0)
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Data bits
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Parity
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Stop bits
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Flow Control
Note: For Flow Control, select Hardware if you want DTR protocol or Xon/
Xoff for Xon/Xoff protocol.
Click OK.
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, and then press Enter.
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