Connect Your Printer To Your Computer - Brother HL-730 Quick Setup Manual

English: HL-YL Quick Setup Guide, Body
Action 4: Connect Your Printer to Your Computer
You must connect the printer to your computer with a suitable interface cable. A bi-directional
IEEE 1284 compliant parallel cable is used for this connection, unless you are using the
optional serial interface board.
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NOTE
The printer can also operate with an RS-232C/RS-422A serial interface by installing the
optional serial interface board. In some countries it might be pre-installed. For more
information, see "CHAPTER 4 OPTIONS" in the User's Guide.
For the location of your computer's parallel (or serial, if you are using the optional interface
board) printer port, refer to the User's Guide of your computer.
Make sure that the printer power switch is
off before connecting or disconnecting the
interface cable.
Also, make sure that the computer is turned
off.
Connect the parallel interface cable to the
parallel interface port of the printer. (
Secure the connection with the wire clips.
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Connect the interface cable to the printer
port of the computer.
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