IBM 5256 User And Setup Manual page 24

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The cable that you must connect to your printer plugs into a socket on
the rear access panel on the back of the printer. This panel resembles
either illustration A or illustration B.
Illustration A
Illustration B
Cable Sockets
Cable
Socket--~--....;~
2. If the Rear Access Panel resembles illustration A,
plug into the cable socket as shown in Figure 1.
After plugging in the cable, proceed to
Printer
Checkout
if your printer attaches to a 5251 Display
Station Model 2 or 12, a System/34, or a
System/3S. If your printer
does not
attach to a 5251
Display Station Model 2 or 12, a System/34, or a
System/3S, go to the system setup procedure
manual and do the checkout procedure listed for
the printer.
If the Rear Access Panel resembles illustration B,
plug into the lower socket. See
Figure 1
for
directions on plugging the cable in. After plugging
the cable in, proceed to
Setting the Switches
on the
following page.
a. Line up the widest
slot in the cable
Kevfl
Widest Slot
connector with the
~'
key In the cable socket.
q= ,/
b. Push the connector into the
cable socket; then turn the
retaining ring until it is tight.
Figure 1. Connecting Cable to Socket
Retaining Ring