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Getting Started
Installing additional memory (optional)
You can connect a USB-compatible printer to your computer
through the USB ports. To determine if the printer is USB-
compatible, check its documentation.
To achieve the connection, you need a suitable USB cable,
which may come with your printer. You can purchase one
from a computer or electronics store.
To connect a USB printer:
1
Plug the USB connector into one of the USB ports on
your computer
2
Plug the printer's power cable into a live AC outlet.
To connect a parallel printer:
1
Connect the printer cable to the printer and to the
computer's parallel port.
To the computer
Identifying the ends of a parallel printer cable
2
Plug the printer's power cable into a live AC outlet.
See your printer documentation for additional configuration
steps, or see "Setting up a printer," below.
Never connect the printer cable while the computer's power is
on. Doing so may damage the printer, the computer, or both.
Connecting the parallel printer cable while the computer is on
may damage the printer, the computer, or both.
To the printer
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