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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:
Connecting the parallel printer cable while the computer is on
may damage the printer, the computer, or both.
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.
To the printer
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