Connecting To The Printer - Intermec 6820 Series User Manual

Connecting to the Printer

Disconnect this terminal holder
ribbon cable from the floor of
the printer cavity
6820 Series 80-Column Printer User's Manual
Chapter 4
Connect your printer to your desktop computer via a serial cable. The seri-
al COM Port connector on either your Fixed Mount Printer or your Por-
table Printer is on your printer mechanism, the same side as the green
thumb wheel.
COM Port connector
Be sure to locate and disconnect the gray terminal holder ribbon cable
connector from the floor of the printer cavity. The cable is located behind
the printer mechanism on the same side as the green thumb wheel and is
the one that is not attached to the printer mechanism.
Intermec provides a printer configuration utility based on several operating
systems that may be used on your host computer. Below are the operating
systems for which the configuration utility is written. Select your operating
system, then go to that page to begin instructions for your particular con-
figuration utility.
S If your host computer has either Windows 95 or Windows 98, go to
page 36 for instructions.
S If your host computer has Windows 2000 or Windows XP, go to page
50.
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Using the 6820 Printer Configuration Utility
Ignore this cable attached
to the printer mechanism.
Printer
mechanism
(raised)
Reset button
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