Connecting The Printer To Your Computer - Commodore VIC-1525 User Manual

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3.4
Print Starting
Position
To
get
an
idea
as to
where your
printer
will start
the actual typing,
see
the
figure
below. Notice
that printing
starts at
the position
about
30mm
in
from
the
left
edge of
the
printer.
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4.
Connecting
the Printer
to
Your Computer
To
connect your
printer to
your
Commodore
computer,
please
follow
the
instructions
in
the
order
listed
below.
a.
Make
sure that
both your
computer and
printer
have
their
power
turned
OFF.
Connect
one
end
of
the 6-pin
DIN
cable to the
connector
holes
located
in
the
back
of
your
printer
at
the
lower
left.
This
cable
is
"keyed"
so that
you
cannot
plug
the cable
in
the
wrong
way.
This
means
that the pins
should be positioned
so that a
slight
pressure
will
seat
the cable properly.
You
should not have
to force these pins
in,
and
doing
so
could
damage
your
cable.
Connect
the other
end
of
the cable to
your computer
in
the
Serial
Port
Connector
located
in
the
back
of
your computer.
Make
sure
that
you
are
"keying"
the pins properly into the
connector with 6
holes
(see
Photos,
Fig. 2.8).
Now
plug
the
printer's
power
cord
into a
standard
AC
wall
outlet.
However,
please
do
NOT
turn
the
equipment on
yet.
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