Winbook XP5 User Manual page 30

Remember, never connect or disconnect anything other than a PCMCIA card from your
computer if anything is turned on. Turn the power to both the computer and the peripheral device
off before you connect them.
[XP5 3-2]
Connecting A Printer
You will most likely use at least a printer with your notebook. You may even have purchased a
portable model to take along with the computer. Whatever kind of printer you have, it is almost
certainly going to connect to the parallel port. You'll need a standard parallel cable to connect the
printer, unless your printer comes with a special cable connector for the end that plugs into the
printer. Connect the end of the cable that matches the parallel port on the computer and secure
the cable to the computer by tightening the thumbwheels attached to the cable connector.
The standard configuration for the parallel port on the WinBookXP5 is LPTI at address 378.
Refer to section six for more details.
To use a printer, you must configure a printer driver in Windows by using the 'Add Printer'
Wizard. To do this, click on the 'Start' button and then point through the hierarchal menus to
reach the 'Printers' printer setup window. Point to 'Settings' and then to 'Printers' (or, to 'Control
Panel' and then double-click on 'Printers' to bring up the 'Printers' window.) Double-click on the
'Add Printer' icon and follow the 'Add Printer Wizard' instructions. This process is illustrated on
the next page.
The WinBookXP5 comes with the HP Laserjet 11 printer driver installed as the default printer
driver on the LPTI port. This should allow you to at least print text for test purposes on most
laser printers since most laser printers are compatible with the Lase@et 11. For dot matrix or
inkjet printers you must install a different driver. Printer drivers are located on the Windows
disks or on a disk that came with the printer. To test the connection, connect the printer to the
Printer port, test print some text from the Windows text editor.
[XP5 3-3]
Connecting A Monitor
The on-board video supports a broad range of CRT monitors. You can connect a standard,
multifrequency desktop monitor to the external monitor port on the computer. It is a standard 15-
pin VGA port. Though the LCD maximum resolution is 640 x 480 x 4096 colors, on an external
monitor CRT, it can produce resolutions up to 1024 x 768 x 256 colors. In practice, this means
you should be able to use any VGA or Super VGA monitor up to 21" inches with the
WinBookXP5, as long as it can support the resolutions the display controller produces. Any
standard multifrequency SVGA monitor can do this.
To connect an external monitor do as follows:
1.Turnoff the computer.