Connecting The Printer To Your Macintosh; Using The Built-In Serial Interface - Epson Stylus Color 850 User Manual

Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh

There are two ways to connect the printer to your Macintosh,
using the printer's built-in serial interface or using an optional
interface card.

Using the built-in serial interface

To use the printer's built-in serial interface, you will need
an Apple System Peripheral-8 cable. Read the following steps
to connect the printer to your Macintosh.
1. Make sure both your printer and Macintosh are switched off.
2. Connect one end of the interface cable to the serial connector
on the back of the printer.
3. Connect the other end of the interface cable to either the
modem port or printer port on the Macintosh. The ports are
marked with the following icons.
modem port
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