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Getting Started (continued)
LocalTalk Connection (Macintosh)
DIN-8 Connector
RJ-11 Cable
Connector
Terminating
Box
Resistor
Fig. 20 LocalTalk Connector Boxes, Resistors,
and Cable
1. Turn off your computer.
2. Plug the DIN-8 connector on one
LocalTalk connector box into the
printer's 8-pin LocalTalk port.
3. Plug the DIN-8 connector on the
second LocalTalk connector box into
the Macintosh's printer port.
4. Connect the two LocalTalk connec-
tor boxes with the RJ-11 phone cable
(standard phone cable).
Connector
Box
5. Plug the terminating resistors into
the open sockets in the connector
boxes.
Note:
iMacs and Power Mac G4s do
not have LocalTalk ports. These
computers can be connected
using Crossover/patch cables
and the Ethernet port or they
can be connected to LocalTalk
networks using Ethernet to
LocalTalk adapters. Check your
user's manual for more informa-
tion.
Parallel Connection (PC)
36-pin Connector
To Printer
Fig. 21 Bidirectional Parallel Cable
1. Turn of your computer.
2. Plug the cable's 36-pin connector
into the printer's parallel port and
the 25-pin connector into the
computer's parallel port.
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Serial Connection (PC)
Connector to Printer: 9-pin
25-pin Connector
To Host Computer
Fig. 22 Serial Cables
1. Turn off your computer.
2. Plug the serial cable's 9-pin male
connector into the printer's serial
port.
25-pin
Connector to PC:
or
9-pin
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