Printer Ports Overview; Required Equipment: Parallel - Xante PlateMaker 4 Installation Manual

Printer Ports Overview

Your printer has standard parallel, 10/100BaseT Ethernet (EtherTalk, LPR, TCP/IP,
and IPP), and USB ports (fig. 1.30). These simultaneously active interfaces can receive
jobs from different operating environments without hardware switching.
ETHERNET
Fig. 1.30 Printer Ports
Selecting the Printer Interface
Connect to the printer appropriate interface for your host computer or network
environment.
With a parallel connection, the PC to printer distance for a PC without Ethernet
should be less than 10 ft. (3 m). With an Ethernet connection, you need a UTP
connection.

Required Equipment: Parallel

Use a bidirectional or IEEE 1284 parallel printer cable to connect your PC and printer
(fig. 1.31) via the parallel port. The cable's printer end has a 36-pin male connector;
the computer end has a 25-pin male connector.
36-pin Connector
To Printer
Fig. 1.31 Parallel Cable
See "Parallel Connection" in chapter 3 for details on connecting this cable to the
printer and your computer.
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PARALLEL
25-pin Connector
To Host Computer