Use this chapter to help you connect the printer to your PC or network and configure
the serial port for communications.
Connecting the Printer to Your System
You can connect the printer to a PC, a local area network, an AS/400 (or other
midrange), or a mainframe. This section explains how to connect the printer to any of
these systems.
This illustration shows you where to connect your system to the printer. You can use
any of these three ports on the rear of the printer:
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Serial communications port
Parallel port
Optional I/O board port (if you have an interface card installed)
Installing the Printer
Optional I/O
board port
Serial communications
port
Parallel port
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