Installing The Printer And Drivers - Digital Equipment DECcolorwriter 1000 Service Manual

Chapter
2
Installing the Printer and
Drivers
Chapter 2 "Installing the Printer and Drivers." The first portion of installation
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instructions, this chapter, consists of five basic processes:
Pre-installation interview. This is a phone interview to verify that the customer
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is ready for the printer. The interview verifies that the customer has a suitable
place for the printer with the proper environment. The call also verifies that
any assistance, such as network system administration, will be available for the
scheduled installation and that all necessary cables will be available.
Unpacking. This is the procedure for taking the printer out of its shipping box.
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Testing. This checks that the printer works properly prior to connecting it to a
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host computer.
Cabling and configuring. This discusses setting up the printer for
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communicating to the appropriate host computers.
Loading drivers. This covers installing software on the host computers and
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configuring the host applications to drive the printer.
Following these steps, proceed to Chapter 3 and then Chapter 4.
Chapter 3 "Verifying the Printer and Its Hosts" explains how to verify that the
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printer, the host driver and the connection between them function correctly.
Chapter 4 "Key Operator Training" gives a procedure for training the user to
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use and care for the printer.
This chapter discusses installing the printer and its drivers.
Installation consists of three main functions detailed in this
and the next two chapters of this manual:
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