You can connect the 3240 printer to almost any system available and establish
communications. Use this chapter for
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Connecting the Printer to Your System
You can connect your 3240 printer to a PC, a local area network, an AS/400 (or
other midrange computer), or a mainframe. This section provides the
information necessary for connecting to any of these systems.
This illustration shows you where to connect your system to the printer. You
can use either of these two ports on the rear of the printer:
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connecting the printer to your system.
verifying communications between the printer and your system.
configuring the serial port.
customizing the printer for your applications.
Serial communications port
Optional I/O board port (if you have an adapter card installed)
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Connecting the Printer
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