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Connecting the printer directly to your computer
You can connect the printer directly to your computer with a serial cable. If
you want to add the printer to a LocalTalk network, see the next section,
“Connecting to a LocalTalk Network.” You cannot connect the printer both
ways.
1Plug the cable into the interface port on the printer.
You can use the serial cable that came with your printer, or you can use a
LocalTalk kit and plug a LocalTalk cable into the same port.
2Plug the other end of the cable into the printer port on your computer.
If your computer is connected to a network, a network cable may already be
connected to the printer port ([). In that case, use the modem port (W).
Remember which port on the computer you use. Later you must tell the
printer software where to look for the printer.
Some PowerBook computers that have an internal modem installed cannot
tell that the printer is plugged in. You must change a setting in the PowerBook
Setup or Express Modem control panel. For details, see “Special Information
for PowerBook Owners” in the section “Telling Your Computer to Use the
Color StyleWriter 4500,” later in this chapter.
Connect this end of the cable
to either the printer port or
the modem port, which are
labeled with these icons.
Some Macintosh
computers have a
combined serial port
with two icons.
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