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Connecting the Printer to Your Computer
Testing the computer-to-printer connection
To make sure you properly connected your computer to your
printer, follow these steps before you begin working with your
application software:
1.
Turn on your computer; then turn on your printer.
2.
A DOS prompt should apear on your computer screen.
C:>
If you do not have a C drive, A: > or B: > may appear.
3.
Type DIR and press Enter. The screen shows a directory listing
of the files in the designated drive.
4.
Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard once.
5.
Press ON LINE to set your printer off line. Then press the
FEED button to print the data in the printer’s buffer. The
printer prints what is on your screen. It should look something
like this:
C:\EPL>dir
Volume in drive C has no label
Directory of C : \EPL
•
<DIR>
11-20-90 6:26p
..
PRNTWIN3 BAT
<DIR>
11-20-90
6:26p
166
11-20-90 2:09p
REABWIN3 BAT 104
11-20-90
2:07p
READWIN2 BAT
104 11-20-90 2:52p
PRNTWIN2 BAT 166
11-20-90
2:53p
6.
If nothing prints or the results are not what you expect, make
sure that you used the proper cable, that the cable is connected
securely to both the computer and the printer, and that you
selected the appropriate interface.
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