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Oki B6100 User Guide 2-7
Connecting the Printer to the Host Computer
USB Port
The USB port of your printer provides a reliable, high-speed, bi-directional connection between
your printer and PC. The USB standard is designed to deliver complex, graphic-rich documents
to the printer with speed and accuracy. USB-enabled printers and PCs allow up to 127 devices
to be attached to a single USB port. With USB, fast, absolutely reliable,12Mbps communication
from your PC and printer is achieved.
OS Support
The USB port of your printer supports the following operating system environments:
■ Microsoft Windows 95b and 95c (also known as OSR 2.0, OSR 2.1 and OSR 2.5)
If you are using one of these operating systems, your PC may require an optional upgrade
to work properly with USB. This upgrade is called USBSUPP.EXE and is provided in the
\OTHER\USB directory of your Windows 95 CD-ROM. We do not supply this update. To
find out if your hardware/operating system combination supports USB, run the free pro-
gram USBREADY.EXE, available from www.usb.org.
■ Microsoft Windows 98 and 98se, ME, 2000, and XP
These operating systems come with complete support for USB. You should still run
USBREADY.EXE from www.usb.org to ensure that the required software and hardware
are installed.
■ Apple Mac OS 8.6 and above
This version of Apple’s operating system ships with the USB equipped systems and con-
tains the necessary code to support USB. No additional software or hardware should be
required.
Hardware Support
The USB port of your printer supports the following hardware:
■ Intel
Most recent Intel systems will contain the needed components. However, there are a num-
ber of older systems that, while having USB hardware, have an obsolete USB implemen-
tation. Your USB printer will not work with these older systems unless a separate USB
controller card is installed in your system. It is possible to have working hardware but not
have a physical port, in which case the proper connector must be purchased from the sys-
tem supplier.
NOTE: Systems made in 1996 and earlier probably do not support USB correctly on the motherboard;
systems made in 1997 may or may not properly support USB; and systems made since 1998
probably do support USB correctly.
■ Apple
The Apple iMac and G3/G4 systems come with working USB hardware and fully support
your USB printer. Older PCI-based Macintosh systems may be upgraded with a USB
card. This configuration should work with the correct version of the operating system.