Alps Electric MD-1300, User Manual

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Connecting Cables
When your printer is properly set up, connect the printer to your computer with a
SCSI cable and to a suitable AC power source with the power cord.
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Connect the printer to your computer.
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Connect a power cord to the printer.
Connecting the printer to your computer
1. Make sure that the power to your computer is completely
turned off. If the computer is running, quit all running ap-
plications, shut down the system, and turn off the power.
Caution
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Power to the printer and computer must be completely dis-
connected before connecting or disconnecting the SCSI cable
or terminator. (They must be unplugged.) Otherwise damage
or malfunction may result.
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Use a high-impedance SCSI cable and an active terminator
for best results.
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Using other types of cables can cause the printer to malfunc-
tion.
2. Connect the printer to the computer with a SCSI cable.
Secure the printer cable to the connectors on the printer
and on the computer.
Also, you must attach a terminator to the printer if the printer is
the last peripheral on the SCSI chain.
Check the SCSI device number
Make sure the device number for the printer is set correctly.
Each SCSI device connected to the computer must have a
unique SCSI device number.(The printer device number is set
to 6 at the factory. The device number is changed using the
DIP switches next to the connector. For more details, refer to
“Specifications” in Appendix.) If two devices have the same
device number, they will not work properly.
SCSI cable
Getting Your Printer Ready
Interface connector
DIP switches
Terminator