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A self-test will print out immediately. A sample page is shown in Figure
3-1 on the next page of this manual; the values shown for the options
are the factory defaults.
Alternatively, if your printer doesn’t have a front panel, you can print
a printer self-test: The Twinax Card’s settings will print on the bottom
portion of the HP printout.
7.
Power off the printer.
8.
Attach the twinax V-cable to the DB9 connector marked “Twinax” on
the Card.
9.
Tighten the thumbscrews on each side of the V-cable to secure it to
the Card.
10.
Attach the twinax cable(s) that run to the host or controller to the V-
cable. The V-cable automatically terminates when you attach one
other cable and automatically “cables through” when you attach two
other cables.
11.
Power on the printer, and send a print job from the host to verify that
it is printing correctly. The Card is shipped from the factory with its
twinax address set to 0 (zero); to set it differently, see the entry for
host/PC-download command 00 in
Section 5.3
.
Optional: If you also want to use the printer from a PC, take these
additional steps:
12.
Power off the printer.
13.
Attach the DB25 connector of a standard PC parallel-printer cable to
the PC.
14.
Attach the cable’s 36-pin Centronics
®
connector to the connector on
the Card marked “Auto Sharing/Parallel.”
15.
Power on the printer and send a print job from the PC to verify that it
is printing correctly.
