Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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Printer Problems
Transferring Information to a New
Computer With Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP
The Windows XP operating system provides a
Files and Settings Transfer
Wizard
to move data, such as e-mails, window sizes, toolbar settings, and
Internet bookmarks, from one computer to another. First you collect the
data from the source computer, and then you import the data to the new
computer.
If the source computer uses another Windows operating system, you can
launch the wizard from the Windows XP operating system CD or from a
floppy disk created on the computer that is running Windows XP. You can
C
H EC K
T H E
PR I NT E R
CAB LE
CO NN E CT I ON S
—
Ensure that the printer
cable is properly connected to the computer.
T
ES T
T H E
E LEC T RI CA L
O UT LET
—
Ensure that the electrical outlet is
working by testing it with another device, such as a lamp.
E
N S U RE
T H AT
T HE
P R IN T E R
I S
T UR N ED
ON
—
See the documentation
supplied with the printer.
V
ER I FY
T H AT
W
I N DO W S ®
RE CO GN I Z ES
T HE
P RI N T ER
1
Click the
Start
button.
2
Click
Control Panel
.
3
Click
Printers and Other Hardware
.
4
Click
View installed printers or fax printers
. If the printer model is listed,
right-click the printer icon.
5
Click
Properties,
and then click the
Ports
tab. Ensure that the
Print to the
following port(s):
setting is
LPT1 (Printer Port)
.
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