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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 : \ E P L > d i r
V o l u m e i n d r i v e C h a s n o
l a b e l
D i r e c t o r y o f C : \EPL
• <DIR>
1 1 - 2 0 - 9 0 6 : 2 6 p
. .
PRNTWIN3 BAT
<DIR> 1 1 - 2 0 - 9 0 6 : 2 6 p
166 1 1 - 2 0 - 9 0 2 : 0 9 p
REABWIN3 BAT 1 0 4
1 1 - 2 0 - 9 0
2 : 0 7 p
READWIN2 BAT 1 0 4 1 1 - 2 0 - 9 0 2 : 5 2 p
PRNTWIN2 BAT 166
1 1 - 2 0 - 9 0 2 : 5 3 p
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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Testing and Connecting Your Printer