IBM Infoprint 6500-v05, Maintenance Manual

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If you already have a GENERIC TEXT ONLY printer, right click on it, select SET AS DEFAULT, then right click on it again
and go to PROPERTIES.
2. On the laptop, click on the PORTS tab, then click on the ADD PORT button. On the Printer Ports window, click on
STANDARD TCP/IP PORT and click on NEW PORT. On the next screen, select NEXT, then type in the printer’s IP
address (example: 192.168.1.103) in the top box of the ADD Standard TCP/IP Port Wizard window and leave the name
field alone, it will fill automatically. Hit NEXT and on the following screen select GENERIC NETWORK CARD and hit NEXT.
On the following screen hit FINISH.
NOTE: If you have already configured a TCP/IP port you can select the old port and reconfigure it by selecting the Configure
Port button.
3. On the laptop, while still on the PORTS tab, make sure your new TCP/IP port is selected and hit CONFIGURE PORT.
Make sure that RAW is selected under PROTOCOL and then hit OK.
4. On the the laptop, click on the ADVANCED tab of the GENERIC TEXT ONLY properties windown and make sure that Print
Directly To The Printer is selected. Next, click on the GENERAL tab and leave the laptop in this mode.
5. Connect the ethernet crossover cable from the laptop to the printer’s ethernet port, if you have not already done so.
6. On the laptop, from the GENERAL tab select the Print Test Page button at the bottom of the window.
IBM Coax/Twinax Expansion Board
This is the CT interface. To remove and install this board, see page 337.