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10.
Tighten the bracket’s screws.
11.
Make sure the printer’s power switch is in the OFF position, then
replace the power cord.
12.
Turn on the printer. After the printer is READY, perform an interface
self-test (to verify the Card’s operation) by selecting that option
through the print-er’s front panel. First, take the printer offline, then
use the “Menu” button to scroll through the HP menus until you reach
the MIO menu associated with the Twinax Card. Press “Item” to
display the Card’s Test Menu. Press “+” to display the Self-Test option
and press “Select” or “Enter” to activate it. Return to the operating
mode by pressing the “Online” button. A self-test will print out
immediately. A sample page is shown in Figure 3-1 on page 13; 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.
4.2 Connecting to the Host
Take the following steps to connect the printer through the Card to your
IBM host system.
1.
Power off the printer.
2.
Attach the twinax V-cable to the DB9 connector marked “Twinax” on
the Card.
3.
Tighten the thumbscrews on each side of the V-cable’s DB9 connector
to secure it to the Card.
4.
Attach the twinax cable from the host or controller to one of the the V-
cable’s twinax connectors. If other twinax peripherals are going to be
on the same line, attach the cable running to the nearest of those to
the other twinax connector on the V-cable. The V-cable automat-ically
terminates when you attach one twinax cable and automatically cables
through when you attach two cables.
5.
Power on the printer, then 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
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