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Connecting Your Printer
Connecting the Printer Directly to a Computer
Connecting the Printer to the Network
Using the Reset Button
Your Dell™ 3130cn Color Laser Printer interconnection cable must meet the following requirements:
Connection type Connection specifications
Parallel
IEEE 1284
USB
USB 2.0
Wireless
IEEE802.11b/802.11g
Ethernet
10 Base-T/100 Base-TX
1 Parallel Port
2
USB Port
3 Wireless Printer Adapter Socket
4 Ethernet Port
Connecting the Printer Directly to a Computer
A local printer is a printer attached to your computer using a USB or parallel cable. If your printer is attached to a
network instead of your computer, skip this section and go to "
Connecting the Printer to the Network
".
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000, Windows XP, Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Windows Server
®
2003, Windows Server 2003 x64
Edition, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 64-bit Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit Edition, Windows
Vista
®
, Windows Vista 64-bit Edition, Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit Edition and Mac OS
®
X or later operating systems
support USB connections. Some UNIX
®
and Linux computers also support USB connections. See your computer operating
system documentation to see if your system supports USB.