HP Model 744 HP Model 744 Owner's Guide - Page 98

Add Serial RS-232C Printer/Plotter, Add Local Printer/Plotter

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Connecting Cables Printer Connections 6 Choose an appropriate selection on the sub-menu giving options for Parallel, Serial, HP-IB, and so on. A screen provides you with the information on available parallel or serial interfaces. 7 If you chose Add Serial (RS-232C) Printer/Plotter, more than one serial interface could be listed. The serial interfaces are listed in ascending order. The lowest-numbered serial interface corresponds to the lowest-numbered serial connector on your system. Choose the one to which your printer is connected. 8 Choose OK. A display opens for Add Local Printer/Plotter. 9 Choose the box labeled Printer Name and enter your printer name for the new printer (see "Printer Interface," earlier in this chapter). 10 Choose Printer/Model Interface. 11 Use the arrow keys to scroll down the next screen. Find the Model Name of your printer. Choose OK or press Enter when your printer is highlighted. 12 In the Add Local Printer/Plotter display, select and choose the box labeled: Make this the system default printer 13 Choose OK. 14 If the print spooler was not previously running, a screen appears with the question: Do you want to start the print spooler now? Choose Yes or press Enter. 15 The system displays a confirmation screen asking if your printer is turned on, connected to your system, and online. Check your printer to ensure that it is ready, and press Enter. 16 The system displays the message Task completed. Press Enter. 17 Exit the task and press the Exit SAM function key. 4-18

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Connecting Cables
Printer Connections
6
Choose an appropriate selection on the sub-menu giving options for Par-
allel, Serial, HP-IB, and so on.
A screen provides you with the information on available parallel or serial
interfaces.
7
If you chose
Add Serial (RS-232C) Printer/Plotter
, more
than one serial interface could be listed. The serial interfaces are listed in
ascending order. The lowest-numbered serial interface corresponds to the
lowest-numbered serial connector on your system. Choose the one to
which your printer is connected.
8
Choose
OK
.
A display opens for
Add Local Printer/Plotter
.
9
Choose the box labeled
Printer Name
and enter your printer name for
the new printer (see “Printer Interface,” earlier in this chapter).
10
Choose
Printer/Model Interface
.
11
Use the arrow keys to scroll down the next screen. Find the Model Name
of your printer. Choose
OK
or press
Enter
when your printer is highlight-
ed.
12
In the
Add Local Printer/Plotter
display, select and choose the
box labeled:
Make this the system default printer
13
Choose
OK
.
14
If the print spooler was not previously running, a screen appears with the
question:
Do you want to start the print spooler now?
Choose
Yes
or press
Enter
.
15
The system displays a confirmation screen asking if your printer is turned
on, connected to your system, and online. Check your printer to ensure
that it is ready, and press
Enter
.
16
The system displays the message
Task completed
. Press
Enter
.
17
Exit the task and press the
Exit SAM
function key.