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Printer Cables, Installation Procedure, Printers/Plotters, Actions

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Connecting Cables Printer Connections Printer Cables For connection to the board computer high-density parallel port, depending on what printer you have and whether you select parallel or serial data exchange, you will need to select from the following: • HP A4300A (HP Parallel): high-density 25-pin to standard 25-pin "F" • HP A4301A (Serial): 9-pin high density to standard 9-pin "M" Other standard cables may be required, depending on the selected printer. Installation Procedure Follow these steps to install your printer: 1 Log in as root. If you do not know how, or do not have permission to log in as root, ask your system administrator for help. 2 Run SAM by typing the following command: /usr/sbin/sam Enter If you need help using SAM, press the F1 key to obtain context-sensitive information for the object at the location of the cursor. Use the arrow keys and Tab to move the highlighted areas around the screen. Press Enter to "choose" an item when illuminated (such as OK). 3 At the SAM opening screen, choose the following: Printers and Plotters 4 Choose Printers/Plotters from the next screen. The system displays a message if there are no printers connected to your system. Make sure you have a printer connected. Choose OK or press Enter. 5 From the Actions menu (on the menu bar at the top of the screen), choose the following: Add Local Printer/Plotter 2-18

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Connecting Cables
Printer Connections
Printer Cables
For connection to the board computer high-density parallel port, depending
on what printer you have and whether you select parallel or serial data
exchange, you will need to select from the following:
•
HP A4300A (HP Parallel): high-density 25-pin to standard 25-pin “F”
•
HP A4301A (Serial): 9-pin high density to standard 9-pin “M”
Other standard cables may be required, depending on the selected printer.
Installation Procedure
Follow these steps to install your printer:
1
Log in as
root
. If you do not know how, or do not have permission to log
in as root, ask your system administrator for help.
2
Run SAM by typing the following command:
/usr/sbin/sam
Enter
If you need help using SAM, press the
F1
key to obtain context-sensitive
information for the object at the location of the cursor.
Use the arrow keys and
Tab
to move the highlighted areas around the
screen. Press
Enter
to “choose” an item when illuminated (such as OK).
3
At the SAM opening screen, choose the following:
Printers and Plotters
4
Choose
Printers/Plotters
from the next screen.
The system displays a message if there are no printers connected to your
system. Make sure you have a printer connected. Choose
OK
or press
Enter
.
5
From the
Actions
menu (on the menu bar at the top of the screen),
choose the following:
Add Local Printer/Plotter