EPSON ® Connect Your Macintosh® Computer to Epson Laser Printers Installation Guide for N ActionLaser™ 1000 N ActionLaser 1500 l EPL-8000 CPD-1310
Epson Talk™ Connect Your Macintosh® Computer to Epson Laser Printers Epson Talk allows you to use an Epson printer with your Macintosh computer. Use this Installation Guide to install Epson Talk quickly. If you require further details, please read the manuals enclosed, Epson Interface Card for LocalTalk™ C823121 and Epson PostScript™ Card C826091 User’s Guide, along with your printer manual. What You Need for Installation Ci A minimum of 2.
Installing the Interface Card 1. Make sure that both the printer and computer are turned off and that all power and interface cables are removed from the printer. Caution: e Avoid touching the printer circuits or card circuit board contacts. Otherwise, you may damage them. 2. Turn your printer so that its interface cover or shield plate faces you. 3. Use a screwdriver to remove the screws securing the cover or shield plate; then lift it off. ActionLaser 1000/1500 EPL-8000 4.
5. Secure the interface with the two screws provided with the card. 6. Attach your LocalTalk cable to the LocalTalk port (indicated by the f icon) on the interface card. (Do not use the serial port.) Then plug the other end of the cable into your computer. 7. Plug the power cord into your printer and an electrical outlet. Installing the PostScript Card e Caution: Cl Do not insert the card while the printer is turned on. 0 Do not touch the gold connectors along the card’s edge.
- Selecting PostScript You need to change the emulation or mode setting through SelecType before you can use PostScript. The SelecType instructions below enable you to assign PostScript quickly. If you need more detailed instructions on using SelecType, see your printer manual Note: Be sure to install the interface and PostScript cards first. Otherwise, the PostScript emulation or mode aloes not appear as a SelecType option on the printer display. For the ActionLaser 1000 and 1500 1.
11. Click LaserWriter in the Chooser menu. The name of your printer appears in the Select a LaserWriter box. Click on the name of your printer and then close the Chooser. Note: If the LaserWriter printer driver is not yet installed on your computer, you can find it on one of your Macintosh System disks. Follow your computer manual instructions to install it on your Macintosh. 12. begin printing using your application software.
11. Press b twice to save the CH O PS setting. 12. Press 4 twice to return to the READY message. 13. Press the ON LINE button. Note: The READY message may not show O PS (indicating the optional interface and PostScript) until after your first print job is sent from your computer to the printer each time you turn on your printer. 14. Make sure that AppleTalk is active in the Chooser under the Apple menu on your Macintosh. 15. Click LaserWriter in the Chooser menu.
