4. Plug in the device and the computer.
5. Turn everything on.
6. Configure the device or other software if required.
Remember, never connect or disconnect anything other than a PCMCIA card from your
computer if anything is turned on. Turn the power to both the computer and the peripheral device
off before you connect them.
Connecting A Printer
You will most likely use at least a printer with your notebook. You may even have purchased a
portable model to take along with the computer. Whatever kind of printer you have, it is almost
certainly going to connect to the parallel port. You’ll need a standard parallel cable to connect
the printer, unless your printer comes with a special cable connector for the end that plugs into
the printer. Connect the end of the cable that matches the parallel port on the computer and
secure the cable to the computer by tightening the thumbwheels attached to the cable connector.
The standard configuration for the parallel port on the WinBookXP is LPT1 at address 378.
Refer to section six for more details.
To use a printer, you must configure a software printer driver in Windows. You can view a list of
drivers that come with Windows by clicking on the “Add>>” button in the Printers section of the
Windows Control Panel. The WinBookXP comes with a generic printer driver installed as the
default printer driver on the LPT1 port. This should allow you to at least print text for test
purposes on most printers. To test the connection, plug the printer into the LPT1 port, test print
some text from a text editor like DOS Edit or Windows Write. Once you’ve confirmed that your
printer works with the WinBook, you will want to install the specific printer driver that matches
your printer, so you can print both text and graphics.
If You Install A New Printer
You must have the Windows disks with you to install a printer driver, because the printer drivers
are not pre-loaded on the hard disk. Once you’ve installed the printer driver(s), you won’t need
to carry the disks with you to switch between various printers. If you want, you can delete the
generic text printer driver that comes installed on a system with pre-loaded software.f
If you want to install a driver for another printer, the basic procedure is as follows:
1. Open the Windows Control Panel.
2. Open the Printers section of the Control Panel.
3. Click on the Add>> button.
4. See if the printer you want to use is listed in the list of printers that appears.
5. If your printer is there, select its name and click on the Install button.
6. Follow the instructions for inserting the appropriate Windows printer driver disk and
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