User`s guide

Rockhopper II series printers – User’s Guide
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AP-75095, Rev. 2.1, 18/08/2005
4.8. CONNECTING THE PRINTER TO YOUR PC
How to connect the printer to your PC.
4.8.1. System requirements
To use your printer with the driver, you need a PC that fulfills the following system requirements.
System OS Windows 2000 Professional
CPU Pentium III 1 GHz or higher
Memory (RAM) 512 MB or more
Hard disk space 10 GB or more
Notes :
• The memory requirements may vary depending on the type of applications you are
using and the complexity of the document you want to print.
• MUTOH recommends you to use a hard disk and bulk memory as large as
possible.
4.8.2. Selecting cables
This printer is compatible with following interfaces:
¾ Centronics interface
¾ Network interface
The following cables are necessary to connect your printer to the computer. Prepare appropriate cables
according to the computer to be connected.
¾ Centronics interface: Centronics interface cable
¾ Network interface: 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet cable that is compatible with both.
(Category 5)
Notes :
• See below for the connection procedure.
o Refer to ‘Connecting the Centronics interface’
o Refer to ‘Connecting the network interface’
• Refer to "Interface Specifications" for the connection procedure.