User`s guide

Connecting via the AppleTalk Port
Connecting to the LocalTalk port involves basically three steps:
assembling the proper interface cabling (use a LocalTalk-type kit
such as Farallon’s PhoneNET, available from your QMS vendor),
making the connection, and making sure the necessary printing
files are installed on the Macintosh
The AppleTalk port is used to print if
■ Your host is any member of the Apple Macintosh family,
such as the Macintosh SE, II, IIci, IIfx, IIcx, or Quadra.
The instructions in this chapter explain how to connect a
Macintosh to the QMS 860 Print System.
■ Your host is an IBM PC or compatible microcomputer,
workstation, minicomputer, or mainframe computer that
connects through a print network (such as TOPS or
AppleShare) using LocalTalk-type connectors and boxes.
If you are connecting to a host such as these, you may need
additional hardware or software. See your host or network
documentation for details specific to your setup.
Macintosh Interface Cabling
To connect your printer to a Macintosh (fig. 3.2), you must have
two PhoneNET-type transformer boxes: one with a DIN-8
connector for the printer port and one with a DIN-8 connector for
the Macintosh port. You also need an RJ11 (telephone) cable and
enough terminating resistors to close any open sockets left in the
transformer boxes after the connection is made. (You need two
terminating resistors if you are connecting the printer to a single
Macintosh.)
Chapter 3
Printer-Host Interface 3-5