Setting up the communications port, Setting up the communications port -2, Interfaces – Lexmark C762 User Manual

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Interfaces

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Setting Up the Communications Port

You must establish communication between your printer and computer. To do this, you
define your communications port in the application you are using. Instructions for
several applications or operating systems are as follows.

Setting Up the Communications Port Using Windows 95/98/Me

In your Windows 95/98/Me application:

1

On the Menu bar, click

Start

.

2

Click

Settings

.

3

Click

Control Panel

. The Control Panel screen appears.

4

Double-click the

System

icon. The System Properties screen appears.

5

Click the

Device Manager

tab.

6

Scroll down to Ports and click the

+

once to expand the list of available Ports.

7

Double-click the communications port you want to configure.

8

Click the

Properties

button at the bottom of the screen.

The Communications Port Properties screen for this specific port displays. For
example, if you select the COM1 port, then the Communications Port [COM1]
Properties screen displays.

9

Click the

Port Settings

tab.

10

Fill out the fields for the following printer settings to make them match your
printer settings:

Bits per second

Data bits

Parity

Stop bits

Flow Control

Note:

For Flow Control, select Hardware if you want DTR protocol or Xon/

Xoff for Xon/Xoff protocol.

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