Radio Shack 26-184 - Manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL —
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Thank you for purchasing the RadioShack
6 ft. USB to Parallel Printer Cable. This
printer cable lets you connect a printer with a
traditional IEEE-1284 parallel interface to a
USB (Universal Serial Bus) interface. This
cable is compatible with most printers that
have a 36-pin socket, and fully compatible
with USB host device drivers. The cable
uses single chip (ASIC) USB to parallel for
full speed communication. It supports both
true bi-directional communication, and
standard PC parallel port register based
operation. It is both USB Specification Rev.
1.1 compliant and IEEE-1284 1994 (bi-
directional parallel interface) specification
compliant. Since the cable is powered by the
USB port, it has a very low power
consumption.
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Your computer must be an IBM
PC-compatible with an Intel-compatible
486DX-66 MHz CPU or higher. It must have
one standard 4-pin USB port with the
symbol.
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Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows ME,
Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
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1. Turn on your computer.
2. Make sure the USB port is enabled and
works properly.
3. Plug the USB plug into the USB port.
Depending on which operating system you
have, Windows will detect a USB device and
the corresponding Wizard will be initiated.
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Windows 98 detects the RadioShack USB to
Parallel Printer Cable device and runs the
Add New Hardware Wizard to help you
installing the driver software for the printer.
1. Click Next to continue.
2. Insert the supplied USB to parallel
printer cable driver diskette into the
floppy disk drive.
3. Select Search for the best driver for
your device (Recommended), and
click Next to continue.
4. Select Floppy disk drives, and click
Next to continue. Windows will detect
the driver (A:\PARUPL.INF) and shows
the RadioShack USB to Parallel Printer
Cable device.
5. Click Next to continue installation.
6. When Windows reports it has finished
installing the software required for the
new RadioShack USB to Parallel
Printer Cable device, click Finish.
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Windows ME detects the RadioShack
USB to Parallel Printer Cable device
and runs the
Add New Hardware
Wizard to help you installing the driver
software for the printer.
1. Insert the supplied USB to parallel
printer cable driver diskette into the
floppy disk drive.
Parallel Connector
USB (Universal Serial Bus)
Connector
Connectors are gold-plated to
deliver the best signal possible.
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You cannot operate this printer cable with
Windows 95.
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• Installation driver in floppy diskette (for
Windows 98, Windows 98SE and Windows
ME. (The driver is pre-installed in Windows
2000, and Windows XP.)
• 6 ft. USB to Parallel Printer Cable
• This Owner’s Manual
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