Xerox 300x User Manual

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Getting Set Up
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Phaser 300X Color Printer
Serial connection
9-pin serial connector
The printer uses a 9-pin serial plug on the rear panel for connection to serial 
devices.  Both 9-socket to 9-socket and 9-socket to 25-socket null-modem 
serial cables are available from Tektronix; refer to “Interface cables and 
Ethernet adapters” on page 4.
Note
Use a “null-modem” serial cable.  An ordinary serial cable may 
cause communication problems.  You can purchase null-modem 
cables from Tektronix.  Refer to “Interface cables and Ethernet 
adapters” on page 5-4.
1.
Connect a serial interface cable to your computer and to the 
printer’s serial
 
port.
2.
Set the Baud Rate switch, Switch 7, on the rear panel:
Set Switch 7 down for a variable baud rate.  (The default baud rate is 
9600, the fastest rate available on this port; to change the baud rate 
to a setting other than 9600, refer to the Phaser 300X Drivers and 
Utilities Printing Reference
.)
Set Switch 7 up for a fixed baud rate of 1200.
Note
If your computer is a PC:  After you turn on the printer and install 
software on your PC, you must set up your PC’s serial port to match the 
settings you have selected for the printer’s serial port.  Refer to “Installing 
software on your computer” on page 17 for W
indows or “Setting up PC 
ports (DOS)” on page 2-18 for DOS. 
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