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Acer ACP45 USB port replicator User Manual

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Acer Port Replicator

Connecting a Parallel
Printer

To connect a parallel printer:

1 Attach the cable connector to the parallel port on the

port replicator.

2 Go to Start button of your Window OS, and click on

Printers and Faxes. Add your printer driver by
following the instructions of the Add Printer Wizard.

Connecting a PDA

1 Attach the cable connector to the serial port on the

port replicator.

2 Verify that the COM port setting, in either your

HotSync

®

or ActiveSync

®

software, matches the

setting on the port replicator.

To verify the COM port setting on the port replicator,
refer to “Verifying Devices are Installed” on page 18.

To verify the COM port setting on your PDA, refer to
the documentation that came with it.

Connecting to a Local
Area Network

To connect an Ethernet cable with an RJ-45 connector,
attach the cable connector to the Ethernet/network port
on the port replicator. Additional procedures to connect to
an actual network depend on the type of network you are
using. Contact your network administrator for detailed
instructions.