Belkin F1U109 manual

1 Title: F1U109 Rever sible Auto Switch User's Ma nual I. Introd uction Thank yo u for purch asing Belkin Components ' Reversible Au toSwitch! With the Revers ible AutoS witch, shar ing one printer betwee n two PCs, or hav ing one P C sele ct from two p rinte rs is e a sier tha n eve r - no more s wappi ng cabl es, turni ng knob s, or pus[...]

2 Two C omput ers Sharing One Print er Set th e Switches on the Au toSwitch , and conn ect the PC s, and the prin ter to th e AutoSw itch as follo ws: Importa nt Notes: • It d oe s not matte r if a P C connec ts to Por t A or Port B. • The soft ware i s not nece ssary, and mu st NOT be installed. Doin g so may c ause your printer to pr int garb[...]

3 One Comput er Us in g Two Pri nters Set th e Switches on th e AutoSwit ch, and co nnect th e PC, and th e printer s to the Aut oSwitch as follows : Importa nt Notes: • Ta k e note whi ch p rinte r i s con ne cted t o which p o rt on t he Auto Switch. • Make sure t he cables yo u are usin g are not f ile-transfer cables, oth erwise the s etup [...]

4 4. The program will begin ins talling at this point. The fir st screen you will see is the f ollowing: • Sele ct “ F1U109 ” be ca use that is the autosw itch that you have. • Select wh ich LPT port you installing t he AutoSw itch on. No rmally, it is always LPT1. • Click continue when d one. 5. The install pr ogram will t hen ask you fo[...]

5 9. Add your printers. Do this by c licking on S TART, SE TTINGS, PRINTERS . Then, do uble-clic k on th e Add New Print er icon an d follo w the ins truction s. IF YO UR PRIN TER IS NO T LISTED - Y OU HAVE TO ADD Y OUR PRINTER S USING THE SOFTWARE THAT CAM E WITH YOUR PRINTE RS. IF TH IS IS TH E CAS E, RUN Y OUR PRINTER SE TUP PROGRAM ACCORD ING T[...]

6 ASSIGNING PRE-INSTALLED P RINTERS TO THE BELKIN AutoSwitch VIRTUAL PORTS • If you ar e trying to add yo ur print ers to Windows® and it is not listed in the def ault Add Pr inter Wizard, yo u will have to use the software that ca me with y our prin ter to i nstall the printe r. Foll ow the i nstruc ti ons tha t came wit h your p rinter, then R[...]

7 You’re Done! Now, wh en you print in any Window s® 95 or 9 8 application, s imply select which prin ter you wish to print to , and the Aut oSwitch will automati cally direct y our p rint j ob to the co rrect p ort! This image is the Prin t dialog box, sh owing how the DeskJet is u sing Port AUTOLPTA , because it is connecte d to Por t A on t h[...]

8 III. Troubles hooting Problem: Printer does not print o r prints garbage. Soluti ons: • Disable the prin ter's bi-direction al softwar e (see attach ed document). • When connec ting 1 co mputer to 2 printers, m ake sure t he switch is set to "au to" (in th e middle) and "1> 2" (all the w ay to th e l eft.) • Conf[...]

9 ADDEN D UM: Disabling Bi- directio nal Communicat ion for IEEE 1284 P r inters Newe r model s of printe rs c ome wit h b i-directi onal so ftware such as “ status monito r” or “to ol-box” softwa re, whic h all ows you t o consiste ntly view the status of y our p rinter. This bi -directi onal sof tware re quire s consta nt commu nicati on [...]

10 Printer I nstructi ons HP OfficeJe ts Install a nd use HP De skjet 500 driv er inste ad, or HP 55 0c drive rs for Col or Offi cejets, o r Win95 dri v ers for HP Officejet (not e: driver only s upports printing). To add the HP Off icejet print er driver un der Window s 95, you need to g o t o the Add P rinter s icon und e r Printe rs. Se lect HP [...]

11 Contacting Belkin Components Corporate H eadquart ers Atlanta Offic e Belkin Compo nents, Ltd. 501 West Waln ut Street Compto n, CA 9022 0 310-898-110 0 voice 310-898-111 1 fax FCC Stateme nt This equipment has been tested and found to comply w ith the limits for a Class B d igital device, pursuan t to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are[...]