2 Expanding Your OmniBook • Setting Up a Printer. • Making Serial Connections. • Making Parallel Connections. • Making Infrared Connections. • Linking Computers. • Connecting a CD-ROM Drive and Other SCSI Devices. • Adding PC Cards. • Connecting an External Display. • Connecting an External Mouse. • Using the Docking System. • Adding Memory to the OmniBook. Infrared port AC adapter socket Parallel port Serial port VGA output Floppy drive port Docking/SCSI port Your OmniBook is a powerful computer in its own right—but you’ll greatly expand its capabilities by connecting other devices. Setting Up a Printer Attach a serial printer to the serial port using a standard serial cable.
Attach a parallel printer to the parallel port using a standard parallel cable. Before you can do any printing from your OmniBook, you have to set up the OmniBook so it knows how to communicate with your printer. That’s because different types of printers have different capabilities and follow different conventions for data transfer. Once you’ve set up one type of printer, that printer is installed . You can set up the OmniBook to work with more than one type of printer. However, you can select only one printer as the default printer. To install a printer 25