On Tuesday 02 July 2002 16:52, Johannes Wolf wrote:
> First there is the hardware connection to clarify:
> What cable did you use?
> The (Windoze)PC to Newt cable:
> - has a 9 pin SUB-D connector and the Printer will most probably have a
> 25 pin SUB-D connector - this needs to be adapted
I did use the standard Newton-to-PC cable, with a 9-to-25 adapter and a
gender changer (the back of the LaserJet is a mess <G>). No crossovers.
> - since PC AND Newt are considered to be DCE, the transmit and receive
> lines are crossed - you need to cross them again in order to match Tx
> and Rx lines of the Newt and the printer
I'll try it with my null-modem Newton cable then. Thx.
> - The Newt does not support handshaking signals for the RS-232 (of the
> printer)- thus you need to select no hardware handshake on the printer
> side or connect the handshake signals of the printer properly
> (null-modem)
Actually, the LJ4 has a menu option to choose RS-422 for serial. IIRC that
is the Apple serial protocol.
>
> From the software I would guess that the printpack software will provide
> the appropriate Laserjet driver ...
Yes, it does. At least, it has a LaserJet driver; nothing LJ4 spcific,
though...
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