marcy@homxa.UUCP (M.COHEN) (02/21/85)
I am interested in hooking up an HP Thinkjet printer to the auxiliary serial port on a Teletype 5420 terminal, having heard that this printer may be purchased with a serial interface. The Thinkjet product literature, however, describes three interfaces: 1) Centronics parallel (standard IBM-PC --> printer) 2) HP-IB (HP's version of IEEE 488) and 3) HP-IL ?? Is HP-IL HP's way of saying serial RS232-C or does this printer not support such an interface? If anyone has experience or information on this subject, please respond via phone or mail. Thank you, Marc Cohen AT&T Bell Labs, room 2G427A Holmdel, NJ ...houxm!homxa!marcy (201) 949-5244
marcy@homxa.UUCP (M.COHEN) (02/27/85)
Thanks to all those who responded to my question about a serial interface for the HP Thinkjet printer. The answer is no, the Thinkjet is not (yet) offered with a serial interface. It may be purchased with the following interfaces: Centronics, HP-IB, and HP-IL, which I have been told is a Hewlett Packard proprietary interface (not RS232-C as I had speculated). Some people said they had heard rumors about possible introduction of a serial interface in the short term,and one respondant from Teletype Corp. even had a prototype version, however, no one had any real info on when such a product might be offered. Marc Cohen AT&T Bell Labs, room 2G427A Holmdel, NJ ...houxm!homxa!marcy (201) 949-5244