[comp.sys.amiga] Help setting up Imagewriter II with Amiga 1000???

barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) (02/03/90)

	I cannot get my Amiga 1000 to talk to my Apple Imagewriter II.  I
bought a specific A1000-->ImagewriterII cable from Redmond cable; but either
it doesn't work, or I've done something stupid.
	Can somebody with the same configuration tell me if I've done
anything wrong?

	I am using a vanilla 1.3 Workbench Disk with the ImagewriterII
printer driver installed.

THE IMAGEWRITER DIP SWITCHES:

	They're set up exactly as described for the Imagewriter II in the
	1.3 Enchancer manual.  I played with DIP 2 switch 3 (XON/XOFF) in
	both positions, just for fun.  No luck.

SERIAL PREFERENCES:

	Baud 9600		Buffer Size 512
	Read bits 8		Write bits 8
	Stop bits 1		Parity none
	Handshaking:
		(I tried all 3.  In fact, I tried XON/XOFF with and
		 without the Imagewriter's XON/XOFF DIP switch set.)

PRINTER PREFERENCES:

	Serial printer, driver==ImagewriterII
	Narrow tractor, fanfold, draft, 12-Elite, 6 LPI, 66 lines, Left==1,
	Right==80.

	GRAPHICS 1

		Horizontal, Black&White, Positive, Threshold==8.

	GRAPHICS 2

		[Defaults -- didn't change a thing.]

WHAT I TRIED:

	1>  copy myFile.txt PRT:
	1>  printfiles myFile.txt
	1>  type > PRT: myFile.txt
	1>  Printing with FLOW and DPAINT III.

WHAT HAPPENED:

	No response from the printer at all.
	The printer passes its own self-test.

                                                        Dan

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