Henry_Burdett_Messenger@cup.portal.com (11/20/90)
Imran Anwar writes that he is having trouble making his Macintosh
print on his HP LaserJet IIP. One of the tests he performed was
to use the same serial cable to connect to a modem successfully.
From this he inferred that the cable and port are working properly.
That turns out not to be the case. As a matter of fact, if you
connected to a modem successfully through this cable, I can
pretty much guarantee that cable won't work with a printer.
Modems are DCEs, printers and computers are DTEs. You need
a null modem cable to connect a printer (or terminal) to a
computer, and a straight through cable to connect to a modem.
Go to your computer dealer and get a Mac -> Imagewriter cable.
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text ^ william carlos williamsrussotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) (11/21/90)
In article <36080@cup.portal.com> Henry_Burdett_Messenger@cup.portal.com writes: >Imran Anwar writes that he is having trouble making his Macintosh >print on his HP LaserJet IIP. One of the tests he performed was >to use the same serial cable to connect to a modem successfully. >From this he inferred that the cable and port are working properly. > >That turns out not to be the case. As a matter of fact, if you >connected to a modem successfully through this cable, I can >pretty much guarantee that cable won't work with a printer. >Modems are DCEs, printers and computers are DTEs. You need >a null modem cable to connect a printer (or terminal) to a >computer, and a straight through cable to connect to a modem. > >Go to your computer dealer and get a Mac -> Imagewriter cable. Should add that this is the Mac -> ORIGINAL Imagewriter cable-- the ImageWriter II cable is a mini-DIN 8 to mini-DIN 8 -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu .sig under construction, like the rest of this campus.