srt@aerospace.aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) (10/26/90)
I recently inquired about using an Apple Imagewriter with an AT. I got one very helpful response from J.C. Kelly: The IMAGEWRITER is really a C-ITOH 8510. Use those software drivers if you can find them. Otherwise try IBM Proprinter drivers, which will handle most text stuff, but not graphics images. Epson drivers might also work. The Imagewriter has a serial port, unlike most IBM clone printers. You need a serial cable from your COM1: or COM2: port. IBM end IMAGEWRITER END T 2------------------------3 R R 3------------------------2 T CTS 5----------------|-------20 DTR DSR 6----------------| GND 7------------------------ 5 CTS The schematic shows pins 5 and 6 at the IBM end jumpered together and connected to pin 20 at the imagewriter end. If your IBM has a 9-pin serial port connector, then use pins IBM end T 3 R 2 CTS 8 DSR 6 GND 5 Finally, you'll probably want to redirect your printer output to the serial port using the MODE command, maybe in your autoexec.bat or in a .BAT file. MODE COM1:96,N,8,1,P MODE LPT1: = COM1: The first time you print, and DOS asks you for the printer device, enter LPT1: If your serial port is COM2:, substitute that wherever it says COM1: in my example. ------- The pinouts J.C. reccomends are apparently for the Imagewriter II. On the Imagewriter I, pin 7 on the IBM side (GND) should connect to pin 7 on the Imagewriter. -- Scott TurnerFrom: srt@aerospace.aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.hardware,comp.periphs.printers Subject: Using Imagewriter with AT (Summary) References: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: world Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA Keywords: I recently inquired about using an Apple Imagewriter with an AT. I got one very helpful response from J.C. Kelly: The IMAGEWRITER is really a C-ITOH 8510. Use those software drivers if you can find them. Otherwise try IBM Proprinter drivers, which will handle most text stuff, but not graphics images. Epson drivers might also work. The Imagewriter has a serial port, unlike most IBM clone printers. You need a serial cable from your COM1: or COM2: port. IBM end IMAGEWRITER END T 2------------------------3 R R 3------------------------2 T CTS 5----------------|-------20 DTR DSR 6----------------| GND 7------------------------ 5 CTS The schematic shows pins 5 and 6 at the IBM end jumpered together and connected to pin 20 at the imagewriter end. If your IBM has a 9-pin serial port connector, then use pins IBM end T 3 R 2 CTS 8 DSR 6 GND 5 Finally, you'll probably want to redirect your printer output to the serial port using the MODE command, maybe in your autoexec.bat or in a .BAT file. MODE COM1:96,N,8,1,P MODE LPT1: = COM1: The first time you print, and DOS asks you for the printer device, enter LPT1: If your serial port is COM2:, substitute that wherever it says COM1: in my example. ------- The pinouts J.C. reccomends are apparently for the Imagewriter II. On the Imagewriter I, pin 7 on the IBM side (GND) should connect to pin 7 on the Imagewriter. -- Scott Turner