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- From: hakimian@haney.eecs.wsu.edu (Karl Hakimian - staff)
- Subject: Re: Parallel port on 300/400, and 700
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.172840.17570@serval.net.wsu.edu>
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- Organization: School of EECS, Washington State University
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 17:28:40 GMT
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- In article <By12pw.Dtp@fc.hp.com>, rjn@FC.HP.COM (Bob Niland) writes:
- |> Karl Hakimian - staff (hakimian@haney.eecs.wsu.edu) wrote:
- |>
- |> > I have been trying to write a program that will read the response of a
- |> > PostScript printer on the parallel port on our hp 300/400s and 700. BTW
- |> > The printer hooked up to the computer is a LaserJet II with a Pacific Page
- |> > PostScript cartridge.
- |>
- |> 1. Does the PacPage ctg even respond when configured for LaserJet parallel?
- |> Is the LJ capable of bi-directional parallel, and if so, what method does
- |> it use? As far as I know, only the new LaserJet-4, with IEEE-P1284
- |> "BiTronics", has duplex parallel capability. Even if the older LJs have
- |> duplex parallel with a PacPage, it is unlikely to work because...
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- As it turns out, no the LJ can't talk back on the parallel port.
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- |> X. Possible line of investigation...
- |>
- |> Can the PacPage be configured to listen on parallel, and talk on serial?
- |> If so, you could read back on a serial port.
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- If anyone know the answer to this, please tell me. It looks like the only hope.
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- Karl Hakimian
- hakimian@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu
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