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- From: poon@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (Alex Poon)
- Subject: Re: Serial cable for Mac -> serial printer
- Message-ID: <poon.726359773@CAMIS>
- Sender: news@medmail.stanford.edu
- Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
- References: <poon.726306067@CAMIS>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 22:36:13 GMT
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- poon@CAMIS.Stanford.EDU (Alex Poon) writes:
-
- >I have an Epson FX86 printer that has a serial interface installed (#8143).
- >I bought a standard MAC->Modem cable to hook my PB100 to my Epson printer.
- >I installed the Epson 9pin system extension (part of Chuck's printer
- >drivedrs), but my Mac won't print. Even when I run a terminal emulation
- >program through the printer port, the characters that I type do not
- >reach the Epson printer. Does anyone know of the problem? I think it
- >might have something to do with the cable, since the printer and Mac
- >don't seem to be talking to each other. When I do try printing, the Mac
- >thinks everything worked fine, but nothing comes out. I've tried setting
- >it up at both 2400 and 9600 baud.
-
- >Thanks.
-
- You can ignore the previous post because i've figured it out. Instead
- of a Mac->modem cable, i needed a Mac->Imagewriter I cable. Now
- everything works fine.
-
- -Alex Poon
-