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From: acliu@skat.usc.edu (Alex C. Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: LaserJet on a C64
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Date: 4 Dec 89 09:16:40 GMT
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In article <11441@max.u.washington.edu> scott@max.u.washington.edu writes:
>> a Laserjet IIP. She only has a C64. Has anyone ever hooked one up to a C64?
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>There is already Geos printer driver for the HP Laserjet. As matter of fact
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>Since the Laserjet driver comes with the Geos 2.0, you could also ask directly
>to Berkeley Softworks about usage of Geos with the Laserjet printer, and
>Sincerely,
>Scott K. Stephen

(Am I missing something or what?)

Why not just get a RS-232 card, and connect the LaserJet as if it were
a Serial printer.  I remember looking at one driver that uses the
serial port. 

TO my knoledge there are 3 ways to connect a non-commodore printer to
a Commodore 64/128.

1 - Use a card that connects a Parallel printer to the Commodore
Serial port, like for example Xetec gold, or one of those.  These
provides the most compatibility, since, make the computer think you
are printing to a "normal" commodore printer.  They usually connect to
the serial port and use the Cassette port for power source.  Meaning,
that they probably WON'T work with the C128D that has the Cassette
port next to the Keyboard port.

2 - Connect the printer to the RS-232 port if it is a Serial Printer.
Usually you need an special driver for this.  (Not that many programs
support this kind of printer)

3 - Use a cable marketed by Berkeley Softworks that will connect your
Parallel printer directly to your User Port.  This will ONLY work with
Geos.


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