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From: Henry_Burdett_Messenger@cup.portal.com
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Subject: Re: How to check HP Laserjet IIP Serial Port: Doesn't work with
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Date: 19 Nov 90 23:29:08 GMT
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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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