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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: How to check HP Laserjet IIP Serial Port: Doesn't work with
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Date: 20 Nov 90 17:51:48 GMT
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In article <36080@cup.portal.com> Henry_Burdett_Messenger@cup.portal.com writes:
>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. 

Should add that this is the Mac -> ORIGINAL Imagewriter cable-- the
ImageWriter II cable is a mini-DIN 8 to mini-DIN 8
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