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From: walter@hpsadle.HP.COM (Walter Coole)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Serial LaserJet printing!
Message-ID: <770038@hpsadle.HP.COM>
Date: 28 Nov 90 00:40:13 GMT
References: <1990Nov27.111210@dali.gatech.edu>
Organization: HP Signal Analysis Division - Rohnert Park, CA
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I'm not an expert, but I've done what yur trying to do.  Since you got
coherent stuff from the first page, it's unlikely that you have the
pinout wrong.  Did you want CS/CB (hardware) handshaking or ^S/^Q
(software) handshaking?  The LJ will do both.  If you want CS/CB, you
will need those pins connected, but unless you need it (because for
instance you have a switch box to share the printer with another
device), ^S^Q only requires the three wires to be connected.  I use a
98561-61604 cable with another cable after it that connects 2-3, 3-2,
7-7, and 20-6 (the bare essentials from a 13242G cable).  For CS/CB
handshaking, you need to set the minor device number correctly.  You
may need to check your device model, since some of them fiddle with
device settings.  In particular, be sure that the receive baud rate is
the same as your printer is set to.