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From: rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Centronics interface for a 300
Message-ID: <7370276@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Jan 91 16:00:00 GMT
References: <1991Jan11.055634.17138@kaos.mbari.org>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: > We would like to connect our Laserjet printers to an HP 9000 series
    > 300 via a Parallel interace (Centronics).  Does someone know who sells
    > a board that will solve this?  We can accept DIO-I or DIO-II boards in
    > this 300.  Also, can we connect a scanner via this interface?

There is a 3rd-party interface card available from I.E.M., of Fort Collins
CO.  It does support 9190A/9195A ScanJet duplex I/O.  It is fairly
inefficient, as it emulates a 98626A tty card at the backplane and does not
support DMA.  There is a contributed scanner application available that
works with both the IEM card and the 375/400 parallel port.

For output only, HP now offers an HP-IB to centronics converter for a little
over $200, product numbers 92203J or 92203K, depending on AC adaptor
required.  I have used this, and it is very satisfactory.

Should you upgrade your 300 to a 375 (via board swap on models 330, 350, 360
and 370), it has one full-duplex centronics port built in.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM       3404 East Harmony Road
                UUCP: [hplabs|hpfcse]!hpfcrjn!rjn     Ft Collins CO 80525-9599

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