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From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Need help using HP Laserjet II with AMIGA
Message-ID: <2347@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 09:21:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2347
Posted: Wed Sep 16 09:21:53 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Sep-87 07:21:04 EDT
References: <320@intvax.UUCP> <407@trwspf.TRW.COM>
Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 30
Keywords: Laserjet print cable

In article <407@trwspf.TRW.COM> dragon@trwspf.UUCP (Roger Vossler) writes:
>In article <320@intvax.UUCP> miller@intvax.UUCP (Dave Miller) writes:
>*I recently purchased an HP Laserjet II for my AMIGA 1000 and interfaced
>*it through the parallel port using the same printer cable that I have
>*been using with my Epson JX-80 and Silvereed daisy-wheel printer.
>*I have not been able to get anything out on the printer except for the
>*test pattern which comes out off-line and not from the AMIGA.  I have
>
>I have a HP LaserJet Plus attached to my Amiga 1000 via a Belkin
>Components (Hawthorne, CA on Rosecrans Ave) cable which appears to
>be a standard parallel printer port interface cable (i.e. it appeared
>to be the same cable as the one I used to attach an Epson EX800
>to the Amiga). HOWEVER, my LaserJet Plus has Option 300 installed, which
>is a socalled Centronics parallel printer interface. I'm not familiar
>with the new Series II LaserJets, but it sounds like HP makes a
>distinction between a "parallel interface" and a "Centronics parallel
>interface". HP tends to have lots of interface and cable combos. Hope
>this helps. BTW: Once I got my interface-cable-dipswitch settings
>worked out, the LaserJet works fine using Workbench 1.2, Preferences,
>etc.
>-- 
>-- Roger Vossler
>   TRW, Bldg O2-1395, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278
>   BIX: rvossler      UseNet: dragon@trwspf.trw.com
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	We should be getting a HP_LaserJet2 here at CBM-Amiga within
the next week.  As soon as we do, I'll hook it up and tell you how I
did it.  Hope you can wait till then.