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From: jfadams@tc.fluke.COM (Jim Adams)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 520ST : 2 urgent though simple questions
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Date: 9 Sep 88 19:29:38 GMT
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In article <8605@ihlpb.ATT.COM> tainter@ihlpb.UUCP (55521-Tainter,J.A.) writes:
>In article <165@bach@kulesat.uucp> lily@kulesat.uucp writes:
>
>> 2. Can he use a serial printer without a Par-Ser. interface.
>>    (what about the modem port ? -any software?-, what about
>>     buying an interface : prices,manufacturers etc...)
>
>Certainly, select the serial port as your printer port and you have a
>serial printer.
>
>>Dirk van den Oudenhoven.         K.U.Leuven
>
>--j.a.tainter

Yes, this works fine most of the time. I'm using an HP LaserJet II on my ST
via the "modem" port despite the fact that the LJII has a parallel port in
addition to a serial port. My early-1985-vintage 520ST can't seem to drive
a LaserJet through the parallel port due to the LJ's load. Anyway, I have found
certain programs (as well as the new beta-release ROMs) evidently ASSUME the
printer to be attached to the parallel port even though the "printer" port has
been redirected through the "modem" port through the Control Panel DA. So I
cannot print a file from certain programs or the desktop with my serial
printer. 

-- 
James F. Adams       John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.        Everett, Washington USA
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