Article 2899 of comp.os.ms-windows.setup: Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.periphs.printers Path: cs.utk.edu!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!news.mentorg.com!mentorg.com!davidr From: davidr@mentorg.com (David Ransier) Subject: Re: ImageWriter II setup in MS-Windows Sender: news@news.mentorg.com (News User) Message-ID: <1993May25.224226.26872@news.mentorg.com> Date: Tue, 25 May 1993 22:42:26 GMT Distribution: usa References: Nntp-Posting-Host: davidr.mentorg.com Organization: Mentor Graphics Keywords: Followup-To: Lines: 67 Xref: cs.utk.edu comp.os.ms-windows.setup:2899 comp.periphs.printers:7926 In article , autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry) writes: |> Xref: news.mentorg.com comp.os.ms-windows.setup:4843 comp.periphs.printers:7807 |> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.setup,comp.periphs.printers |> Path: news.mentorg.com!uunet!caen!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!sgigate!odin!autry |> From: autry@sgi.com (Larry Autry) |> Subject: Re: ImageWriter II setup in MS-Windows |> Message-ID: |> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) |> Nntp-Posting-Host: magellan.stlouis.sgi.com |> Organization: Silicon Graphics, St. Louis, MO |> References: |> Distribution: usa |> Date: Mon, 24 May 1993 18:54:48 GMT |> Lines: 10 |> |> In article kritchie@sunrayce.solar.umn.edu (Kent C. Ritchie) writes: |> > |> >What kind of cord are you using to connect the Imagewriter to your pc? Did |> >you custom make the cord? |> |> You must use a null modem type connection with a serial printer. |> -- |> Larry Autry |> Silicon Graphics, St. Louis |> autry@sgi.com Below is a piece of mail from Kevin Routh that includes the pin out for the cable to connect an Imagewriter to a PC. Subject: Re: imagewriter driver?? YES! Sweet success! I hooked up my ImageWriter I to my COM1 serial port and used the C-Itoh 8510 driver in Windows 3.1. The cable I am using is a straight-thru cable connected to a Null Modem Adapter I got at Radio Shack (catalog #26-1496a) for $4.95. It seems to work fine with both DOS and Windows. I used the following command in DOS C:\DOS\mode COM1:9600,n,8,1,p and set up the port the same way in the Windows Ports setup. the Null Modem connections are as follows: 1 to 1 2 to 3 3 to 2 4 to 5 5 to 4 6+8 to 20 20 to 6+8 7 to 7 I printed from several applications and all is OK. I'll let you know if I have any problems later. Good luck. Kevin -- Kevin C. Routh Internet: krouth@slee01.srl.ford.com