Re: [WinMac] mini din 8 to db9 cable
Darron Spohn(dspohn[at]clicknet.com)
Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:14:39 -0500
>Tom Roth wrote:
>
> I can install the MS AppleTalk protocol that comes with Windows NT which
> will make it speak AppleTalk to printers only. The question now is one
> of physical connection. An etherprint adapter from Asante could make it
> network ready but that's $200 and then I could use a hub or an ethernet
> crossover cable to make the physical connection. However, a serial
> cable would be the easiest route and even a custom would would be less
> then $200. Printing PostScript is what I would want to do on the NT
> side there's no problem there.
>
> Apple is making this sound nearly impossible or at best more difficult
> then necessary. It's a perfectly good PostScript printer that simply
> has serial connectivity only.
>
Tom,
I used to work in the Peripherals Support Group at Apple, so I knew
where to look. I think there is a way to make one of these cables. Try
searching Apple's TIL for Peripheral 8 and pinout. If the article is
still there it will give you the pin configuration of the Peripheral 8
cable.
The problem you are running into is that Apple never intended the PLW
320 to work with Windows. That's one reason it was so cheap (for its
day). As the TIL article states, you must connect this printer to an
Ethernet network and use a bridge to get it to work with Windows. If you
connect it directly via a custom DIN 8 to DB 9 cable, it will expect a
LocalTalk header for each print job. Windows will not do that.
I searched the TIL for a DIN 8 to DB 9 cable configuration but could not
find anything.
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