Re: PS Jet and a GS

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

z008729b@bc.seflin.org (Martin Gruen) wrote:

>Hey,
>
>Lots of people have given me input for using a PS Jet (Original Laser Jet
>with Postscript) from HP on my GS.
>
>I've now tried an earlier version of the LaserWriter Driver and an old
>Harmonie driver as well as a shareware Laserjet II driver to no avail.
>
>I'm told both ports on the printer (DB9 and DB 25) are serial, so I'm
>using the 25 direct from my printer port.  The printer has four settings
>for the port: 1200 Baud, parity ignored; 9600 parity ignored, dtr
>protocol; Diablo mode 9600, parity ignored; and Apple Talk.
>
>I've tried them all, i've tried a couple different drivers, I can't get a
>thing to work.  Any last advice before I give up on the printer?  I don't
>want to invest a lot of money in this, but it's too nice to give up.

Martin, one last thought: are you using a modem cable rather than
a printer cable?  They both look the same (Mac/IIGS serial port to
DB25) but they are not.  The printer cable is equivalent to a modem
cable with a null modem adapter.  This crosses one set of wires.

If you try to connect a printer with a modem cable, it simply will
not work and may actually damage the hardware.

Good luck!