Re: Help!!, how can I connect a Brother HL-8PS to an Apple Macintosh

[cheer@i.hate.spam (Christopher D. Heer)]

In article <32F9F9A7.33E9@tm.tue.nl>, cku@tm.tue.nl says...

>We tried to make connection with a RS-422 cable and
>also with a RS-232 cable we made by our own. The IIci
>has a 8-pin minicircular printer port.
>We finally got some connection but the printer
>gives all kind of error messages because the connection is
>not setup in the correct way (Baud rate, parity, data format,
>etc.).
>The Apple IIci chooser is complaining that he can not find an
>(local talk) HL-8PS printer (wrong driver?).

>Who knows what is the best way, and how to do it, for connecting
>a Brother HL-8PS Laserprinter to an Apple Macintosh IIci.
>Which driver must I use and where can I get it?
>Which serial port can I use?
>What are the pin assignments of the cable that I must use?

The problem is you are attempting to make a serial connection to the printer 
but using a LocalTalk (NOT the same thing) driver.

You need to either turn AppleTalk off (if you're not networking) or make sure 
it's set to your Ethernet adapter.  Next, you need to use a *serial* driver for 
the Brother, not the LocalTalk driver.  No idea where you'd get one; I don't 
recall the MacOS coming with any serial postscript drivers.
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