Re: ImageWriter II specs

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Thomas Dorris (twdorris@mip.net) wrote:

: ARG!  This is very frustrating.  I just spent two hours soldering a cable 
: together to connect my IW II to my PC's parallel port, but the darn thing 
: doesn't seem to work.  Here's the cabling instructions I found in case 
: anybody is interested.  Also, for those who actually know what the heck 
: they're doing, a comment or two about what I might have done wrong would 
: be greatly appreciated.

Stop right there!  The IW-II is a SERIAL printer.  Connecting it to your
LPT1: port will cause you nothing but frustration.  Try connecting the
IW-II to your COM: port, and adjusting Win95 accordingly.  Of course, if
you have a serial mouse and a modem, you will begin to run into PC COM:
Port Voodoo problems..if you ever figure out how to use an internal modem,
serial mouse, and third serial port, please let me know how you do it!

Standard communications protocol for the IW-II is 9600 baud, 8 data/1
stop/no parity.

Good luck!

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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