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Re: Trouble with A/B switch box on Printer Port
- Subject: Re: Trouble with A/B switch box on Printer Port
- From: markj25@infocom.net (Mark Johnson)
- Date: 1996/01/02
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: InfoCom Networks, Houston, Tx
- References: <4c7ka7$dem@newsbf02.news.aol.com>
In article <4c7ka7$dem@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, fermilevel@aol.com
(FermiLevel) wrote:
> I am trying to have both my IW2 and DeskJet 550C wired to my GS's printer
> port through an A/B/C/D switch box. I have carefully checked the box out
> with my multimeter, but I cannot get any printing through it! Does anyone
> know if these switch boxes load the signals, possibly causing my problems?
>
You need a straight through cable from the GS to the A/B/C/D box, and the
printer cable from the box to the printer.
Standard cables have transmit and receive crossed. When you use 2 cables
through the box they are no longer crossed.