Re: ImagewriterII to IBM Serial Port

[aa624@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (James Moores)]

In a previous article, jackm@pro-scat.cts.com (Jack Maher) says:

>Hmmmm....   I've tried this several times, several ways, with no success.
> 
>I have tried a //e to IW2 cable from my 386 to the Imagewriter directly
>from LPT1 and also from COM1 (using a DB-9 to DB-25 serial cable and a
>gender bender to connect it to the //e -> IW2 cable, both with and without
>a null modem adapter).  Windows 3.1 includes a C.ITOH driver that has been
>mentioned on this net as working with the IW2.
> 
>The best results I got were from the COM1 connection w/o the null modem
>using the C.ITOH (8510?) driver.   With that combo, the best I got was the
>first page came out OK (not great) and subsequent pages were gibberish with
>wild page advancing spitting out lotsa pages.
>
>Have I missed something here?   I have meanwhile given up on this as a lost
>cause.   If someone can show/tell me where I went wrong I'd be much
>obliged!
>

       Well, I currently have my Imagewriter connected to a 486/50 and
here's how I did it.

Imagewriter -> Original Cable 25pin m -> 25pin f Null Modem Cable 25pin m
-> 25pin f Gender Changer 25pin f -> 25pin m Com 2 Port on PC

You could substitute a regular 25 pin cable for the null modem cable and
add a null modem.  If you are going to a 9 pin socket, just add a 25pin to
9pin 1 foot cable to make the transition.  No special cabling was required
other than the above.

        In your autoexec.bat file on the PC you must put:

Mode com2 96,n,8,1,b
Mode lpt1=com2

        This should enable you to print parallel to a serial printer (the
Imagewriter).  If you use Windows use the CITOH 8510 print driver.

        Using this set up I can print from dos and from windows without
problems.

Jim Moores
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