Re: parallel card

[Joe Kohn <joko@GotSpam?crl.com>]

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
 >I don't have a 4MP but doesn't it have both serial and parallel
 >ports?  If it has a serial port for a Mac connection, just use
 >the Mac cable on the IIGS.  Harmonie includes a 57.6k serial
 >port driver for printing through the serial port (intended for
 >Mac style HP DeskWriters).

NO, NO, NO!!

With those HP DeskJets and LaserJets that sport both a parallel and
serial port, an Apple IIGS user should only use the parallel port.

A Parallel connection is (approx) 4 times faster than a serial
connection.

With a parallel connection, printing a single page with just text from
the AppleWorks GS word processing module, it takes about 1 minute and 15
seconds from the time you press Print until the completed page comes of
out the printer. With a serial connection, that exact same page will
take nearly 5 minutes to print.

 >Harmonie's HP drivers will work with any printer that uses
 >HP's PCL language.

Correct. Harmonie supports PCL Level 3. PCL is backwards compatible, so
any HP printer that supports PCL will work with the IIGS.

Joe Kohn
http://www.crl.com/~joko