Re: Imagewriter cables vs. switch box cables

[lacoss@cello.gina.calstate.edu (LA County Outdoor Science School)]

krinibar@aol.com (Krinibar) writes:
> I keep buying Imagewriter cables (minidin8 I think their called) to use
> with a switch box.  The trouble is they work with an individual printer,
> but not on the switchbox.  Do I have the wrong cable?  If so, where do I
> get the right one?

Regular printer cables work great from the computer to the switchbox.  
But then you need a switchbox cable (all pins wired straight through) to 
go from the switchbox to the printer.  A printer cable is wired so that 
certain pins are crossed over.  if you put a printer cable both to and 
from the switchbox, you are cancelling out the crossover.  It should also 
work to have switchbox cables from the computers to the switchbox, and a 
regular printer cable from the switchbox to the printer, but that would 
be a bit silly.

Greg
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