Re: Imagewriter cables vs. switch box cables

[mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt Portune)]

Krinibar (krinibar@aol.com) wrote:
> 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?

You have to get a straight-thru cable to connect the computer and the 
switchbox.  In a regular Imagewriter cable, 2 of the pins (I think) are 
switched from one end to the other.  So in effect, if you put 2 
Imagewriter cables together, they get switched twice, and the printer 
sits there looking at you with puppy eyes, not doing a darn thing.

Personally, I always wondered why the switchbox itself doesn't have the 
circuitry to switch the pins, so we wouldn't have to worry about another 
type of cable, but hey.  It happens.

Hope this helps!

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