Re: ImageWriter II -=> IBM Rehash?

[jimo@atlantis.rosemount.com (Jim Osenberg)]

this was posted a while ago and i kep it for my use.  enjoy!!


You need to use the serial cable that connected your ImageWriter
to its old Mac.  This will have (I think) a 25pin D-plug on the end.
Somehow,this needs to plug into your 386's serial port - probably
you'll need to buy an adapter that allows your 386's 15pin D-plug
to mate with the Apple 25pin plug (from Tandy-like electronics 
shop??).  Murphy's Law will almost certainly hold here and you
will get a connecter who's plug/s is/are the wrong gender - take
the Apple cable with you.

You will also (probably?) need to have pins 2 and 3 'swapped'
between the 386 and ImageWriter.....

Eventually you'll get there (I did) and you'll need to use
Win3.1's C-Itoh 8510 printer driver on Com1.  Make sure your
serial port setup in Win3.1 corresponds to the dip switches
in the ImageWriter (I use 2400 baud, no parity, 8 bits, I stop
bit with no flow control) and all works OK.  Use Win's TT fonts.

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The IMAGEWRITER is really a C-ITOH 8510. Use those software drivers if
you can find them. Otherwise try IBM Proprinter drivers, which will handle
most text stuff, but not graphics images. Epson drivers might also work.
 
The Imagewriter has a serial port, unlike most IBM clone printers. You
need a serial cable from your COM1: or COM2: port.
 
 
            IBM end                 IMAGEWRITER END
            T   2------------------------3  R
            R   3------------------------2  T
          CTS   5----------------|-------20 DTR
          DSR   6----------------|
          GND   7------------------------ 5 CTS
 
The schematic shows pins 5 and 6 at the IBM end jumpered together and
connected to pin 20 at the imagewriter end. If your IBM has a 9-pin 
serial port connector, then use pins
 
            IBM end
            T 3
            R 2
          CTS 8
          DSR 6
          GND 5
 
Finally, you'll probably want to redirect your printer output to the 
serial port using the MODE command, maybe in your autoexec.bat
or in a .BAT file.
 
MODE COM1:96,N,8,1,P
MODE LPT1: = COM1:
 
The first time you print, and DOS asks you for the printer device,
enter LPT1:
 
If your serial port is COM2:, substitute that wherever it says COM1: in
my example.
 
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The pinouts above are apparently for the Imagewriter II.  On the
Imagewriter I, pin 7 on the IBM side (GND) should connect to pin 7 on the 
Imagewriter.
 
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The above is a reprint of an earlier (last year?) post.  Hope it helps.
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