Re: Epson Stylus with Serial Interface to IIgs

["PZ" <skierpaul@yahoo.com>]

Remember that you'll have about 8x the throughput on an 9600bps
connection with parallel vs serial, but freeing up a slot and asthetics
have an argument as well.

Also, some of the epson stylus printers had serial ports for macintosh
compatibility.  I'm assuming you could have more success with one of
these vs trying to do a serial to parallel conversion.

- Paul

Polymorph wrote:
> Warren Ernst wrote:
> > Honestly, I can see no reason to not use a parallel card to print to
> > your printer, especially since you've established that it works. That's
> > what I would do.
>
> Warren, thanks for the response. I'm really only wanting to use the
> serial connection because of mainly aesthetic reasons:
>
> (a) it would free up a slot in the IIgs
> (b) it would do away with the need for the unruly ribbon cable (which
> is significantly shorter in length than the serial cable)
> (c) I just wanted to use the IIgs printer port
> (d) I thought other csa2 member's had posted success using the serial
> port
>
> I can certainly go back to using the parallel, but it would be my
> preference to use the serial *if it worked*.
>
> I'm pretty sure that people had reported success using the serial port
> in combination with the harmonie printer drivers, however, maybe it is
> limited to this - ie. any other type of usage without appropriate
> driver fails (like in my case). The A2 FAQ is not clear on this point.
>
> Thanks for your assistance, and thanks to the guys at Epson - its kewl
> to think that my question went back to the source (even if their
> memories are short).   ;-P
> 
> cheers,
> -p