Re: Printing from IIgs

[Long Hoang <lbhoang@yahoo.com>]

"Greg Andrzejewski" <pressyourluck85@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> I have an Apple IIgs and an HP Deskjet 540 printer. I read the printer
> FAQ and understand that I should be able to print from my IIgs. The HP
> only has a parallel connector so what kind of connections do I need to
> make on the gs side? I have a Super Serial Card. Will that work? Can I
> use the serial port on the gs with a mini din 8 to DB25 connector,
> then using a standard printer cable into the HP? Or do I have to buy
> one of those Grappler cards? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.

Your best bet is to buy a used working Deskjet that has serial port.  I 
used a Deskjet+ years ago connected to serial port and using Harmonie 
software/driver.

Newer DeskJet models do not have serial port, only parallel.
The original DeskJet, DJ plus, DJ 500, DJ 500C and DJ 550C have
both parallel and serial ports, DJ 510, DJ 520, DJ 560C as well
as DJ 310 have parallel only.