HP ag-2 Manual Do Utilizador
Assembly Guide
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AG-2 Printing to a Mac-only HP DeskWriter® from a Windows® PC®
though-style cable. The pinout can be found by opening the PICT
resources of the Apple Modem Tool with ResEdit:
resources of the Apple Modem Tool with ResEdit:
Figure 1: Modem Cable Pinout (from Apple). Differs from
Serial Printer Cable Pinout.
Figure 1 shows the pinout of commercially available cables like
the Belkin
the Belkin
®
F2V088-06 "6FT MAC MODEM DIN8M/DB25M"
cable, described as "This modem cable interfaces the
Mac+/SE/IIGS and Mac series II computers to all Apple
peripherals with 8 pin mini din serial ports."
Mac serial printer cables differ from Mac modem cables in that
they are null-modem-style cables. Therefore a Mac modem cable
cannot be used (alone) to connect a DeskWriter to a PC. Belkin
makes a very small number of mini-DIN-8-to-DB-25 Mac serial
printer cables (e.g. F2V026-06), but they are configured to connect
a mini-DIN-8 Mac to printers with a DB-25 female connector.
Unfortunately this is the opposite of what we are looking for.
It turns out that what is needed to connect a DeskWriter to a PC is
a combination of the Apple modem cable and a null-modem cable
(fully wired). As a test, we connected a DeskWriter 660C to a PC's
COM2 serial port (DB-9 male) with the following cables and
adapters:
Mac+/SE/IIGS and Mac series II computers to all Apple
peripherals with 8 pin mini din serial ports."
Mac serial printer cables differ from Mac modem cables in that
they are null-modem-style cables. Therefore a Mac modem cable
cannot be used (alone) to connect a DeskWriter to a PC. Belkin
makes a very small number of mini-DIN-8-to-DB-25 Mac serial
printer cables (e.g. F2V026-06), but they are configured to connect
a mini-DIN-8 Mac to printers with a DB-25 female connector.
Unfortunately this is the opposite of what we are looking for.
It turns out that what is needed to connect a DeskWriter to a PC is
a combination of the Apple modem cable and a null-modem cable
(fully wired). As a test, we connected a DeskWriter 660C to a PC's
COM2 serial port (DB-9 male) with the following cables and
adapters:
• Apple modem cable (min-DIN-8 male, DB-25 male)
• gender changer adapter (DB-25 female, DB-25
• gender changer adapter (DB-25 female, DB-25
female)
• adapter (DB-25 male, DB-9 male )
• null modem cable (DB-9 female, DB-9 female)
• null modem cable (DB-9 female, DB-9 female)
Note
A simpler cable can be assembled with, for example, an
Apple modem cable and a null-modem cable with female DB-25
connectors on both ends.
If you'd like to make your own mini-DIN-8-to-DB-9 printer cable
and you're handy with a soldering iron, refer to Figure 2.
connectors on both ends.
If you'd like to make your own mini-DIN-8-to-DB-9 printer cable
and you're handy with a soldering iron, refer to Figure 2.
make one from an existing Mac serial printer cable and a female