Hi guys, i have an HP laserjet 4l or something like that. There aren't drivers in NS3.3 for that *specific* printer version, but I'm sure one of the laserjet 4 drivers will work, it does on windows at least ^_^
Anyways, its a parallel only printer. What all would I need to have to hook it to my NeXT? I've tried running a DB-25 to DE-9 cable hooked to my NeXT serial cable. That didn't work. tried using a nullmodem adapter between the two to see if that would work... nada... and a few other combinations. Tried both serial port A and B and tried various combinations of cabling, ports and port speeds to no avail. Anyone have any ideas? I have a HP Laserjet 5p too. would the 4p drivers work with it?
I really need a printer and I can't afford a NeXT printer at the moment.
I guess my best best would be a Centronix Printer cable that ends as a male DE-9 would be my best bet...
If it's a parallel printer, you won't be able to hook it to the serial cable. You'll have to connect to its serial port if it has one. If not, then you might look to see if there's anything that can convert signaling between RS-232 and IEEE1284, but that's pretty odd. After all, IEEE1284 wants to send either 4 or 8 bits at a time, but RS-232 sends 1.
Parallel printers can't actually attach to black hardware, AFAIK. You could use it on HP, Intel or SPARC though.
poop.
Thanks for the info :(
Hey helf, what kronoman said plus: you might cause damage doing a parallel to serial cabling... I'm not looking at the pin outs so I can't say this with certainty, but it's a high possibility... so always consult pinouts before doing so.
Now, one possibly solution might be through TCP/IP (hook it up to a Linux box and mess with NetInfo for remote printing, IIRC).