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Paul (paul@intra.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: I have two serial printers which I know are working but my PC will not
: send any output to them in Dos or Windows.
: I have connected the printers to com2 (which I normally use for my fax
: modem) with mouse set to com1. 
: The serial cables I have tried are also known to work. If I "print" a
: file to com2 with the modem attached I can see the lights flash, so the
: com port obviously works.
: Any ideas guys (the word guys covers male and female gender)

You need to have the manuals for the printers and a pc reference that 
includes the pinout of a standard serial port.  You then need to create a 
custom cable to connect the two.  If these are older printers, or 
intended for non-pc use, the printers will probably use a slightly 
different set of control lines.  A simple gender reversal plug _might_ 
solve the problem. (but probably won't)

Some pin numbers to check... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 19, 20.  The pin 
descriptions are difficult to decipher, and can change their definition 
depending on which document is describing which end of the cable.  Can 
you post the pin defs described in your printer manual?

: TIA :-)

: Paul
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