🚀 go-pugleaf

    Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 15:22 EST
    From: "Richard E. Robbins" <rer@interaccess.com>

    I've got a MacIvory 3 sitting in a Quadra 950 running Genera 8.3.  I could
    use some assistance configuring the system to work well with my printer.
    The printer is an HP LaserJet 4M (i.e., it's a PostScript printer) to which
    I've added a current model HP JetDirect card.  

    I can get the printer to work using the AppleTalk connection via my
    ethernet network.  I'd prefer to cable the serial port of the printer to
    one of the Quadra's serial ports and let Genera handle spooling.  

    At present I've tried using a DIN8 to DB25 cable with a DIN8 extension
    cable and a null modem to make the connection.  Either I've screwed up the
    cabling or the hardware settings on the printer or the printer's name space
    object on the Lispm.  I'm lost.

    Has anyone out there had any experience setting up a similar configuration?

I have successfully used a serial laserwriter from a MacIvory in the past, however
it was an Apple laserwriter, not an HP.

Does the HP printer actually support a serial port or is it a parallel port which
just has a DB25 connector?

    Thanks in advance for your assistance.

    -- Rich Robbins