Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!umd5!umbc3!jeff From: jeff@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Jeffrey Burgan) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: long cable and LP27 printer? Message-ID: <377@umbc3.UMD.EDU> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 12:34:08 EDT Article-I.D.: umbc3.377 Posted: Wed Jul 8 12:34:08 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 05:55:14 EDT References: <12316466007.58.CP.PAVER@MCC.COM> Reply-To: jeff@umbc3.umd.edu (Jeffrey Burgan) Distribution: world Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County Lines: 13 In article <12316466007.58.CP.PAVER@MCC.COM> CP.PAVER@MCC.COM (Bob Paver) writes: >We've got an LP27 line printer that we'd like to place outside the >machine room. This involves a distance of about 100 ft. We started >Does anyone know of alternatives? We're currently using the parallel >port on the DMB-32 and have the printer in the machine room. We had a similar problem here. What I did was to disregard the 50 ft limit on the cable. We bought a cable with the appropriate ends and ran it through a conduit across a hallway. 100 feet, well.... We accomplised about 80 ft. You can push it just so far. The LP27 is attached to a DMF-32. The people we got the cable from are no longer in business but I believe Black Box will make it for you. Hope this helps. Jeff