Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!tness7!killer!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!ucbvax!enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM!hburford From: hburford@enprt.Wichita.NCR.COM (Harry Burford) Newsgroups: comp.laser-printers Subject: Re: IBM-PC --> Apple LaserWriter Keywords: IBM-PC, LASERWRITER Message-ID: <8806201632.AA00273@brillig.umd.edu> Date: 1 Jun 88 20:47:21 GMT References: <8805311537.AA12064@brillig.umd.edu> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, Kansas Lines: 24 Approved: laser-lovers@brillig.umd.edu In article <8805311537.AA12064@brillig.umd.edu> ba@pbhyg.PacBell.COM (Behzad Alavi) writes: |> |> |> I have been trying to directly connect an IBM-PC (XT) |> or PS-2 to an Apple LaserWriter. Using the COM1: port, Try: Printer XT DB-25P AT DB-9P 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 3 7 7 5 20 5&6 6&8 You also must set the printer to be a DTR handshake unless you are running an application on the PC that understands XON/XOFF. Good-Luck -- Harry Burford - NCR E & M Wichita, Printer Engineering PHONE: 316-636-8016 FAX: 316-636-8889 Harry.Burford@Wichita.NCR.COM C-Serve: 76367,151