Path: news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!newsrelay.iastate.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!nntp.msstate.edu!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!csusac!zimmer!nic-nac.CSU.net!cello.gina.calstate.edu!cello.gina.calstate.edu!not-for-mail From: sjensen@cello.gina.calstate.edu (Steve Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: PC to ImageWriter Date: 12 Apr 1995 23:44:14 -0700 Organization: GINA and CORE+ Services of The California State University Lines: 45 Message-ID: <3mih7u$kg7@cello.gina.calstate.edu> References: <3mhpel$qgj@ionews.ionet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cello.gina.calstate.edu (Ripped from someplace, probably GenieLamp.) IW 2 to IBM =========== "Yes...ladies and gentleman at long last the pinouts for a WORKING cable that will connect an IBM machine to an Apple Imagewriter 2 printer. In no time you'll be printing from Wordperfect, Lotus, PrintShop and other DOS programs. I have no clue if it will work from any windows based programs. RS-232 Female Mini-Din-8 male ----------------------------------------------------------- Pin 1 --------------------------------------- Ground shield Pin 2 --------------------------------------- Pin 5 Pin 3 --------------------------------------- Pin 3 Pin 5 -----|\ Pin 6 -----|--------------------------------- Pin 1 Pin 8 -----|/ /|----- Pin 4 Pin 7 ---------------------------------| \|----- Pin 8 Pin 20 -------------------------------------- Pin 2 The only thing you need to do now is attach your cable to the COM1 port of your MS-DOS machine and add these lines to your autoexec.bat program. mode lpt1:=com1 mode com1:96,n,8,1 If your using COM2: mode lpt1:=com2 mode com2:96,n,8,1 " -- sjensen@cello.gina.calstate.edu 8-() - _ ! Still smokin'. Path: news.uiowa.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.mid.net!tin.monsanto.com!newspump.wustl.edu!news.ecn.bgu.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!godot.cc.duq.edu!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news2.harvard.edu!oitnews.harvard.edu!news.sesqui.net!blkbox.COM!blkbox!gtolar From: gtolar@blkbox.com (Glynne Tolar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.comm Subject: Re: PC to ImageWriter Date: 13 Apr 1995 03:36:00 GMT Organization: The Black Box, Houston, Tx (713) 480-2686 Lines: 82 Message-ID: <3mi670$gjl@news.blkbox.com> References: <1995Apr11.200723.90242@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: blkbox.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Robert Sturges (rs43+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote: : Does anyone out there know if an IBM PC can drive an ImageWriter II? : Just for text; I'd imagine a graphics print driver wouldn't exist. : Thanks for your wisdom, : Dr. Bob This ought to be an FAQ! Here are some posts I have on file answering this question. You can not only use it for text but also for graphics! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ Article crossposted from comp.windows.ms ] [ Author was Kevin Routh ] [ Posted on 19 Apr 1993 12:35:55 GMT ] For your information: I hooked up my ImageWriter I to my COM1 serial port and used the C-Itoh 8510 driver in Windows 3.1. The cable I am using is a straight-thru cable connected to a Null Modem Adapter I got at Radio Shack (catalog #26-1496a) for $4.95. It seems to work fine with both DOS and Windows. I used the following command in DOS C:\DOS\mode COM1:9600,n,8,1,p and set up the port the same way in the Windows Ports setup. the Null Modem connections are as follows: 1 to 1 2 to 3 3 to 2 4 to 5 5 to 4 6+8 to 20 20 to 6+8 7 to 7 I printed from several applications and all seems OK. -- Kevin C. Routh Internet: krouth@slee01.srl.ford.com Ford Electronics IBMmail (PROFS): USFMCTMF Date: Mon, 8 Mar 93 10:06:54 EST From: Brinton Cooper To: Daniel Demaggio Subject: Re: IWII on a PC Last year, you wrote enquiring about a Windows driver for the Apple ImageWriter. Here's what I learned; I hope that you find it useful. The answer is that the ImageWriter is a C. Itoh 8510 in an Apple box. Windows has a driver for the 8510, so you should just be able to hook it up. Also, I was told the following: Cal the Itoh BBS at 714-660-1656 and download the following: PROEPSIM.COM - Makes your Imagewriter (Itoh) emulate an Epson PROIBM.COM - lets you emulate an IBM Proprinter (which is in GRAPHICS.COM). I hope that this is useful and not too late. I just learnt about it a week or two ago. _Brint -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: You can call Redmond cable and ask for a cable to hook a PC to an ImageWriter II and they will have it and even know what you are talking about. Redmond Cable (East Coast: 615-478-5760 or West coast: 206-882-2009) I use an ImageWriter II on two different PC laptops and it works fine. I hate the IW II myself. Just about as much as I hate Macs and I'm glad I have a DeskJet. The IW II eats paper like there is no tomorrow. True to form for Apple!