| Title: | Alpha Workstation Conference |
| Notice: | See note 1.* for conference notices |
| Moderator: | WRKSYS::HOUSE |
| Created: | Wed Sep 07 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1996 |
| Total number of notes: | 9122 |
I have a customer with an Alphastation 255/300. They recently purchased
an Apple Laserwriter 16/600ps. They would like to hook it up to the
Alpha directly to the Parrallel port.
The Laserwriter has a 36 Pin Centronics type female connector on it. We
have a 25 Pin female connector on our box.
Do we need a special cable built, and what should we ask for. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.
Mike P.
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| 1870.1 | The cable is the easy part... | WRKSYS::SCHUMANN | Tue Feb 25 1997 16:01 | 5 | |
You need an ordinary printer cable, with a 25-pin male at one end, and a centronics connector at the other. You will also need a driver for whichever OS you are using. --RS | |||||
| 1870.2 | Device Integration Not Free... | XDELTA::HOFFMAN | Steve, OpenVMS Engineering | Wed Feb 26 1997 09:13 | 25 |
: Do we need a special cable built, and what should we ask for. Any help : would be greatly appreciated. Look in the DECconnect catalog for information on adapters and cables. Also check http://triumf.reo.dec.com/tech/cables.htm. Be aware that OpenVMS requires DCPS for support of Postscript printers, and DCPS does not (yet) support the parallel interface, nor does it support LPR/LPD connections to a Postscript printer. (DCPS expects LAT or serial connections -- for information on the DCPS, see HUMANE::POSTSCRIPT_PRINTING.) Most Apple Printers support a serial connection, this would likely be preferable to the parallel connection, as it can be supported with DCPS, and (I know) there are cables and DECconnect adapters available for the Apple serial DIN plug. (If this is OpenVMS, there's a new hunk of documentation going into the `Raven' release manuals on hooking up modems and such to OpenVMS via DECconnect, I've got a copy I can send to you.) [This integration work really isn't something we should be doing for free -- this process can get expensive and can potentially be rather time-consuming...] | |||||
| 1870.3 | UNIX and LPD/LPR | SWAM1::POIANI_MI | Wed Feb 26 1997 10:34 | 2 | |
My customer is using Digital UNIX 4.0a with LPD/LPR.
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