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| 1088.1 | | LOWLIF::DAVIS | That's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE! | Tue Jan 19 1988 12:48 | 6 |
| Colin,
I had the same problem. My EPSON also has a 36-pin Centronics port on it.
I just went to my local dealer and bought a cable for $9.95. Works great!
They said that it was the same as an IBM parallel printer cable.
...richard
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| 1088.2 | | MEMORY::BERKSON | What's that in the road - a head? | Tue Jan 19 1988 12:58 | 3 |
| re .1: Where can I buy an IBM parallel printer cable for $9.95?
mitch
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| 1088.3 | Bad Printer Cable?? | JANIS::DONAHUE | | Tue Jan 26 1988 12:27 | 5 |
| Help! I finally got a printer cable that goes from my Amiga 500
parallel port to the connector on my Panasonic 1091i but whenever
I connect the two together the printer goes offline and none
of the FF or LF buttons work. If I remove the connector from
the Amiga the printer comes back online. Any ideas?
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| 1088.4 | | EVER11::EKLOF | We're everywhere. | Tue Jan 26 1988 12:46 | 9 |
| Re: .3
Try turning the computer on. My KXP-1091i behaves the same way with
the computer off. If I turn on the computer, everything is fine. (My Gemini
10X did the same thing, so I 'spect it's related to the Amiga, rather than the
printer.)
Mark
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| 1088.5 | 1091 printer driver? | ESD66::SOVIE | SSDD | Tue Jan 26 1988 13:50 | 12 |
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I have a Panasonic 1091 and I built my cable from a
transactor magazine article, my 1091 acts the same way
when the amiga is off .... I think it has something
to do with the signal "READY" on the 1091.
I have a question for you 1091 people out there.
Is there a printer driver made up for the 1091 or are
you using EPSON, or GENERIC?
Dean
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| 1088.6 | Same here/ use Epson | TEMPE1::ARBUCKLE | WIZARD | Tue Jan 26 1988 16:44 | 7 |
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My Panasonic 1080i acts the same way you've described.
Power on, trouble gone. I'm using the Epson settings and
haven't run into any mis-cues so far.
Don
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| 1088.7 | Canon does it too | CIMNET::KYZIVAT | Paul Kyzivat | Tue Jan 26 1988 17:39 | 7 |
| My Canon also acts that way. I thought my printer was broken when I first
hooked it up and tried to run its local diagnostics with the amiga off. I
thought until now that this was an idiosyncracy of the Canon, but perhaps it is
part of the centronics protocol. (It is centronics which is used on the
parallel port isn't it?)
Paul
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| 1088.8 | Still doesn't go online | JANIS::DONAHUE | | Tue Jan 26 1988 20:20 | 3 |
| I guess I have a bad cable or bad parallel port. When my amiga is on, the
printer does not come online. I noticed that the 5V pin was being used,
connected, so I snipped it hoping it might help - didn't.
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| 1088.9 | IBM cable and EPSON driver for PANASONIC 1092i | LEDS::MOORE | Tom Moore NKS1-4/E4 291-7195 | Wed Jan 27 1988 01:01 | 48 |
| I have an AMIGA 500 and a PANASONIC 1092I printer($299.00).
I also was concerned about getting the right cable. I
picked up a IBM parallel cable ($10.00) and I traced out
all of the active signals. The only one that worried me was
the "AUTO FEED" input to the printer. The printer needed a
logic high but +5 is not the best choice. I went ahead
anyway and have had no problems. I use the EPSON driver and
the printer comes online whether the conputer is on or not.
Works great. Below is the way I remember the cable is
connected.
I wish CBM would tell us the standards they are trying to
conform to like the Centronics parallel port. My next
challange is to figure out how to effectively use the
downline loadabel founts. When you want to cancel a
printout usually the printer has it already has it in its
buffer.
-Tom-
Printer PANASONIC 1092i AMIGA
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Pin Function PIN FUNCTION
1 Data Strobe low) 1 Strobe (low)
2 Data 0 2 Data 0
3 Data 1 3 Data 1
4 Data 2 4 Data 2
5 Data 3 5 Data 3
6 Data 4 6 Data 4
7 Data 5 7 Data 5
8 Data 6 8 Data 6
9 Data 7 9 Data 7
10 Acknowledge (low) 10 Acknowledge (low)
11 Busy 11 Busy
12 Paper Out 12 Paper Out
13 Select 13 Select
14 Auto feed (low) 14 +5V Power
15 Not Connected 15 Not Connected
16 GND
17 Chassis Gnd Body Chassis Gnd
18 +5V OUT
19-30 GND 17-25 GND
31 Input Prime (low) 16 RESET
32 Fault (active low)
33 GND
34 Not Connected
35 Not Connected
36 Not Connected
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| 1088.10 | | MEMORY::BERKSON | What's that in the road - a head? | Wed Jan 27 1988 08:36 | 3 |
| re .9: Where did you get a printer cable for $10?
mitch
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| 1088.11 | re 3 | ESD66::SOVIE | SSDD | Thu Jan 28 1988 10:30 | 14 |
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RE:3
I have a Amiga 1000 and I noticed there seems to be a difference
between the 1000 and the 500 ( maybe the 2000 also ) Both
Amiga's DB25 serial ports are almost identical except for 'RESET'
the 1000 tas reset on pin 25 and the 500 seems to have reset
on pin 16 which is ground on a 1000.
( Disclaimer: I don't have a 500 manual, there could be other changes)
DB25 pin 25 Reset is connected to my 1091 Centronics
connector pin 31 which is named 'PRIME'
perhaps your IBM cable has these signals jumbled.
If Prime is held 'LOW' then the printer is in a 'HARD' reset and
will never work.
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| 1088.12 | | FORTY2::MCCARTNEY | Lets go chair surfing ! | Mon Feb 01 1988 10:50 | 15 |
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re .1
Hi Richard,
Took your advice and bought and IBM parallel printer cable at some
place in London and it works great, text, graphics, NLQ the lot. Looks
like the printer was Espon compatable after all. Anyway that seems to
eb the solution, if you've got a 36 pin, centronics port on your
printer just buy an IBM parallel printer cable. Mine only cost #7.50
(thats pounds).
Thanks,
Colin.
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| 1088.13 | | LOWLIF::DAVIS | That's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE! | Mon Feb 01 1988 11:33 | 3 |
| Glad to hear that Colin. Happy printing!
...richard
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| 1088.14 | | MEMORY::BERKSON | What's that in the road - a head? | Mon Feb 01 1988 12:10 | 4 |
| Applied Progressive Electronics (see 1107.2) sells IBM printer cables
for $12 plus tax.
mitch
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| 1088.15 | Don't use my cable insturcionts | ANT::JANZEN | Tom LMO2/O23 296-5421 | Tue Sep 13 1988 21:02 | 12 |
| Hi
In the previous .15 of this note, I gave some instructions for building
a cable.
DON'T DO IT@!!!!!
It brought down DF1:.
I'm going to cut the unneeded pins. YOu should buy a cable.
DF1: seems to have recovered after disconnecting the printer cable.
This cable was a straight-through 1-1, 2-2 etc. cable with mass-
terminated components.
I'm sorry if this caused any inconvenience.
Tom
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| 1088.16 | cut pin 16? or route to printer pin 31? | ANT::JANZEN | Tom LMO2/O23 296-5421 | Tue Sep 13 1988 21:30 | 6 |
| Hi again
Pin 16 is important to cut. It's INIT. The amiga drives it (IORESET).
The printer pulled it down to ground.
I'm on the air again. DF1 is OK. I'll go back to verifying the
printer.
Tom
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| 1088.17 | it's still unshielded | ANT::JANZEN | Tom LMO2/O23 296-5421 | Wed Sep 14 1988 14:36 | 21 |
| I am not responsible if you blow up your computer or your printer
or cause interference or anything else by following my instructions.
For an Amiga 500 to an Epson LQ500:
Radio shack 276-1533 36-position flat cable connector
276-1559 D-Subminiature 25-pin male solderless connector
278-772 25 conductor ribbon cable, 6 feet.
Cut pin 16 of the DB25P, or disconnect it permanently some other
way. This pin is the IO_RESET pin of the Amiga, and the Epson
pulls it down so that DF1 won't work (or some other things, I
imagine).
Connect them all together. Make certain pin one of the DB25P is
connected to pin 1 of the centornics connector with an ohmmeter.
You can use pliers in the big opening position to squeeze the
connectors around the ribbon cable. Make certain the cable is nicely
lined up with the contacts. The individual wires should
sit in the "V" shaped contacts before and after crushing. The contacts
cut the insulation and make contact.
This is unshielded and could cause more interference even if the
printer isn't running.
Tom
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