> AFAIK the Apple LW ][ is a XOn/XOFF protocol printer.
> You stated the settings to be:
> reports the settings:
> 
> baud:           9600
> parity:         none-mark
> handshake:      DSR/DTR
> data bits:      standard/7
> stop bits:      1
> 
> So I think handshake should be XON/XOFF instead of DSR/DTR.

It is worth a try to set the printer to XON/XOFF, but it does give 3
possibilities for the handshake: DSR/DTR, RTS/CTS, and what it calls
ACK which I presume is the XON/XOFF.

Thanks for the comment though,

 Patrick