On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Philip Brodd wrote:

> I actually did try tip before minicom, but I haven't had any luck with
> either.  I'm thinking now that my cable the culprit.  It's from an old Mac
> modem, I believe, so I figured it would be fine.
> 
> Does this need to be some kind of null modem cable?

Maybe. Do you have the docs so you can check the pinouts?

The printer expects some sort of handshaking support, though I'm not sure
what. See http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printers/support_doc/bpd01129.html
for a smiggeon of info.

Oh, you're sure you're using the serial interface? These things also had a
parallel interface, and you can get cables which will "hook" the two to
gether. Such arrangements won't do anything though....

Take care,

Bill