imagewriter II does any one have the correct pinout to let a ibm use the imagewriter II printer the pinout in the manual doesnot work [ 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 cello.gina.calstate.edu The file I have for this follows. IBM to an Apple Imagewriter 2 printer ===================================== 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 you are using COM2: mode lpt1:=com2 mode com2:96,n,8,1 " Look for a driver for a NEC 8023A. I have never done this. This is a file from my bbs. Good luck. Steve -- sjensen@cello.gina.calstate.edu 8-() As mentioned here some time ago, Belkin made a cable for this application. IBM PC to ImageWriter II Printer DB25 Female/Mini DIN8 Male Belkin P/N A2J024-06(6 ft. version) or -10(10 ft. version)//*