unseen added devices

taeb taeb at netins.net
Tue May 3 15:24:44 UTC 2005


On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 08:14:22PM +1000, George Gingold wrote:
> HP Laserjets (all of them) plug in into a parallel (printer) port. 
> Howewer, it may have also a serial input. If the input is 25 pin port on 
> the printer than it is a serial port, if it is a slot with two wire 
> clips, than it is parallel.
> Regards George

You are correct, George, it has both.  From the manual -- you know this
thing is old if it has a printed manual -- the first line of the section
about connecting the printer to a Mac:
	You can connect your printer to your Macintosh computer using a
Serial or LocalTalk printer cable.

Thanks for the input,
tony




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