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AG-2 Printing to a Mac-only HP DeskWriter® from a Windows® PC®
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DB-9 connector and hood, available at many electronics stores for
a combined cost of around $10.
Figure 2: Pinout for mini-DIN-8-to-DB-9 Serial Printer
Cable
You can connect the cable shown in Figure 2 directly between a
PC's serial/COM port's DB-9 connector and a DeskWriter's mini-
DIN-8 connector.
If you have an older PC with DB-25 connectors on one or more of
its serial/COM ports, you'll need to make the cable shown in
Figure 3:
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Figure 3: Pinout for mini-DIN-8-to-DB-25 Serial Printer
Cable
Note
The pinout on the side of the DB-25 connector in Figure 3
is completely different from that of the DB-9 connector in Figure
2.
Caution
The DB-9 and DB-25 serial/COM port connectors on
PCs are male / pin / plug type, and mate with female / receptacle /
socket type connectors found on serial cables. PC's also have 25-
pin female connectors – these are the parallel/LPT port connectors.
Serial/COM and parallel/LPT ports are not interchangeable.